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Established quickly in 1958 by de Gaulle in the
midst
of the Algerian crisis, tthe institutions of the Fifth Republic came under fire from the very first day.
In the
midst
of this crisis of legitimacy, Chinese leaders seek to fan the flames of nationalism - and its even more dangerous sibling, anti-foreignism - as a substitute for political consensus.
And, in fact, surveys show that in most countries, residents greatly overestimate the number of migrants in their
midst.
Concern that the levees might break in the
midst
of a powerful hurricane was widespread among scientists, engineers, and emergency-preparedness experts.
With their neighbors embroiled in internal conflict or in the
midst
of difficult transitions, and with discontent rising at home, the Gulf states are eager to stem the tide of revolution.
He foresaw “a really stable and secure government in Pakistan,” whose Muslim majority would treat minorities in their
midst
“in a most generous way.”
Then came the news that Trump had also decided – again with scant consultation – to withdraw half the US troops in Afghanistan, despite the US being in the
midst
of negotiations with the Taliban.
Imagine further that the “bad bank” helps the financial sector, which was recapitalized generously by strained Greek taxpayers in the
midst
of the crisis, to shed their legacy of non-performing loans and unclog their financial plumbing.
The Greece of the CaribbeanNEW YORK – There was a time when it might have been said that Puerto Rico, in the
midst
of a wrenching debt crisis, was returning to its Latin roots.
Russia’s military actions in Georgia – in the
midst
of the Games – showed the world that the concept of spheres of influence was still alive and well in the Kremlin.
Rather than opting for interest-rate hikes and an external funding anchor to support domestic policy adjustments, the government has adopted a mix of less direct and more partial measures – and this at a time when Turkey is in the
midst
of an escalating tariff tit-for-tat with the United States, as well as operating in a more fluid global economy.
And, in the
midst
of all this, the government also found time to retaliate against the doubling of tariffs on Turkish metal exports by US President Donald Trump’s administration.
This would mean expanding the money supply by buying member countries’ government bonds – a realization of ECB President Mario Draghi’s “outright monetary transactions” scheme, announced in August 2012 in the
midst
of growing uncertainty about the euro’s future (but never used since then).
And, with government services shut down in the
midst
of fighting, civilians attempting to escape radioactive contamination would not know what to do or where to go to protect themselves.
A few northern European countries – Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and, most surprisingly, the United Kingdom – in the
midst
of its self-inflicted austerity – fulfilled their pledges in 2014.
With the Arab world in the
midst
of upheaval, what message does the West want to send?
The Jonathan government had calculated that eliminating the subsidy in the
midst
of the New Year festivities, a time when most Nigerians travel to their home villages, would impede coordinated resistance, so the speed, ferocity, and scope of the demonstrations caught the authorities completely by surprise.
Unlike the Great Recession of 2008-2009, today there is widespread hope that America has the capacity to stay the course and provide a backstop for the rest of the world in the
midst
of the euro crisis.
Implemented in the
midst
of an economic crisis, it was the classic Keynesian response.
Like Tsipras, both were elected in the
midst
of an economic crisis.
A fundamental change of paradigm is needed: the effort should shift to building a Palestinian state from the bottom up, for which there are encouraging signs, even in the
midst
of the failure of the top-down process.
The Secret Success of AbenomicsTOKYO – Tokyo is in the
midst
of a construction boom, with old high-rise office and apartment buildings being rebuilt in more modern and elegant forms, all while maintaining stringent environmental standards.
Doing this in the
midst
of an arduous post-crisis deleveraging process, a stubbornly slow recovery, the process of building a new, more sustainable growth pattern, is harder – politically and economically – than it might otherwise have been, had the US started earlier.ampnbsp;
There, in the
midst
of the debate over WikiLeaks’ ongoing release of classified US State Department cables, and as the government threatens Assange with extradition and prosecution, respected journalists are running for cover.
No mass arrests or further threats are required, because other reporters immediately start to police and censor themselves – and to attack the “traitor” in their
midst.
But France, unlike the UK, is in the
midst
of a serious crisis of confidence – one that bedevils much of the rest of the EU as well.
The US may be in the
midst
of a highly uncertain political transition.
The IMF might reasonably take the position that ECB policies have been overly contractionary – resulting in a strong euro and very low inflation – and are no longer appropriate for member countries in the
midst
of a financial collapse.
While negotiators hoped for concrete progress towards an international climate agreement, the world’s two largest polluters were distracted – the US with preventing a collapse of the financial system in the
midst
of a presidential transition, China with a slowdown in domestic investment and weakening foreign demand for its manufactured goods.
If the US and China can find agreement on these issues in the
midst
of crisis, they will pave the way for success when climate negotiators meet again next year in Copenhagen.
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