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Indeed, Chinese policymakers will have to
confront
various “digital dilemmas” in the coming years.
Even if the nuclear threat is contained, the twenty-first century could
confront
us with grave new global perils.
Mankind must also
confront
other global “threats without enemies” that are separate from (though linked with) climate change.
More than thirty years after the disappearance of the long dictatorship of Francisco Franco, Spain finds itself confronted by the shadows of a past it has deliberately chosen not to
confront.
China must
confront
them if it wants to progress domestically and become a respected and respectable actor of the international system.
It took France nearly fifty years to openly
confront
its Vichy past and to recognize that the French state had been guilty of collaboration with the Nazis.
Multinational organizations helped create the problems that
confront
us today, and they should work with governments and the public to come up with innovative solutions to them.
How will they organize to
confront
those countries in the world system that choose to be nuclear outlaws?
Both have a strong grasp of history, as well as the charisma and will needed to
confront
recalcitrant vested interests.
China’s system has survived because its leaders have been willing to
confront
market failures and administrative deficiencies in a direct and consistent manner.
The records contained firsthand accounts of the anger felt by Americans at the ISI’s unwillingness to
confront
the insurgents, in particular those who were attacking US and NATO troops near the Pakistani border.
Don’t expect Obama to
confront
the most controversial aspect of US relations with Africa: the American military’s new African command.
But it is also true that Iran’s emergence as the ninth nuclear power would provoke a regional and global upheaval, dangerously aggravate fears and suspicions, and
confront
the international community with a profound crisis of vision and policy.
But the link between the global financial and economic crises will
confront
Europe with severe challenges – but also a big opportunity.
But, while Europeans have created strong institutions with the euro and the ECB, they still lack an adequate political superstructure to
confront
the coming economic crisis.
Moreover, Trump’s visit could even undermine the Three Seas Initiative, given that the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary have no wish to
confront
such an important economic partner as Germany.
While trying to build on the limited progress of recent years, they will have to
confront
a number of additional obstacles in building a cohesive and sustainable peace on the Korean Peninsula.
An independent South Sudan would force the West to
confront
established orthodoxies about Africa, in particular the belief that countries like Somalia and Nigeria are more stable whole than they would be in two or more constituent parts.
When world financial leaders meet in Singapore this month for the joint World Bank/International Monetary Fund meetings, they must
confront
one singularly important question.
We can be confident, however, that our knowledge of basic biology will deepen, and that our growing ability to manipulate living organisms will
confront
us with increasingly serious ethical considerations.
The EU’s struggle to devise coherent political and economic strategies to
confront
the challenges posed by Russian aggression in Ukraine and the inferno in the Middle East is a case in point.
Trump genuinely wants to
confront
China and other countries with a potential trade war, ignoring completely the impact on the US (where exports account for around 14% of total economic activity).
As the Dutch now
confront
the results of their most consequential election in decades, we can only hope that they heed the lessons of their most famous philosopher and do not allow themselves to be governed by fear and hate.
While hard to imagine at the moment, its revival will require a combination of foresight, self-awareness, humility, and the courage to
confront
seemingly insurmountable class and racial divisions, and even rifts within families.
To realize his liberal dream of national unification, Moon will have to
confront
a much larger challenge than anything his predecessors faced.
Obama’s Underachieving Foreign PolicyPARIS – To evaluate an American president’s foreign-policy performance after one term is challenging, given the complex diplomatic and strategic environment and significant domestic constraints that
confront
every US president.
But if Europe’s political center holds, as expected, the EU will be in a strong position to
confront
increasingly hostile external forces and move forward with purpose.
Of course, if one of America’s relatively small allies tried to
confront
the US over its actions, it would face high costs and a low chance of success.
Any effort to put Italy’s banking sector on a sounder footing will require a stable majority government, consistent determination to put economic growth at the center of the political agenda, and willingness to
confront
Italy’s many vested interests.
Are European institutions strong enough to
confront
that challenge, or must we reconsider – and potentially recast – the pillars of European cooperation?
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