Circle
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Aware of a potential threat from within their ranks, Musharraf has populated his inner
circle
with relatively junior (and reliably loyal) officers.
Humanity’s only hope is that the vicious
circle
of extremism can be replaced by a shared global understanding of the massive challenges of climate change, food supplies, sustainable energy, water scarcity, and poverty.
With a new sense of urgency, President Xi Jinping and his inner
circle
are attempting one of the most ambitious economic and social-policy reform plans in history.
Can Macron’s method allow EU leaders to break the vicious
circle
of technocracy and populism, and end the paralysis of the last decade?
Putin’s successor (whoever that will be) will come to power as a result of a deal within a narrow elite
circle.
This narrow
circle
comprises not only very rich and resourceful people, but also members of informal but very effective organizations (which are often, perhaps not entirely correctly, called “mafia”).
Healthy, educated women are more likely to have healthier and more educated children, creating a virtuous
circle
of development.
America’s strategy seems to be to squeeze Qaddafi’s regime out of power through a combination of financial, economic, and even “psychological” pressure aimed at isolating the Colonel from his sources of support within his own inner
circle.
Healthy, well-educated kids grow into productive adults, capable of providing a better future for their own children, creating a virtuous
circle
that can help build a better, more prosperous world.
One reason why Europeans work less is because they pay more taxes, and high taxes are necessary to support those who do not work - an obvious vicious
circle.
Moreover, over the years, Yeltsin was as mercurial as the worst of Russia’s monarchs in shifting his "boyars" in and out the "royal
" circle.
Power may be increasingly illusory in a globalized world, but it is an illusion that is shared by others, and the longer one inhabits it, the more one’s
circle
consists of others who share the belief.
Thus, the
circle
is closed.
This could trigger a vicious
circle
of mounting debt and uncontrollable inflation, with devastating consequences.
The most radical way to break this vicious
circle
would be to introduce Eurobonds.
In other words, the eurozone needs a European Monetary Fund that prevents this vicious
circle
from tightening by providing bridging finance when capital markets break down.
A comprehensive regional settlement, however, requires dealing with a wider
circle
of interests.
Even more unsettling would be the consequences for countries that fall between two stools (neither protectorate nor first
circle
of enlargement) such as Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania.
At the same time, continued inaction will fuel alienation, creating a vicious
circle
of distrust and paralysis that will have to be broken before effective action can occur.
Meles Zenawi, who hosted the summit, has ruled Ethiopia for nearly 20 years and has convinced no one outside his
circle
of cronies that his country's elections have been free and fair.
His
circle
is packed with yes-men (and some token yes-women), who strive to satisfy his sense of omniscience and magnificence.
Not only does it advocate an Israeli presence in the West Bank (the Biblical homeland of Judea and Samaria); it also links territorial concessions to the Palestinians to the neutralization of existential threats emanating from the outer
circle
of the region.
With this approach, a developing country can grow dynamically, and create a virtuous
circle
of job creation and poverty reduction, even if its overall infrastructure and business environment are still lacking.
In a networked world, leadership is more like being in the middle of the
circle
and attracting others than being “king of the mountain” and issuing orders to subordinates down below.
And, so far, all signs indicate that Trump’s inner
circle
is driving policymaking.
Like Bo, both men had been members of the CCP Central Committee, the Party’s inner
circle
– a status that allowed them to escape a death sentence (unlike the lower-ranking former Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun following his conviction on similar charges of corruption and abuse of power).
That will not be easy; in fact, it could amount to trying to square a
circle.
Of course, mere economic assistance or investment is not sufficient for a country to bail itself out of the vicious
circle
of underdevelopment and poverty.
As borrowing costs rose in all emerging markets - regardless of their fundamental economic health - so did the probability of recurrent crises, forming a vicious
circle.
A vicious
circle
of deleveraging, plummeting asset prices, and margin calls is underway.
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