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Political reforms, privatization, anti-corruption measures, a search for new leaders untainted by compromise with the former regime, and implementation of a pro-European foreign policy met no resistance.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution can compromise humanity’s traditional sources of meaning – work, community, family, and identity – or it can lift humanity into a new collective and moral consciousness based on a sense of shared destiny.
Netanyahu’s unwillingness to compromise disconcerts, confuses, and often enrages Americans.
Or does the West aspire to reach a compromise with Russia and Iran that would leave Assad’s regime in place?
The latter goal would shift the axis of US policy in the Middle East, with far-reaching strategic consequences, because such a compromise could only be reached at the expense of America’s Sunni allies.
It is up to these countries to seek a compromise that enables them to continue participating in and influencing common policies.
Within the EU, there is room for compromise on all of these issues.
In that seemingly long-gone era, common initiatives for Europe were the rule, and a Franco-German proposal usually constituted an acceptable compromise for Europe as a whole.
Such a peace entails mutual tolerance and acceptance, and an historical compromise with the Palestinian Arabs.
But Rabin was assassinated by a fanatic Jewish nationalist because of his willingness to make this compromise.
Thus, an effective leader is one who promotes free speech, engages in civil discourse, and remains open to compromise.
For the clumsiness of Chancellor Kohl in seeking to force the Bundesbank to revalue Germany's gold reserves (a fiscal fudge designed to allow Germany to meet the Maastrich criteria), and the fact that after the victories of Tony Blair in Britain and Jospin in France only Germany and Spain are now ruled by governments of the Right, should facilitate the search for a compromise.
That compromise (which also led to the US capital’s relocation to the District of Columbia, on the border of Virginia and Maryland) may serve as a precedent for limiting Germany’s liabilities if Eurobonds, or some other debt-mutualization scheme, are introduced.
In the end, John Paul II does not fit neatly into any category and often represents a meeting of opposites: rejection of compromise with ecumenism, toughness with warmth, intellectual openness with insistence on theological orthodoxy.
The clash of values also impedes compromise.
When US President Barack Obama could not implement his original vision of health-care reform, he sought to compromise with his opponents by basing the reform on a plan developed by a conservative think tank and implemented in Massachusetts by former Governor Mitt Romney, Obama’s opponent in last year’s presidential election.
This willingness to seek consensus on what should be a broadly acceptable compromise is usually cited as a strength of American democracy (though, as the recent government shutdown demonstrated, compromise is becoming increasingly elusive).
He embraces the logic of reforms that are possible within a multi-party democracy, and he believes in the critical role that dialogue and compromise play in the pursuit of genuine progress.
UNCLOS is a symbol of global cooperation, compromise, and international law that was more than 20 years in the making.
Inflation, if not addressed now, could seriously compromise the region’s ability to meet those challenges.
Fortunately, Macron’s program recognizes elements of the German approach, such as the need to balance the budget in the long term, which suggests that, under his leadership, a Franco-German compromise might be possible.
Israel at SixtyTel Aviv – Ten years ago, on Israel’s 50th anniversary, the peace process begun by the path-breaking Oslo accord, reached by Israel and the Palestinian Authority in 1993, established the legitimacy of two peoples’ national existence in their shared homeland on the basis of territorial compromise.
Beyond subjugating those in the caliphate, exterminating the Shia, and gaining custodianship of Islam's holy cities in Saudi Arabia, the Islamic State ultimately embraces an apocalyptic vision, to be realized through a sectarian totalitarianism that embodies divine revelation – and thus envisions no compromise or competition.
Not Napoleon, not Tsar Nicholas I, not even Hitler when he was being appeased in the 1930’s, could force Britain to compromise on its commitment to intellectual freedom.
After much negotiation, Pakistani authorities agreed to a compromise.
But parliaments demand a minimal national consensus if they are to function, for they are creatures of compromise in decision-making.
Of course, a president will undoubtedly need to compromise with his legislature, but the general consent that is gained by popular election implies at least some broader agreement behind the platform that he or she campaigned on.
For a moment, it looked as if a contagious crisis, driven by fears of government over-indebtedness, would destroy the politically fragile compromise that European countries had carefully constructed over a 50-year period.
Many “privacy” concerns are based on concrete interests, such as preserving financial security or obscuring information that could compromise one’s employment or ability to qualify for affordable health insurance.
Both governments need to take stock of their positions and figure out a way to compromise.
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