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In his later work, Darwin introduced another selection
criteria
that may be just as important, but which has received much less attention: mating preference, or sexual selection.
After all, “availability” can be interpreted according to many
criteria
and thus in myriad ways: How much water?
Their size and culture make them particularly easy to integrate into the West (indeed, Estonia is closer to the Maastricht
criteria
for joining monetary union than several present EU members).
Since EU policymakers have a narrow mandate and their decisions are often inspired by external technical criteria, they can be held accountable for their behavior despite the absence of elections.
Both morality and prudence demand that several
criteria
be satisfied before any use of force is approved.
No such guidelines have yet been formally adopted by the Security Council or the General Assembly, but five
criteria
have emerged from the R2P debate over the last decade.
As a result, the contracts that are negotiated often do not meet the
criteria
described above – to the disadvantage not only of governments, but also of firms interested in durable contracts.
Should leadership be evaluated according to
criteria
like economic prosperity, public health, respect for human rights, personal security, and peace?
Or are the proper
criteria
the leader’s character and competence, including his or her ability to inspire the country, choose good officials, formulate good policies, and implement them?
In any case, one would not expect prize committees or historians to judge leaders solely by quantitative
criteria.
Among EU countries, average public debt increased from 73% of GDP in 2009 to 86% of GDP in 2016, far above the ceiling of 60% of GDP set by the Maastricht
criteria.
By those criteria, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has been tremendously effective since its enactment in 2000.
The Council subsequently asked the European Commission to decide by October 2004 whether Turkey had sufficiently fulfilled the political
criteria
– including democracy, the rule of law, and respect for the rights of ethnic minorities – for membership.
Of its 30 members, 29 said that Turkey had fulfilled the
criteria
sufficiently to proceed.
In order to preserve the state’s ability to act while avoiding competitive distortions between and within industries, we should establish
criteria
to guide future decisions in this area.
To be sure, the IMF rejected this proposition in 2011, because the renminbi did not yet meet the
criteria
of a freely convertible currency.
But, in order to eliminate uncertainty, the eurozone must break the taboo on exits, establishing clear
criteria
for a country’s departure and outlining the process by which it should occur.
Objective
criteria
and a clear strategy would reassure financial markets that an exit would be orderly and predictable, thereby deterring capital flight.
However, while General de Gaulle once spoke of a Europe stretching from the Atlantic to the Urals, defining Europe in purely geographical terms omits other
criteria
– including the European social model and the scale of values on which it is based – of what it means to “belong” to Europe.
It is unlikely that any new members will be able to meet theconvergence
criteria
soon.
And the same is true of business leaders: Activist investors are fed up and determined to force change, either with a hands-on approach or by voting with their feet and divesting from companies that don’t meet their
criteria.
Nor is it the result of the collapse of a speculation-fueled asset bubble, the violation of the Maastricht criteria, ballooning debt, or greedy banks.
The Security Council would judge the legitimacy of such action by whether it met the age-old
criteria
of just war: the seriousness of the threat, the purpose of the response, whether force is a last resort, whether it is used in a proportionate way, and whether there is a reasonable balance of good and bad consequences.
In both cases, you try to sift through a large population – first to define what makes someone a good target, and later to find more people matching those
criteria
who presumably will also be good targets.
If European countries used similar
criteria
to those used in the United States for determining economic cycles, the Great Recession in Britain would quite possibly not have been declared over in the first place.
Recent reports that Ireland entered a new recession in early 2013 would also read differently if American
criteria
were applied.
So, what are the differences between European and US
criteria
for judging recessions?
To make this body viable, realistic
criteria
must underpin its design.
Other ESC members could enhance their participation by forming groups based on geographical proximity or political
criteria
(non-NATO EU members could share a seat).
There seem to be two particularly important
criteria
for great leadership, both noted by the political philosopher Isaiah Berlin.
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