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Domestic or foreign policies that appear hypocritical, arrogant, indifferent to others’ views, or based on a narrow conception of national interests can undermine soft power.
But the US-led military invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were not the whole of it; many countries also ramped up monitoring and policing of domestic media and ordinary citizens.
Both Japan and Germany were slow in liberalizing their domestic financial systems as they tried to limit capital inflows for a substantial period of time in order to avoid rapid currency appreciation and the consequent erosion of their export competitiveness.
Instead, they prefer to fall back on military-dominated plans for strengthening the capacity of the Afghan army and police, while heeding domestic pressure to demonstrate that Afghanistan will not be an endless conflict.
Standing on the streets of one of these vibrant cities, one gains a deeper appreciation of recent data on China’s rising domestic consumption.
Foreign direct investment, on the other hand, is far more stable and driven by domestic fundamentals.
Rather, it is how China intends to use its newly acquired economic and military strength in pursuing its domestic and foreign-policy goals – and how the world’s leading powers can ensure that they do not end up harming each other by accident or misunderstanding.
Second, economic hardship and the threat of further isolation could compel Iran’s leaders to modify fundamentally their domestic and international policies.
Second, the increase in oil revenue heightened Iran’s reliance on imports, which the government encouraged in order to fight domestic inflation.
But as dollars became less accessible, while domestic production fell and imports rose, rial devaluation became inevitable.
Given domestic political instability, the government’s opaque nature, and an ever-changing regional context, it is impossible to predict their decision.
In the medium and longer term, the expected and hoped-for increase in China’s domestic consumption should be the most dynamic element of demand, with export growth continuing to slacken and investment remaining – except for brief periods – below 50% of GDP.
But it takes a huge leap of faith to conclude from this that one can't go wrong by deregulating, privatizing, and opening domestic markets as much as possible.
Governments, they believe, are run by crooks, so tie their hands; bureaucrats are beholden to rent-seeking private agents, so ensure non-discretion and apply uniform taxes and incentives; domestic political systems cannot be trusted, so import laws and institutions from abroad; external influences are always more benign than domestic ones, so ensure maximum openness to international trade and investment; reformers have a limited "honeymoon period," so implement reforms fast.
Many Ukrainians now hear domestic echoes of the lead-up to war in Georgia.
Domestic reform in Europe’s two large former imperial powers is also an essential element in making Europe work.
On this International Women’s Day, we must not forget that in the world’s poorest communities, poverty, hunger, domestic violence, and discrimination remain endemic obstacles to gender parity.
The Iranian regime would continue to brutally repress its domestic opponents, meddle in Iraq and Afghanistan, arm and fund Hezbollah and Hamas, and, most important, develop the ability to construct one or more nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them.
Moreover, while a preventive strike would delay Iran’s nuclear efforts, it would not stop the regime from rebuilding, and it might also create conditions that cause problems for the regime’s domestic opponents.
It posed too many awkward issues for the UK’s mainstream political parties, which pushed it aside to focus on domestic economic and social problems.
Today, the domestic security vacuum in Iraq is so profound that it calls into question whether the war is really over.
This trend must be reversed by allowing developing countries to support their farmers and, where domestic supply is sufficient, protect them from dumping by foreign producers.
The US and Iran could go to war not over nuclear issues but because of reckless behavior by the Revolutionary Guards (as occurred recently in the Strait of Hormuz), with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad possibly seeking to provoke a crisis in order to distract domestic attention from his economic failures.
Now that oil prices have plateaued, private investment is falling, domestic firms are idling, and unemployment is rising.
The context of Western countries’ domestic and European policy is changing rapidly.
He expects the US to offer Israel security assistance to face the challenge that Iran poses, even as he barges clumsily into Obama’s political backyard and forges alliances with his domestic opponents.
This was perhaps logical politically, but it made no economic sense: Europe’s huge domestic market is one of its main assets, and opportunities to strengthen it should not be squandered.
China’s Bumpy New NormalSHANGHAI – China’s shift from export-driven growth to a model based on domestic services and household consumption has been much bumpier than some anticipated, with stock-market gyrations and exchange-rate volatility inciting fears about the country’s economic stability.
Reorienting production to domestic consumption would be difficult under any circumstances; a downturn in global trade, increasingly volatile commodity prices, and falling aid and investment flows don’t help.
If China wants allies in its trade war with the US, it will have to revise many domestic regulations and practices that constitute de facto discrimination against foreign competitors.
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