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Confronting the Coming Liquidity CrisisSAO PAULO – This month, G-20 leaders will meet in Antalya, Turkey, for their tenth summit since the 2007 global financial crisis.
If, in addition to dealing effectively with the risks of Grexit and Brexit, the EU can strengthen its unity and determination in addressing the Ukraine crisis and confronting today’s revisionist Russia, it will have succeeded in fending off today’s existential threats.
But the CCP has long since switched roles – a reversal exemplified in one of history’s most iconic images: “Tank Man,” the lone, anonymous figure confronting an approaching column of government tanks on June 5, 1989, the day after the People’s Liberation Army crushed pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square.
Confronting the Fiscal BogeymanBERKELEY – The world economy is visibly sinking, and the policymakers who are supposed to be its stewards are tying themselves in knots.
Only then can the US secure China’s cooperation in confronting urgent regional challenges and win its commitment to a rules-based and inclusive regional order.
Brazil, despite confronting plenty of domestic problems right now, is also in a position to help.
This is precisely the dilemma confronting economists across a range of countries, from China, Russia, and Turkey to Hungary and Poland.
Brazil, Chile, and Colombia, among others, are now confronting these powerful forces of currency appreciation.
Both have had to expend a great deal of political capital, confronting domestic nationalist forces and facing down no-confidence motions spearheaded by opposition parties.
Faced with the urgent necessity of alleviating so many Americans’ suffering, Obama knows only too well that the “audacity of hope” will not be sufficient to the immensity of the challenges confronting him.
The myriad miseries confronting millions of out-of-school children should give us the political will to fulfill this pledge.
Now, however, her assertive optimism is confronting a dramatic political backlash.
So, as the Obama administration struggles to implement its smart-power strategy in the current revolutionary conditions of the Middle East, it is worth noting that the US is not alone in confronting the difficulties of combining hard and soft power successfully.
Chile and Poland are not unique in confronting the burden of history.
Such tactics are aimed at confronting an enemy that is armed with the most advanced weapons systems, but is vulnerable to sabotage and asymmetrical attack, even latter-day guerilla warfare.
If Arafat had taken this road - accepting Israel's existence, ending terrorism, and confronting Palestinian extremists - the conflict would have ended long ago.
To meet these and the other challenges confronting the developing world, infrastructure spending will have to rise from around $800 billion to at least $2 trillion annually in the coming decades.
Private credit, moreover, would disappear from the US economic system, confronting the Federal Reserve with an unpleasant choice.
China’s Political InterventionsTOKYO – In the last week or so, stock markets around the world have been hit by an upsurge in volatility, with large price swings confronting traders in New York, Tokyo, London, and beyond.
NATO is no longer confronting one large, clearly delineated strategic opponent.
For all of the problems confronting the Coptic Christian community, no one doubts that they are as Egyptian as the Muslim majority.
Confronting a New Era of Anti-SemitismLONDON – Ambassador Ronald Lauder, the President of the World Jewish Congress, had much on his mind when we met in London on a rainy day in early March.
And it works to return Jewish families’ stolen assets, by confronting museums that do not closely trace the provenance of art works.
But democracy and distrust can be a dangerous compound, because people confronting complex political and economic issues do not always direct their anger at the proper target.
An important first step in confronting the speculative attacks that eurozone economies suffer today is a commitment to greater risk-sharing and greater authority for the European Central Bank.
At the same time, the dispersion of power, the degree of interdependence, and the sheer dimension of the challenges confronting the world require effective, accountable, and legitimate global governance.
But the immediate issue confronting many economies is different: restoring a resilient and inclusive growth pattern that achieves whatever the trend in potential growth permits.
Confronting the intra-societal challenge to the European project will not be easy.
Does Brown have the stomach to take on the risks involved in confronting the Iraq question?
So I know that no theory, no amount of analysis, can free a politician from bouts of soul-searching, from troubling his or her conscience with questions about what is and what is not honest when confronting political choices.
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