Dependence
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To be free but alone is not easy, particularly when habits of
dependence
are ingrained.
Most worrisome is America’s huge
dependence
on foreign borrowing, particularly from China – an imbalance that likely planted the seeds of the current crisis.
At the same time, the EU must advance its energy union, diversifying its oil and gas imports and lessening its
dependence
on Russia.
Even China, which is trying to shift its economy more toward consumption in order to reduce its
dependence
on capital spending, has put in place an infrastructure of roads, power grids, ports, and railways that will serve its domestic economy for decades.
Reduced European
dependence
on the US export market can hardly protect Europe from the effects of the US economic slowdown if the euro appreciates as much against the key Asian currencies as it has against the dollar.
Of course, increasing import
dependence
does not necessarily mean less energy security, any more than self-sufficiency guarantees uninterrupted supply.
But, although they have increased their
dependence
on market forces, their governments continue to dictate too many major economic decisions, increasing the risk of imbalances or even crises.
It is sometimes said that we should not give aid because it creates
dependence.
To use the possibility of creating
dependence
to justify the cuts, we would need hard evidence, not only that some aid programs have created dependence, but that specific global health programs adversely affected by the cuts really are creating
dependence.
Uganda seems to be an example of a country that receives a significant amount of aid, and at the same time, contrary to the hypothesis that aids creates dependence, is making rapid economic progress.
If anything, the economy’s
dependence
on exports of fuels and industrial minerals has increased, meaning that smaller price fluctuations have a greater impact on Russia’s fiscal and external position.
MBS’s plan for diversifying the Saudi economy to reduce its
dependence
on oil is still on the drawing board.
Continued fighting and unresolved territorial claims have injected a new sense of urgency into discussions about Europe’s energy policy and, specifically, its
dependence
on imported energy.
Within Jordan, however, there is another perspective on the future, one that welcomes reduced
dependence
on Iraq.
This eliminates risk from citizens’ economic lives, entrenching their
dependence
on the government and stifling entrepreneurship and innovation.
Still, the world has a long way to go, as its
dependence
on coal remains high.
Similarly, while the world today searches for ways to confront
dependence
on fossil fuels and seeks other, cleaner energy sources, Russia continues to live off its oil and gas, which only encourages it to delay the economic and political restructuring that it will need to succeed in the long term.
In managing the 2008 crisis, foreign banks’
dependence
on US-dollar funding constituted a major weakness, and required the provision of large swap lines by the Federal Reserve.
And America’s weakness, the growing
dependence
of European (especially German) exports on the Chinese market, and the enticements of the Far East more generally, will nurture a new and promising Eurasian perspective as Transatlanticism declines.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel also bears considerable responsibility: Her tough rhetoric masks a largely business-as-usual approach that reflects her country’s
dependence
on Russian gas supplies.
To reduce their
dependence
on commodities they also have signed free-trade agreements with the US (inexplicably not approved by the US Congress in the case of Colombia).
As the world’s
dependence
on oil increased, so did OPEC’s power.
Recent papers report many users in the US, UK and New Zealand now seek treatment for
dependence.
To be the beneficiary of an action is less glorious than to be the benefactor, because it hints at powerlessness and
dependence.
How to Negotiate with North KoreaSEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un seems to be setting the stage for an historic deal with US President Donald Trump that would allow his country, like Myanmar and Vietnam, to reduce its
dependence
on China and move closer to the West.
When queried about America’s
dependence
on foreign lenders, they often smugly retort, “Where else would they go?”
The Spanish and the Chinese Civil Wars, World War II, the depth of depression in the United States, Stalinist purges, the political
dependence
of Asia and Africa, and the pains of decolonization in India and elsewhere could be viewed by Brazilians and Mexicans as remote events that could not happen here any more.”
This will require policies that gradually reduce
dependence
on oil, while realizing that it will not be possible recognizing to isolatethat the American economy cannot be isolated from global energy markets.
Notwithstanding politicians’ repeated calls for energy independence, over the past 30 years the United States, for example, has doubled its
dependence
on imported oil, which now accounts for nearly two-thirds of its oil needs.
The Coming Ice Age in Energy SecurityWorldwide
dependence
on fossil fuels costs far more than the price of a barrel of crude oil.
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