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Putin believes that time is on his side; he is convinced that he will still be in office when all of his Western foils – Obama, Cameron, Hollande, and Merkel – have long since passed from the political scene.
Can the Iranians be convinced that if they push too far, they might lose the advantages they have gained?
And can the Saudis be convinced that they, too, are pushing too far?
Bush convinced people that he is good for American security by playing on the fears generated by the 9/11 attacks.
Instead of integrating India into the global capitalist system, as only a handful of post-colonial countries – for example, Singapore – chose to do, India’s leaders (and those of most former colonies) were convinced that the political independence that they had fought for could be guaranteed only through economic independence.
On one side are the "good guys," the Azzurri (the Italian national team, in their blue shirts), led by a manager who, because he was successful in business, is convinced he will be successful at managing the state.
It is how Bavarians and Venetians in the 1860s, for example, became convinced that they were and had always been Germans or Italians.
In 2014 for example, Citigroup convinced the US government to halve a fine almost the size of Deutsche Bank’s for the same mortgage abuse.
Financial markets would be more easily convinced if such support were complemented by the recipient countries’ acceptance of the fiscal pact, together with technical help to strengthen their governance.
Opinion polls, differing by about 20%, show that three fourths of the population, when comparing their living conditions with others, are convinced that they have been much more successful in adapting to the new living conditions than the rest of the country.
So the question arises: how are private bondholders to be convinced to get rid of their Greek bonds at a loss if there is a credible buyer of last resort?
The BoE’s vigilance, together with the fact that economic and financial arrangements with Europe have yet to be altered, has convinced companies and households to postpone plans to change their behavior.
We have all been hurt and are convinced that there are people who, having honed their malignant audacity to a sharp point, are now planning to hurt us again.
Trump’s statements and actions since the election, together with his broader reputation as an impulsive bully and apparent belief that the world is a Hobbesian jungle, have convinced the Chinese leadership that he is itching for a fight.
For Americans (and others) who believe that the Arab world thinks about nothing but the Palestinian cause, events this spring in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and even the Levant should have convinced them otherwise.
Breivik’s Call to ArmsNEW YORK – Let us assume, for the sake of argument, that Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician who is convinced that Europe is “in the final stages of Islamization,” is right: Anders Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer, is mad.
With Azerbaijan having spent extravagantly on armaments in recent years it may now have convinced itself that it now holds the upper hand.
What these will look like remains to be seen; but, at the very least, the “Leave” camp must feel that their votes were respected, while “Remain” supporters need to be convinced that the worst has been avoided.
Many physicists are convinced that these problems indicate a missing ingredient in our understanding of the fundamental principles of nature.
It is only a few years ago that Mikhail Gorbachev convinced himself and his Kremlin colleagues that they had to accommodate Bonn over unification because Germany would be the main actor on the continental European scene.
For now, China’s leaders seem convinced that they have little reason to bend to US pressure.
Indeed, the key to Abenomics’ success or failure may turn out to be whether the Japanese people are convinced that women are essential to their country’s economic revival, and are willing to support an earnest effort to establish institutions that support working women.
But if they were to remain open and democratic, their citizens had to be convinced that significant segments of society would not be left behind.
With its spectacular rise to become a leading global power in little more than a single generation, China has convinced autocratic regimes everywhere that authoritarian capitalism – or, as Chinese leaders call it, “socialism with Chinese characteristics” – is the fastest and smoothest route to prosperity and stability, far superior to messy electoral politics.
There is one more key reason why Trump, the climate-skeptic, might be convinced to sustain progress on climate action: preserving and enhancing America’s international influence.
Unlike Macron, British Prime Minister Theresa May is not convinced that she can charm Trump.
Moreover, many Iranian analysts point out that Khamenei and his inner circle are convinced that the US is ultimately bent on regime change – and is willing to use force to achieve it.
Indeed, events of the last couple of decades - the AIDS viruses transferring from monkeys to man, followed by their global spread, being just one example - should have convinced us that, where diseases are concerned, the unexpected will happen.
But victims complain that its procedures are slow and abstruse; and many Bosnian Serbs are convinced that the tribunal is selective and politically motivated.
By this time, many policymakers were convinced that the US was not ready to hear them out.
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