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Japan’s Self Defense Forces outlined three scenarios of a potential Chinese invasion and are making preparations accordingly, while the Japanese government announced last month that it had formally taken control of an island chain over which China, Taiwan, and Japan all
claim
sovereignty.
The sources of those tensions are clear: North Korea’s shelling of South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island and its flaunting of a modern, previously unknown, nuclear plant; the US-led armada now cruising through the South China and Yellow Sea; and China’s
claim
that the South China Sea is an area of vital national interest akin to Tibet.
To
claim
that Islam is incompatible with human rights is to consider it a civilization too hidebound to change.
Nor is the
claim
that Islam is intrinsically inimical to innovation viable, because Muslim civilization has contributed mightily to science and art throughout history.
Some, as usual, will
claim
that the Arab-Israeli conflict lies at the root of the problems that exist between Islam and the West, and that resolving the Palestinians’ plight will contribute immensely to smoother relations.
While that
claim
is dubious under current circumstances, it can be refuted only in practice, and can be assessed only after the program has been activated for at least a year.
Assange and his supporters
claim
that the Swedish case is merely an opening for the US to force him to stand trial for his work with WikiLeaks.
Simply put, Europe is overloaded by crises – so overloaded, in fact, that many
claim
it is too weary to respond effectively to new challenges as they arise.
Yet malnutrition in mothers and their young children will
claim
3.5 million lives this year.
That is not to say that Le Pen’s
claim
– that those who vote for her party are the only true patriots – should be casually dismissed.
Le Pen and her fellow populists
claim
that globalization was either an act of foolish generosity that helped the rest of the world at the expense of the nation, or a phenomenon that benefited only the elites and not ordinary people.
They believe that enhanced visibility for their links will not increase traffic to their Web sites, and
claim
that the only way to avoid abuse is to prevent Google from using its algorithm to rank search results.
In a year when a forecast for the structural budget deficit turns out to have been over-optimistic, the government can still
claim
that its own calculations show the shortfall to have been cyclical rather than structural.
Egypt had to grant Israel only political recognition, but the Palestinians are being asked to recognize Israel’s moral legitimacy by accepting Jewish links to the Holy Land and hence admitting the Jews’ millenarian
claim
for a state in a land that the Palestinians believe is historically theirs.
Even if, as expected, the Security Council rejects the Palestinians’ request for full UN membership and Palestine ends up with observer status in the General Assembly, Abbas can already
claim
victory.
But my reading of the evidence does not agree with that of those who
claim
that the economy is actually improving, and that a sustained cyclical recovery is likely to begin within the next few months.
And if any country can
claim
to be the victim of this climate injustice, it is Pakistan.
An even more spectacular example of a statistical error and sleight of hand is the widely cited
claim
of Harvard economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff that countries’ growth slows sharply if their debt/GDP ratio exceeds 90%.
Critics of Bachelet
claim
that this agenda is already depressing business investment and is responsible for relatively slow economic growth.
Indeed, most candidates, notably Sarkozy and Hollande, might have been too cautious: the current crisis and possible future threats received little emphasis, which means that it may be difficult for Hollande to
claim
a mandate for any painful reforms that he will have to propose.
Khrushchev’s speech also ignited the feud between Mao’s China and the USSR, for it allowed Mao to
claim
the crown of world revolutionary leadership.
There are several reasons why gold prices are rising, but they suggest a gradual rise with significant risks of a downward correction, rather than a rapid rise towards $2,000, as today’s gold bugs
claim.
Recognizing that inflation is only dormant renders foolish the oft-stated
claim
that any country with a flexible exchange rate has nothing to fear from high debt, as long as debt is issued in its own currency.
Some critics of Obama’s Keynesian stimulus spending, among them the economist Jeffrey Sachs,
claim
that what the US needs is “long-term” productivity-enhancing spending.
They had grown up in a post-9/11 environment saturated with the
claim
that US presidents may call anyone anywhere a “bad guy” and order his or her summary assassination.
They
claim
that the Indian state of Kerala and the country of Bangladesh are examples where redistribution, rather than growth, has led to better outcomes for the poor than in the rest of India.
Indeed, the lower house of Russia's Duma passed a resolution earlier this year designating September 2 as the anniversary of the “real” end of World War II, effectively making it a day to commemorate the Soviet Union's victory over Japan – and thus an attempt to undermine Japan’s
claim
that the occupation of the islands came after WWII’s end.
They might point out that Trump lost the popular vote and hence can hardly
claim
an overwhelming democratic mandate, but the result is what it is.
A
claim
about identity is supposed to solve the problem that many people’s interests are neglected.
Trump has obviously made a successful
claim
to represent people.
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