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For them, given Israel's narrow and vulnerable geographic shape and continuing Arab enmity, controlling the West Bank and Gaza is not an ideological imperative, but is driven by security considerations.
Asia’s economies also paid attention to their budgets at a time when huge bailouts made it
imperative
to demonstrate a glimmer of fiscal conservatism.
The
imperative
for large-scale coordinated action is overwhelming.
To prevent an accident from inciting a volatile incident, it is
imperative
that the two sides develop a deeper bilateral military dialogue.
It is
imperative
that policymakers and politicians understand that a balanced budget and stable debt to income ratio in any one year is no indication that future generations will be spared the burden of overspending by today’s generation.
People seeking the country’s highest office should know how to balance the political
imperative
of winning votes with a sense of responsibility for the feasibility of – and reasoning behind – their policy promises.
Now that Trump would feel quite at home almost anywhere on the continent, it is
imperative
to respond to the pan-Western anti-establishment rage that he represents.
A key
imperative
is the development of more environmentally friendly systems for wastewater disposal, as is cleaning bodies of water within and around urban centers that are already heavily contaminated.
Given this, it is
imperative
that ASEAN becomes pro-active and remains focused on relevant strategic issues.
This
imperative
is sometimes denied.
With nearly 70% of Sub-Saharan Africa’s population lacking access to electricity and 65% of South Asians lacking access to basic sanitation, there is no greater
imperative
than to plan, fund, build, and maintain infrastructure assets.
Rich-country policymakers, in particular, should bear in mind this imperative, given their economies’ history of high emissions and greater access to technology.
Immanuel Kant, with his categorical imperative, provided the philosophical foundations for those who wanted an alternative basis for ethics than that provided by religious aphorisms.
This
imperative
is even more pronounced when it comes to sensitive neurological procedures.
Imagine asking a Kantian to add just a bit of utilitarian calculation to the categorical
imperative.
Just as China must embrace slower growth as a natural consequence of its rebalancing imperative, the rest of the world will need to figure out how to cope when it does.
Set up by the United Nations to prosecute those on all sides in the Balkan wars – Serbs, Bosnian Muslims, Croats, and, later, Albanian Kosovars – who committed atrocities, it is
imperative
that the UN appoint a new prosecutor prepared to carry on del Ponte’s work.
What is
imperative
is that this should not be impeded by a return to protectionism.
The good news is that the European Commission seems to recognize this
imperative.
Through its unconventional monetary easing, the Fed is attempting to create a shortcut around the
imperative
of household sector balance-sheet repair.
The Green Economy is not a luxury, but a clear
imperative
on a planet of six billion people – and nine billion by 2050.The financial and economic crisis has given it wings.
Although it is true that thousands of the civilians killed in Dresden and other German cities were innocent at an individual level, there can be no doubt it was morally
imperative
that Germany be defeated collectively.
Rapprochement between Christians is today a moral and political
imperative.
China's leaders recognize the long-term
imperative
of serious institutional reform, even as concerns about slowing growth heighten the temptation to embrace short-term fixes.
That’s a political imperative: with corporations sitting on trillions of dollars in cash while ordinary Americans are suffering, lowering the average amount of corporate taxation would be unconscionable – and more so if taxes were lowered for the financial sector, which brought on the 2008 crisis and never paid for the economic damage.
Moreover, secure land rights are essential to reduce disaster risk and build climate resilience, which is an urgent
imperative
at a time when climate change is already fueling more – and more frequent – extreme weather.
Given this, it is
imperative
that European governments adopt cost-cutting measures that do not jeopardize their naval assets.
Indeed, for the future, it is
imperative
to think about many new ways, involving both government and the market, to ensure that we manage better the greatest personal risks now faced by workers around the world.
There is also an
imperative
to deal with anyone who threatens the pluralistic nature of the system.
For Pakistan, education is not merely a priority – it is a policy
imperative.
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