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Proponents of OMT counter that the Treaty forbids only
direct
government bond purchases; indirect purchases in secondary markets are allowed.
That phone call violated a protocol – avoidance of
direct
contact between the US and Taiwan at the presidential level – that American presidents from both parties have carefully observed for four decades.
A
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effect of the higher interest rate would be to increase the budget deficit and the rate of growth of government debt.
The
direct
effect of the $1.5 trillion deficit implied by the tax reform would be to raise that to 97%.
While Afghanistan’s current path has led to some progress, it is far from the most
direct
route to prosperity – not least because of deep flaws in aid delivery and domestic governance.
NEW HAVEN – Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the Russian public’s acquiescence in
direct
government control of news media have many people wondering if Russians are predisposed to authoritarianism.
Indeed, speaking on the Russian radio program
Direct
Line last month, he extolled the genetic virtues of the Russian people.
And
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financial assistance to LMICs – for example, to fund family-planning programs and combat malaria and HIV/AIDS – will be required for years to come.
Putin rarely talks about the problems of Russia’s twentieth-century history, once replying to a
direct
question about his attitude toward the events of 1917 by saying that he considered it to be “the country’s natural reaction to defeat in the First World War.”
As for France,
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involvement in attempting to reduce tensions in the Middle East seems indispensable in the era of Donald Trump.
Without
direct
government intervention, it would be difficult to fix the problem.
Though the books contain no
direct
reference to contemporary political issues, China’s government views them as critical of CCP rule and thus damaging to social stability.
The defense treaties concluded recently by France and the United Kingdom appear to be a good example of what can be obtained through greater cooperation and integration – even though it is a strictly bilateral affair with no
direct
links to either NATO or the European Union.
Few people have
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experience of the other members of the community with which they identify.
Higher trade tariffs would raise the cost of imports, which would have a
direct
negative impact on ordinary Americans.
Beyond new technologies’
direct
and indirect negative effects on productivity, there is a risk that they are undermining people’s quality of life.
One reason is rooted in initial conditions that limit
direct
gains from increased trade while widening the scope for tension and conflict.
Must the US, as Henry Kissinger suggests in his latest book On China, consider the prospect of a “Pacific Community” that, unlike the Cold War-era Atlantic Community, is not based on common culture and values in the face of a
direct
threat, but on common interests in an “age of rebalancing of world order”?
The absence of
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experience with people of a different culture, race, or religion leaves space for prejudice, myths, and dark rumors, reinforced by the apocalyptic rendering of the tabloid media.
And the prospect that sanctions on Iran’s oil exports will be phased out implies significant inflows of foreign
direct
investment aimed at increasing production and export capacity.
Be it the spread of inflation or the impact of currency devaluation half a world away, global economic forces can have a
direct
impact on every person’s livelihood.
An example would be a mob attack on a member of a racial or religious group in
direct
response to a speech urging an assault on members of that group.
Many in the younger generation have no
direct
memories of the Korean War.
That leaves the third option, a diplomatic bargain, for which Kim’s price is
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talks with the US, a security guarantee, and the type of economic incentives that were offered to Iran.
Officially, the Pentagon does not
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the concept of “Air-Sea Battle” against any particular country.
The British data suggest that cultural and ethnic attitudes, not
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economic motivations, are the real distinguishing features of anti-globalization voting.
The outcome of the Syrian conflict will also have a
direct
impact on the Middle East’s alignment of power.
Their quick and
direct
response to the recent incidents in Sichuan, Xinjiang, and Wenzhou are important cases in point.
Rather than launch an old-fashioned invasion – an approach that could trigger a
direct
confrontation with the United States – China is creating new facts on the ground by confounding, bullying, and bribing adversaries.
Yet today’s heady talk of freedom cannot obscure the reality that the people’s “revolution” has so far led only to a
direct
military takeover, with the decades-old emergency law still in force and the country’s political direction uncertain.
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