Departure
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Blair’s
departure
left Bush increasingly isolated diplomatically, with changes of government in Berlin and Paris bringing only superficial improvements.
That strike marked a significant
departure
from former President Barack Obama’s widely discredited policy toward Syria – one that could change the Syrian conflict’s rules of engagement, if not its course.
This would be a radical
departure
from the Kingdom’s tradition of power-sharing among princes within a highly decentralized system.
The Financial Education of the EurozoneLONDON – In 2017, Europe’s leaders will confront an array of severe tests, including tumultuous elections featuring populist insurgencies, complex negotiations over Britain’s
departure
from the European Union, and a new American president who thinks that the transatlantic alliance is “obsolete.”
It was the result of long-held fears and frustrations, though one might not have expected that, for many British, instinct would become a point of arrival rather than a point of
departure.
Thailand’s interminable political imbroglio has left its economy at stall speed; the reformist zeal of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has petered out in his second term following the
departure
of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati; and Japan seems to remain in a state of suspended animation.
Iraq After MalikiDENVER – Nouri al-Maliki’s fitful
departure
from Iraq’s premiership recalled many other cliffhanger exits by unpopular political leaders.
Optimists cheer the
departure
of the Bush administration and assume that the arrival of the Obama presidency, which unlike its predecessor is not in denial about the science of global warming, will unlock the prospect of a deal.
Indeed, left Confucianism’s
departure
from the status quo is precisely the point: it is meant to provide a moral standard for social critics and to inspire visions of a more desirable political future.
Obama’s Middle EastJERUSALEM – President-elect Barack Obama’s plans for the Middle East, the region where his predecessor’s policies shattered America’s standing around the world as a benign superpower, represent a welcome
departure
from President Bush’s grand design to redress the region’s ills through “constructive chaos.”
Forcing Ozawa to step down with him can perhaps be said to be Hatoyama’s only meaningful decision as prime minister, for Ozawa’s
departure
from the political scene – if it sticks – is the far more important event.
In a 2012 judgment, the Botswana Court of Appeals wrote that capital punishment has been imposed “since time immemorial,” and “its abolition would be a
departure
from the accepted norm.”
In particular, Great Britain’s
departure
from the EU and Scotland’s
departure
from the UK would add to tensions in Northern Ireland between pro-UK Unionists and Republicans seeking to join Ireland.
Though the other 11 countries have continued to move the deal forward, in the form of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), America’s
departure
has undermined momentum toward greater trade multilateralism.
The point of
departure
for Western students – freedom of speech and assembly, ideological pluralism, and a democratic political system – was, for their Eastern colleagues, a distant objective that they were unlikely to achieve.
Nevertheless, the election of a new, democratic, and lawful president has become accepted nationally as a necessary point of
departure
from the murderous path taken by the country with the extension of Lahoud’s mandate.
Bending Toward International JusticeNEW YORK – This week’s hurried
departure
by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from South Africa, where African Union heads of state were convening, has spared him arrest for now.
This would mark a
departure
from the current system, in which trillions of dollars in foreign profits remain untaxed unless they are repatriated.
In September 1992, a speculative attack on the pound led to Britain’s
departure.
On the contrary, the rising threat of radicalization stems from delaying Saleh’s
departure.
(Nonetheless, since the
departure
of most international combat troops over the last couple of years, the security situation has deteriorated.)
Moreover, the Moroccan state has made an extraordinary effort to prevent the
departure
of new recruits to Iraq and Syria, and to avert terrorist attacks at home.
After all, the oft-repeated principle that the IMF’s managing director should be chosen on the basis of merit rather than nationality need not mean a
departure
from past practice.
In the 1990’s, I was among those Indonesians who demanded and celebrated the
departure
of our own autocrat, Suharto, and I joined the new government when he left.
She would do far better to pre-empt that pressure by taking the initiative in announcing her own
departure
in December.
Unless Tillerson has in mind a hidden policy to remove Assad by assassination or coup, insisting on his
departure
as a condition of a political settlement in Syria amounts to prolonging the civil war: more armed support for the opposition will mean more Russian backing for the regime.
The day after Medvedev’s
departure
from Vladikavkaz, terrorists blew up the ski lifts at the resort in Nalchik, not far from Sochi, where, for Russia, much more than winning medals will be at stake in 2014.
The cost is eight million jobs in the US alone, with employment falling 6% from its peak and – in a major
departure
from other post-1945 recessions – remaining 5% below that peak today, 31 months after the crisis broke in earnest.
If those in Italy’s government who advocate a
departure
from the eurozone get their way, the situation will become even more explosive, owing to widespread economic destabilization and the destruction of confidence.
Yet, for this very reason, they want the inevitable
departure
from Europe to happen as quickly as possible so that the country can get back to business as usual.
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