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This statement encapsulated the foreign policy of “engagement” that he endorsed during his first term – an approach that, despite some shortcomings, has a lot of merit.
But, while criticism of China’s human rights record clearly has merit, it is important not to lose sight of the extent of genuine political change in China.
According to settled procedure, a UN commission will first judge whether the claims have merit.
In theory, there is some merit to reducing the rate, which, at 35%, is one of the world’s highest (and probably spurs companies to keep profits overseas).
Because educational attainment is considered a measure of merit, officials scramble to obtain advanced degrees in order to gain an advantage in the competition for power.
Based on surveys of local officials, patronage, not merit, has become the most critical factor in the appointment process.
Given such systemic debasement of merit, few Chinese citizens believe that they are governed by the best and the brightest.
To be sure, not all of these objections are without merit; there is certainly room for methodological improvement.
This is a nice idea, but it lacks merit.
Instead, they emphasize family management of the smaller firms and a tendency to select and reward people on the basis or loyalty rather than merit.
Al-Maliki sought to protect the interests of Iraq’s Shia at the expense of its Sunni citizens, appointing military leaders based on their tribal and sectarian affiliations rather than their merit.
(On this score, Boston University professor Laurence Kotlikoff’s more radical ideas for taking leverage out of the financial system merit serious attention, even if his own quixotic presidential campaign otherwise goes unnoticed).
Both explanations have merit, but both ignore the specifically British roots of Brexit.
Loyalty, rather than merit, drove key appointments, making policy management even more difficult.
Sadat’s peace overtures were defeated not because they lacked merit, but because Egypt was perceived as not having a military option to back them up.
The regime’s ideology, after all, places the state and loyalty to the rulers ahead of private property and merit.
To support this effort, we could encourage a new breed of science curators to explore the terrain of scientific knowledge more systematically, looking beyond trending topics to identify surprising but promising linkages between research, as well as conflicting results that merit further inquiry.
Is there any merit to the claim that the UK has become flooded with newcomers from other EU member states?
But it is difficult to see how the labor market can be efficient if employers are making hiring decisions on the basis of political favoritism rather than merit.
Vemula was admitted to his university on merit, not through the reservation system.
Given the importance of human capital for India’s future, choosing people of questionable merit to lead institutions of higher education will inevitably have negative economic consequences.
Moreover, the EU must make clear that accession ultimately will be based on merit, and that target dates are aspirational, not binding.
But the process points to a continuation of the tradition whereby most ministers are appointed on the basis of their loyalty to the Gandhi family rather than their merit and accomplishments.
OXFORD – While austerity in Europe faces increasing social resistance, in principle it has the merit of simplicity.
In fact, that presumption has little merit.
Just as free trade provides the lowest-cost goods and services, benefiting both consumers and the most efficient producers, global academic competition is making free movement of people and ideas, on the basis of merit, more and more the norm, with enormously positive consequences for individuals, universities, and countries.
The Kim regime’s actions obviously merit consideration.
Most of these arguments – though not all of them – have merit.
But they should not be accorded the degree of respect or deference that their seniority and government positions would normally merit.
But, two years ago when the Korean soccer football association hired the Dutchman, Guus Hiddink, to coach the Korean national soccer team, Hiddink made it clear that he would select his players based on merit alone.
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