Legitimacy
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A Saudi protectorate over the Palestinians will have internal Arab legitimacy; it will also possess knowledge and techniques used in the Arab world to ensure security.
The “realist” dimension of Rudd’s argument recognizes that certain areas of disagreement – including Taiwan, territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas, US alliances in Asia, Chinese military modernization, and the
legitimacy
of China’s political system – will remain intractable for the foreseeable future.
Of course, the
legitimacy
of the government or other policymaking body will determine what is possible in economic policymaking.
Brazil’s ambassador to the WTO, Roberto Azevedo, said recently that his country “rejects the notion that this organization’s credibility and
legitimacy
are in a death embrace with the Round.
Austerity has similarly sharpened a long-standing crisis of statehood and political
legitimacy
in Italy, reflected in the rise of a new anti-establishment party, the Five Star Movement, which claims to transcend the traditional left-right political spectrum.
More importantly, they can debunk political myths central to the
legitimacy
of some regimes.
And such a demonstration might well be needed to confer
legitimacy
on the newly installed third-generation leader, Kim Jong-un, a boy-dictator whose only accomplishment to date has been to prove on television that he can ride a horse, and that he appears to know how to read.
Israel at SixtyTel Aviv – Ten years ago, on Israel’s 50th anniversary, the peace process begun by the path-breaking Oslo accord, reached by Israel and the Palestinian Authority in 1993, established the
legitimacy
of two peoples’ national existence in their shared homeland on the basis of territorial compromise.
Thus, the
legitimacy
of Israel’s right to exist remains an open question.
Indeed, never before has the question of
legitimacy
been so fundamental to a conflict between nations.
The first is the growing shift in the Middle East, and elsewhere, from rejection of Israel’s
legitimacy
to rejection of Zionism’s
legitimacy.
Indeed, he now invokes his formal democratic
legitimacy
to fend off demands for his resignation.
But if this emerging hierarchy of rights isn’t managed carefully, the
legitimacy
of the entire human-rights project could be imperiled.
Beyond constitutional strictures specific to the Italian context, the question goes to the heart of democratic
legitimacy.
Tucker argues, correctly, that few independent agencies are based on a careful application of principles that would pass the test of democratic
legitimacy.
The European Union’s
legitimacy
deficit derives from the popular suspicion that its institutional arrangements have veered too far from the former to the latter.
But they should recognize that economists’ and other technocrats’ policy preferences rarely endow policies with sufficient democratic
legitimacy
on their own.
He would certainly be happy to delay the vote – and, if it is held, to dispute its
legitimacy.
Yet it aspires to democratic
legitimacy
in the eyes of Russian citizens and the international community.
Last but not least, the Chinese authorities desperately need to maintain the country’s breakneck economic growth in order to preserve the Communist Party’s
legitimacy.
Airstrikes now would merely make matters worse by undercutting the FSA’s grassroots
legitimacy
and aiding Islamist forces.
In seeking to co-opt the Taliban – an effort that has resulted in the Taliban establishing what amounts to a diplomatic mission in Doha, Qatar – the US is bestowing
legitimacy
on a thuggish militia that enforces medieval practices in the areas under its control.
Because the Calvinists did not accept a Church hierarchy, they - like the Iranian Shi'ites who are not part of the Sunni majoritarian universalism - based their
legitimacy
on the community of believers and so introduced elections.
Fewer than 2% of East Jerusalem’s residents vote in municipal elections, as most believe that participating would lend
legitimacy
to the Israeli occupation.
That is why illiberal democrats who place politics first will ultimately undermine the prosperity and strength of their countries, and thus their own
legitimacy.
Many NTC members believe that the Council lacks the
legitimacy
to make tough choices.
The role of government--the only actor possessing the
legitimacy
of a popular mandate--is fundamentally important in steering a society forward.
Major regional powers like Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar now support an emboldened Hamas, whose paramount objectives are now to consolidate its increased international
legitimacy
and sideline the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority (PA).
International cooperation is key to securing the
legitimacy
of negotiations, and it will be critical when the time comes for the enforcement and implementation of any agreement.
The invasion of Iraq, without compelling evidence of weapons of mass destruction, international legitimacy, or sufficient preparation for the responsibilities that would follow, is a stark reminder of the human and material cost of plunging into war.
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