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But the Fund’s elegant compromise still leaves Greece under the shadow of an enormous debt overhang; reducing it requires that Europe find a way to set aside national politics and act on the basis of economic logic and necessity.
It is a short-term compromise that acknowledges Europe’s political calendar and constraints, helps Greece avoid a summer default, and safeguards the IMF’s resources.
And, rather than declare victory, as they were inclined to do in a mid-June statement by eurozone finance ministers, European officials should treat this compromise as the next step in softening its increasingly untenable stance on Greek debt.
The grudging short-term compromise between the IMF and Europe comes after months of sometimes acrimonious discussions.
It is also taking place at a time when the government’s chances of reaching a compromise are more favorable.
Indeed, numerous studies of military personnel, certain patient groups, and normal volunteers demonstrate that chronic and severe stressors compromise psychological functioning, causing tissue loss in brain regions supporting memory (the hippocampal formation), and decreased activity in brain regions supporting intention, planning, and regulating complex behavior (the frontal lobes).
The Commission concluded that sustaining unhindered innovation will require that the Internet’s standards are openly developed and available; that all users develop better digital “hygiene” to discourage hackers; that security and resilience be at the core of system design (rather than an afterthought, as they currently are); that governments not require third parties to compromise encryption; that countries agree not to attack the Internet’s core infrastructure; and that governments mandate liability and compel transparent reporting of technological problems to provide a market-based insurance industry to enhance the IOT’s security.
As Prime Minister, Mr Barak will have a difficult agenda before him: going back to the Oslo agreements, which signify the historical compromise between Israel and the PLO; negotiating a territorial agreement with the Palestinians which will have to balance between their legitimate rights and Israel's security concerns; not letting extremist terrorism derail a peace process which is supported by a large majority of both peoples; finding a mutually acceptable formula for the difficult problem of Jerusalem.
This overlap thus represents the room for compromise that countries’ international negotiators have.
For example, South Africa’s international negotiators – executive ministers and senior civil servants – can compromise on just about anything, because they are not truly accountable to their population through the parliament.
In fact, the diplomat who arrives at the international negotiating table with a smaller win-set – with less room for compromise – almost always secures a better deal for her country.
To the detriment of their own people, its leaders, Haled Mash'al and Ismail Hanieh, want neither peace nor compromise.
While Merkel may offer the FDP further concessions, Lindner’s language seemed to leave little room for that, and the Greens say they are unwilling to compromise further.
While the declaration endorsed at the end of the UN meeting did offer a compromise, the quandary remains: how can we guarantee access to medications – especially for the poorest patients – while maintaining funding streams for pharmaceutical R&D?Patients’ needs must always be emphasized.
The fact is that, with its “peaceful rise” giving way to an increasingly sharp-elbowed approach to its neighbors, China has broadened its “core interests” – which brook no compromise – and territorial claims, while showing a growing readiness to take risks to achieve its goals.
There must be a link between what takes place in Gaza and a comprehensive settlement to the Palestinian question if Mazen is to persuade a majority of his people that diplomacy and compromise deliver more than violence and confrontation.
Even then we agreed to a further four months of EU-US-Russia negotiations in order to ensure that no stone was left unturned in the search for a mutually acceptable compromise.
Moreover, isolation would only strengthen the sense of victimhood that fuels intolerant Russian nationalism, and it would compromise the world’s interests in tackling nuclear proliferation, addressing climate change, or stabilizing Afghanistan.
In the absence of rebalancing, any one of several potential tipping points could seriously compromise the economy’s ability to pull off another soft landing: deteriorating credit quality in the banking system; weakening export competitiveness as wages rise; key environmental, governance, and social problems (namely, pollution, corruption, and inequality); and, of course, foreign-policy missteps, as suggested by escalating problems with Japan.
In democracies, effective policymaking rests on compromise and reason.
Yet, with courage and commitment, they managed to produce a pragmatic compromise based on a set of key principles – a compromise that opened the way for far-reaching cooperation and, indeed, the emergence of today’s interconnected and interdependent world.
By signing a pledge not to raise taxes, Tea Party representatives have credibly committed themselves not to acquiesce in any middle-of-the-road compromise.
French leaders often like to be seen resisting American pressure before striking a compromise and cooperating in a manner that serves both French and American interests.
Bombing is thus a compromise between activity and inactivity, between the necessity of intervention and the unwillingness to bear risks.
Is it too much to hope that the G-20 can achieve such a commonsensical compromise?
Powell might represent a good compromise for policymakers.
But it will depend on favorable, pro-European election outcomes in France and Germany, and on European leaders’ willingness to compromise and take calculated short-term risks.
As we discuss our differences, neither of us will compromise our principles.
Sanctions and lower oil prices might lead Russia to accept compromise on Ukraine.
More fundamentally, Germany has benefited from the extraordinary culture of consensus that it developed in the post-World War II period, with social partners and political parties showing a remarkable ability to compromise.
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