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On a global scale, this complex and interdependent world needs an organization of states and structures of governance oriented towards responsible dialogue, the aim being to mitigate abuses of power and
defend
global public assets.
It is inarguable that Israel has a right to
defend
itself against attacks on its citizens, but it is inhumane and counterproductive to punish civilian populations in the illogical hope that somehow they will blame Hamas and Hezbollah for provoking the devastating response.
In Carson’s wake, the “Woodstock” generation of the 1960’s, with its Earth Days, soon began to organize a broad campaign, which saw, in April 1970, around 20 million Americans take to the street to
defend
the environment.
Their instinct (and their bureaucratic interest) is to
defend
their countries’ “national champion” bank(s) abroad.
In other words, North Korea does not want only to
defend
itself; it wants to set the stage for an invasion of its own.
But weaker oversight by the World Bank would leave loan recipients to monitor and enforce environmental and social standards themselves – regardless of their resources or political will to do so –thus jeopardizing efforts to
defend
the rights of indigenous peoples, resettle displaced people, mitigate environmental damage, or protect forests and biodiversity.
But, since Hamas will not simply disappear – nor will Hezbollah – so the key point is to
defend
Israel and its citizens as they pursue their normal lives.
Perhaps more to the point, they feel that as long as a European security system is not in place, they may yet need the US to
defend
their security and independence.
According to Brexiteers like British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, because EU member states are too divided and consumed by their own crises to
defend
the integrity of the European project, “There is only one way to get the change we want – vote to leave the EU.”
But, all these years later, I have yet to meet anyone who knows what they are talking about who is prepared to
defend
Kyoto as a substantive global public policy.
Just a few months ago, most Western politicians were convinced that in an interdependent world revisionism is too costly and that despite Putin’s determination to
defend
Russia’s interests in the post-Soviet space, he would not resort to military force to do so.
If she does not
defend
the Rohingya, her aura of moral leadership may be dimmed among her own supporters, both at home and abroad.
The Scaremongers of the RoundtableCHICAGO – How often do you see capitalists screaming and even going to court to
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the principle that legitimate owners cannot exercise any control over their property?
Another survey last year revealed that only 15.3% of Japanese – the lowest proportion in the world – were willing to
defend
their country, compared to 75% of Chinese.
Indeed, reforms that enable Japan to
defend
itself better, including by building mutually beneficial regional partnerships, would enhance its capacity to forestall the emergence of a destabilizing power imbalance in East Asia.
And, finally, politicians generally
defend
their policies in terms of how they affect the middle class or the poor, not the arithmetic average of incomes across an economy – which gives equal weight to a $1 increase in the income of a poor person and that of a billionaire.
They learned to speak the language of democracy, gaining money and influence in the process and enlisting independent organizations to
defend
their rights and privileges.
The French do not care that they have never been able to articulate their vision of a “third way,” for they remain deeply convinced that the state has a key role to play in steering markets in order to
defend
“higher” values from the single-minded pursuit of materialism.
And he badly needs his gun to
defend
them.
In doing so, China has allowed power calculations to outweigh its own long-held principles, particularly non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs – a change that its leaders would
defend
by asserting that the US has repeatedly demonstrated that power ultimately determines principles.
Germany’s leaders need to recognize this – and to
defend
the ECB publicly from baseless fear mongering.
Foreign speculators actively bet against the baht, and the short sellers included not just hedge funds but also investment banks, including one that was simultaneously advising the Thai government on how to
defend
its currency.
That open-ended statement, without any clear means to achieve the goal that it announced, has done much to fuel military escalation and the rising death toll in Syria, while pushing the US repeatedly to
defend
its “credibility” against a line in the sand that it should not have drawn.
Aside from seeking to
defend
their own interests in the region, both countries understandably rejected the idea of US-led regime change in Syria.
In this situation, Central European countries must cooperate to
defend
their own interests, as well as their dream of a common Europe.
Given that improving overall productivity is the best way to
defend
against cost shocks, the new round of structural reform should be aimed at creating conditions for economic transformation and upgrading.
They see how countries like Denmark that maintained their own currencies have been forced to raise interest rates to
defend
their exchange rates when the United States Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank are cutting interest rates.
It is, in essence, an intellectual stress test – forcing Chinese leaders to
defend
newly formulated strategies and policies before a tough and seasoned audience of outside experts.
From the fatwa on Salman Rushdie for The Satanic Verses to the killing of a nun in Somalia in response to Pope Benedict’s Regensburg lecture and the Berlin Opera’s cancellation of a performance of Mozart’s Idomeneo , with its severed heads of religious founders, including Muhammad, we have seen violence and intimidation used to
defend
a particular religion’s taboos.
This means that we have to
defend
Salman Rushdie and the Danish cartoonists and the friends of Idomeneo , whether we like them or not.
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