Legitimacy
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The Arab Spring, however, reveals the fragility of repressive political regimes that try to maintain their
legitimacy
by limiting information flows.
It accepted a truce, brokered by an Egyptian government fearful of Iran’s influence in neighboring Gaza, that not only gave Hamas political
legitimacy
and undermined the international community’s policy of not negotiating with this fundamentalist group, but that also allowed it to continue rearming.
Few weapons in the terrorist’s arsenal are as devastating as suicide bombing – or as poorly understood, for serious analysis has apparently given way to the desire to avoid conferring on the attackers any
legitimacy
whatsoever.
Any economic model that does not properly address inequality will eventually face a crisis of
legitimacy.
There also is no doubt about the
legitimacy
of concerns about elements of the Syrian opposition.
Instead, it bases its
legitimacy
on rapid economic growth and ethnic Han nationalism.
Netanyahu’s version of sumud is evident in his policies and rhetoric, which focus on Israel’s legitimacy, necessity, and permanence.
The Arabs might never accept the moral justice of Zionism, but, as the Arab Peace Initiative indicates, they would consider accepting the political
legitimacy
of a Jewish state.
Many regard the UN's role as the guarantor of international law and
legitimacy
as self-evident, and now argue that its stature, undermined by the US-led invasion, must be quickly restored if the rule of law is to prevail internationally.
But to be a genuine locus of international legitimacy, the UN must become a different organization--one secure in its own
legitimacy
and able to function without the endless delays, vetoes, indecisiveness, and unwillingness to ensure respect for its decisions.
Only a re-founded UN will have the
legitimacy
necessary to react credibly to threats to peace and promote freedom and human rights.
It should use the fact that the
legitimacy
of Russia’s current regime inside the country is based, to a large extent, on the perception that it is a regime that strives to bring Russia back into European civilization.
The Kremlin, better than anybody, knows that the regime will be doomed the moment the Russian elite loses its European
legitimacy.
Such terms seek to borrow
legitimacy
from the past and to explain the present – in a way that most serious scholars of either Islam or terrorism never found very helpful.
To succeed, governments will need adequate capacity, competence, and
legitimacy
to mobilize and interact with all stakeholders, thereby creating an attractive investment climate.
This is a good sign for a world with different power centers and interests, with resources and
legitimacy
remaining tied to the nation-state, but in which challenges (climate change, armed conflicts, pandemics, and transnational crime) are global and, therefore, require cooperation among states.
To ensure democratic
legitimacy
and satisfy national constitutional courts (not least Germany’s), a second European parliament would have to be established to serve as the eurozone’s legislative branch.
A political system’s clarity and comprehensibility, together with its voluntary nature, are essential to democratic
legitimacy.
Participation in the Winter Olympics and willingness to sit down with Trump have already given the North a propaganda boost, and a summit with the US president will confer
legitimacy
on Kim.
With no institutionalized democratic legitimacy, the PA is bound to rely on its security forces and on those of the occupier, Israel, to enforce its will.
Not only does one negotiate with the illegitimate “moderates,” but it is precisely because of their
legitimacy
deficit that the moderates are forced to be unyielding on core issues, lest the radicals label them treasonous.
The Palestinian negotiators’ dangerous deficit of
legitimacy
– and, indeed, the disorientation of the entire Palestinian national movement – is reflected in the return of the PLO to its pre-Arafat days, when it was the tool of Arab regimes instead of an autonomous movement.
Instead of insisting on what the Palestinians cannot give, Israel should focus on what is essential: the international
legitimacy
of its borders.
And what do they do to the
legitimacy
of the governments that result from them?
What does this do to the
legitimacy
of governments, and of political institutions in general?
But, even if the polls are accurate, his popularity is largely irrelevant: dictators do not rule through a social contract, and neither his position nor his
legitimacy
derives from popular appeal.
Wolf then announced his “fear that the combination of the fragility of the financial system with the huge rewards it generates for insiders will destroy something even more important – the political
legitimacy
of the market economy itself...”For Wolf, the solution is to require that such bankers receive their pay in installments over the decade after which they have done their work.
Those who agreed that corruption worked had less respect for the political system’s
legitimacy.
It should also counsel a greater emphasis on international
legitimacy
and multilateral alliances in dealing with hostile regimes.
There is no government below him to take the blame for failure, and failure is the easiest way to lose
legitimacy.
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