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Some contend that Egypt will not be able to undertake this shift.
Given that Futenma is located in a densely-populated urban area that includes more than 100 schools, hospitals, and shops, critics contend that the Osprey would endanger the lives of thousands of island residents.
To be sure, domestic lobbies may not get everything they want when they have to contend with foreign lobbies.
At the same time, governments must contend with significant strategic challenges, which vary according to national conditions.
I contend that financial markets are always reflexive and on occasion they can veer quite far away from the so-called equilibrium.ampnbsp;
But economic dependence on others is not the only international reality with which governments must contend.
Moreover, they must contend with the country’s remarkable economic success of recent decades, which is often cited to muzzle detractors, especially those who criticize the government’s human-rights record.
The eastward expansion of NATO and the European Union, they contend, was an unnecessary provocation.
Some claim that the local PLA commander initiated the “stand-off,” while others contend that China’s new president, Xi Jinping, was using the transgression to assert his authority over the PLA.
Rather, they contend that QE’s positive externalities – namely, a stronger recovery in developed economies – will ultimately offset them.
Simply put, new reformers contend that Islam is flexible; that Islam's tenets can accommodate and even encourage pluralism.They are challenging those who claim Islam is unchanging across time, space or experience.
Some have excellent infrastructure at their disposal, while their international competitors may have to contend with constant power cuts.
Furthermore, this vision must contend with rising nationalism and isolationism, exemplified by US President Donald Trump’s “America First” approach and his trade war with China.
For North Korea – which already has to contend with South Korea’s alliance with the US, including seemingly endless joint military exercises – the South’s budding friendship with China, the North’s longtime ally, probably seems even more threatening.
Instead, it must contend with the increasingly powerful forces undermining the integration that has been achieved, attempting to push Europe backward.
Yet, whether through the force of his intellect and talent, as he and his supporters say, or his genius at self-promotion, as many of his detractors contend, Kouchner succeeded in remaining at center stage no matter who was France’s president or prime minister.
The only solution, many euro supporters now contend, is full political union, which would allow for fiscal transfers from the eurozone’s more competitive countries to their weaker counterparts.
It must also contend with significant fiscal drag, ongoing deleveraging in the household sector (amid weak job creation, stagnant incomes, and persistent downward pressure on real estate and financial wealth), rising inequality, and political gridlock.
But China’s leaders will have to contend with other countries’ reactions, as well as with the constraints implied by the need for external markets and resources in order to meet their economic-growth objectives.
India’s exceptional pluralism is acknowledged in the way the country arranges its affairs: all groups, faiths, tastes, and ideologies survive and contend for their place in the sun.
The only rational course of action would seem to be to curtail global consumption of fossil fuels, as the Kyoto Treaty's proponents contend, and invest in alternative energy sources.
The 2,000 Chiquitanos living around the park contend that a tree holds up the Amazon’s seven skies, and they are living that belief in a modern way: by using their forests to help reduce the stratospheric greenhouse gasses that cause global warming.
In the short run, the world needs to contend with an Iran that is an imperial power, one that seeks to remake large swaths of the Middle East in its image.
In cities, the poor must contend with the effects of “heat islands” – developed areas that trap the sun’s warmth and make temperatures significantly hotter than in rural regions.
I contend that an open society may also be threatened from the opposite direction; from excessive individualism, from too much competition and too little cooperation.
Supporters of a nuclear-armed Germany contend that NATO’s nuclear umbrella has lost all credibility because of statements made by US President Donald Trump.
Leaders must inevitably contend with difficult tradeoffs.
For example, Brazil must contend with a recession, low oil prices, and an unprecedented corruption scandal at Petrobras, the state oil company.
A country’s government, Keynesians contend, has the capacity – and responsibility – to solve many, if not all, of its economic problems.
Not only must they contend with the prospect of falling exports and confidence; they also are the latest victims of a financial crisis that started in the United States, traveled to Europe, and now has swept across their borders.
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