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There is also a growing recognition that the social
circumstances
to which terrorists are exposed play a significant role.
Put simply, the causes of terror are largely situational, and the situations are themselves as varied as the acts themselves (members of the IRA, for instance, have obviously been exposed to
circumstances
very different from members of Al Qaeda).
He made this clear when he announced the missile strikes: “America does not seek an indefinite presence in Syria under no circumstances,” he said.
Third, diplomacy cannot survive, much less thrive, amidst a deterioration of the day-to-day
circumstances
on the ground.
Under these circumstances, he will have to emphasize putting America’s own house in order.
Indeed, amid the vast uncertainty created by Trump’s victory, a new relationship now makes more strategic sense than ever, given changing global circumstances, regional geopolitics, and domestic challenges in both the US and China.
But does the remedy lie in tougher measures – such as heavier penalties or even eviction – to enforce the eurozone’s rules, or do the rules need to be adjusted to accommodate members’ varying
circumstances?
The eurozone must strengthen its fiscal structures enough to respond to overall economic conditions while taking into account the differing
circumstances
of each member country.
The most notorious chapter of The Prince, Chapter XVIII, which explains the
circumstances
in which it is permissible – and even desirable – for rulers to break promises, appears to argue that the most successful rulers think “little about keeping faith" and know “how cunningly to manipulate men's minds."
Forward guidance (a promise about future interest rates) is not effective when policymakers have to admit that
circumstances
may force them to change their minds – and their policies – without warning.
Sarkozy has had to confront exceptionally difficult circumstances, and his record is far from poor.
In addition to budget cuts and a public-sector pay freeze – neither of which would be popular under any
circumstances
– Macron is trying to reform France’s labor code.
Poverty and lack of development play a huge part in creating the
circumstances
in which extremism incubates.
Indeed, Yale University historian Timothy D. Snyder, who could hardly be accused of harboring anti-Polish sentiments, has concluded that Poles behaved more or less the same as other people under similar
circumstances.
But, even if rapid productivity growth is possible under current circumstances, it cannot be taken for granted.
So how can one expect central banks always to meet precise inflation targets, regardless of the economic
circumstances?
In these circumstances, however, that instinct is wrong.
Moreover, unlike the West, which has used up most of its traditional countercyclical policy ammunition, China has maintained ample scope for fiscal and monetary-policy adjustments as
circumstances
dictate.
Because of this, their traditional position on many supervisory boards will have to be reassessed and eventually adapted to fit changing
circumstances.
The shift in the country’s economic model would be difficult in the best of
circumstances.
But Park undoubtedly views her domestic
circumstances
as anything but rosy; in many ways, this has been an annus horribilis for her and her country.
This heuristic, in turn, leads us to overestimate our ability to predict the future under what we perceive to be “similar”
circumstances.
This would be a difficult challenge under any
circumstances
– and is all the more daunting against the backdrop of the Arab Spring’s destabilization of the economic systems across the Middle East and North Africa.
Another casualty is the quality of public policy: evidence-based policies that change according to
circumstances
on the ground, or pragmatic approaches that retain policies that work and discard those that don’t, cannot sustain a group’s clear identity if the policies the group advocates are shifting all the time.
While the three low-cost water and sanitation interventions discussed here may not always pass a cost-benefit test, they are likely to attract investment in many circumstances, while simultaneously responding to communities’ preferences.
Rather, they are usually guided by the
circumstances
of their journey.
For example, “agroecology” – a system based on traditional and indigenous knowledge that is passed down through the generations – is easily adaptable to all geographic
circumstances.
But what is clear is that people’s views about social mobility have as much to do with ideology and geography as with their
circumstances.
Managing greenhouse-gas emissions and global flows of drugs, arms, terrorists, and pathogens would be no easy task under the best of circumstances; it is made more difficult by a lack of consensus on what to do and a lack of will to act even when agreement exists.
Its problems originate in the communist era, when a trade union movement, which under normal
circumstances
should stand to the political left, became the main anti-communist opposition.
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