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And now the OPCW must find, catalogue, and destroy the Syrian government’s massive chemical stockpiles in the
midst
of a vicious civil war.
Of course, in the
midst
of so much uncertainty, it is remarkable that the over-indebted countries’ consolidation efforts remain broadly on track; but the European Central Bank’s continued bond-buying and liquidity support is only a temporary palliative.
This is especially true now, given that much of the developed world is in the
midst
of a painful recession.
That same week, in the
midst
of the worst economic crisis since the 1930’s, a national poll found that support for President Barack Obama was remarkably high, with respondents consistently saying that he “cares about people like me.”
Is Obama suggesting that the US should have supported Mosaddegh in the
midst
of the Cold War, or tilted toward Iran during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s?
The Experts We NeedLONDON – In the
midst
of the debate on the most crucial decision the United Kingdom has faced in a generation, then-Minister of Justice Michael Gove exclaimed, “I think the people in this country have had enough of experts.”
Across the street from my office at the London School of Economics is the building where, in the
midst
of the global financial crisis a decade ago, Queen Elizabeth II asked: “Why did nobody notice it?”
But this time the transition occurs in the
midst
of an unprecedented crisis.
The year was 1932, and the transition from Herbert Hoover to Franklin D. Roosevelt occurred in the
midst
of an unparalleled economic depression and banking crisis.
Sadly, and despite scoring this own goal, Modi’s government is now repeating its mistake in the
midst
of the pandemic.
To be sure, in April, the US Department of State warned that Russia, along with China and Iran, was stepping up its disinformation efforts in the
midst
of the COVID-19 crisis.
The understandable fear of personal interactions in the
midst
of a pandemic brings us to the second ingredient of the double-dip: aftershocks.
And today, in the
midst
of a historic tragedy, the most fundamental obligation of all is to rethink our future.
Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization in the
midst
of the pandemic battle has immediate global repercussions.
And the United States, the world’s longstanding bastion of democracy, is in the
midst
of a constitutional crisis over a president who was elected by a minority of voters, and who has since made a mockery of democratic norms and the rule of law.
Governments faced with falling tax revenues are practicing austerity in the
midst
of a health emergency and recession, slashing non-COVID-19 health spending, forcing pay cuts and longer hours on health workers, and avoiding the expense of procuring personal protective equipment.
As humanitarian organizations work to provide adequate food, water, and shelter – in the
midst
of a pandemic, no less – delivering condoms and other contraceptives may seem to be of secondary importance.
Government hardliners and China’s coal lobby are resisting decarbonization in the
midst
of US pressures, especially since Trump himself is rejecting decarbonization.
It hasn’t helped that in the
midst
of all this, US President Donald Trump has made India a target of his increasingly acrimonious approach to trading partners.
Just over a year ago, the ECB and the Fed were on the path of gradually reducing their massively expanded balance sheets, and the Fed was increasing interest rates from levels first adopted in the
midst
of the global financial crisis.
China is in the
midst
of this transition.
But, as China’s leaders are acutely aware, climate change is already flooding Chinese rivers and pulling away stones, while other countries, including the United States, are battling historic wildfires in the
midst
of a pandemic.
That Biden is the most experienced person in modern history to enter the presidency will help, but he faces the toughest situation confronting a new president since Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in 1933, in the
midst
of the Great Depression.
Applauded by the IMF, the World Bank, and the international and domestic financial press, the authorities persisted with austerity, persuaded that fiscal contraction was expansionary, even in the
midst
of a recession, because, by reducing expected future taxation, it would encourage entrepreneurs to increase their present investments.
Now that we are in the
midst
of a pandemic, however, a return to austerity will inevitably expose the limits of any integration mechanism that is structured around currency stability.
Meanwhile, in the
midst
of the current crisis, the Trump administration has proposed slashing the US government’s core contribution to the WHO from $123 million now to just $58 million next year.
In the
midst
of an unprecedented global crisis, something will have to give.
We are in the
midst
of a brutal war as challenging as any that humankind has fought.
Such leaders chose to pursue populist and divisive politics in the
midst
of tragedy.
Unlike the PLA, which prefers to encroach on undefended border areas, Indian forces carried out their operation right under China’s nose, in the
midst
of a major PLA buildup.
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