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Yet, over the last decade, that expectation has been called into question.
Only a rapid change of course by the Obama administration in 2013 can begin to counteract the enmity toward the US that has been generated by more than a decade of its forces’ lethal presence in the region.
Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, suggested recently that the US “could already be in the second decade of another American century.”
More than a decade after the beginning of the transition, many postcommunist countries have not even returned to pre-transition income levels.
They also cite investment opportunities in emerging markets, and make the obvious point that if China and India stay on track, their economies' relative weight in the world will double in the next decade or so, as rapid real growth is accompanied by appreciation in their real exchange rates.
The value of stocks is almost twice GDP, far more than ever in history and at least a quarter higher than at the peak of Japan's bubble a decade ago.
However, as GDP growth in the EU indicates, dynamic solidarity has been undermined over the last decade.
According to the International Labor Organization, the Indian workforce is set to grow by more than eight million annually over the coming decade, largely owing to young people entering the labor market.
The benefits of a monetary union based on a stable macroeconomic framework and governed by an independent central bank are manifest: the euro area has enjoyed low inflation and low interest rates for much of the last decade, a boost in trade and investment, and rapid integration of financial markets.
Of course, the euro is no panacea, nor has it functioned perfectly over the last decade.
A decade after the euro’s introduction, we must follow the example of its founders and turn crisis into opportunity by uniting in a spirit of cooperation and ambition – and thereby reinforce the EMU’s foundations.
Contrary to Trump’s accusations, Pakistan has made steady, albeit slow, progress over the last decade, both in combating terrorism and in consolidating democratic institutions.
Worst-case estimates have China’s real GDP growing at around 7% per year over the next decade.
In practical terms, this means that oil prices, for example, are more likely to hover near $120 per barrel over the next decade, rather than $50; and we are unlikely to see a $20 barrel of oil ever again.
Charles Kindleberger, an intellectual architect of the Marshall Plan who later taught at MIT, argued that the disastrous decade of the 1930s was caused when the US replaced Britain as the largest global power but failed to take on Britain’s role in providing global public goods.
The first President Bush said much the same thing almost a decade ago, at the 1992 “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro.
Who would have predicted that within a decade, an obscure Corsican soldier would lead French armies to the banks of the Nile, or that the Napoleonic Wars would disrupt Europe until 1815?
The era of “reform and opening” has outlived its “emperor” by more than a decade, and has been the common thread running through transfers of political authority from Deng to Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao.
As expected, its final document unveils a plan for comprehensive reforms that will reshape China’s economy and society in the next decade.
Over the last decade, China has been working to shift from a manufacturing-led growth model fueled by low-cost labor to an innovation-led, higher-value-added model underpinned by strong productivity gains.
The Right Time to Reform Fuel PricingCAMBRIDGE – World oil prices, which have been highly volatile during the last decade, have fallen more than 50% over the past year.
Over the past decade, Kim Jong-il has emphasized the importance of his military-first policy.
Though the exact price remains secret, it appears that Russia offered major concessions, after nearly a decade of negotiations, to ensure the deal’s success.
The Sino-Russian alliance in the twentieth century was a product of China’s weakness following World War II and at the beginning of the Cold War – and, even then, it lasted little more than a decade.
Turnover in US financial markets rose four-fold in the decade before the crisis.
It is only a decade since trading speeds fell below one second; they are now as fast as the blink of an eye.
In fact, education accounts for just 10% of total international development aid, down from 13% a decade ago.
But history suggests a simpler explanation: A decade of steadily rising oil prices had emboldened Russia, leaving it ready to seize any opportunity to deploy its military power.
If trade liberalization in goods and services proves too politically difficult to achieve in this decade, the benefits of liberalizing international labor flows is worth contemplating – not least because otherwise illegal migration is likely to increase.
For a decade, Britain stood almost alone against expanding the Social Chapter.
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