Legacy
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If Brown is to gain legitimacy, he must offer something new; but he can do that only by distinguishing himself from the Blair
legacy
in clearly perceptible – and therefore fairly radical – ways.
The worst part of Blair’s legacy, of course, is the war in Iraq.
The compact builds on the 2001 Bonn Agreement, which laid the framework for a democratic Afghanistan but left much to be done to overcome that war-torn country’s tragic
legacy.
And yet Karski’s
legacy
is more important than ever – nowhere more so than in Syria.
And under stigmatized capitalism, the prevailing zeitgeist has hobbled policymakers’ efforts to address the
legacy
of the twin-balance-sheet problem, which, in turn, has constrained growth.
What sort of
legacy
will today’s “progress” bequeath to them?
Another
legacy
of the outmoded international system is that the International Energy Agency includes none of the major energy-exporting countries.
Given the regularity of serious diplomatic spats – over everything from tiny atolls in the South China Sea to the
legacy
of World War II – this may sound like an elusive dream.
That battle, in turn, should be viewed as part of a larger war against the Enlightenment
legacy
of science, democratic governance, and the rule of law.
Upholding that
legacy
entails employing expertise as needed, and creating, as Edward Stiglitz of Cornell Law School has emphasized, trust in public institutions.
The foreign minister of the Philippines, which is also currently engaged in a heated territorial conflict with China, called on Japan to rearm itself to balance China militarily, notwithstanding his country’s bitter
legacy
of Japanese occupation.
People are more open about this than they once were, but a
legacy
of disapproval towards those who espouse tribal loyalties lingers.
But no American president would want their
legacy
to include allowing so unfriendly a regime to acquire such a dangerous weapon – even if doing so meant avoiding greater strategic costs.
Third, Russia is already facing massive demographic decline and an aging and sickening population;China faces the near certainty of a Japanese-style demographic downturn from the 2040’s onward, a belated
legacy
of its one-child policy.
Rather than providing the breakthrough for which many had hoped, it demonstrated that Obama – unlike other second-term US presidents, who have staked their legacies on foreign policy – is interested primarily in securing a domestic
legacy.
Livni might find a strong voice in Israel’s government; the Labor Party could replace Jewish Home in a new governing coalition; or Netanyahu’s attitude could change as he seeks to secure his
legacy.
We can only hope that the consequences of Obama’s foreign-policy sacrifice are not too high a price to pay for the establishment of his domestic
legacy.
Middle Eastern and North African SWFs’ reluctance to engage in the governance of their portfolio investments abroad may be a
legacy
of the “investment protectionism” of the Santiago Principles days.
For his fellow Republicans, however, it is “but he broke with the
legacy
of Ronald Reagan by repudiating his ‘no new taxes’ pledge.”
The battle for his economic
legacy
is more straightforward: it comes down to how he managed Venezuela’s oil wealth.
But there is much more to Arafat’s
legacy
than endurance.
Because such distortions (a
legacy
of the dual-track transition) result in income disparities, they ultimately repress domestic consumption and contribute to China’s trade imbalance.
A new wave of deficits and exchange-rate instability would thus call into question the most fundamental and beneficial
legacy
of the 1990s: the major push for trade opening and liberalization.
Obasanjo is also shaking up the oil industry in a double maneuver interpreted as a rap on the knuckles for his Western allies and a last ditch effort to secure a
legacy
as the one Nigerian leader who tamed corruption in that sector.
But, when assessing Lee’s legacy, we should also heed the words of Kim Dae-jung, who was jailed and almost killed for opposing South Korea’s dictatorship, before becoming the country’s democratically elected president in 1998.
Cory Aquino’s LegacyMANILA – The death of President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino – "Tita Cory" to most of the 92 million people of the Philippines – left behind a precious inheritance: a
legacy
of freedom that the Philippines came to share with oppressed peoples around the world.
We who are left behind owe her the duty of safeguarding her
legacy
of freedom – and of enriching it with social justice and unity in nation-building.
To sustain such a treasured
legacy
and defend democracy wherever it is threatened is our collective responsibility.
The political boundaries exist as a
legacy
of the colonial era, not as the result of cultural realities and economic needs.
In Europe, the global financial crisis of 2008 left a
legacy
of deep political and economic crisis in the weaker economies of Southern Europe.
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