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The failure and eventual sacking in 2013 of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad – whose professed
intention
was to emulate Zionism through a laborious policy of state-building – is revealing.
Torturers are thus advised to deny such an
intention.
TOKYO – Last month – just a few days before the European Central Bank announced its
intention
to initiate quantitative easing (QE) – I attended a seminar in Geneva with international journalists, policymakers, and investors.
Obama’s announcement of America’s
intention
to bolster US allies’ security is significant and builds on the process of enhancing strategic cooperation that Obama has pursued throughout his presidency.
Yet even German Chancellor Angela Merkel – clearly a pro-European – went to the meeting with the explicit
intention
of barring the creation of other European powers in this field.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Communist Party has no
intention
of ceding economic nationalism to an Internet-based proto-opposition.
In the end, the debate boiled down to the question of whether effective leadership is about action and intention, character, or both.
Others interviewed made it clear that they had no
intention
of adopting social media in the near future.
And President Donald Trump has declared his
intention
to pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement at the earliest possible moment, 2020, four years after the accord entered into force.
within the United States, President Barack Obama has indicated his
intention
to achieve an 80% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and to return US emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.
This has created an absurd situation where countries like Sweden, Poland, and the Czech Republic have made it clear that they have no
intention
of joining the euro, yet they are still described and treated as “pre-ins.”
In order to offer a compromise to the separatism of its Northern provinces, reluctant to share their wealth with the "thieves" of Rome and the South, Italy's new government proclaims its
intention
to let the peninsula evolve in the federal direction.
But it is capacity, not intention, that counts.
On that occasion, Hollande declared his
intention
to revoke the French citizenship of any individual with dual nationality – including one who was born in France – who was found guilty of “an attempt to undermine the nation’s fundamental interests or for a terrorist act.”
Back then, Turkey closed access to the Black Sea to prevent the US from intervening, though the US, it is now clear, had no
intention
of doing so.
Another clear signal of Iran’s
intention
to settle the dispute would be progress toward ratification by Iran’s parliament of the Additional Protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Singapore falls under this category: claims that the summit achieved North Korea’s commitment to denuclearize are increasingly at odds with a reality that suggests Kim has no
intention
of giving up his country’s nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles.
On one hand, his appointments to key economic positions indicate he has little
intention
of severing government ties to Wall Street and big finance.
At the recent Conservative Party annual conference, speeches by Prime Minister Theresa May and members of her cabinet revealed an
intention
to pursue a “hard Brexit,” thereby dismantling trading arrangements that have served the economy well.
Moments after declaring his
intention
to “degrade and destroy” the group, Obama responded to a reporter’s request for clarification by stating that his real goal is to turn the Islamic State into a “manageable problem.”
In 2011, more than 13,000 women posted on such websites with the
intention
of providing or obtaining milk, either for free or for payment.
Two months ago, Premier Li Keqiang described China’s
intention
to deepen economic cooperation across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Bay Area – which Hong Kong analysts have called the Pearl River Delta (PRD) – in order to reinforce its role as a major driver of sustainable development.
Ultimately, though, Turkey’s leaders have no
intention
of undermining NATO’s cohesiveness and effectiveness.
And yet the Chinese authorities’ latest move indicates that they have no
intention
of playing by the rules.
Euro-zone countries reaffirmed their
intention
to press ahead with structural reforms across a broad front, in product, labor, and financial markets.
Moreover, if the
intention
was always to leave both the single market and the customs union, retaining only a free-trade agreement with Europe, the government should have made clear that it would need an “implementation period” of at least five years to do this in an orderly manner.
Five months ago, President Xi Jinping jolted his countrymen by abolishing the presidential term limit and signaling his
intention
to serve for life.
We can grant that it was not the primary
intention
of those who planned and authorized the attack on Damadola to kill innocent people.
Frustrated by his population’s political apathy, Qaddafi frequently announced his
intention
to dissolve all government ministries and transfer their responsibilities to municipalities.
Even so, why has so little come of the
intention
of the Iraq war’s leaders to give democracy a chance in that country?
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