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Their emergence holds important implications for global governance at a time when the imbalance between existing problems/threats and the means available to states to guarantee their citizens’ safety increases.
They empower citizens to cultivate their collective energy and develop their potential, and thus become drivers of their countries’ growth and advancement in the world arena.
But it fears Iran’s ability to cause trouble, particularly by stirring up unrest among Russia’s Muslim citizens.
The main factor underlying this shift in public attitudes is that many citizens have lost faith in progress.
This grim reality may not last (not all economists agree that it will); but citizens can be forgiven for taking reality at face value.
But even the Machiavellian dictum that a ruler should encourage his citizens’ fear rather than their love can go only so far.
Britain Fights BackLONDON – As the world recovers from the Great Recession, the question facing advanced economies is this: How do we deliver sustainable growth and rising prosperity for our citizens?
China’s citizens, especially its poor, would benefit from a shift in government policy from the physical expansion of cities and infrastructure to the delivery of better, more fairly distributed public services.
It is debatable whether governments should ever frighten their citizens by painting the horror scenario of "inevitable" attack.
But paying for and delivering these vaccines to the most vulnerable citizens of low-income countries poses a significant challenge.
It is inarguable that Israel has a right to defend itself against attacks on its citizens, but it is inhumane and counterproductive to punish civilian populations in the illogical hope that somehow they will blame Hamas and Hezbollah for provoking the devastating response.
Not surprisingly, bottlers have been embroiled in disputes with local authorities and citizens’ groups in many places over their role in water depletion, and even pollution.
Through various means, governments are making it harder for citizens to assemble and protest.
The sheer “mass” of citizens who were willing to come out – often at the risk of physical harm – lent credence to the cause.
Moreover, an agglomeration of people online is not visible in the way that an assembly of individual citizens is.
But there is no evidence of this; and once protests reach a certain size, such claims are likely to become highly implausible in the eyes of most citizens.
This will be bad not just for its Arab citizens, but ultimately for Jewish Israelis as well.
For hundreds of millions of citizens in Communist-run countries in the twentieth century, the “me” in the question was a dictator or oligarchy ruling with totalitarian or authoritarian powers.
The second application of Groucho’s question was that citizens of most Communist countries soon learned that the loss of freedom that they suffered was not compensated by greater prosperity or a higher quality of life.
The sense that those who caused the crisis not only got away with it, but also profited from it has been a growing source of discontent since 2008, weakening public trust in the political institutions that bind citizens, communities, and countries together.
But, for emerging economies, doing so is critical to restoring growth and enhancing citizens’ wellbeing.
Each country will try to design its stimulus package to maximize the impact on its own citizens – not the global impact.
This massive transition will transform how citizens interact with their governments, revolutionize entire industries, and change the way we engage with one another.
That is why it is important to have citizens’ groups that can step in to ensure that investments operate fairly.
And European citizens would likely object if the EU suddenly abandoned its principles simply to appease an unpredictable US president.
One important reason for these countries’ vulnerability is the consistent lack of investment in their populations, which has prevented ordinary citizens from reaping the benefits of economic growth.
When Ebola struck, Liberia had only 120 doctors for its four million citizens.
Moreover, this environment has created fertile conditions for the spread of wild theories including that the government and aid workers are conspiring to infect citizens.
But we also recognize that developing countries have a responsibility to act and that doing so can generate immense economic, social, and public health advantages for their citizens.
CAMBRIDGE – Why were democratic political systems not responsive early enough to the grievances that autocratic populists have successfully exploited – inequality and economic anxiety, decline of perceived social status, the chasm between elites and ordinary citizens?
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