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It resuscitated its World War II
enemies
and fostered economic development in countries around the world, and established a security umbrella that helped Europe and Asia focus more on diplomacy and economic growth than on military competition.
By contrast, far from causing the demise of an armed movement, the killing of a charismatic leader at the hands of his
enemies
can transform such a figure into a martyr.
Photographs, videos, and audio recordings of politicians and paramilitary thugs (including one who boasts of having personally killed more than 300 of his enemies) have discredited a political elite that, while never very popular, has now had some of the worst suspicions that many held about it graphically confirmed.
To consolidate support, Thatcher would go head-to-head with carefully selected
enemies
– from British miners to Argentina’s president, General Leopoldo Galtieri, to the bureaucrats in Brussels.
Hollywood’s Favorite VillainsOnce upon a time, Cold War enemies, white supremacists, and evil geniuses reigned supreme as Hollywood’s favorite bad guys.
Enemies
will have to talk to one another.
Because power reflects perception, rival coup leaders ruthlessly manipulate potential
enemies
and collaborators.
The concept was further developed by Karl Popper in his famous book "The Open Society and its
Enemies"
where he showed that the open society may also be threatened by universal ideas if they claim a monopoly of the truth; but the problems of the region are best understood in terms of Bergson's formulation.
If the lobbyists had simply wished to point out that Western critics often consider Israel more harshly than its Middle Eastern enemies, they would be right.
He also created
enemies
(and even faced death threats).
Old
enemies
became new allies, and together pioneered a new global economic system that made the world more prosperous.
When Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister in the 1980s, she promoted exclusion, defining British identity with reference to its
enemies
– and not just external foes, like the Soviet Union or the European Commission.
In films like Apocalypse Now and Platoon, shadowy
enemies
lurk in an hallucinatory darkness of fetid swamps and jungles.
The populists’
enemies
are members of the “global elite,” who have betrayed national values; and yet their revolt against what US President-elect Donald Trump calls “globalism” also aspires to be a global phenomenon, and actually depends on its own brand of internationalism.
Democratic Resilience for a Populist AgeBERLIN – The
enemies
of open, liberal societies have gained disconcerting influence in recent years, demonstrated most recently by the Polish government’s bid to place the country’s courts under political control.
Israel's President Ezer Weizmann, a former pilot, responded: "You must have serious
enemies
if you need these helicopters.
But we need up-to-date aircraft ... to join NATO.'"So," Weizmann said, "you don't have any
enemies
after all!
But don't worry: NATO will find
enemies
for you!"
Romania's security problems are not external, but internal, for the
enemies
of Romania establishing a stable, democratic-liberal government are the Romanian people themselves.
Indeed, while Sheremet had many friends, who adored his charismatic personality, wit, and contagious optimism, he also had his share of enemies, who detested his uncompromising journalism.
That lesson is that Europe has more friends than it has
enemies
in the world.
But when today’s populists start blaming “the elites,” whoever they may be, and unpopular ethnic or religious minorities, for these difficulties, they sound uncomfortably close to the
enemies
of liberal democracy in the 1930s.
Its authority is diminished when the perceived gap between the value of its population’s lives and the lives of its
enemies
is too wide.
Voters who feel threatened will be inclined to elect candidates who are less interested in making concessions to a country’s perceived
enemies.
The EU’s institutional impotence is apparent, especially to its
enemies.
More than that, scope for the kind of international cooperation that helped to halt the 2008-2009 contraction has been destroyed by Trump’s “America First” agenda, which paints one-time allies as
enemies.
Bolivia’s Morales also has managed to impose a similar Assembly, though with uncertain results, and Correa is wielding the threat of constitutional change against “the traditional parties, the native oligarchies, and the empire” – the common
enemies
of all three presidents.
In both cases, independent institutions begin to be perceived as enemies, which the caudillos and their client corporate groups seek to destroy.
Now that Russia has knocked at least some of Assad’s
enemies
on their heels, the Kremlin has decided that the time has come to discuss forthcoming political arrangements – or, perhaps more accurately, the time has come to tell Assad what will happen next.
And for this he is already being called a “socialist” by his
enemies.
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