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The idea that the Dutch and the French elections heralded the arrival of a “post-populist moment” fails to appreciate the distinction between populism as a
claim
to a moral monopoly on representation and the policies – think of restrictions on immigration – typically promoted by populists as part of their exclusionary identity politics.
Rutte has not become a populist – he does not
claim
to be the sole legitimate representative of the authentic Dutch people.
After laying
claim
to 80% of the South China Sea, it has just established a so-called air defense identification zone in the East China Sea, raising the odds of armed conflict with Japan and threatening the principle of freedom of navigation of the seas and skies.
China’s approach reflects what the Chinese general Zhang Zhaozhong this year called a “cabbage” strategy: assert a territorial
claim
and gradually surround the area with multiple layers of security, thus denying access to a rival.
The pattern has become familiar: construct a dispute, initiate a jurisdictional
claim
through periodic incursions, and then increase the frequency and duration of such intrusions, thereby establishing a military presence or pressuring a rival to cut a deal on China’s terms.
What is ours is ours, the Chinese invariably claim, and what is yours is negotiable.
The zone even covers the sky over the Leodo (Suyan) Reef, a submerged rock that both South Korea and China
claim.
Those who make this
claim
seem to have in mind a model of a single state, which possesses two relevant features: limited fiscal sovereignty for regional and local governments and a substantial common budget from which regions hit by asymmetric shocks can receive transfers.
Those who
claim
that “political union” is necessary for the eurozone appear to focus on the second feature, despite the fact that fiscal constraints on local governments are clearly a typical and important component of single states.
European leaders
claim
that they can create mechanisms to ensure that their residents pay the tax, regardless of where trades are booked.
And EU leaders can
claim
that the financial sector is being made to contribute to the costs of Europe’s financial cleanup.
But who can reasonably
claim
to know what shape the EU will need to take to meet the challenges of the next 50 or 100 years?
Though Israeli leaders
claim
to have been surprised by the extent and sophistication of the tunnels they discovered, Israel’s military briefed the government on the tunnels more than a year ago, and the government created a special task force to consider how to deal with them.
Critics also
claim
that missile defense will not work against incoming warheads surrounded by decoys, that it will be terribly expensive and that rogue-state proliferation can be better addressed through prevention (using diplomacy and export controls) and deterrence.
They
claim
to be reformers, but why should voters believe leaders who appear no different from the previous crop of politicians who oversold them the gains from globalization and pooh-poohed their grievances?
Deterring Arab DemocracyCAMBRIDGE – The lack of democracy in the Arab world results from an unholy alliance between Western interests and local autocrats, justified by what both sides
claim
to be the region’s “cultural specificity.”
Many European lawmakers are worried by the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran on Europe’s doorstep, and are not convinced by the regime’s
claim
that it seeks only nuclear energy.
Whereas many argue that France can move forward only by adopting the Anglo-American neo-liberal model, Germany’s success clearly demonstrates that the
claim
that only the free market can produce prosperity is bogus.
And Republicans on the committee
claim
that social security payments will be made on time.
After winning over voters with their apparent decisiveness and directness, such leaders capture enough authority to make quick decisions and demonstrate short-term results – thereby keeping voters on their side as they
claim
still greater authority.
Their perceived
claim
to speak for Europe antagonized much of the Union.
It is understandable that good Europeans like the Dutch and the Finns find it unacceptable that heavyweights like France and Germany now
claim
to be more equal than smaller countries.
This fantasy, derived, no doubt, from American history – from westward expansion and Manifest Destiny, from the Gold Rush and a settlement policy that valorized staking a
claim
to the wilderness and subduing it – is powerfully appealing to men in general, and to many women as well.
China knows that, under international law, its
claim
to sovereignty over virtually all of the resource-endowed South China Sea, based on an “historic right,” is weak; that is why it has opposed international adjudication.
Instead, it is trying to secure “effective control” – which, under international law, enhances significantly the legitimacy of a country’s territorial
claim
– just as it has done in the Himalayas and elsewhere.
Its claim, amounting to €9 billion, will be transferred to the Bank of Cyprus, the country’s largest bank, to be repaid in full.
From this perspective, Western Europe appears to have at least as good a
claim
to the title of "Good Society" as does the US.
Those who oppose genetic patents
claim
that they also deny US constitutional rights, making this the first time a genetic patent has been challenged on human rights grounds.
In fact, without patent protections, the firm and its allies claim, medical research would shudder to a halt.
But, whatever the merits of the
claim
that genetic patents benefit research and treatment, that is a practical, rather than a legal, argument.
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