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South Korea’s Japanese MirrorSEOUL – Given the daunting challenges facing Japan, one can only admire Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s determination to end the country’s two-decade-long period of economic stagnation.
Third, the nuclear deal with Iran, despite facing continued scrutiny in Iran and the US, has raised hopes that the country could play an important role in pushing for a political solution in Syria.
Now facing another $20 billion deficit despite temporary tax hikes and spending cuts, California’s fiscal woes foreshadow those of many sub-national – or, indeed, national –governments globally.
At the same time, the exchange rate is by no means the most pressing macroeconomic problem facing China today.
Growing awareness of – and strong commitments to resolve – the challenges facing our oceans is heartening.
Japan is similarly facing record-breaking torrential rains.
For many years, the risk of climate change was widely regarded as something far in the future, a risk perhaps facing our children or their children.
Saudi Arabia, in particular, is facing difficult domestic reforms, including efforts to diversify its economy, while mired in its own military interventions in Syria and Yemen.
Third, Russia is already facing massive demographic decline and an aging and sickening population;China faces the near certainty of a Japanese-style demographic downturn from the 2040’s onward, a belated legacy of its one-child policy.
Nor, Trump’s attorneys insist, can the president be subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury – a scenario that they are frantic to avoid, in order to prevent their client, an inattentive, compulsive liar, from testifying under oath and possibly facing a perjury charge.
Facing continuing battles with Congress, mid-term elections next year, and increasing instability in the Middle East (including the threat of unilateral Israeli action against Iran’s nuclear facilities), Obama clearly believes that now is not the time to push for a peace agreement, because it is unlikely to succeed.
BERKELEY – US President Barack Obama recently declared that growing income inequality and the inequality of opportunity that it creates are the defining challenges now facing America.
The challenges facing Jokowi are compounded by the fact that his ruling coalition holds only about one-third of the seats in Indonesia’s parliament, with the rest loyal to the coalition of his rival in the presidential election, Prabowo Subianto.
But none of these policies addresses the fundamental challenge facing the Kingdom – namely, the gradual erosion of its wealth (indeed, Saudi Arabia is expected to become a net energy importer by 2030).
The problem is that the obvious challenges facing Saudi Arabia require a level of cohesion in the upper echelons of government that remains elusive.
The Consulta de San José in Costa Rica asked a group of leading economic experts to rank solutions to the biggest challenges facing the region.
Indeed, while Israel and the US still disagree on some points – Israel wants to strike this year, while the Obama administration is opposed to military action before facing the voters in November – the two sides are converging on aims and plans.
Japan, too, is now facing emerging interest-rate risks, as the proportion of public debt held by foreigners reaches a new high.
On the contrary, with countries throughout the Middle East and Africa facing continued violence, poverty, and governmental breakdown, the crisis will only deepen.
In Africa, we can profitably speak of diversity, for in searching for solutions to the economic challenges facing Africa's countries, it is far more reasonable to think in terms of its diverse regions.
While the UMNO still trumpets its Islamic advocacy, the party is facing difficult choices, particularly as it wishes to maintain foreign investment in an increasingly polarized environment.
In Asia, we all are facing the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missiles, as well as non-traditional security threats, including terrorism, violent extremism, and cyber-attacks on our businesses, our social and civic infrastructure, and our official institutions.
First, networks bring together leaders who are facing similar issues in varying contexts.
The truth is that the country is facing difficult changes, zigzagging through complicated negotiations among competing and legitimate interests.
If they don’t, they risk facing serious challengers in party primaries and reelection campaigns.
The third major challenge facing Trump is structural.
Wouldn’t an Italian company facing grid failure prefer to shut down French rather than Italian consumers?
And to make matters worse, Saudi Arabia, which for years has funneled money to the Egyptian government, is facing its own economic jitters.
The immediate ethical issue facing us is the real harm inflicted on unsuspecting subjects through a vast array of indignities, adverse events, injuries, and death.
This brings us to the third key challenge facing the Indo-Pacific: changing maritime dynamics.
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