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It should have
focused
its efforts on monitoring and implementing the G-20’s commitment not to raise trade barriers.
Afghans’ fears and concerns are
focused
on what legacy will be left behind, and whether the Afghan state can provide security, justice, and good governance, which it has so far been unable to deliver in the face of an insurgency whose strength is not significantly weakened.
Instead of employing the dyspeptic condemnations of “relativism,” “secularism,” “nihilism,” and other “-isms” that John Paul II and his successor Pope Benedict XVI used to rally their base, Francis has formulated a positive agenda
focused
on social justice.
Analysts who
focused
only on those elements of China's or South Korea's experience that fit their beliefs missed the larger story that these countries were undergoing massively heterodox experiments.
Demands for reform are now
focused
on introducing direct presidential elections with two or more contenders, and limiting presidents to two consecutive terms in office.
But while women in the developed world are waging big battles over gender bias, women and girls in developing countries remain
focused
on smaller victories.
On November 2, public-health stakeholders, including representatives of business, civil society, and international aid organizations, gathered in Bali, Indonesia, to lay the groundwork for a global campaign to tackle the looming co-epidemic of TB and diabetes – the first-ever health summit specifically
focused
on a response to the twin scourge.
For good reason, much attention is
focused
on foreign policy differences between the two nominees, which in many areas are both obvious and considerable.
The two most recent Copenhagen Consensus projects
focused
on Bangladesh and Haiti.
The year 2016 should mark the start of a new century of homegrown Middle Eastern politics
focused
urgently on the challenges of sustainable development.
But there are other important initiatives that countries like Britain and Ireland could argue for together:This agenda is squarely
focused
on how the EU works, not how it is structured.
Instead of accusing China of undermining US companies’ competitiveness, Trump should be
focused
on a genuine pro-growth strategy.
Such a strategy could follow the British “northern powerhouse” model – which I helped to create as a member of the government –
focused
on revitalizing the economies of the former heartland of British manufacturing.
It
focused
on whether a "free" education should be made a constitutional right.
Policymakers were too
focused
on Vietnam to contemplate action in another theater.
As we approach the global climate talks in Copenhagen this December, much debate has
focused
on the supposed conflicting interests of big business and the climate.
New businesses are already emerging all over the world,
focused
on low-carbon solutions to energy generation and use, from light bulbs to transport, but they are still at the pioneering stage.
Like all Iranians, younger voters are
focused
on economic issues, particularly the difficult combination of high inflation and high unemployment.
In international relations, power, not right, continued to be the only thing that mattered: the traditional concept of state sovereignty
focused
exclusively on power, i.e., on control over people and territory, and protected the state’s authority, regardless of whether its enforcement was civilized or brutal, democratic or authoritarian.
Since the election of President Donald Trump, the United States, which remains one of Africa’s top donors, has
focused
more on the principles China favors – like political stability, trade, and counterterrorism – than on human rights.
The report supports many of the G-20 initiatives, but it urges stronger measures
focused
on developing countries.
In fact, it is the North whose activities are inherently hostile, and the South, along with the US, that is
focused
on defense.
So when they received America’s draft of the statement to be issued after the Obama-Sharif meeting, and saw that it
focused
almost entirely on nuclear issues, it was decided that Aziz would head to Washington a day early to agree on revisions.
But such efforts have so far
focused
on “hardware” modernization – allocating resources for the procurement and acquisition of selected advanced weapons technologies, systems, and platforms, and integrating them into existing organizational force structures and operational concepts.
Many studies have
focused
on the possible negative impact of cannabis use on memory and other cognitive functions.
The UN has
focused
on getting seeds and fertilizers into the hands of small farmers.
For its part, the AFM will calculate its benchmark separately for the eight major pharmaceutical companies that currently appear to be working on replacement drugs, generic producers, and firms
focused
solely on research and development.
Laudatio Si has received considerable media attention, most of it
focused
on its uncompromising call for action on climate change.
A US-centered foreign policy
focused
not on reshaping America’s role in the world, but on reducing it.
But the truth is that Trump’s agenda has plenty of momentum; it is just
focused
on demolishing Obama’s legacy.
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