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Now the political clash between the two men – both playing the Sinhalese nationalist card while wooing the Tamil minority – has overshadowed the serious economic and political challenges confronting Sri Lanka.
Indonesia, like Europe, is confronting growing pressure from nationalist and populist voices seeking to displace the five principles of tolerance – the “Pancasila” – that underpin Indonesian statehood.
But the moral, legal, and diplomatic issues that arise in confronting Australia’s irregular migration problem are as complex – and the domestic politics as toxic – as anywhere else.
The EU, now confronting a wave of populism and Euro-skepticism, could revive its sense of purpose by committing itself to closer transatlantic cooperation and coordination on trade, to be carried out by the European Commission.
The final slide of the opening presentation, delivered by GTC fellow Stephen Kennedy, was a cartoon depicting two young contestants set to begin a race: one was strong and healthy, while the other was emaciated, shackled, carrying the baggage of disease, and confronting the massive barrier of malnutrition.
Confronting the West, particularly the US, has become the common theme of opposition to the war.
To be sure, confronting US President Donald Trump and his “America First” agenda will not be easy.
Iran increasingly feels drained by the economic support it gives to the Syrian army and to Hezbollah in Lebanon, while Russia’s authorities, now also confronting a currency crisis, are battling the perfect storm.
Confronting FearWASHINGTON, DC – Even as the squeeze in interbank lending has started to ease after the rescue of financial systems across the advanced countries, falling economic indicators have sent stock markets tumbling.
From that standpoint, the challenge confronting NATO may be even more difficult, for enlarging the security organization not only means taking on new members, but also exercising new “out of area” responsibilities.
And, without confronting much more seriously the “sanctuary” role unwillingly played by Pakistan, there is no solution ahead for NATO in Afghanistan.
But designing effective policies to diminish the obstacles confronting women and girls requires measuring the prevalence of the attitudes and habits that limit their potential.
It includes extrication from the Iraqi morass and lifting its burden from America’s foreign policy, resolving the festering Israeli-Palestinian conflict while confronting the “hawkish” Israel lobby, using dialogue to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions and wean Syria from its radical agenda – thereby dissolving the region’s “axis of evil” (Iran-Syria-Hezbollah-Hamas) – freeing Lebanon from Syria’s grip, and pushing for an Israel-Syria peace.
Americans confronting a challenge are expected to do something, even if the odds are against them.
Others still have trouble confronting their own history.
China’s Green DebtFor a decade, the world has wondered when China’s leaders will recognize the staggering environmental crisis confronting their country.
But the bigger challenge confronting the region is that many governments treat drug addiction as a moral failure rather than an illness.
Their struggle not only underscores the obstacles confronting workers’ organizations in an era of outsourcing and global supply chains, but also might serve as a model for workers in other industries.
The post-war liberal democratic order is under threat everywhere, but particularly in Europe, where the EU is confronting challenges that include an increasingly aggressive Russia, the constant threat of terrorism, democratic disenfranchisement, and uneven economic growth.
The task of confronting the causes and consequences of genocide is imperative for people everywhere.
The only viable strategy for confronting the threat of Islamic terrorism was, and continues to be, a search for agreement among Muslims, and among the leaders of Muslim nations, on the forms of mutual cooperation, including police cooperation, that are needed to isolate, weaken, or destroy the militants in their midst.
But now we are confronting what Lawrence Summers calls “the challenges of the Trump era,” and the stakes could not be higher.
Just as the world confronted the “German Question” 125 years ago, it is now confronting the “China Question.”
May is now confronting Parliament with the choice of accepting her deal or crashing out of the EU.
Confronting the Geopolitics of Climate ChangeNEW DELHI – International climate-change negotiations are to be renewed this year.
For the last few years, rather than confronting the special interests – state-protected businesses, public-sector trade unions, and lobbies – that inhibit reform, Greece has spread its economic misery horizontally through blanket spending cuts.
In many ways, Africa’s youth are already confronting the challenge.
Donor fatigue – and the multitude of global crises now confronting policymakers – is taking its toll.
In particular, what should policymakers have done differently in confronting the country’s financial crisis?
Admati and Hellwig are confronting the bankers and their allies in no uncertain terms, grounding their argument in deep financial thinking, yet writing for a broad audience.
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