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Over the past decade 90 people died in anti-immigrant attacks in Germany; and these attacks appear to be directly related, first to the
collapse
of the East German economy after re-unification, and second to a huge wave of refugees, especially from the Balkans.
China’s unwillingness, for example, to join other members of the international community in pressuring Iran and North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons programs foreshadows the potential
collapse
of the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
The
collapse
of Hosni Mubarak’s regime in Egypt, the subsequent departure of the Israeli ambassador from Cairo, the political upheaval in Syria, and the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador from Ankara are causing great uncertainty in Israeli leadership circles.
With the Soviet Union’s
collapse
in 1991, the transatlantic alliance confronted new realities.
Tunisia’s Evolutionary RevolutionTUNIS – Ten months after the
collapse
of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s authoritarian regime, Tunisia has produced a remarkable balancing act between the revolutionary urge for change and a pragmatic need for continuity.
Russia, Kennan argued, would seek to bring about the
collapse
of capitalism not by an armed attack, but by a mixture of bullying and subversion.
The Wall’s
collapse
in 1989 forced European Commission officials to dust off atlases to find places about which they knew little and cared less.
Since the USSR’s collapse, a new generation has come of age throughout the region.
Notwithstanding the worldwide legitimacy now enjoyed by the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, a disorderly
collapse
of the regime might yet lead to the country’s division into autonomous ethnic enclaves.
On a continent long defined by democratic competition between center-right and center-left parties, the
collapse
of the left could have far-reaching consequences, beyond particular party interests.
Failure to address its constraints will not cause a catastrophic economic collapse, but neglecting the leadership, managerial, professional, and technical skills that emerging markets increasingly require will inevitably lead to gradual deterioration in overall performance.
STOCKHOLM – Nearly 50 years ago, the Club of Rome’s report “Limits to Growth” warned that if economic growth continued apace without regard for the environment, the world could face ecological and economic
collapse
in the twenty-first century.
With the crisis of the 1990's brought on by the
collapse
of our Soviet patron, many Cubans returned to what Che said about economics, and admit the value of what is achieved with effort.
Should this happen, growth will collapse, many borrowers will default, and financial chaos could ensue.
These new stock exchanges, modeled on America's NASDAQ, ended up listing a lot of flimsy companies, and the
collapse
of share prices since 2000 caught them in the downdraft.
The collapse, not long after, of the dot-com bubble in 2000-2001 brought on not a depression but merely an output decline so mild as to barely warrant the name “recession.”
It was the complete
collapse
of trade credit that sent global commerce into a tailspin for half a year after the failure of Lehman Brothers in September 2008.
What if the partners, whether private or charitable,
collapse?
After some hesitation, Europe showed that it could manage the first phase – a liquidity injection to prevent systemic
collapse.
Most of what remained of socialist ideology was washed away in the late 1980’s with the
collapse
of the Soviet empire.
Such over-investment produces an inevitable
collapse.
Without this gesture, further market turmoil is inevitable – and the eurozone’s
collapse
will become only a matter of time.
But that will not happen unless the world’s resource supplies and environmental underpinnings
collapse.
New shrill voices are rising to fill the void in human nature left by communism’s
collapse.
Theories about China’s attitude toward North Korea often begin and end with the view that what the country fears, above all, is an inflow of refugees in the event of a North Korean
collapse
– a spillover that could rend the delicate ethnic quilt of China’s northeast provinces.
And, while North Korea’s communist system and that of China have become profoundly dissimilar, some Chinese worry that a
collapse
of North Korea’s order could shift the battle lines of that debate.
Finally, there are those who would view a North Korean
collapse
as a boon to US strategic interests and a setback for Chinese interests.
The euro originated from the harmful effects of international currency instability in the wake of the
collapse
of fixed-exchange-rate regimes in the early 1970’s.
But, even if an early general election cannot be ruled out completely, it seems implausible that either party will feel it has much to gain from precipitating the
collapse
of the national government.
But the recent
collapse
in oil prices could change this dynamic.
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