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If a country’s domestic politics are weak – no executive accountability, no genuine legislative oversight, and a poor relationship between citizen and state – its negotiator has a large win-set.
Of course, a strong domestic legislature by itself is not enough to address the global collective-action problem: legislatures in countries like the US are overexposed to special interests that want to continue polluting.
In the absence of a global Leviathan, stronger domestic legislatures are the key to resolving the world’s collective environmental problems.
Unlike Greece (post-2010), where official creditors held the lion’s share of the debt stock, domestic residents hold most of Italy’s public debt.
And under President Vladimir Putin, the country has reverted to Cold War tactics against domestic dissidents and foreign targets, including the United States.
In the US, gross domestic private investment rose 5.1% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2017 and is nearly 90% higher than at the trough of the Great Recession, in the third quarter of 2009.
As a member of the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity, I have seen firsthand how often governments’ desire to move education up their list of priorities is thwarted by fear of budgetary shortfalls and domestic pressure.
Now that Germany’s annual surplus – which has grown to €233 billion ($255 billion), approaching 8% of GDP – is no longer being recycled in southern Europe, the country’s depressed domestic demand is exporting deflation, deepening the eurozone’s debt woes.
Previously, Turkey viewed Iraq solely in the context of its domestic Kurdish problem.
Thanks to EU pressures, Turkey's domestic Kurdish problem is well on the way to being resolved democratically, with most Kurdish leaders in Turkey expressing their commitment to Turkish unity.
But the EU must be ready to respond to the perceptible momentum in Belarus in favor of domestic reform, greater openness, and respect for fundamental democratic rights.
Because gross domestic product is the preferred gauge of any economy’s value, many factors that contribute to human wellbeing are ignored, and spending on fundamental needs, such as health and education, comes to be seen as an expense rather than an essential investment.
If the Gaza campaign turns Lebanon-like, with a humanitarian catastrophe, ongoing bombardment of Israeli civilians, or both, domestic criticism will echo loud and clear.
It is an outcome that will have important ramifications for Israel’s domestic politics and foreign policy alike, particularly its Middle Eastern diplomacy.
But, even if the numbers work out, such a government would find it difficult to address Israel’s many domestic and external challenges.
After all, successful economic development – in countries like the US, Germany, Japan, and China – has depended on domestic credit creation for productive investment.
But, like any other large economy, China’s economy is driven by domestic consumption and investment.
To be sure, China’s domestic consumption is not as high as it should be, standing at 49% of GDP in 2008, with household consumption accounting for only 35%.
Such figures have led many observers to believe that overall domestic demand must be low, leaving China dependent on external markets for growth.
But domestic demand, which determines imports, consists not only of consumption, but also of fixed-asset investment.
At that time, both domestic investment and exports required immediate tightening.
Today, by contrast, although domestic investment is growing very strongly, external demand has not recovered to its previous levels.
The last time China saw such high growth in domestic investment, the savings rate was not as high as it is now.
It also means a lower value for the dollar, and thus more opportunities for US-located firms to export and supply the domestic market.
If you had asked me a year ago whether this degree of financial chaos was consistent with a domestic US economy not clearly in recession, I would have said no.
The eurozone needs higher domestic demand to escape the debt overhang left behind by pre-crisis excess.
Rather, according to an excellent report released in April by the International Crisis Group, its activities in the South China Sea over the last three years seem to have emerged from uncoordinated initiatives by various domestic actors, including local governments, law-enforcement agencies, state-owned energy companies, and the People’s Liberation Army.
And that sends a clear message to domestic manufacturers: you are not wanted.
Both countries are small and highly indebted, with weak domestic industrial structures and faltering banking systems.
No.Large countries cannot expect to recover economically at the expense of the rest of the world; they need to find ways to boost their own domestic demand.
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