Legitimacy
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As America’s
legitimacy
diminishes, new actors are appearing on the world stage – or returning for an encore.
In addition, the European Parliament’s detachment from national political debates means that it has less political
legitimacy
than is desirable.
The US, owing to its horrific treatment and torture of prisoners in Baghdad, has had no option but to search for international
legitimacy
after denying and defying it for so long, in order to extricate itself from the chaos and drama of what is now Iraq.
Israel has seen both the
legitimacy
of its "security wall," as well as the wall's proposed path through Palestinian territory, called into question - differently, but in a parallel manner - by both its own Supreme Court and by the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
While Bush’s invasion of Panama to capture (and later put on trial) Manuel Noriega may have violated Panamanian sovereignty, it had a degree of de facto legitimacy, given Noriega’s notorious behavior.
And, when Bush organized his international coalition to prosecute the Gulf War, he included several Arab countries – not to ensure military success, but to boost the mission’s
legitimacy.
Like many modern imperialist powers, China claims
legitimacy
for its policies by pointing to their material benefits.
Thus, in seeking to co-opt the Taliban, the US is not only bestowing
legitimacy
on a thuggish militia; it also risks unwittingly reigniting Afghanistan’s ethnic strife, which would most likely tear the country apart for good.
The new mission is crucially important, both for the health of the global economy and the IMF’s own
legitimacy.
The IMF’s response to its new mission of assessing global imbalances will thus test its battered political
legitimacy.
These dramatic shifts and daunting challenges mean that the World Bank’s next president will have to be someone whose primary task is to initiate and sustain change while commanding support and
legitimacy
across the Bank’s membership.
The current selection procedure is losing
legitimacy
in a changing world, and it carries greater risks of a bad outcome: an unsuitable candidate.
Democratic governments make a bargain with their people, gaining their long-run
legitimacy
from their ability to deliver rising living standards and high employment.
This will provide for better governance (although Strauss-Kahn’s leadership has been exemplary), and will enhance both institutions’
legitimacy
in the eyes of developing nations.
Royal openly claims Mitterand’s legacy as she searches for legitimacy, while Sarkozy’s rejection of Chirac’s legacy has more to do with form than substance.
International inaction on Syria is bad news not only for the country’s people; it is also eroding the
legitimacy
of one of the world’s most important multilateral institutions.
Football clubs have become the status symbols of newly rich tycoons from Russia or the Middle East, and international competitions, especially the World Cup, have become occasions to bolster the prestige, and sometimes even the legitimacy, of national governments.
Instead of acknowledging the
legitimacy
of European concerns, he shrugged them off as a frivolity: “[I] guarantee you that in European capitals, there are people who are interested in, if not what I had for breakfast, at least what my talking points might be should I end up meeting with their leaders.”
But when enemies are merely threatening, it is better first to assert legitimacy, and thus acquire some credibility at home and abroad.
That requires a new government of unquestionable legitimacy, chosen through a free and fair presidential election before the end of this year, as dictated by the constitution.
And trying to ignore social actors that play an essential role at the national and local levels precludes the popular
legitimacy
that successful policymaking requires.
Moreover, Mohammed VI, as “Commander of the Believers,” benefits from a “Muslim”
legitimacy
that the leaders of Algeria and Egypt, two of the region’s most vulnerable regimes, do not possess.
As a result, globalization’s tendency to produce macroeconomic imbalances and financial fragility, its adverse impact on equality and social peace in many countries, and its weak political
legitimacy
will continue to generate tension and periodic crises.
A Vote against Voting in PakistanISLAMABAD -- As Pakistan gears up for its parliamentary election on February 18, many observers hope that the vote will usher in a period of stability and calm by lending popular
legitimacy
to the government.
As a result, legality has emerged as the main source of political
legitimacy
in the modern world.
With that struggle, in which most of the region’s regimes have exhausted their already-limited stores of legitimacy, a century-old regional order is collapsing.
So, whoever wins the election will have a partial minority in the legislature for his entire six-year term, and his
legitimacy
will be questioned by large segments of the electorate.
In the United States, the Supreme Court opted against a recount in Florida in 2000, fueling widespread doubts about the
legitimacy
of the result.
Whatever the result of a recount, the winner would command enhanced
legitimacy.
This leaves only accommodation – which means effectively granting
legitimacy
to the Kremlin's claim to authority over Ukraine and, presumably, the rest of its “near abroad."
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