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And Tillerson cut short his trip to South Korea – in the midst of a growing crisis on the peninsula – due to fatigue (a reminder never to send a man to do a woman’s job).
As Trump occupies himself with manipulating appearances and performances, the rest of the world is concerned about North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, the crisis in Syria, the Brexit negotiations, climate change, and the growing threat of starvation and famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan, and Nigeria.
On the one hand, despite the economic crisis engulfing neighboring Europe, Turkey remains the world’s second-fastest growing economy, after China.
Equally disturbing has been the continuing reluctance of international leaders to provide new financial commitments to Ukraine, despite growing pressure on its foreign-currency reserves and the specter of a full-blown financial meltdown.
Indeed, growing cynicism in this regard is a dangerous trend,because this is the one issue that still appeals to the people of the Middle East and can help immensely in the Western powers’ battle to win hearts and minds in our region.
But to point to Asia’s growing importance says nothing about its character.
The EU’s first 50 years were characterized by a growing population and a high proportion of working-age people relative to children and the elderly.
Just as Europe’s population is aging and will be shrinking, that of much of the developing world is young and growing.
Recognition of the growing power of regions with more favorable demographic structures, for example, will encourage political and economic alliances that help the EU preserve its own global status.
Good Oligarch, Bad OligarchMOSCOW – With concern growing in the United States and Europe over Russia’s so-called oligarchs and the money they have stashed abroad, it is worth considering two fundamental questions.
But try telling that to America’s growing chorus of China bashers.
With China now America’s third largest – and by far its most rapidly growing – export market, the US should push hard to expand business opportunities in China, especially as the Chinese economy tilts increasingly toward internal demand.
Moreover, the transport sector accounted for 23% of all energy-related CO2 emissions in 2004, and it is the fastest growing source of emissions in developing countries.
Turkey’s stable democracy, growing economy, and proactive foreign policy have generated growing appreciation of the country’s achievements, which has augmented its “soft power” in the region.
The growing gap between governments and people in the Arab world has become an unsustainable deficit – a point that has gained new significance as the Turkish experience has gained greater salience in these countries.
In America, as in much of the world, health care is late to the IT game, and is experiencing these growing pains only now.
The good news is that the US is growing faster than any other major industrialized economy, so Mexico can look forward – according to the IMF – to a couple of years of accelerating economic expansion.
The growing potential for a nuclear disaster by cyber attack adds to the existential danger.
Among the most important of these is the growing emphasis on “sovereignty” among emerging economies, from Egypt to Thailand.
Viewing such aid to local NGOs as undue interference in their affairs, a growing number of governments in the global south want to maintain or recover full control over cash flows from abroad – especially if they are destined for civil-society actors, which, because of their international connections, are viewed as having divided loyalties.
With digital technology giving local protesters access to political networks and a broad international audience, governments have come under growing pressure to accede to demonstrators’ demands.
So, it stands to reason that the past decade of sluggish growth has contributed to the surge of a damaging form of populist nationalism that is taking hold in a growing number of countries.
North-South and East-West tensions in Europe have continued to rise since then, and are now being aggravated by growing uncertainty about the future of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government.
Likewise, extortion is growing in Central America, and illegal mining is a prosperous business in Colombia, with gold becoming the new cocaine – easy to market and with lower risk.
Russia’s growing wealth emboldened Putin, a change exemplified in his decision to arrest and imprison Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the owner of oil giant Yukos, in 2003.
Fishing vessels can now operate across the ocean, and deep-sea drilling provides a growing proportion of our oil and gas.
Plastic pollution – including pellets and micro plastics that enter food chains and can endanger human health – is a growing problem.
Indeed, when Chinese GDP was growing strongly during 2010-2013, stock prices were falling.
India with 1.5 Billion PeopleIndia's population is now a little over one billion; it will almost certainly surpass 1.5 billion by mid-century, overtaking China's population along the way before it stops growing.
Moreover, the economy is growing much faster than before.
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