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Nevertheless, the country cannot escape the shadow cast by the terrible events of June 4, 1989.
It remains to be seen whether the two events will be capable of swinging world opinion in China’s favor and keeping it there.
Even the traditional supporters of a liberal global order, one based on multilateralism and international law, seem to be struggling to believe in their ability to shape events.
Many countries and regions are already under severe water stress, which will only intensify as climate change causes natural disasters and extreme weather events like droughts to become increasingly common.
In response to recent events, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al Qaeda’s second in command, released a tedious Powerpoint-like analysis of Egyptian constitutional law and political history.
Admitting surprise at the speed of events, Allah advises Al Qaeda groups to engage gently with the rising forces in these countries.
Rapidly changing events, a growing number of players, and constantly shifting battle lines all point to a quagmire.
Events like the Holocaust or the genocides in Ukraine (1932-1933), Cambodia (1975-1979), or Rwanda (1994) have been based either on secrecy or on the dissemination of a distorted worldview designed to make evil appear good.
To help people escape, human development strategies must consider how to bolster personal agency, aspiration, and self-efficacy – the belief in one’s ability to influence events that affect one’s life.
In the end, many who fought to bring about Austria-Hungary’s demise would live to mourn its passing; as subsequent events would show, the old empire was still more of a necessity than they realized.
(In light of events in eastern Ukraine, it is perhaps advisable not to inquire too closely about Russia’s views.)
Are these events the beginning of the end of the global economic expansion, or is the recent market turbulence just a false alarm?
And recent events suggest that China knows it.
The bright side is that one-day stock market declines occur more commonly as isolated events with no long-term repercussions.
As a result, while Merkel may appear to be in charge of things in the EU these days, in reality she is no longer driving events, but rather being driven by them.
And the rhetoric – at least from one side – has come to resemble that of Winston Churchill’s 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech, one of the inaugural events of the Cold War.
The two accidents and the spills they caused have a number of similar features, although marine oil spills in general have profoundly changed in character in the three decades between the two events.
But the growing sense that we have lost control over history, together with serious doubts about the capabilities and principles of our leaders, lends a certain relevance to the events in Sarajevo in 1914.
Consider recent events in Turkey.
So I was not at all surprised by the speed and dimension of events in recent months.
And it is not only major stressful life events that exact a toll on our bodies; the many conflicts and demands of daily life elevate and sometimes disrupt the workings of our response systems for stress, causing wear and tear on the body and brain.
This remodeling includes limited replacement of neurons in the hippocampus, a brain region important for spatial memory and memory of events in our daily lives.
Recent events have not enhanced the stature of the US as a supplier of high-quality assets.
The really important concern for policymakers everywhere is to prevent disasters – that is, the outlier events that matter the most.
In fact, a series of protests and events held since the second half of 2009 suggests a close relationship between Twitter and contentious real-life politics, and thus invites new possibilities for reshaping China’s authoritarian regime.
As events over the past two weeks in Egypt have demonstrated all too vividly, the Arab awakening is still only in its first act in many countries.
Rising sea levels would explain a lot of geological and economic events.
But the often-heard justification for this assumption – that humanity is rapidly depleting these scarce resources – is inconsistent with real-world events, as innovation has effectively expanded oil, gas, and coal reserves to unprecedented levels in recent years.
The history that they learn about their new home illustrates how the US fulfills (or falls short of) those ideals, whereas an immigrant schoolchild in Europe learns less about ideals and more about a monarchical lineage, a set of historical events, and a roster of “great men.”
As extreme weather events continue to multiply, large-scale destruction, migration, and conflict will become endemic.
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