Impose
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Their reasoning is that abandoning the system altogether would
impose
an unsustainable burden on megacities such as Beijing and Shanghai.
Once Iraqi military forces were expelled from Kuwait in 1991, the US did not march on Baghdad to replace Iraq’s government – or remain in Kuwait to
impose
democracy there.
Henry Kissinger recently proposed waiting for so-called “moderate” Arab countries to
impose
a solution.
In any case, even if they did resume talks, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators would not come to an agreement by themselves; and the international community is too divided, fatigued, and indifferent to
impose
a deal on them.
Small minorities of Israeli extremists no longer hesitate to use violence to defend, if not impose, their views on others.
But, while the current system may lead to unnecessary instability, and
impose
huge costs on developing countries, it serves some interests well.
In exchange for help, congressional Republicans are threatening to
impose
on Puerto Rico a fiscal control board similar to the one established in 1995 in response to the fiscal crisis in Washington, DC.
Bolivia’s Morales also has managed to
impose
a similar Assembly, though with uncertain results, and Correa is wielding the threat of constitutional change against “the traditional parties, the native oligarchies, and the empire” – the common enemies of all three presidents.
First, the British House of Commons passed a motion directing the government to
impose
a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses.
Instead of attempting to
impose
a new Syrian leadership, the US should host a meeting with internally selected representatives to help them draft a constitution and make other political arrangements.
Likewise, Merkel’s decisions to phase out Germany’s nuclear-power plants and
impose
sanctions on Russia, while decisive and hard, were defensive.
Compare, for example, the discipline that international banks and the IMF were able to
impose
on Indonesia and South Korea in 1998, with the relative freedom of the US – bestowed by denomination of American debt in dollars – to increase government spending in response to the 2008 financial crisis.
Second, the EU must prepare to
impose
enhanced economic sanctions on Russia.
Physicians will be able to study your genes in the context of the biological systems within which they operate and learn how to circumvent the limitations they
impose.
At the international level, the Nuremberg model remains available to generate further trials, though under the dubious conditions that victorious powers sometimes
impose
liability for crimes, such as “crimes against humanity” that were are not properly defined at the time they are committed.
Foreign capital flooded in again, and the new consensus view was that bond-driven capital inflows would
impose
market discipline on Latin America’s historically profligate governments, because, presumably, only credit-worthy agents would be able to borrow.
The attempt by some NGOs and activists to
impose
a straitjacket on CSR, reflecting their priorities, is misguided and must be rejected.
On the contrary, the more Keynesian and monetarist drugs are administered, the feebler the self-healing power of the markets and the weaker the willingness of policymakers to
impose
painful detoxification treatments on the economy and populace.
But remaining in the euro zone could
impose
significant costs on some of them.
Since we do not have time for Chapter 11 proceedings and we do not want to bail out all the creditors, the lesser evil is to do what judges do in contentious and overextended bankruptcy processes:
impose
a restructuring plan on creditors, with part of the debt forgiven in exchange for equity or warrants.
The fourth option is to
impose
capital controls on inflows (or liberalize controls on outflows).
If the US were to
impose
new sanctions for any purpose at any time, it would likely find itself alone.
PlaNYC would
impose
the congestion charge on the 4.6% of New York City residents who drive to work, while its benefits would accrue to everyone.
Beyond withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, he has suggested renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement and threatened to
impose
high tariffs on Chinese imports.
The problem is that MENA governments, seeking to protect incumbents – especially in sectors like banking and telecommunications –
impose
excessive and outdated regulations that deter new actors from entering the market.
It would also make it much harder for Trump to
impose
tariffs on European car imports – and German car companies’ stock prices rose sharply on the news.
While many party leaders do not fully trust Ghannouchi, they believe that in the new democratic environment, the political costs to Al Nahda would be too great for it to risk trying to
impose
Islamic rule.
As the only major economy with capital controls, China has created its own “exorbitant privilege”: it can determine its exchange rate because no other big countries
impose
capital controls.
Because the ultimate truth is beyond the reach of humankind, these ideologies must resort to oppression to
impose
their vision on society.
They could refuse to renew the waiver of Environmental Protection Agency regulations that allows California to
impose
its more stringent emissions standards.
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