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Notwithstanding Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s commendable gestures at Sharm el-Sheikh in 2007, the summit’s achievements are bound to be short-lived.
But the climate policies lauded in Paris are essentially high-cost, low-effect gestures.
In some countries, formal allegiance to religious faith was symbolized by gestures and rites.
These are, to be sure, laudable gestures in the service of a noble goal.
And, from small gestures between neighbors and large private contributions to crisis-relief efforts by major companies, there have been plenty of stories of humanity, individually and institutionally, that offer reason for hope.
Through a series of symbolic gestures and speeches (in Prague, Cairo, Accra, the United Nations, and elsewhere), Obama helped to restore American soft power.
Yet, despite this spending shortfall, Putin seems obsessed with making pointless and provocative gestures, such as resuming long-range nuclear bomber flights off the American coast.
Other gestures to help struggling middle-class Americans may show where his heart is, but are too small to make a meaningful difference.
But these “green energy” bikes amount to a victory of empty gestures over substance and reason – which makes them sadly representative of COP21 itself.
Argentina the OutcastBRASILIA – Roughly 20 years ago, an important Argentine minister startled a newly arrived Brazilian ambassador by telling him that “Argentina is prodigal in three things: meat, wheat, and insane gestures.”
The decision to expropriate 51% of YPF, Argentina’s biggest energy firm, from the Spanish company Repsol is one of those gestures.
Whatever their short-term benefits and popularity, gestures of such gravity always entail serious long-term consequences.
For Putin, gestures like including Russia in the G-8, the G-20, and the World Trade Organization, and inviting a Russian ambassador to NATO discussions in Brussels, could not make up for NATO’s expansion to Russia’s borders, the placement of anti-ballistic missile sites in Eastern Europe, or the dismemberment of Serbia.
But German public opinion today suggests that the country has become warier of such bold gestures.
Stumbling in the DarkSAO PAULO – As well-intentioned gestures go, Earth Hour is hard to beat.
And, while doing this, he has had to make certain that his peace gestures are not too generous for his right-wing coalition to digest.
The silence that surrounded Holocaust survivors during the immediate postwar reconstruction of Europe has been replaced by gestures of contrition and reparation.
In the past, the North’s friendly gestures have not led to meaningful concessions or progress toward peace.
In lieu of a comprehensive strategy, the Kremlin is relying on ad hoc gestures to ensure that the Russian public, on whose support it depends, does not view it as betraying the rebels in Ukraine.
Grand gestures and paper-thin statements cannot mask Europe’s neglect of its own strategic interests, which will not be helpful in its relations with Russia.
As these gestures highlight the explosion of Hindu chauvinism, support for Modi has begun to erode.
But these gestures of cooperation with Muslim sensibilities have not been met by reciprocal gestures.
Often, this entails symbolic gestures.
How often are resources invested in Palestinian films, books, newspapers, high schools, dance troupes, teachers, etc. without requiring the recipients to make friendly gestures to Israel?
His simple gestures, like starting meetings and rallies on time, are departures from Zuma’s more aloof approach.
Flustered, he stopped speaking, waved his arms in timid bewilderment, the weak and ineffectual gestures of an imposter.
Reconciliation, however, cannot simply be about gestures.
And, in fact, if the international community were to make any such conciliatory gestures, the result would be a bolder North Korea.
But can positive American gestures towards Turkey, a key NATO member, be sufficient to offset Israel’s insensitive, if not reckless, policies?
On the other hand, Putin's benevolent gestures towards mastera cultury (maestros of culture) -- Kremlin benevolence that was once so life-threatening -- are complacently accepted by today's mastera.
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