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Because the debt can be refinanced at such low rates, rollover risk is very low, allowing debtors who would be considered insolvent under normal
circumstances
to carry on much longer than they otherwise could.
In such circumstances, sanctions that hit ordinary people will only help the regime consolidate its power.
The specific dynamics of security-sector reform varies among states, depending on past modes of policing and the
circumstances
in which the authorities are challenged and forced to change existing structures.
It is in these
circumstances
that the real danger for Europe could arise.
Obama, who opposed the Iraq war, should not be blamed for current
circumstances
there.
The New Year provides a perfect opportunity for Jean-Claude Trichet to resolve that, despite the more trying
circumstances
in which he must operate, his own policies and procedures will more faithfully reflect Duisenberg and his legacy.
But America is having a hard time understanding the new
circumstances
of the post-Cold war era.
As Yale University’s Timothy Snyder has pointed out , “Poles behaved more or less like other people under similar circumstances.”
Under these circumstances, there are greater calls in South Korea for a new approach towards the North.
Unlike moral hazard, market failure highlights
circumstances
in which government intervention is both socially desirable and economically defensible.
Unfortunately, many emerging markets have weak governments that cannot define credible policies for financing intervention in such
circumstances.
How the Palestinians choose to respond to these changed
circumstances
may well determine whether or not they at last achieve an independent state.
In these circumstances, who will administer the evacuated areas until elections are held?
At a more fundamental level, the crisis reflected the mismatch between Asia’s historic growth model and its current
circumstances.
Rather than describing the
circumstances
from which people flee – and publicizing the fact that roughly 85% of boat people are genuine refugees – policymakers on both sides have demonized the victims, convincing Australians that they are undeserving.
In Britain, Lord John Browne, the chief executive who transformed BP from a second-tier European oil company into a global giant, resigned after admitting he had lied in court about the
circumstances
in which he had met a gay companion (apparently, he met him through a male escort agency).
In these circumstances, lending is risky, and banks have neither the appetite nor ability to lend, particularly to SMEs (which typically generate the highest number of jobs).
Of course, even in the best of circumstances, monetary policy’s ability to restore a slumping economy to full employment may be limited.
If handled well, they will promote the transitional devolution of American hegemony into something that might, over time, emerge as a cooperative structure of power that gradually replaces what is today an unique set of
circumstances
in which one power exercises preponderance, even if not omnipotence.
But the key to living well with diabetes is a nutritious diet, an active lifestyle, social support, and coaching that is tailored to each individual’s
circumstances.
Otherwise, our future will be decided by default
circumstances
instead of our own collective judgment.
If volatility becomes extreme, some countries may consider imposing constraints on capital outflows, which the International Monetary Fund now agrees might be useful in specific
circumstances.
As his lab worked on the mechanism that under certain
circumstances
causes the bacterium E. coli suddenly to produce bacterial viruses (which had been dormant), another research group was analyzing how the synthesis of a certain enzyme in E. coli is induced in the presence of a specific sugar.
In Islamic tradition, reform of Sharia results from an Ijtijad, a creative and intellectual effort to apply Islamic law to new
circumstances.
Sharia first blossomed during a period of creative ferment centuries ago, but stagnated when later generations came to believe that the law need not adapt to changing
circumstances.
In these circumstances, timing may not be everything, but it may prove to be a key determinant of the probabilities.
Even if a country agrees to broad ranging IAEA inspections, it can legally accumulate enriched uranium (or reprocessed plutonium) under the guise of a peaceful energy program, and then suddenly declare that
circumstances
have changed and withdraw from the treaty - with the ability to produce nuclear weapons on short notice.
International agreement to ensure that countries do not prohibit exports, especially of critical commodities, except under severely (and verifiably) adverse domestic circumstances, would help reduce fear of market breakdown.
Having just won a WTO case against China on nine other raw materials in January, the troika seems to have rushed headlong into this case without considering current
circumstances.
In these circumstances, a no-fly zone would not only clear the skies of Syrian warplanes and missiles, thereby reducing the scale of the slaughter; it would also show Assad and his supporters that he truly is vulnerable.
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