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But doing so will require overcoming three related obstacles: Iraqi leaders’ military inexperience; corruption and cronyism; and ambiguity regarding the
extent
of external support.
What used to be an effective forum of global governance has now degenerated into a kind of Kabuki theater – a faithful reflection of the
extent
to which the global order has lost its way.
They constantly underplayed the
extent
of the crisis, and tried to sell the idea that Italy had largely been insulated from the global recession.
To a large extent, the US crisis was actually made by the Fed, helped by the wishful thinking of the Bush administration.
Throughout the world, there may be some similar effects, to the
extent
that foreign banks also hold bad US mortgages on their balance sheets, or in the worst case, if a general financial crisis takes hold.
When homeowners default, banks lose money, and uncertainty about the
extent
of future defaults undermines confidence in banks’ capital, making it more difficult for them to raise funds and causing them to reduce their lending in order to conserve existing resources.
Europe’s Vision Free LeadershipLONDON – The selection of Herman van Rompuy as President of the European Union’s Council of Ministers, and of Lady Catherine Ashton as the EU’s foreign policy chief, surely underlines the
extent
to which member states are in the driver’s seat in the EU.
To the
extent
that this new lending is based on Africa’s strengthening economic fundamentals, the recent spate of sovereign-bond issues is a welcome sign.
While the very modest
extent
of current deflation does not create a significant problem, if it continues, the price level could conceivably fall by a cumulative 10% over the next few years.
Moreover, the increase in China’s overall price level – and wage levels in particular – has caused the RMB to strengthen steadily in real terms, reducing (to a certain extent) the need for nominal RMB appreciation.
The latter status may or may not include a path to residency and citizenship; fudging the issue may be a negotiating tactic to avoid debate over whether this is a form of disguised amnesty (which, fortunately, to a certain extent, it is).
But, to the
extent
that a misplaced focus on country rankings becomes a barrier to sensible policy, it can do real damage.
The French newspaper Libération recently highlighted the
extent
of pro-Putin connections in French academia, think tanks (on both the left and the right), media, and business networks.
If the group’s leaders fail to make progress on establishing an institutional structure, they will lend credence to the contention that it is merely a “talking shop” for countries so diverse that their shared interests, to the
extent
that there are any, cannot be translated into a common plan of action.
Unfortunately, the Middle East, beyond suffering its own tragic fate, has also revealed the
extent
of Europe’s weakness.
By contrast, the problems faced today – high energy and food prices and a crumbling financial system – have, to a large extent, been brought about by bad policies.
The secular state and religious groups have cooperated on AIDS prevention – to the
extent
AIDS affects only about 1% of the population, compared to more than 20% in some African countries.
We are still learning the full
extent
of the Ebola disaster in West Africa.
And, to some extent, their expectation was met; some opposition members of Japan’s Diet tweeted that Abe should cancel the promised aid.
It seems highly doubtful that the tide of international opinion will turn against China to the
extent
that investors in general are seriously expected to shun the market.
That model is, to some extent, a policy-induced construct, the result of a deep-rooted bias toward construction and manufacturing as the leading drivers of economic development.
But, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) has risen by roughly 30% since Trump’s inauguration, the
extent
to which the market’s rise was due to the president’s policies is uncertain.
To the
extent
that it raises living standards, the “China Model” fulfills some requirements of political legitimacy.
As a good friend, who was an SEC regulator for 20 years, told me when I asked about the
extent
of fraud, “I found it to be pervasive.
It is not the
extent
of the financial system that should alarm us, but its concentration and connectivity.
But, to what
extent
is Europe preoccupied with “perpetual peace” at the expense of its current, vastly different ailments?
Monarchs and their courts can, to some extent, still act as leaders of art, music, and fashion, as they did in the eighteenth century.
The
extent
to which policymaking by the country’s new leader, Xi Jinping, takes into account the insecurity felt by China’s neighbors – and abandons a quest for absolute security for China – will be one of the key variables influencing East Asia’s security environment in the years ahead.
To some extent, this is because - all rhetoric notwithstanding - human rights rank relatively low among these governments' priorities.
Given that all of these theories can, to some extent, be supported by scientific evidence, politics can matter more than science in determining which strategies policymakers pursue to reduce health inequalities.
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