Mantle
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The longer the US obsesses over its own political dysfunction and attendant economic stagnation, the less likely it is to bear the
mantle
of global responsibility and leadership.
And Europe’s din of conflicting voices appears to preclude it from claiming America’s
mantle.
When this generation assumes the
mantle
of leadership, its members will turn their passion and curiosity about knowledge and innovation into real work.
In France, for example, many are brushing off the warnings issued by Macron – or, more concretely, by their history books – as they push back against their president’s efforts to take up the
mantle
of multilateralism.
With US President Donald Trump’s administration turning its back on internationalism, China has stepped forward to assume the
mantle
of global leadership.
Similarly Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s prime minister, who carries the
mantle
of her assassinated father, has become a keen advocate of development issues, with a special emphasis on women and their needs.
To many, its behavior in the region suggests a continuing competition with the Sunni Arab world for the
mantle
of leadership, often defined by a misguided and hateful policy toward Israel.
The Regional Route to Global Free TradeMADRID – With the moribund Doha Round of multilateral free-trade talks awaiting its last rites, a new wave of regional trade negotiations has de facto taken up the
mantle
of establishing a global trade regime.
Mainstream parties must reclaim the
mantle
of patriotism and redefine the national interest accordingly.
But no other ideology was offered, and the crisis – the slow rot of the system that became clear during the era of stagnation under Leonid Brezhnev – that began with Khrushchev’s speech lasted another 30 years, until Mikhail Gorbachev took up his
mantle
of change.
What is remarkable is how matter-of-factly Europe’s transgressors succeed in cloaking themselves with the
mantle
of a new social breakthrough.
The UN, which carries the
mantle
for the international community, has already deployed a peacekeeping force to Mali.
So, as his term draws to a close and his
mantle
of infallibility is passed on to his successor, it is worth examining whether his legacy will measure up and what we can expect from the new Fed chief, Ben Bernanke.
Yet the
mantle
of a regional power sometimes requires using that leverage for the greater good of the region.
After all, with four times as many people as the US, and a determined program to catch up after centuries of technological stagnation, isn’t it inevitable that China will decisively take over the
mantle
of economic hegemon?
The only contemporary European who can lay claim to the
mantle
of greatness is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the European Union’s de facto leader.
The European Union claims the
mantle
of global leadership on climate change, yet its leaders have allowed the price of carbon in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme to collapse, owing to reckless over-supply of carbon credits.
In the meantime, China will continue to act – as the US once did – on the recognition that claiming and retaining the
mantle
of global leadership is a long-term proposition, one that often entails short-term financial costs.
If there is something to celebrate, it is that the balance of global economic power is shifting to emerging countries, and that new role models and a new generation raised in a globalized world are becoming ready to assume the
mantle
of leadership.
Then, with Labour in power, Brown could expect in due time to receive the
mantle.
Moreover, there are number of so-called "legitimacy" questions: who "inherited" the Revolution’s mantle, if revolution there was?
Since 1991, the position of prime minister has rotated between two high-ranking Muslim women, who inherited the
mantle
of leadership when a male relative was assassinated.
In fact, new models to square the circle of economic growth, social cohesion, and political liberty may be emerging in some of the countries that have grasped the
mantle
of globalization.
Despite trying to annex an Arab neighbor, Saddam was able to claim the nationalist
mantle
against the Americans.
The resulting strategic lacuna creates an opportunity – indeed, a desperate need – for some other global actor to take up the
mantle
of leadership.
After being a near-silent supporter of remaining in the EU during the Brexit campaign, May has now donned the
mantle
of Brexiteer populism, targeting both “international elites” and Britons with a cosmopolitan outlook.
Whether or not its path proves to be as progressive as England’s may determine who assumes the
mantle
of global economic leadership.
Little can be hoped for in Europe; the real question is whether President Barack Obama has it in him to don the
mantle
of President Franklin Roosevelt.
Turkey, for its part, is regarded as a competitor for the
mantle
of Sunni Muslim leadership – a position long held by the Ottoman Empire.
Beyond taking up Deng’s
mantle
in pursuing market-oriented economic reforms, he has been directing a bold anti-corruption campaign since coming to power.
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