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But Germany no longer needs to be kept “down,” and there is some debate whether Russia should have been kept “out” after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
So the debate about unilateralism vs. multilateralism has been greatly oversimplified.
Nonetheless, the visit will inevitably spur reflection and debate about what happened there and why.
Japan’s governments have been fragile and short-lived for close to a decade, and the current debate over raising the value-added tax could cause another change of administration.
This ongoing debate has impeded decisions on the future of deep wells in Blue Amazonia.
That question has provoked much debate over the years, often generating more heat than light.
The good news is that a new pattern of citizen participation is emerging, especially in developing countries, with new voices and fresh ideas entering the debate.
For years, the debate around environmental action in the United States and Europe was characterized by a focus on abstract principles and by political infighting.
Russia Between Old Europe and New Americaby Dmitri TreninThroughout the UN debate on Iraq, President Putin tried to let France lead the charge against America's supposed "unilateralism".
Had President Putin joined the Franco-German chorus of doubters at the beginning of the UN debate, he would have squandered the goodwill and reputation for reliability he had painstakingly accumulated since coming to power three years ago.
That debate must continue, even if the French and Dutch referenda appear to have killed the Constitutional Treaty.
In the aftermath of the French and Dutch referenda, the European Commission and the European Parliament have sketched plans for a Europe-wide debate on these issues.
But such a debate also demands an organizational framework to engage European civil society, national parliaments, and pan-European mass media.
Only a new European debate that embodies the common action of European citizens and institutions can combat “alter-Europeanism” effectively.
Fear prevents honest debate of issues.
The fossil-fuel companies’ approach was so effective that the media are only now beginning to recognize the leading role the industry played in creating – almost out of whole cloth – the so-called “climate debate.”
Europe’s Non-Rhetorical ValuesWARSAW – The debate about Europe’s future is burdened by misleading and emotionally charged rhetoric, with vague talk of “more Europe” hampering productive discussion about European countries’ real problems.
If believers in traditional European values fail to ensure that their voices, too, are heard, hazy rhetoric will continue to overshadow constructive debate of the EU’s problems – and misguided policies will continue to undermine Europe’s prospects.
Much public debate is devoted to child poverty and how to relieve it.
containing both original research by her, Peter deMarzo, Martin Hellwig, and Paul Pfleiderer and their many interventions in the policy debate.
Building on its research, the IMF could contribute more to the debate on the macroeconomic and financial implications of private equity, hedge funds, and sovereign wealth funds, and develop practical recommendations to enhance their contribution to international financial stability.
NATO Must PrevailDENVER – US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’s recent prognosis of a “dim” and “dismal” future for NATO has triggered much debate, but it could well prove optimistic.
Although the EU's eastward enlargement has not yet happened, the debate is already shifting to ask what will follow: when should the new, predominantly postcommunist, members adopt the euro?
In the current debate about what the Fed should do next, Governor Lael Brainard has been arguing that real dollar appreciation of 20% in 2014 and 2015 reduces the need for further monetary-policy tightening.
Indeed, despite such poignant personal stories and the sheer scale of the carnage, homicide is rarely a subject of public debate in the region, not least because most victims hail predominantly from the region’s invisible, neglected classes.
Despite this error, the IPCC has long been a fairly reliable source of sensible and responsible estimates in an otherwise histrionic debate.
But, while everyone agrees that Chile should realize its potential as a global supplier of lithium, the local debate on how to accomplish this has produced more heat than light.
Unfortunately, the energy debate in Africa has focused almost exclusively on the development of power infrastructure, without considering access.
The debate about inequality’s causes is complex and often messy; the debate about how to address it is messier still.
Indeed, a heated national debate about how to improve education has seized Chile for much of the past year.
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