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The latest example is the decision by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s government, just re-elected by a razor-thin margin, to deny former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd the formal nomination he needed to join the race to be the next UN Secretary-General.
The decision defies not only the merits of the case and well-established precedent, but also the government’s own need for a more bipartisan spirit to develop if it is to get any of its major legislation through the Australian Parliament.
But the Rudd decision has left a very bad taste in Labor mouths, and in those of some other independents as well.
How, then, can US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose substantial tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum be justified?
After the attacks on New York and Washington, DC, on September 11, 2001, the group's battle took on a geopolitical dimension, as its fighters objected to Yemen's decision to collaborate with the United States and enhance bilateral intelligence cooperation.
The seven largest high-income economies (the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Canada) made the revolutionary decision to decarbonize their economies during this century.
As Oliver Wendell Holmes famously put it in a 1919 US Supreme Court decision, "Even the most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting 'fire' in a crowded theater and causing a panic."
Consider Trump’s recent decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement, which was met with widespread condemnation from foreign leaders, environmentalists, and many CEOs, all decrying America’s retreat from global leadership.
Moreover, it is unlikely that the US Congress would ever have appropriated these funds in the first place, regardless of Trump’s decision.
But it still needs to be effectively addressed: Goldman’s recent decision to provide record bonuses as a reward for performance in the last two quarters, for example, is a step in the wrong direction.
The judges have offered no indication when they will make a decision.
Of course, Ireland’s decision to cut taxes because of the huge surplus its robust economy has generated may have had electoral, rather than economic, motivations.
Vladimir Putin’s decision to serve as prime minister should Dmitri Medvedev become Russia’s next president has made their electoral success in March a virtual certainty.
Finally, this new vision must reflect a clear decision about the extent to which we are committed to addressing climate and sustainability challenges.
In fact, the threat of competition from Indian generics is partly responsible for major pharmaceutical companies’ decision to make some of their drugs available to the world’s poor at low prices.
This would pave the way for the EU to create a common DGS in the longer term – a political decision with far-reaching consequences, owing to the fiscal burden-sharing that it implies.
Even the decision to redefine the market’s role in resource allocation as “decisive” was not the breakthrough that many observers have claimed.
Judgment Day for the EurozoneMUNICH – Europe and the world are eagerly awaiting the decision of Germany’s Constitutional Court on September 12 regarding the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the proposed permanent successor to the eurozone’s current emergency lender, the European Financial Stability Mechanism.
There are serious concerns on all sides about the pending decision.
Second, Germany’s law on the introduction of the ESM obliges Germany’s representative on the ESM Council to vote only after having asked the Bundestag for a decision.
Obviously, there is a point where a leader must commit to a decision.
If a relatively open global system is to survive in a world where nation states are the principle decision makers, it will have to be managed and guided not just to achieve efficiency and stability (important as these goals are), but also to ensure that its benefits are distributed equitably between and within countries.
The issue went to Turkey’s highest court, which annulled the parliamentary vote, effectively blocking Gul’s candidacy, resulting in Erdogan’s decision to call an early election.
While the high court decision and the appeal to the electorate means that Turkish democracy has dodged a bullet for now, the progress of Turkey’s EU accession negotiations has been further slowed.
My think tank, the Copenhagen Consensus Center, publishes research and findings on the costs and benefits of such choices, in order to provide policymakers – and the public – with evidence to maximize the effectiveness of their decision.
The EU’s decision to liberalize its visa regime for Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia – and the fact that George Papandreou, the major architect of the EU’s Balkan integration strategy, is back in power in Greece – is another source of optimism.
Burma’s Drug Lord GeneralsThe news blackout imposed by Burma’s military junta on its decision to forego its turn as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year shows that it has received a severe blow to its prestige.
Indeed, the decision was far from voluntary.
The decision to place inequality at the center of the discussion at Davos this year was a promising development.
The outpouring of emotion evident at Shahbag was provoked by a decision of an international criminal tribunal convened by the government.
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