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The Decline of AhmedinejadIranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad may be gaining support across the Muslim world for his fervent criticism of the United States, but inside Iran, he is losing strength.
Al-Shabaab’s leadership wears criticism from the West like a badge of honor.
Both candidates received some (well-deserved) criticism during the conventions for appealing to peoples’ emotions instead of addressing facts and policies.
Although most do not support Pakistan’s Pervez Musharraf, Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak, or the al-Saud family, they see hypocrisy in Western criticism of these leaders that is designed to manipulate and marginalize – after all, the West does not really want to push these regimes too far.
Of course, Korean traditionalists reject criticism of what westernized Koreans call cronyism.
Traditionalists argue that criticism of cronyism is really criticism of social solidarity and responsibility, which they see as positive features of Korean society.
By starting his "destructive" reforms, by declaring the age of glasnost, he exposed himself to unending criticism.
Yet France and Germany, with Britain and Italy not far behind, say such criticism is outdated.
The current proposed arrangements would permit the Chinese government to veto any candidate that it did not like, prompting criticism that what is on offer is an Iranian-style election: “You can vote for anyone we choose.”
Though the statement from the US Embassy in Cairo has become the target of political criticism, it warrants praise for exemplifying American values.
Contrary to the criticism, condemnation of the film is not censorship.
Second, for new generations of students, Keynes’s relevance may lie less in his specific remedies for unemployment than in his criticism of his profession for modeling on the basis of unreal assumptions.
Are moderate Islamic intellectuals facing increasing criticism and challenge?
Consider sedition, against which a draconian law that was established in 1870 to suppress any criticism of British policies – even criticism that, as one Briton candidly put it, did not involve “an absolute breach of the peace.”
Colombia’s government has gone as far as it can, in the face of much criticism from its own supporters, in not insisting on immediate disarmament or surrender, but instead offering a cease-fire and the rebels the possibility of reintegration into civil society under international observation.
The government knew monitors would turn up improprieties, but believes that it has nothing to hide, and much to gain, from honest criticism.
Kazakhstan deserved the criticism it received from Western election monitors.
Mexico, singled out for criticism by Trump during the campaign, faces a unique set of issues concerning both trade and immigration.
As huge winners from globalization, they want to avoid criticism of their trade and financial policies, which arguably remain considerably more protectionist than those of their rich-country counterparts.
Part of what happened--or, rather what didn't happen--is admirable: almost no effort was made to muzzle criticism of the government, as happens in China and scores of dictatorial countries.
German criticism should be directed at improving it, not at sandbagging it.
Second, globalization has been the target for populist criticism.
That is no criticism of those who work – often very hard – in the European Parliament.
Autocratic governments create laws and regulations to protect themselves and their cronies from criticism or exposure by independent media.
But advocating engagement over isolation should not prevent friendly criticism, and in Davos I offered four reasons why Russia will not remain a major power in 2020 unless it changes its current behavior and policies.
Most Russian participants at the Davos dinner seemed to ignore these criticisms, but it was interesting to hear one important official admit that reform might progress faster if oil prices dropped somewhat, and another accept the point that criticism should be welcomed as long as it is offered in a friendly spirit.
No official has offered criticism analogous to Swedish Foreign Secretary Carl Bildt’s condemnation of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko’s show trial in that country, or US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s frank statements about Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s erosion of the rule of law.
Not surprisingly, Macron’s proposed legislation has provoked criticism, not just from Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Front, but also from the extreme left.
So far, the chorus of criticism directed at the administration’s budget document has largely focused on its optimistic forecasts for GDP growth.
Whether criticism of Israeli policies is right or wrong, pundits and politicians who speak out on the issue should not be lumped together with those who say that Hitler should have finished the job.
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