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What is also apparent is the fact that the debate has been exploited and hijacked by radical and extreme elements on both sides of the
divide
– those defending the right of free speech and those who defend the Muslim faithWhat has also clearly come out is that faith has a deeper significance than merely belonging to the faithful.
The threat of climate change does not sit neatly on either side of the left-right divide; it is – and must remain – part of US strategic planning.
Social media – the much-lauded catalyst of democratization in authoritarian countries – has exacerbated the trend toward polarization in Thailand, just as it has in other electoral democracies that are struggling with a widening majority-minority divide, like Turkey and Malaysia.
It is a
divide
over principles – the very principles of the EU’s treaties and Charter of Fundamental Rights.
This
divide
is more circumstantial than essential.
Thaksin recognized this urban-rural
divide
and shrewdly exploited it, upending the elite consensus that had long prevailed.
The rural-urban
divide
wedded the grassroots rural population to upcountry patronage networks and vote-buying, while elected politicians reaped their rewards through corruption and graft.
To bridge this
divide
and reduce tensions, leaders must pursue confidence-building measures.For China, this could mean ensuring more reciprocity in its trade and investment relations with the advanced economies, despite its World Trade Organization status as a developing country.
To bridge this
divide
and reduce tensions, leaders must pursue confidence-building measures.
So the deep economic and social
divide
that has emerged within the eurozone is expected to persist.
But this solution could work only if the biggest problem is the
divide
between member states.
This voting geography is indicative of a deep economic, social, and educational
divide.
As Enrico Moretti of the University of California at Berkeley emphasized in his book The New Geography of Jobs, the salience of this new
divide
is unmistakable: university graduates account for half of the total population in the most affluent US metropolitan areas, but are four times less numerous in worse-off areas.
Economic shocks tend to exacerbate this political
divide.
For too long, governments have neglected this
divide.
For those who feel left out, stronger national growth often means even more prosperity and dynamism in the better-off cities, and little, if any, gain for themselves – hence a sharper, even more unbearable
divide.
To mitigate the geo-economic divide, they may have to be rethought fundamentally.
Autocracies stay in power if they can
divide
the population and prevent organized opposition activities.
The 1,300-year-old Sunni/Shia
divide
was not what the US had in mind when it invaded in 2003.
As countries emerged, many placed a new emphasis on “harmony,” in an effort to redress the growing
divide
between rich and poor, urban and rural.
According to Michel Barnier, the EU commissioner spearheading the reform effort, the proposed measures – including regulatory authority to
divide
banks’ riskier trading activities from their deposit-taking business, and a ban on proprietary trading by the largest banks – would enhance financial stability and protect taxpayers.
The project – which aims to foster shared prosperity through people-to-people exchanges, improved trade flows, and increased currency circulation – is precisely what the world needs if it is to avoid a return to the Cold War
divide
or the Balkanization of Eastern Europe.
Yet Brexit will only exacerbate Britain’s regional divide: as the more export-dependent north loses jobs faster than the south, post-referendum optimism will be cut short.
Regional economic policy used to be the tool for narrowing the
divide.
The UK must adopt a more balanced approach that gives each region the power to develop its economic potential and bridges the
divide
between the core and periphery.
The UK’s north-south
divide
raises issues common to all Western economies where movements promising to “take back control” for the people are forming, and a new identity politics is challenging moderate forces.
Sometimes the same company operates on both sides of the
divide.
The difficulty is in the fact that it is not always easy to
divide
peacefully ethnic and religious groups and to redraw boundaries.
Their vision, if realized, would violate European law; already, it threatens to
divide
and destroy the EU.
(Only Maine and Nebraska don’t follow the winner-take-all rule; they
divide
the Electoral College vote by congressional district.)
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