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In both cases, independent institutions begin to be perceived as enemies, which the caudillos and their client corporate groups seek to destroy.
Of course, central banks are independent from government precisely to ensure that their policies are utterly pragmatic, instead of being shaped by partisan politics.
“We want Ukraine to be a strong, sovereign, and independent country,” says Putin.
Fortunately, almost all global agencies have instituted processes for independent evaluation.
In 1946 there were 76 independent nations, by 1996 there were 192.
In the global economy, the market is the rest of the world: the size of the market and the political size of each country are entirely independent.
With free international commerce, small regions have smaller costs in becoming independent.
One argument in favor of the separatist choice is that an independent Quebec will belong to the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA).
Ultimately, though, after some catastrophic war decisions, Athenians saw a need to give more power to independent bodies.
An independent and vigorous press that checks the truth is crucial to preserving the integrity of democracy; but so is an electorate that resists cynicism and the debasement of political discourse.
Forging twelve independent, proud, and, in some cases, powerful national central banks into a cohesive collective was no easy task.
In China, the concept of an independent European defense – embodied in the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP), as well as the EU’s Rapid Reaction Force (RRF) and various police missions – is thus generally seen as necessary and effective in a multi-polar world system.
As a result of acquiring a pan-European defense capacity, the Europeans are likely to play a more independent role than at present in managing intra-European security relations and carrying out global missions.
Of course, ESDP security missions, even those in accordance with Security Council resolutions, may not operate within the UN system – the EU prefers its own independent leadership.
The ESDP does not necessarily require Security Council authorization as a condition for its missions, and it retains an independent role in executing them.
There are good reasons to expect that China will continue to accept an independent European security mechanism.
Indeed, China wants a strong and independent Europe, and from that vantage point it is not too early for China to envisage a truly multi-polar global system.
The water sector should follow the example of the electric-power industry, where changes to federal regulations in the second half of the twentieth century allowed independent power producers to use existing transmission lines.
On January 9, 2011, the people of South Sudan will vote in a referendum to decide whether they will remain part of a united Sudan or form a new independent state.
It is commonly accepted that what lay at the root of these conflicts was the failure of independent Sudan – one of Africa’s most racially, ethnically, religiously, and culturally diverse countries – to construct a polity informed by the principle and practice of unity in diversity.
As the Soviet Union crumbled and Yeltsin’s new, independent Russian government attempted radical reform, the G7 countries’ sent a bunch of deputy finance ministers to Moscow to insist that Soviet era debts be honored.
This must be reinforced by vigorous independent monitoring throughout the process.
Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and even Italy are often cited as countries that might benefit from being able to pursue an independent monetary policy and allow their currencies to adjust to more competitive levels.
Lagarde’s challenge will be to chart a strategy for the IMF that is independent of the eurozone’s strategy, even though she has been intimately involved in formulating the latter.
Moreover, state power should be exercised reasonably, in good faith, and for the purposes for which it was conferred, with independent courts and judicial review of legislation ensuring that government does not exceed the limits of its authority.
In the absence of an independent judiciary, legal disputes in China are often resolved administratively, which means that discretion and lack of due process are a constant danger: as the Chinese saying goes, it is easy for someone to catch fish in muddied waters.
Indeed, it is unclear whether a judiciary that is independent of the Chinese Communist Party can be developed, or how the CCP should separate itself from the government machinery.
Most notably, eurozone countries have faced powerful asymmetric shocks, to which their lack of independent monetary-policy instruments made it virtually impossible to respond.
Some of its member countries – certainly Greece, and probably Italy and Spain – need an independent monetary policy.
Although the Hong Kong courts surely could have dealt with the issue themselves – under the “one country, two systems” framework, Hong Kong is assured an independent court system, in addition to the right to elect its own legislature – an enraged China intervened.
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