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The decision provided the most visible image yet of an emerging China-South Korea concert, one that China believes may prevent the region from sliding into cold war.
But that will be impossible without a settlement in Syria and a decision by Iran to stop supporting Hezbollah.
By failing to defend the constitution against internal enemies, Weimar's liberals showed that they feared taking a decision more than they feared taking on their enemies.
According to Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu, “The decision finally removes all doubts that countries which still do not recognize the Republic of Kosovo could have.”
Nor did the Court’s decision address the borders of an independent Kosovo, or whether and under what circumstances force could legally be used either to impose independence or to resist it.
The parliament’s decision will be far-reaching, and will affect European finance for many years to come.
As a former MP, I can remember times when I had easily convinced Parliament that I was right about some policy decision, only to learn through face-to-face encounters with my constituents that I was not nearly as smart as I thought I was.
When someone breaks down crying while trying to explain the impact that your decision has had on their life, you usually think twice about the issue.
Such offers remain on the table, gathering dust, but it has been entirely North Korea’s decision not to pursue them.
In the process of reaching this decision, however, several long simmering issues have come to the fore.
That decision was, it seems, entirely political.
That would certainly not have comported with Google’s public values – and it would probably have been a bad business decision as well.
The decision, coming at the cabinet’s regular meeting on February 15th, was not intended to coincide with Kim Jong-il’s 63rd birthday the following day.
This partly reflected the decision by France, Germany, and Italy in 2003 to violate and later “reform” the Maastricht rules, effectively declaring them null and void.
Nnamani’s sudden decision to recall the lawmakers in the wake of the vote may be the first step in this direction.
Another policy area that has lost its centrality is the internal market – a notable decision, given that it has been the centerpiece of the European project since the Commission was created in 1958.
Portugal’s decision in 2001 to decriminalize possession of illegal drugs led not only to more drug users in treatment (rather than in prison), but also a significant decrease in the number of drug users newly infected with HIV.
In November of last year, the US Federal Reserve’s decision to launch a new cycle of “quantitative easing” (buying up government bonds through monetary creation) triggered fierce criticism in Europe.
Italy is blocking a European Union decision to bribe Turkey to keep refugees from crossing over into Greece on their way to Germany, Sweden, or other northern European countries.
Yes, asset markets were initially ecstatic over the Fed’s decision this month not to scale back QE.
A religious decision can be a matter of passionate commitment (as in Kierkegaard’s “leap of faith”), or, more commonly, an emotionally low-intensity consumer option (expressed in the telling American phrase “religious preference”).
Even if an individual decides to affirm a very conservative version of a tradition, this decision may, at least in principle, be revoked at some future time.
In the eurozone, euphoria followed the ECB’s decision to provide support with potentially unlimited purchases of distressed countries’ bonds.
So let us speak frankly, facing a taboo, about what it means to be a senior woman leading effectively: it means that one will occasionally contradict a man, however politely; overrule a man, however courteously; disregard a man’s strategic advice, no matter how gently the decision is put; and tell a junior man, however tactfully, that he is not performing well enough.
The Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United, which opened the floodgates for political contributions by corporations, should be reversed.
Because the next US president will have the opportunity to appoint at least one Supreme Court justice (and potentially up to four), a vote for Clinton may well be a vote for overturning a decision that has contributed to voter disillusionment.
Complicating matters further, the secessionist politician Milorad Dodik, who just served his final term as president of the Republika Srpska (one of the two largely autonomous entities into which the country is divided), has made the disquieting decision to run for BiH’s tripartite presidency.
But, just as those regions have been improving their public and corporate governance – Hong Kong just witnessed a breakthrough court decision against a telecom tycoon who is the son of the province’s richest and most powerful man – crony capitalism is taking root in the United States, a country that the world long considered the gold standard of a level playing field in business.
Gilani unequivocally declared in his inaugural address that fighting terrorism is a top priority, and his first decision was to release from house arrest judges deposed by Musharraf.
Exactly one year ago, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s principled decision to open Germany’s borders to refugees stranded in Hungary impressed millions of people around the world.
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