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The success of the first Gulf War,
launched
in January 1991 by President George H.W. Bush, was fatally undermined 12 years later by his son, President George W. Bush, whose own Gulf War caused a regional catastrophe that continues to this day.
When, days later, Riyadh was targeted by a long-range missile
launched
from Yemen by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the Saudis lost no time in warning Iran of a possible war.
When US President George W. Bush’s administration
launched
its Middle East Partnership Initiative for democratization in 2002, it turned out to be too little too late – and it died too soon.
Between the Economic and Monetary Union, the Banking Union, and the Energy Union – each of which was
launched
with great fanfare and is now adrift – the EU already has plenty of those.
When the Soviet Union successfully
launched
Sputnik 1, the world’s first man-made satellite, on October 4, 1957, the achievement sent shock waves through the US government, which responded with huge investments in rocket technology, research, and education.
In less than a year, President Dwight Eisenhower had approved funding for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and
launched
Project Mercury, NASA’s first human spaceflight program.
And Switzerland’s central bank recently
launched
a costly and futile attempt to stop the Swiss franc’s rise against the euro – an effort that produced only large losses on the bank’s balance sheet.
In the past 18 months, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, joined by South Sudan and more recently Ethiopia, have
launched
14 joint projects that will integrate East Africa more closely and make our region a better, easier place to do business.
Rapidly appropriating the lessons of nineteenth-century Europe, Japan in 1894
launched
a brutal five-decade effort to dominate Asia and secure its resources, stopping only when America’s atomic bombs flattened Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
A decade later, they fought back, defeated Chiang Kaishek, and
launched
Mao’s New China.
Imagine if more such initiatives were launched, not only by companies, but also by governments.
In South Korea, LG recently
launched
a program to solicit invention ideas from the public, promising inventors a hefty 8% stake in the proceeds of any ideas the company commercializes.
A long overdue diplomatic offensive needs to be
launched
to undercut Russian arguments as well as remind the world of what happened in Kosovo.
President Jacques Chirac
launched
important reforms such as redeploying French military forces in Africa, and restructuring how France distributes aid.
APEC, an Australian diplomatic initiative
launched
25 years ago, was originally conceived as an exclusively economic forum.
Europe’s Doubting GenerationPARIS – The contrast between the Schuman Declaration of May 9, 1950, which
launched
the European unification project through the Coal and Steel Community, and the fearful bid to save Greece and rescue the euro of May 9, 2010, could not be more stark.
Police fired tear gas into the compound, standing by as those outside the cathedral
launched
petrol bombs, hurled rocks, and shot at those inside.
More recently, the authorities
launched
an open-data initiative, making vast amounts of government data easily accessible.
Universities are quickly adapting to meet the swelling demand, and many have
launched
interdisciplinary programs that combine analytics and business expertise.
The New Climate Economy report,
launched
by the United Nations in September, estimates that the investment required over the next 15 years will total $14 trillion.
Indeed, since the industry
launched
its public-relations campaign in the early 2000’s, cost estimates have increased roughly sevenfold, and profits have declined.
Four years later, at a time when Jordanians could access primarily government-owned radio stations, plus a few foreign stations, I
launched
AmmamNet.net,
Moreover, many people
launched
news Web sites exclusively for financial gain.
For example, as the CID’s Frank Neffke has shown, when new industries are
launched
in German and Swedish cities, it is mostly because entrepreneurs and firms from other cities move in, bringing with them skilled workers with relevant industry experience.
He
launched
a series of legal proceedings to evict Palestinian families from their homes in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrach neighborhood and elsewhere, and established a fund (backed by donations from wealthy, right-wing Americans) to buy land from Palestinians in order to give it to Israelis – sort of a racist Robin Hood in reverse.
The opposition, sensing that its moment had arrived,
launched
a wave of street protests.
Moreover, the European Commission last month
launched
a new defense fund to close the gap between Europe’s aspiration to defend itself and its ability to do so.
Instead, the Chinese government
launched
a raft of radical reforms, including large-scale privatization of industry and elimination of price controls and protectionist policies and regulations.
The call, which will be
launched
in June, at the UN’s first-ever Ocean Conference, should include a firm commitment to protect at least 30% of the ocean by 2030, and ensure that the remaining 70% is sustainably managed.
As part of that effort, the foundation recently
launched
a $10 million partnership with UN Women to help countries improve the quality of the gender-specific data they collect.
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