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No leader, group of leaders, or institution commands sufficient authority to restore any semblance of international order and peace.
So what happens when the labor of a large number of working-age Americans, regardless of their education, is rendered technologically redundant or no longer commands an income adequate to provide a minimally decent standard of living?
Down and Out in Athens and BrusselsNEW YORK – The Greek catastrophe commands the world’s attention for two reasons.
Why, the public asks, can’t politicians sit down together like sensible adults and come up with a timely agreement that commands broad consensus?
After all, the Court has no means of its own to arrest anyone in Sudan, much less a head of state who commands the country’s armed forces.
The Managing Director, Mr. Michel Camdessus, thinks he is the economic czar of the region, overriding his own staff as he dispenses commands to sovereign governments.
No natural law commands that life respect itself--and, indeed, it does not; living species feed on each other.
In American domestic politics, these kinds of commands from the US Congress to states are known as “unfunded mandates;” ordering results without providing the resources necessary to achieve them.
Hence, the US runs most NATO civilian and military commands with the consent of the others.
And, in Spain, the leftist anti-austerity Podemos commands double-digit support.
Some political leaders seem too preoccupied with their own disagreements with individual decisions to see the larger interest in preserving a European institution that commands widespread admiration.
Based on the motor commands that we send to our muscles, we can predict precisely the sensations that the action will cause.
Not only is it rooted in a rich tradition of royal and princely patronage, but it commands broad ideological support in these liberal democratic days.
To be sure, events in these economies might seem attributable simply to their leaders’ commands.
The supremacy of European law commands the support of national governments and enforcement by national courts.
If only because very few French officers have served in NATO commands, the joint staff work learned in almost half-a-century of NATO experience will have to be re-learned.
An estimated quarter of the Ahrar forces in the north, including their commander, Hashim al-Sheikh, defected to HTS, which al-Sheikh currently commands.
Mubarak still commands disproportionate assets: name recognition, a virtual monopoly on state-controlled electronic media and some 85% of the print media.
Russia's Waning Clash with IslamAs the so-called "clash of civilizations" between Islam and the West commands world attention, Russia's war in Chechnya has frequently been seen as a major front in that broader battle.
Apart from his complete control of domestic politics, Thaksin commands other prerequisites of regional leadership.
For those who will have to draw the Franco-German blueprint, the message from Italy is that the policy framework that has dominated Europe since the mid-1980s no longer commands broad support.
That, in turn, has reflected the fall in labor income as a share of the economy, owing in part to structural changes that have moved workers out of agriculture (where the labor share of income is high) and into manufacturing (where capital commands a larger share of income).
But, above all, Africa needs a human rights court that commands the unreserved and unmitigated respect of the continent's governments and peoples.
Foxes will often agree with hedgehogs up to a point, before complicating things: “Yes, my colleague is right that the Saudi monarchy is vulnerable, but remember that coups are rare and that the government commands many means of squelching opposition.”
As for the obsession with identifying the “in-group,” there is al-wala’ wal-bara, a core doctrine of Salafism that commands believers to dissociate themselves from non-believers, including impure Muslims.
In ending communism in Poland, the Pope showed just how many "divisions" he commands.
Although this view of ethics has often been challenged, many of the objections have come from religious thinkers who appealed to God’s commands.
Trump’s impulsiveness is the stuff of nightmares, not only because it makes him exploitable by those with more deliberate agendas, but also because he commands so many deadly toys.
Thus, South Korea’s “sunshine policy” of economic engagement with the North commands majority approval.
And there are Muslims who ignore the Koran’s commands of pluralism, tolerance, and peace.
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