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(Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala continued to
insist
that the correct figure was $10 billion, and that she had been aware of this long before Sanusi’s intervention.)
The West must disavow these mandates and
insist
on truly neutral international forces, under the United Nations, to monitor a future cease-fire and to mediate.
While I am sure you will
insist
that you are going to follow in the political legacy of Sharon, you have some important advantages with Palestinians that Sharon did not have.
Yet the railway ministers continue to
insist
on their populist approach.
But, unlike private investors, Fed officials
insist
that this time really will be different.
By reopening Israel’s demand to be recognized as the state of the Jewish people, he is forcing the Palestinians to
insist
even more on the constituent issues of the conflict, first and foremost on the so-called “right of return” of Palestinians who fled or were driven out after Israeli independence in 1948.
They
insist
that Putin’s regime represents a form of continuity with Russia’s cultural traditions.
Only the Russians, with their devotion to the rule of a strongman, still
insist
on the importance of the role of personality in history.
Germans
insist
that debtors have a moral obligation to pay what they owe and atone for their sinful profligacy.
They then
insist
that a larger number of victims came from the perpetrator’s group and downplay the total number of victims.
But now that we have ample knowledge about the issue, we can either critically examine and adjust these assumptions, or we can
insist
that individuals conform to existing cultural norms and social expectations.
Creditors will likely
insist
that the default was a terrible mistake and argue that recovery is impossible unless the decision is quickly reversed.
The World Bank and the World Trade Organization still
insist
that further agricultural trade liberalization is the best medium-term solution.
The World Bank, in its efforts to support democracy and good governance, must
insist
on the highest standards of due process: charges of corruption should be treated seriously, and the evidence turned over to national authorities for use in open, transparent, and independent proceedings.
Why should the West
insist
on elections in a country that since 1984 was ruled by a Western-backed dictator, Lansana Conté, who himself came to power in a military coup?
The West is right to
insist
on norms of decent government, but it risks losing its capacity to influence events in Africa when it automatically links aid to elections.
The area’s volatile situation provides Pakistan’s government an additional argument to
insist
that all refugees be repatriated – because, given their complicated tribal loyalties, they may constitute a domestic security threat.
There is little doubt, therefore, that the European Union will
insist
on fiscal discipline.
In the Balkans and elsewhere, Putin has tried to present himself as a reasonable partner who will not ask questions about human rights or
insist
on respect for any particular set of values.
The US and Europe not only tried to impose their trade agenda on developing countries; they also continued to
insist
on their right to subsidize agriculture and raised new demands that would have made lives in developing countries even worse.
After blaming each other for the breakdown, America and Europe will continue to
insist
in 2004 that they want to restart the development round.
For example, Fed policymakers, with a few honorable exceptions, still
insist
that they did the best they could, considering the fiscal headwinds at the time.
They should
insist
on transparency in Iran’s nuclear program, while offering a gradual easing of sanctions in exchange for verifiable guarantees that the regime is not pursuing nuclear weapons.
If those who
insist
on scorekeeping have their way, the US will be unable to exercise the leadership that the world needs.
To win, Syriza must either mislead its voters about its options, or
insist
that it will renegotiate the repayment conditions imposed on Greece by the so-called Troika (the European Commission, the ECB, and the International Monetary Fund), all while pursuing unilateral action should renegotiation fail.
Those who emphasize the historical uniqueness of Europe’s monetary solution
insist
that other countries – which control their own monies – could not possibly fall into such a predicament.
Advocates of greater labor-market flexibility
insist
that paying employers to hire young people is the wrong approach.
Still, to
insist
that Latin American democracy has been a major disappointment would not merely be pessimistic; it would fail to recognize that the most important values of a free society include the capacity to change, to rectify, and to improve.
He was the first person I heard theorize on the sad imbecility of those who engage in competitive victimhood, those who
insist
that we have to choose our own dead – Jews or Khmer, the martyrs of this genocide or that.
And yet, while Assad’s opponents
insist
that he relinquish power, that clearly will not be a precondition for the talks.
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