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Iran's Debate Over IraqNo country in the Middle East is monitoring postwar events in Iraq more closely than Iran.
When you weigh this against the possibility of the development of the drug industry’s Next Big Thing or, at the very least, a new method to produce high-value compounds at low cost, regulators’ preoccupation with such unlikely events appears to be misplaced.
The “New Keynesian” paradigm that sees business cycles as arising from temporary rigidities in wages and prices is insufficient to account for events like the Great Depression and the Great Recession.
We can all agree that the stakes in a better understanding of the lessons of macroeconomic history, and in avoiding future events like those of the last decade, are very high.
By looking at earlier revolutions, we can perhaps come to understand what is happening in Iran, for recent events there have clear historical precedents.
As we overdraw on our planet’s accounts, it is starting to levy penalties on the global economy, in the form of extreme weather events, accelerated melting of ice sheets, rapid biodiversity loss, and the vast bleaching of coral reefs.
Indeed, Russia’s response to events in Ukraine has exceeded the worst expectations of those who were already questioning whether Putin is, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel put it, “in touch with reality.”
The unfolding events grabbing headlines around the world have shattered key myths about the Arab world.
Thus, the joint declaration incorrectly treats “the rare doers of kindness” as a “common phenomenon,” and the “widespread events of [Poles] handing over [Jews]” as “rarities.”
Sex, Lies, and LeadershipLONDON – News events can often serve as important catalysts for introspection, not least for members of company boards.
People in 166 countries, from Argentina to Australia, participated in more than 2,800 events and rallies.
Climate change directly affects the hydrological cycle, which means that all of the efforts that are undertaken to contain greenhouse-gas emissions will help to stabilize rainfall patterns and mitigate the extreme water events that so many regions are already experiencing.
If events in the next few months confirm the FARC’s demise, Latin America would finally be rid of one of its main scourges over the past half-century.
Within three years the US had an official report on the causes of the events of 9/11; the well-resourced expert commission that produced it identified the weaknesses of America’s national-security agencies and provided recommendations for addressing them.
Nevertheless, none of these precautions can assuage the anxiety of China’s leaders about the struggle underway in Tibet, particularly in view of events in Kosovo and Taiwan.
Events in Tibet can only be properly viewed with the shadows cast by Kosovo and Taiwan in mind.
Looking Beyond LehmanGENEVA – It is human nature to pass judgement for calamitous events that harm almost everyone.
It is also natural for the stories that emerge from such events to influence current assessments and future choices.
We are hardwired to try to make sense of events that shock us, and this often involves recasting them as having been predictable.
But their belief can suddenly be disrupted if plainly visible events contradict it.
The closer you examine the financial crises that hit East Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America over the past two years, the more these events look to be almost definitive proof of the Law of Unintended Consequences.
In the blood and drama of the events, however, we might miss a significant element of the story.
They are complicated events rooted in governance, security, markets, education, and infrastructure – all of which can be influenced.
Nobel laureate economist Robert Schiller defines a narrative as a “simple story or easily expressed explanation of events.”
Charity responds to attention-grabbing events, often neglecting less sensational disasters.
In fact, as psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky have shown, there is a systematic human tendency to downgrade the perceived probability of low-probability events, so that people go about their lives as if the probability of these events’ occurrence is zero.
CAMBRIDGE – India’s recent fall from macroeconomic grace is a lamentable turn of events.
Of equal importance are economic and political events in the rest of the world, technological and demographic forces at home and abroad, and the policies of previous administrations, which can expand or constrain a sitting president’s options.
But events in Iraq have demonstrated that this approach often backfires.
In terms of counterterrorism, the tragic events in Mumbai present an opportunity to ratchet up intelligence sharing, joint response training, and personnel exchanges to defeat the defining threat of our times.
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