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The US government has provided some $600 million through UN agencies and non-governmental organizations to meet immediate humanitarian demands.
The immediate priority is to put an end to this violence.
The immediate macroeconomic picture remains somewhat murky.
Let us recall the fate of Ahmedinejad’s two immediate predecessors.
In the past, universities have been created in times of plenty, typically to encourage people to think beyond their immediate need for survival to more edifying spiritual or national goals.
Moreover, in the immediate aftermath of World War II, the Soviet Union was attractive to many Western Europeans, owing largely to its leadership in the fight against fascism.
In the immediate aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, the G-20 seemed to help governments to coordinate their actions and avoid rampant protectionism.
One immediate consequence would be to abandon the US attempt to prosecute Saddam Hussein on its own and to invoke an international tribunal.
The immediate effects of autonomy (or lack thereof) are felt within the household – for example, in how the family budget is spent – and this is determined largely by how well either partner is likely to fare should the relationship end.
His electoral platform will remain the most promising in the immediate future, particularly since United Russia lacks the courage and flexibility to embrace contemporary Russian conservatism.
Ensuring that the ACA would remain in place for some minimum fixed term, rather than leaving it vulnerable to immediate repeal by Donald Trump’s administration, might have enabled a more fundamental transformation of America’s flawed health-care system, including through improvements to “Obamacare” itself.
In addition, the UN Security Council should do its part to support a political solution, by adopting a long-overdue resolution demanding that both sides agree to an immediate ceasefire, grant access to humanitarian aid, and return to the negotiating table.
All of this is happening in the midst of extremely expansionary monetary policies and near-zero interest rates, except in the countries facing immediate crisis.
The immediate answer is that the boom preceding the global financial crisis of 2008 left advanced economies with an overhang of growth-inhibiting debt.
But they know that, while the pain from reform is immediate, gains are typically delayed and their beneficiaries uncertain.
But these longstanding concerns should not be allowed to impede efforts to address the immediate threat that Ebola poses.
The three revolutions that made the modern world, in France, Russia, and China, all had their immediate origins in food shortages, fear of hunger, and disputes about food pricing.
Turkey has severed ties with virtually all of its immediate Middle Eastern neighbors.
But the determinants of such choices are often removed from people’s immediate control.
This is to say nothing of the immediate threat posed by the ongoing military conflict with Russia-backed rebels in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
While recent polls suggest that Japan retains substantial soft power globally, this is not the case in its immediate neighborhood.
A famous psychological experiment found that young children who could resist the immediate temptation to eat a marshmallow, and thereby gain two marshmallows in the future, were likelier to thrive as adults than those who couldn’t.
Addressing the glaring shortcomings in the country's judicial system should also be made a condition for support, both as an immediate and a long-term objective.
True, the immediate post-Brexit turmoil appears to have boosted support for mainstream politicians and the EU; but this is unlikely to last.
But even if Europe abdicates its global role, the EU cannot forget about order within its immediate neighborhood, or hope that others will solve their problems for them.
Among India’s top priorities should be measures to strengthen its relationships in its immediate neighborhood.
All efforts to reform the Security Council’s structure – even an end to prohibiting immediate re-election of non-permanent members, which would enable continuous engagement, if not formal permanent membership – have ground to a halt.
The immediate task is to find other ways to boost the Security Council’s global standing.
Thus, the immediate benefits become more politically salient than potential future costs.
The most immediate and most obvious is that it is difficult to hold out long against the US, especially when the American government is under pressure from major domestic interest groups whose strong lobbying power might be used to lead a push for new trade protectionism.
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