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To the
extent
that China’s authoritarian regime is by nature exclusionary (it can only incorporate a limited number of elites), the co-optation strategy will soon run up against its limits, and the Party will no longer have the resources to buy off the intelligentsia or keep private entrepreneurs happy.
To some extent, this is already occurring, with Iraq and Syria splintering into sectarian or tribal units.
Across the Atlantic, most Americans (to the
extent
they pay attention) regard these changes with general approval.
Not only would it add to anti-American attitudes and fail to accomplish its objectives, but it over-estimates the
extent
to which the new Europe is being formed in opposition to the US.
But, from the perspective of Iran’s leadership, the taunting has tactical value to the
extent
that it reinforces the view among the Israeli public that Iran is a dangerous enemy, willing to retaliate fiercely.
Sitov was correct to the
extent
that the Arizona shootings were likely facilitated by a uniquely American interaction between legal protection of individual privacy and freedom, lack of strong community bonds and resources, and easy access to handguns.
What is less appreciated, however, is the
extent
to which a broadly similar phenomenon may be starting to play out in finance, via a democratization process that could gradually reconfigure a notable part of the institutional landscape, particularly in consumer finance, while challenging regulators to adapt.
Unfortunately, one must wonder to what
extent
these ratings are distorted by the eurozone countries’ political power.
In personalizing Saudi politics to the
extent
that he has, Abdullah has also personalized foreign policymaking.
But US President Barack Obama’s administration seems to have understood the
extent
of the changes taking place in the Middle East.
In plain English: the forecasters underestimated the
extent
of spare capacity and hence the scope for fiscal expansion to raise output.
It is, after all, unrealistic to assume that all members can profit to the same
extent
from this hard-line approach; that is not achievable even among the 16 federal German states.
To the
extent
that these claims are based on the “nine-dashed line” – embracing some 80% of the South China Sea and described as China’s “historic waters” – the entire international community should reject them out of hand.
On the other hand, to the
extent
that China’s claims are based on long use or occupancy of particular habitable islands in the Spratly or Paracel groups or elsewhere (and as such consistent with UNCLOS, to which China is a party), they may be as credible as those of other regional players, if not more so.
Lines will need to be drawn, but wise leaders will focus on cooperative diplomatic solutions, playing military cards to the minimum
extent
possible – and perhaps repeating to themselves the AA serenity prayer before creating expectations that they cannot meet.
Given the
extent
to which China’s foreign policy is shaped by the pursuit of long-term raw-material supplies – including the South China Sea’s hydrocarbon reserves – could the claims be economic in nature?
For starters, Guterres must use the bully pulpit of his office to the fullest extent, in order to invoke the moral rectitude and values of the organization.
Yet the Council has failed to perform this role to the fullest possible extent, largely because its five permanent members (P5) – China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States – have so often acted on the basis of their own interests, using or threatening to use their veto power.
Now that Russia’s athletic dreams have been revived, to some extent, Putin may be prepared to suspend his quest for military glory temporarily – not least out of fear that the 2018 FIFA World Cup, awarded to Russia, could be moved elsewhere.
The
extent
to which the central bank expands the monetary base, therefore, increases the size of the seigniorage for these countries’ governments.
We do not know the
extent
to which the poor supported Rouhani in 2013; but they are less likely to do so this time.
You can't imagine the
extent
of its flexibility," he said.
Beaches, mostly in Mexico but to some
extent
also in the United States, were hit, and birds succumbed in large numbers, despite the dispersion efforts.
To the
extent
that the renminbi becomes more expensive, appreciation would discourage the influx of foreign capital.
To some extent, Africans appear to have internalized the condescending colonialist idea that Africa was primitive and needed to be civilized.
And, to the
extent
that they are poorly targeted, they may even end up doing more harm than good.
The only parallel that could be drawn was limited to Asia: pundits wondered whether China was gradually becoming the modern equivalent of Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm II, with mounting regional tensions over China’s territorial claims resembling, to some extent, the situation in the Balkans on the eve of WWI.
The strategy worked, to some
extent.
The EU embodies the principles of an open society to a remarkable
extent.
Now, it seems that the idea of nominal GDP-indexing will be revived, but only to determine the
extent
to which medium-term repayment is pushed into the future.
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