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Before his death, with ample time to contemplate the past, my grandfather concluded that his greatest achievement was not his denunciation of Stalin's crimes but, in fact, his own dismissal from the Kremlin leadership by means of a simple vote.
That line resonates as Germany and Greece contemplate their shared fate.
After two world wars, countless civil wars, brutal dictatorships, mass expulsions of populations, and the horrors of the Holocaust and Hiroshima, “never again” was not just a slogan: the alternative was too apocalyptic to contemplate.
So, rather than simply shutting our doors to Chinese products, we might contemplate helping China by opening the doors of our regulatory agencies to Chinese regulators.
Such strong incentives to hoard rather than spend can keep demand low and falling, and unemployment high and rising, for a much longer time than even the most laissez-faire-oriented politician or economist had ever dared contemplate.
Again, high prices are helping in ways that Western politicians seem afraid to contemplate.
The Chinese government should contemplate the merits of greater openness in Tibet and put a stop to intimidation and harassment, which merely breed further frustration and resentment.
For someone who lived through two totalitarian systems, it is almost unbearable to contemplate America’s decline.
In many countries, however, political parties find it difficult even to contemplate such debates.
The Destruction of the Republican PartyBERKELEY – It has been one and a half years since Donald Trump was elected to the US presidency, so now is as good a time as any for Americans to take a deep breath and contemplate their broken political system.
For decades, the MAFF’s power meant that Japan’s trading partners would not even contemplate free-trade discussions.
Thus, the stalemate between the two nations really concerns only Cubans who have time to contemplate lofty political questions.
Indeed, the politically shrewd Prime Minister Narendra Modi is far too smart to even contemplate attempting to distort the investigation of Singh for partisan gain.
Thus, it is disturbing to see the refusal of policymakers, particularly in the US and Germany, to even contemplate such action, despite available fiscal space (as record-low treasury-bond yields and virtually every other economic indicator show).
In my book The Globalization Paradox, I contemplate the following thought experiment.
It is intriguing to contemplate China embracing some sort of innovative democratic experiment, combining tricameralism with deliberative democracy methods to mold a new separation of powers – and thus a new type of political accountability.
In tranquil London, I now contemplate my life as a child soldier.
Some argued for an absolute requirement of Security Council authorization, while others recognized an imperative to contemplate humanitarian intervention without such authorization in “very narrowly defined exceptional cases.”
Likewise, the joint expeditionary forces established under the treaties could lead to the eventual creation of a wider structure, as they already contemplate “bilateral cooperation with NATO, the European Union, the United Nations, or other operations.”
One particular passage resonates with me as I contemplate Ukraine’s plight.
But the half-hearted prosecution that it has been willing to contemplate so far highlights the need for an international tribunal.
There is a distribution of possible growth rates, and the forecaster is telling us just one of the outcomes that he can contemplate.
As South Koreans contemplate their new strategic situation, they must be made to know that they will have international support.
So today’s fundamental policy void – yet to be addressed – lies in national governments’ unwillingness to contemplate global leadership.
Unless the democratic world understands that now is not the time for faith in diplomatic compromise, and that it must respond strongly enough to stop Putin’s imperial designs, events could follow a logic that is too dreadful to contemplate.
There may be a reluctance to contemplate this, but there is no choice if Europe is to have a hope of solving the problem.
But it would be best for all to pause a moment, contemplate T3 in Beijing, consider what it represents, and reflect on what an accomplishment the quick completion of such an iconic structure is for an emerging country like China.
Surely, there are more options, but we are not compelled to contemplate them.
It is hard to believe that any of the allies is prepared to contemplate that kind of defeat.
But it is impossible to contemplate the case without thinking that somehow, directly or indirectly, the path to assassination started near the Kremlin’s door.
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