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In Afghanistan, Gabon, Iran, Pakistan, and elsewhere, fundamental Western interests – though very different depending on the case – are at stake.
Such strengthening can only be achieved by a fundamental reform of the UN's internal structure.
The perception that fundamental convictions guided these leaders is what enabled them to engage in political trickery effectively.
Worse still, many seem to have accepted the fundamental premise of the anti-EU “Leave” campaign: that there are too many Europeans in Britain.
Russia must not learn the wrong lessons from the Georgia crisis: there can be no going back on fundamental principles of territorial integrity, democratic governance, and international law.
Beethoven’s only opera, written in 1805 (the year of Napoleon’s victory at Austerlitz) and rewritten in 1814 (when Napoleon abdicated), is one of the supreme cultural expressions of fundamental human values – freedom and opposition to tyranny – that resonate in every society.
In 2009, the European Union amended its fundamental treaty to include a statement that because animals are sentient beings, the EU and its member states must, in formulating policies for agriculture, fisheries, research, and several other areas, “pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals.”
Abenomics, I am proud to say, has been successful in a more fundamental sense: we have rebooted Japan’s collective psyche.
A visit by Obama that fails to address Malaysia’s fundamental political and economic challenges will erode America’s standing further.
Likewise, adult accusers of Church-protected sex criminals knew that they would have to answer fundamental questions (notably, many of them have identified themselves, which has helped get real prosecutions).
The two main pillars of fiscal policy passed since December contravene the fundamental design principle of countercyclicality.
In Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle, co-authored with Saul Singer, the American writer and political adviser Dan Senor poses a fundamental question.
Now that the Fund has squarely acknowledged the huge capital holes in many European banks, it should start pressing forcefully for a comprehensive and credible solution to the eurozone debt crisis, a solution that will involve either partial breakup of the eurozone or fundamental constitutional reform.
But the Supreme Court's rulings affirm the fundamental principle that even grave dangers do not warrant the sort of blanket deference to which the Bush Administration believes it is entitled whenever it utters the words "war" and "terrorism."
What makes Piketty’s argument so special is his insistence on a fundamental trend stemming from the very nature of capitalist growth.
Add to that the modern scale effects on professional and “superstar” incomes – a result of winner-take-all global markets – and a picture emerges of fundamental forces tending to concentrate primary income at the top.
A fundamental issue is at stake.
A consensus-based approach can work only if it entails an obligation by all members to work toward shared interests, with members objecting formally only to decisions running counter to some fundamental interest.
EMU will further accelerate these fundamental changes by stimulating cut-throat competition and creating a large and liquid capital market, leading to a shake-out in the financial sector itself, as corporations consolidate their European banking relations among a smaller number of institutions.
The rejection of the EU seems more fundamental in parts of northern Europe, where the elderly tend to vote for right-wing populist parties.
Tinkering with austerity or the fundamental right of free movement within the EU will not make much of a difference.
Worse, it could drive China to mount a more fundamental challenge to the existing international order.
Beyond these fundamental imperatives, the region will also need massive investments in transportation and communications infrastructure, to connect it to the rest of Europe, rather than to China and Russia, as has been the trend in recent years.
Maybe real estate prices are unlikely to fall to pre-boom levels because the fundamental change in perceptions concerning capitalism’s triumph will be longstanding.
Changes in people’s fundamental ways of thinking are not easily reversed.
Indeed, while changes in fundamental perceptions may not occur easily or fast, they should never be ruled out.
Its signatories recognized a direct link between political and military issues and human rights concerns – and that this link is a fundamental component of peace and security.
But, with the resurgence of armed conflict in Europe challenging the Helsinki Final Act’s fundamental principles, this anniversary has taken on new meaning.
Here the UN must reaffirm its “responsibility to protect” doctrine, not as a justification for military intervention, but as a fundamental principle agreed by all countries: governments must protect their citizens.
We need politicians willing and able to rise above their own power interests, or the particular interests of their parties or states, and act in accord with the fundamental interests of today's humanity -- that is, to behave the way everyone should behave, even though most may fail to do so.
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