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Trump’s historic mistake represents an obstacle to that collective action; but it can hardly stop it.
Earlier this year, Sadr visited the fiercely anti-Iranian crown princes in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and is now the key obstacle between Iran and the strategic depth it seeks in Iraq.
For the US, whose military drawdown in Afghanistan is set to begin in July, a game-changing moment has been further complicated by Pakistan’s self-relegation from strategic ally to untrustworthy obstacle.
The last challenge can be stated as a question that is rarely posed: Is China’s political system an obstacle to renminbi internationalization?The pound sterling and the dollar, the principal international and reserve currencies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries respectively, were issued by democracies.
Because computer programs and humans are close substitutes for such jobs, and given the predictable improvement in computing power, there seems to be no technical obstacle to the redundancy of workers across much of the service economy.
But the main reason why wind and solar power cannot be a major solution to climate change stems from an almost insurmountable obstacle: we need power when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing.
However, the biggest obstacle to a ceasefire is the same one that presented itself during negotiations over Syria’s chemical weapons: any deal will require accepting Assad as a partner in the negotiations.
Water stress is becoming a major obstacle to economic development in many parts of the world.
The biggest obstacle for the Bush administration was the absence of an established connection between Saddam’s regime and Islamic extremism, though an effort was made to concoct a meeting between representatives of the two in Prague.
The biggest obstacle to what would be a spectacular achievement – as is so often the case – is a shortage of money.
But, absent Duda’s vetoes, this would not have presented any obstacle, as Poland’'s Constitutional Court, which pronounces on such matters, was (illegally) packed with PiS loyalists at the end of last year.
These questions are important, because “fatalism” has become a major obstacle that must be overcome by anyone seriously interested in bringing peace to the region.
Yet a strong dollar is a major obstacle to fulfilling his promise.
But there is one potential obstacle that could turn out to be a blessing in disguise: the diverse demographic shifts that will take place in the coming years.
Before enlargement, it was politically incorrect to discuss possible waves of migration to the West, as EU politicians saw this as an obstacle to the enlargement process.
But there is a major obstacle to greater participation in climate finance among capital-market players: demand can be extremely dispersed.
But the bigger obstacle is religious and cultural prejudice.
Improvement in the India-Pakistan relationship – the main obstacle to greater economic cooperation in South Asia – has come whenever the two countries’ governments have agreed to work together to achieve a common good.
None of these shortcomings – the lack of globalization-friendly institutions, rules, corporations, and talent – is an insurmountable obstacle.
Further ahead, EMU will become a huge obstacle to the transition countries seeking membership in the EU itself.
In 1991, we concluded that the Russian national character was not an obstacle to creating a market economy in Russia – and were proven right.
To be sure, North Korea’s regime is not the only obstacle to international engagement.
This brings us to a crucial obstacle: Government, business, financial, and academic elites are not trusted.
The sense of inevitability, opinion polls and focus groups show, is the most important obstacle to a reversal.
But there is another potential obstacle in the path of sustained recovery: the long-term decline in productivity growth has not yet been reversed.
The greatest obstacle to achieving this transformation is the North Korean nuclear question.
With the FARC obstacle removed, Colombia can now move toward long-term macroeconomic stability, faster growth, and more rapid reductions in poverty and inequality.
Indeed, the biggest obstacle to India-Pakistan peace negotiations is their vulnerability to spoilers.
While there is no purely technical obstacle to creating an alternative payments channel, doing so is certain to enrage Trump, who will presumably respond with another round of tariffs against the offending countries.
In reality, the peasants were not much help in the Solidarity era and they now constitute the main obstacle to modernization.
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