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The parliament building is not yet rebuilt, but the government is trying hard to rebuild Moldova as a democratic country with legitimate aspirations to join the European Union.
Can we prevent a calamitous increase in global warming in a way that is fair, that takes account of past and present responsibility, and that does not thwart legitimate hopes for a better life everywhere?
But these measures might not be legitimate, if a WTO panel finds that the US has the right to determine that its national security justifies steel tariffs.
It will have to accept all the other states in the region as legitimate players with their own legitimate interests as much as it wants to be recognized as such itself.
But, like right-wing Christians in the US, Islamists can be legitimate parts of a democratic political landscape.
News broadcasts covered his continued insistence that he did not forge his ticket, along with the lottery center's claims that their rejection of the ticket was legitimate.
International law and the indictment of war criminals are important for a civilized world order, but they are no substitute for active financial and political engagement to support an internationally legitimate, and urgently needed, peace accord such as the CPA in Sudan.
When the economy is at full employment, this is a legitimate concern.
The recognition by the three parties of the primacy of the moral and spiritual over the political importance of the city could lead to arrangements on the ground which satisfy the legitimate claims of the three Abrahamic faiths, and subsume the eventual political status of the city to this moral authority.
Second, there are still legitimate doubts about the effectiveness of central banks, the one group of policymaking institutions that has been actively engaged in supporting sustainable economic growth.
They were only too willing to advise Europe to work harder and spend less, as legitimate pride mingled with an understandable desire to settle historical scores and attenuate their legacies of colonial submission and humiliation.
Legitimate and accountable institutions and policymakers are what hold divided societies together and help them overcome dilemmas.
Rather, the Kremlin evidently will view as a legitimate target any aircraft that might pass over territory that it comes to regard as being under its control.
Machiavellian EconomicsPRINCETON – When is it legitimate to lie?Can lying ever be virtuous?
Since they lack the legitimate authority of elected or high-level appointed officials, bureaucratic entrepreneurs must remain cognizant of the need to balance initiative with loyalty.
Europe should instead push for new constitutional and institutional solutions that ensure the Shia a legitimate role in the political arrangements of Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf states – all places where they now regard themselves as third-class citizens.
So where is the boundary between legitimate respect for national identity and symbols, and the devilish music of pied pipers, dark magicians, and mesmerizers?
Instead of addressing these legitimate problems, Modi is accusing Congress of unconstructive opposition by thwarting reforms that it had once advocated.
Repentant jihadis are taught that violence undertaken by individuals – not by the legitimate ruler – is sinful and will be punished by God.
This legitimate “mercantile” concern has supposedly been reciprocated by “small steps” by Russia in the direction of a policy of sanctions against Iran.
There may be a legitimate role for government in limiting excessive volatility, but if underlying economic fundamentals do not drive the exchange rate, what is the basis of our confidence in the market system?
Now available for pre-order.Learn moreWhen it comes to technology and trade with China, there are legitimate national security concerns, which are all the more salient because technologies developed by US businesses for commercial purposes increasingly match the sophistication of those developed by the military in key areas like virtual reality, facial recognition, and drones.
When it comes to technology and trade with China, there are legitimate national security concerns, which are all the more salient because technologies developed by US businesses for commercial purposes increasingly match the sophistication of those developed by the military in key areas like virtual reality, facial recognition, and drones.
Internal emails reveal that a US legal counselor inside the IDB proposed to the US Treasury Department that, though the loans faced no legitimate technical obstacles, the US could effectively block them by “slowing” the process.
Only measures that ensure that companies reward true merit will be considered legitimate by employees, shareholders, and the public.
It would be a pity if these concerns continued to be distorted by hard-line Chinese leaders engaging in nationalist rhetoric aimed at convincing their people that Americans and others stand opposed to China's legitimate national aspirations.
Rather than creating a uniform, predictable, and scientifically sound framework for effectively managing legitimate risks, the bio-safety protocol establishes an ill-defined global regulatory process that permits overly risk-averse, incompetent, or corrupt regulators to hide behind the precautionary principle in delaying or deferring approvals.
It is legitimate to criticize individual policymakers who exercised poor judgment, and they should have a mark on their record.
But, while the participants represented only a limited part of the electorate, 2.6 million voted in the first round, and more than three million in the subsequent run-off between the two top candidates, confirming broad public acceptance of the process as legitimate and valuable.
Data protection should not stand in the way of legitimate law enforcement.
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