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Moreover, our civil servants embrace problem solving, demonstrating a level of resourcefulness that has produced many localized solutions to human development challenges such as ensuring food security and adequate supplies of clean water and housing.
Political leaders enjoy fewer degrees of freedom before they must respond to events, and must then communicate not only with other governments, but with civil society as well.
Others saw a brutal civil war, and cautioned that intervention would make things worse.
This is especially true of intervention in civil wars, where the sides cannot easily be divided into victims and aggressors, good and evil.
The problem is that there is no consensus in the Middle East, either among governments or civil society, about how to respond to the crisis.
Indeed, some developing-country governments have faced civil unrest, even coups, over fuel taxes or subsidies.
We have also had success marching for civil liberties in India.
In 2016, a record number of people – more than 65 million – were forced from their homes by civil war and other unrest.
There were anxieties, too, that the increasing loss of legitimacy of Arab nationalist regimes would benefit radical Islamists - fears confirmed by Algeria's bloody civil war of the 1990's.
Civil society and public opinion must also be included.
Each positive initiative, whether it comes from governments or civil societies, should be supported.
Fear of reversals should not be used to bypass parliaments and civil society.
The surge of modern American fundamentalism in politics dates to the civil rights era of the 1960’s, and at least partly reflects a backlash among whites against the growing political and economic strength of non-white and immigrant minority groups in US society.
Last July, Moroccans voted overwhelmingly to approve a new constitution that shifts executive power from the king to the prime minister, who will now be fully responsible for the cabinet, the civil service, and the implementation of government policies.
But both parties won after running on a moderate platform of constitutionalism, separation of powers, civil liberties, and women’s rights.
The breakthrough in bilateral ties came a decade ago, when the US lifted sanctions introduced in response to India’s nuclear weapons program and then signed an accord paving the way for US involvement in India’s civil nuclear energy program.
Constitutions provide modest checks, but private associations of professionals, religions, and regions – the heart of civil society – provide the deeper balance.
The critical issue concerns ASEAN’s engagement with civil society.
For example, all three of the Japanese judges and public prosecutors who helped draft Cambodia’s civil code were young women.
She has managed to escape the extreme-right ghetto, with a grand strategy, shaped by her ally Florian Philippot, that aims to broaden the Front’s appeal to key groups that previously avoided it, especially civil servants, women, and Catholics.
But, above all, they need to leave a legacy of civil political decision-making.
Unlike in Europe, Japan developed its state before building a strong civil society.
The common opinion among British colonial civil servants, businessmen, and diplomats was that the Chinese were not really interested in politics anyway; all they cared about was money.
Nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation, counter-terrorism, and civil nuclear-energy risk reduction are inextricably connected, and they call for sustained commitment around a comprehensive agenda, and detailed argument.
As a result, Clinton has launched an actual strategic dialogue with civil society.
The main reason might be the poor fortunes of social-democratic parties, which now head only eight governments in the EU, despite their efforts since 2000 to minimize their waning influence within their traditional electorate – blue-collar workers and white-collar public-sector employees, middle managers, and civil servants.
A former Al Qaeda member, for example, recently stated that the UK authorities’ failure to explain properly why it had not intervened in Syria’s civil war risked radicalizing more Muslims.
But those who say that Syria is on the brink of civil war miss what has become more obvious with each passing day: Syria alreadyis in a state of civil war, one whose battle lines were drawn months ago.
In the past, characterizing as a civil war a conflict in a complex region was a tacit warning that others should stay out.
But the civil war in Syria has much broader ramifications, which could lead to a wider regional conflict.
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