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In this case, Ban needs to spend time in China’s capital, making the case for the
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that governments have a responsibility to protect their citizens, and that when they fail to do so (as Sudan’s government clearly is), they forfeit some of the advantages that normally are associated with sovereignty.
President Obama must shift the fundamental basis of the US-India relationship away from a strategic partnership based on a militarized
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of security toward a holistic vision of human security in which military force plays an appropriate but not a defining role.
And, just as the very
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of the West must now be analyzed and probably redefined for the twenty-first century, so France must play a central part in this act of reassessment.
We tend to be uncomfortable with the
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that an economy’s fundamentals do not determine its asset prices, so we look for causal links between the two.
The False Narrative of RealpolitikGENEVA – In an era of divisive social media and partisan “fake news,” the
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that “actions speak louder than words” is no longer true.
Thus, 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia spends only half what Europeans do on defense – yet Europe still clings to the
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that its security depends on American protection.
The West’s response to the violence in Syria has so far been shaped by the
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that Assad’s regime is overwhelmingly Alawite.
Such examples complicate the
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of a Syria defined by rigid sectarian divisions, and experiences from modern Syrian history further blur sectarian lines.
Like Grass, Germans – especially the younger generations, who feel further removed from the events of WWII – are increasingly abandoning the
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that they owe it to Israel to remain its silent, steadfast supporters.
While one can debate the merits of referenda for decision-making, the heart of the problem was the very
notion
of holding a national debate for several weeks, given that markets move in hours or minutes.
The
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that a eurozone fiscal union could do better is a dangerous fantasy.
The
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that Liu might be capable of subverting the immense power of the Communist Party of China is patently absurd.
This is not to say that the economic concept of politics is utterly strange to the Chinese – or, for that matter, that the religious
notion
of politics is unknown in the democratic West.
Insulting Muslims simply on the basis of their faith is foolish and counterproductive, as is the increasingly popular
notion
that we must make sweeping pronouncements as to the superiority of “our culture.”
One popular explanation lies in the fuzzy
notion
of “secular stagnation”: long-term depressed demand for goods and services is undermining incentives to invest and hire.
The recent arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Canada itself raises the
notion
that the Trump administration is resorting to increasingly cutthroat methods to get its way.
And, while many interests are at work, one of the players that benefits the most from this story are the media: the
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of “extreme” climate simply makes for more compelling news.
Of course, this is not a new
notion.
But something new has recently been introduced in Latin America’s political system: the
notion
of unlimited re-election.
Although Gingrich was quickly persuaded by Henry Kissinger to recant his heresy, he had in his own careless way articulated an important
notion
that few others have dared utter.
The
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seems like science fiction: everyone knows that AI is not particularly clever.
To postpone enlargement beyond 1997 would not only disappoint eager East Europeans, it would confirm a widespread
notion
in Moscow that the West will always bend to pressure.
Founded on the
notion
of separateness, Pakistan has continuously had to affirm its Islamic identity, as well as its opposition to India.
Nor can one be buoyed by Joseph Biden’s repeated calls for a “soft partition” of Iraq, even though the entire Iraqi political class has rejected the
notion.
Many Romanian Army officers are unhappy with the
notion
of soldiers being tried for crimes committed while defending the dying communist regime.
The
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that this critical transition has occurred risks generating complacency at a time when China should be focused on the wrenching, but essential, process of structural adjustment – one that will take at least another decade to complete.
While Iraqis may be pleased to be rid of a murderous regime, they had little time to get accustomed to the
notion
of being an occupied country.
Neither the intensity of these arguments, nor mountains of sophisticated data, can relieve me of the feeling that this debate is stuck in a rut and stunted: stuck, because beyond the
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that growth is a necessary but insufficient condition for reducing poverty, our ideas on the matter have changed little over the years; stunted, because two vital things are often missing from these arguments.
The
notion
that poverty is more than a question of relieving immediate needs applies even to rich countries where malnutrition and other basic material deprivations are nearly eradicated.
According to all we know, these variations are strictly accidental, totally devoid of any intentionality or foresight – hence the widespread
notion
that the history of life was ruled by contingency.
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