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To stem today’s spiral of pessimism and avoid the burnout of crisis management, we must look at the future in a much more positive, constructive, and dynamic manner,
gaining
the resilience to adapt to changing contexts, withstand sudden shocks, and recover from them while still pursuing critical goals.
But there is also a social-democratic strain to Latin American politics – a historical novelty in the region – that is
gaining
strength.
The United Kingdom’s decision in June to leave the European Union marked a momentary climax for resurgent nationalism, but one can also see it on the march in Hungary, Poland, and France, where Marine Le Pen and her far-right National Front have been
gaining
strength in the run-up to next year’s presidential election.
They are, above all,
gaining
time.
These new cabinet ministers will have to show that they can be effective in politics in the best sense as well as – building coalitions,
gaining
public support, and helping to galvanize the public’s current optimism into practical programs.
By contrast, new renewable technologies are
gaining
traction, illustrating a fundamental shift in international energy policy and investment strategies.
The Decline of AhmedinejadIranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad may be
gaining
support across the Muslim world for his fervent criticism of the United States, but inside Iran, he is losing strength.
His political rivals are
gaining
new positions of power, and the population is increasingly unhappy with the economy’s continuing decline.
Or that in Sweden, the far right would be
gaining
support while disparaging Jews?
Musharraf backed the military’s opposition to this reform,
gaining
some gratitude from military commanders.
Fortunately, according to UNEP’s two-year inquiry into policy options for greening financial and capital markets, the movement is
gaining
traction in emerging countries such as Brazil, Kenya, and Indonesia, as well as developed economies like the United Kingdom.
But, at a time when shortsighted, radical, and inexperienced figures are
gaining
power, both of these bulwarks against war have been weakened.
Internally, nationalism has been
gaining
strength in nearly all EU member states; externally, Russia is playing great-power politics and pushing for a “Eurasian Union” – a euphemism for renewed Russian dominance over Eastern Europe – as an alternative to the EU.
Moreover, as a result of policies allowing medically-assisted termination of human life, a “culture of euthanasia” has been
gaining
ground in some Northern European countries.
Several hours after the polls closed, it turned out that Likud was the big winner,
gaining
30 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, compared to 24 for the Zionist Union.
This thesis is now
gaining
much broader traction – major newspapers now report a broadening criminal probe by the federal government – and by New York’s state attorney general – into the US financial sector’s residential lending and related securities practices.
The system makes relocating very difficult, as those who do not manage to acquire local residency permits face major hurdles in
gaining
access to public services when they migrate to other provinces.
The euro is
gaining
ground for several reasons.
Gaining
time makes sense only if it helps to solve the problem, rather than prolonging the suffering.
Consider the $4 trillion of mergers and acquisitions this year, as companies acquire and spin off branches and divisions in the hope of
gaining
synergies or market power or better management.
Democratic governments make a bargain with their people,
gaining
their long-run legitimacy from their ability to deliver rising living standards and high employment.
China has become every other Asian country’s largest trading partner, inexorably
gaining
strategic leverage as a result.
As a result they now lobby the government vociferously and are
gaining
serious attention from lawmakers and law enforcement alike.
Poverty is no excuse for “stealing” or
gaining
a free lunch, of course, but using the protection of intellectual property to keep the poor poor is unjust, and may cause instability that harms rich countries, too.
The US Treasury Department has accused one foreign investor of
gaining
$1.3 billion – more than five times total government health financing in the DRC – through “opaque and corrupt” deals.
The US certainly has an interest in
gaining
deeper analytical insight into its European allies’ decision-making than can be gained by simply calling, say, German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
What computational social science offers is the prospect of quantifying such observations and
gaining
insights that could shape the design of urban environments in the future.
Prominent Russian intellectuals – including the filmmaker Nikita Mikhalkov, journalist Maksim Sokolov, and Vsevolod Chaplin, a Russian Orthodox cleric – call for the coronation of Putin, and petitions of support are
gaining
signatures online.
The proposal in this report is now
gaining
support among governments in many countries and may become an important complement to measures to limit CO2 emissions of.
In fact, my party’s support has been growing, with opinion polls now indicating that it is the second most popular in the frontier province – and
gaining
ground in every other province.
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