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After all, without the US, the other main foreign powers in the Syrian conflict – Turkey, Russia, and Iran – will be able to
consolidate
their spheres of influence and divide the spoils of the post-war reconstruction among themselves.
Meanwhile, President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign increasingly looks like a strategy to
consolidate
power, rather than an effort to reform China’s state for the benefit of its economy and society.
But as the vote has drawn closer, it has become clear that Maduro’s intent has always been to
consolidate
his power, and impose on Venezuela’s 31 million people an authoritarian, pseudo-socialist system.
EMU will further accelerate these fundamental changes by stimulating cut-throat competition and creating a large and liquid capital market, leading to a shake-out in the financial sector itself, as corporations
consolidate
their European banking relations among a smaller number of institutions.
In today’s context of climate change, rising demand, population growth, increasing pollution, and overexploited resources, everything must be done to
consolidate
the legal framework for managing the world’s watersheds.
Seen in this light, the more important question is whether or not Kim’s inexperienced son, the twenty-something “Great Successor” Kim Jong-un, will be able to
consolidate
power and somehow steer the country out of its deep malaise.
What if, for example, Kim Jong-un fails to
consolidate
power, perceives the domestic political situation as worsening, owing to elite power struggles or popular discontent, and deems the external environment, especially South Korea and the US ever more hostile?
The appointment of Adityanath thus seems to indicate that the BJP will employ anti-Muslim animus in its effort to
consolidate
Hindu votes in the 2019 national elections.
Anatomy of the Party of PowerMore than anything else, Vladimir Putin understands power: how to get it; how to
consolidate
it.
His predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, knew how to seize power but not how to
consolidate
it, which partly explains why power seeped away throughout his presidency.
Yeltsin failed to
consolidate
political support for other reasons as well, the most important being his unwillingness (or inability) to forcefully manipulate the media.
The model is simple: Countries assess their own situation, using tools that they develop and that are appropriate to the context, in order to formulate a vision and a plan to
consolidate
peace and achieve prosperity.
First, governments must
consolidate
their fiscal positions to reduce current-account deficits and lower external debt.
But this window of opportunity must not be wasted if Brazil is to
consolidate
and build upon its current successes.
The move, framed as an anti-corruption drive, is a brazen bid to
consolidate
power.
The local political culture confuses democracy with majoritarianism, with elections used as vehicles to
consolidate
power, not share it.
Regime change is no panacea; it can be difficult to achieve and nearly impossible to
consolidate.
However, much work remains to be done to
consolidate
that shift.
Hamas wishes now to
consolidate
its political gains, maintain domestic order and stability, and refrain from any contacts with Israel.
The top priority for the new Saudi leadership under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is to
consolidate
power, which the prince is doing by associating himself with an effort to attack corruption in the Kingdom and by pursuing a nationalist, anti-Iranian foreign policy.
Nowadays, we are witnessing the application of Sun’s ideas in Africa, where China’s prime objectives are to secure energy and mineral supplies to fuel its breakneck economic expansion, open up new markets, curtail Taiwan’s influence on the continent,
consolidate
its burgeoning global authority, and clinch for themselves African-allocated export quotas.
Aside from Mexico, countries such as Chile, Colombia, and Peru are well positioned to gain from investments in institution-building.But, of course, new institutions can take decades, and sometimes longer, to
consolidate.
But, though US bankruptcy law usually does a good job of restructuring industrial firms, it cannot restructure financial firms, because bankruptcy’s basic rules – which allow the court to
consolidate
the firm’s assets, redeploy them, and sell the rest – do not apply to most financial contracts, like derivatives.
Here, the West Europeans play a major role, because they are greatly overrepresented on the IMF’s executive board and, despite all entreaties, simply refuse to
consolidate
their seats in order to give emerging markets significantly more influence.
It should be used, first, to allow other distressed countries to regain or
consolidate
their financial credibility, and, second, to pave the way for an orderly restructuring of Greek debt, which requires preparation.
But there is one more factor fueling Juppé’s popularity: the specter of the socially conservative, economically protectionist National Front, which is trying to capitalize on widespread rejection of the French political establishment to
consolidate
its political foothold.
They have created four regional military councils, which have helped to
consolidate
leadership and solidify their control over significant areas of the country, particularly near the Turkish border.
The question is how to
consolidate
these gains and nurture progress.
In the Soviet Union, they helped Vladimir Lenin
consolidate
power, with disastrous consequences that were surpassed only by the horrors of Nazism, which also came to power on a populist wave.
Succumbing to the temptation to
consolidate
power in the hands of the president, ostensibly to protect his government’s authority, could limit checks and balances and restrict space for political opposition, including within his own party.
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