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These younger leaders guided the Intifada, gaining stature within Palestinian society, as well as a feeling that they might soon supplant the traditional old guard of the PLO.
Japan’s leaders are perhaps counting on the continuity of India’s strategic policies, which would require the Indian government that emerges from next year’s general election to sustain the momentum of cooperation.
Add to that America’s weak response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and it is no wonder that Israeli and Palestinian leaders have dismissed its peace overtures.
For Palestinians, the US – a staunch ally of Israel whose leaders have strong domestic political incentives not to challenge it – cannot act as an honest broker in negotiations.
The promise of a regional settlement that offers Israel the needed security guarantee – not to mention a considerable boost to its international standing – would make the painful concessions, including compromises on borders and Jerusalem, which are critical to the creation of a Palestinian state, more digestible for Israeli leaders.
Even if Mladic or Karadzic are not turned over to the court, there are several top military and civilian leaders of the Srebrenica massacre whose cases are not yet finished, making the need for Tolbert paramount.
Its leaders have suggested that Greece should leave the euro, and that the EU mechanism for bailing out struggling countries should be dismantled.
But, at the same time, German leaders must recognize that their exclusive focus on distributional effects is poisonous.
With the current coalition talks, German leaders have an opportunity to assess new global developments that will have far-reaching implications for Europe and Germany alike.
Nowadays, leaders squander their countries’ resources and revenues, leaving the majority of their populations mired in poverty, disease, hunger, war, and hopelessness.
When sub-Saharan African countries gained independence in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, their leaders inherited bankrupt states with no access to international capital markets.
As a result, newly established African leaders had no alternative but to sub-contract economic development to the IMF and World Bank and the Western countries that control them.
In Africa, this will not be possible until a new breed of genuinely public-spirited leaders emerges.
In this sense, Brexit may offer Europe the chance for a new start – one that EU leaders may consider taking.
Not surprisingly, after the attacks Western leaders reaffirmed the urgency of bringing Turkey into the European fold.
Georgia Splits the KremlinMOSCOW – Dmitry Medvedev inherited the post of President of the Russian Federation from Vladimir Putin, and while Putin moved down the pecking order to become Prime Minister, speculation has abounded from the start of Medvedev’s presidency about an eventual split between Russia’s two highest leaders.
Commemorating the 30th anniversary of China’s membership, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick proposed to the country’s leaders a joint effort to identify and analyze China’s medium-term development challenges.
Those protest leaders, now in power, have been at each other's throats ever since.
Twilight of Our Political GodsFor some time I thought that the Twenty-Second Amendment to the United States Constitution was probably the best way to ensure that political leaders do not overstay their welcome, and, just as importantly, wear out their effectiveness.
Of course, it is always very hard for leaders to relinquish power.
It appears that there is no way for political leaders to leave the scene gracefully.
The addiction to political office is always worrisome, because democracies turn into autocracies when leaders cease to recognize the limits of their power.
Overstaying one’s welcome may be the professional disease of political leaders, but it is above all incompatible with democracy as a framework for bringing about change without violence.
The question, then, is whether there is any way to ensure that political leaders leave in time.
In the end, there is no foolproof method to guarantee that political leaders leave without tears.
When world leaders meet at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year to craft a response to the challenges of global warming, they should put in place policies to protect tropical forests and the people who make them their home.
Of the 116 environmental activists killed in 2014, 40% were indigenous leaders.
In the past 12 years, more activists and indigenous leaders have been killed in Brazil than in any other country.
It is up to our leaders to answer his call and turn prayers into policy.
Obviously, the cartels’ leaders do not have designs on Mexico’s presidential palace.
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