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Paradoxically, it has also made it more feasible to contemplate the breakup of some of those countries.
As member states contemplate the next steps in the development of cyber norms, the answer may be to avoid putting too much of a burden on any one institution like the UNGGE.
While the Unasur proposal may have been formulated in a more rigorous way than other initiatives, its failure to contemplate trade integration means that there is nothing to tie member states together beyond political will.
In short, Europe’s leaders – and German leaders above all – must make the case that the alternative is too dire to contemplate.
During his six-day tour, he challenged Americans to contemplate the issues of poverty, social justice, and climate change in the context of a shared but increasingly inharmonious planet.
That could mean that the Fed must contemplate monetary tightening that significantly exceeds the so-called comfort zone of normalization that financial markets are currently discounting.
Every European should contemplate that possibility, at least for a moment, before resuming their current aversion to all things American.
But most member states are unwilling to contemplate anything that far-reaching.
But these criticisms reflect an inability to contemplate the current nature of armed conflict, which no longer follows the classical logic of military victory or defeat.
While so-called “win-win” outcomes are increasingly considered to be the ultimate purpose of every negotiation, what if the negotiating parties contemplate a win-win outcome that actually harms non-participants to the talks, or is against the law?
They are marked by having known captive man in the dark carnival of tyranny, before being able to contemplate free man and the not always happy carnival of liberty.
As conflicted as many Americans are about their country’s relationship with Saudi Arabia, this is no time to contemplate overhauling it, or to otherwise press for “change” in the Kingdom, as much as that may be needed.
Moreover, the EU should contemplate centralizing the purchase of energy from third parties, as proposed by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
The inability of Europe’s politicians to contemplate this scenario is placing a huge burden on the European Central Bank.
This does not mean that Germany’s government should not contemplate any tax reductions or spending increases.
But even a relative handful of Muslim refugees is too dangerous to contemplate.
If that strategy fails, Turkey and Arab League states would have to contemplate sending in ground troops, with extensive logistical and intelligence support from NATO.
On the other hand, when I contemplate the US economy, I conclude that recovery from the Great Depression, and not 1924-1927 or 2003-2005, is the episode that most closely resembles current circumstances.
Just as Smith’s minimal capitalism was transformed into Keynes’ mixed economy, we need to contemplate a transition from the national version of the mixed economy to its global counterpart.
The alternative – jihadist anarchy that would turn Gaza into a Palestinian Somalia – is simply too unbearable to contemplate.
Despite this regularity, I still become emotional as I see my students complete a phase of their lives and contemplate their future.
But no one seems disposed to contemplate her heroic lack of qualifications to sit a heartbeat away from the Oval Office.
The paradox is that these countries would probably not contemplate such increases in the absence of NATO membership.
But contemplate the future consequences of inaction and shudder: Syria, mired in the carnage between the brutality of Bashar al-Assad and various affiliates of Al Qaeda, a breeding ground of extremism infinitely more dangerous than Afghanistan in the 1990’s;Egypt in chaos, with the West, however unfairly, looking as if it is giving succor to those who would turn it into a Sunni version of Iran; and Iran itself, despite its new president, still a theocratic dictatorship, with a nuclear bomb.
Because of this, Americans can’t afford to take even the minutest of chances with their ports – the consequences of error being too staggering to contemplate.
A debtor’s strongest negotiating asset is always that creditors cannot contemplate default, because default would bring down the entire financial system.
But if he is willing to contemplate using force against Al Qaeda without international authorization in the future, why not use drones now to strengthen the moderate Syrian opposition and force Assad into serious negotiations?
And the EU would contemplate concessions only if the US offers some in return – such as eliminating its prohibitive tariffs on imported light pickup trucks and vans – and only if other exporters like Japan and South Korea go along.
The alternative – a Middle East in which several governments and, through them, militias and terrorist groups have access to nuclear weapons and materials – is too horrific to contemplate.
Concerned that President Barack Obama will be less likely than Bush to use force to stop Iran, Israel must now contemplate its next steps should diplomacy continue to stall.
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