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When the West African Ebola epidemic spun out of control in 2014, the US led the world in marshaling financial and human resources to
confront
the crisis.
Herzog would then
confront
the same dilemma that his predecessors faced in 2009 and 2013.
Even at Japan’s world-beating export firms, reluctance to
confront
the ingrained interests of the old-boy network has made it difficult to prune less profitable product lines – and the workers who make them.
Unfortunately, the IMF is paralyzed by the need to
confront
some internal governance problems, the biggest of which is the lack of a sensible way to recalculate the voting shares of countries as their relative influence in the global economy evolves.
But we also have to
confront
the possibility that when it comes to helping the world’s poor, anti-corruption policies may not be the best place to spend our money first.
We must recognize and
confront
this problem to prevent established democracies from atrophying and to help new democracies become more effective.
What Taylor and his ilk fail to understand is that the reason interest rates are wrong has little to do with the policies put in place by central bankers and everything to do with the situation that policymakers
confront.
In this context, a weakened and fractured Europe – unable to
confront
threats stemming from its immediate environment – would be a more dangerous place to live.
On its surface, America’s decision to
confront
Russia recalls previous occasions when Europe proved unable to respond to challenges in its neighborhood – most memorably in Bosnia in the 1990s.
This is not only a serious medical issue; it is also a grave moral problem, one that those of us who work with the poor
confront
every day.
During Japan’s “lost decades,” successive Japanese governments allowed public debt to skyrocket and refused to
confront
the economy’s deep-rooted problems, allowing sclerosis to take hold.
This, of course, makes these enterprises vulnerable to the creative challenges of the next wave of explorers – the fast new firms that
confront
the fat old corporations – and the cycle of destruction and reconstruction begins anew.
Closer regulatory cooperation may also help the US and the EU to
confront
what business leaders view as increasingly unfair competition from China both at home and abroad.
The prospect of sustained long-term growth and social justice requires that Europe's new institutions retain sufficient flexibility to reshape themselves as they
confront
new problems.
As a result, Syrian opposition groups believe that they have been left to
confront
Assad’s brutal regime alone.
Yes, globalization represents a challenge to all EU member states; but it is not clear how more integration would help them to
confront
it.
The robust diplomatic approach that is needed to
confront
the problem must include three components.
Traders should have gone back much further – or better yet, formed judgments based on a more comprehensive assessment of what risks might
confront
the world economy.
The most recent World Water Forum debated two issues that will
confront
policymakers in the years ahead.
In other words, central banks will have to
confront
the same policy dilemmas that attended the global financial crisis, including the “choice” of whether to pursue unconventional monetary policies.
The leaders who will take power after this year’s transitions will
confront
this fundamental reality.
Leaders will also have to
confront
the byproducts of increased nationalism, populism, and, in some cases, extremism.
Several Latin American leaders and commentators recommended that US President Barack Obama attend, despite Castro’s presence, in order to
confront
him about Cuba’s dearth of democracy.
But now they
confront
similar dangers at home.
If his position on the Islamic State continues to waver, he will only alienate the Kurds further, which means that when the jihadists decide to encroach on Turkish territory, Turkey will have to
confront
them without a Kurdish alliance.
The uncomfortable answer that Obama is likely to
confront
is this: nobody.
But if Africa’s gender gap is ever to be closed, the unique obstacles that African women
confront
must become part of the global dialogue.
Second, because Arab states
confront
an Iran-Syria alliance that includes Hamas and Hezbollah, in addition to internal conflicts, there is a regional battle between these two blocs.
But, even in an inclusive political transition, whether in the short or medium term, Egyptians will have to answer the vexing question that they have failed for six decades to confront: What is Egypt?
But their ability to grow is being impaired because they lack the resources to
confront
the massive business lobbies of the EU’s most developed and richest countries.
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