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But he was unable to improve the situation or help Iraq’s Shias and Sunnis reach a political compromise.
If not all the EU’s members are ready to take this path, flexible solutions of the sort that have been a feature of European compromise in the past may be needed.
First, he was of the old school that instinctively embraced compromise across party lines in the Senate on crucial issues, in order to avoid the kind of gridlock that is always potentially endemic in a presidential system (unlike a parliamentary one), where the elected executive has no guaranteed majority in the legislature.
Already, many states and cities are adopting reforms to encourage political compromise and improve democratic governance.
State and local reform movements are focused on four structural threats to democracy: gerrymandering; poorly designed primary processes; money in politics; and legislative procedures that impede compromise.
The roots of failure lie in the US and Israeli governments’ belief that military force and financial repression can lead to peace on their terms, rather than accepting a compromise on terms that the Middle East, the rest of the world, and, crucially, most Israelis and Palestinians, accepted long ago.
Perhaps three-fourths of both Israelis and Palestinians support this “land for peace” compromise, while one-fourth holds out for complete victory over the other side.
Rejectionists on both sides repeatedly undermined efforts to realize that compromise.
There is, alas, still only one settlement possible, based on true compromise, not unilateral imposition.
Apart from a few scattered speeches – some by Abbas himself – it never accepted peace and compromise.
A compromise was found with the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) and its provisions for adhering to the Maastricht criteria, which sought to quantify the fiscal soundness of sovereign states without actually interfering with their budget and tax policies.
Today, we know that this was a poor compromise.
Of course, America’s experience with divided government can leave one pessimistic about the two parties’ ability to compromise; but, as Mexico recently demonstrated when its three big parties agreed on a market-oriented “Pact for Mexico,” even bitterly opposed political parties can overcome their suspicions to embrace needed reforms.
From the beginning, the European Economic Community was shaped by a bad compromise between Germany and France: French farmers could charge excessive prices, and Germany could sell its industrial goods to France.
The system of agricultural protectionism that this compromise produced survives to this day, exemplified in import duties of 69% on beef and 26% for pork.
The current crisis might indeed eventually break eurozone leaders’ inherent resistance to compromise, collaboration, and common action.
Instead of seeking a face-saving compromise on softening the troika program, Tsipras wasted six months on symbolic battles over economically irrelevant issues such as labor laws, privatizations, even the name of the troika.
(Republicans, however will argue for putting less pressure on Israel to compromise and more pressure on Iran.)
But cutting aid is likely to increase turmoil rather than leading to an acceptable long-term compromise between Israel and Palestine.
This is a worthy goal that will require compromise and reconciliation at a global, regional, and national level.
Helping it build a new regional order will require all actors, great and small, to accept compromise, as the Lebanese have done.
Neither side has been prepared to compromise on any substantive issue.
The approach seems like a good compromise between portability and personal choice, on the one hand, and sufficient social-policy guidance, on the other.
Will compromise and mutual accommodation – extremely rare in recent years, enable Thailand to reshape its contested political order – currently underpinned by an elite-driven, monarchy-centered hierarchy – to reflect better the principles of electoral democracy?
At that point, the Thai people, buffeted by domestic polarization and regional challenges, will have to muster their once-famous negotiation skills to achieve a workable compromise based on their shared interests.
Everyone is aware of what needs to be done: find a new compromise within the currency union between the stubborn German-led focus on austerity and the Mediterranean countries’ need for increased spending to restore growth and boost competitiveness.
In the end, a formulaic compromise will be found to include both in the statement.
The need for reliable suppliers during the Korean War forced a compromise with the Zaibatsus.
As a result, the eurozone’s fiscally sound countries are being asked repeatedly to compromise their prudent policies in order to finance endless bailouts.
Many people enthralled by nationalistic struggle, end up rejecting all reasonable compromise and advocating genocidal goals.
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