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Worse, after a military operation that destroyed 90% of the city and killed some 1,800 residents, the city’s new rulers have not even begun to remove the bodies buried beneath the rubble.
That is why Putin has taken great care to present Russia’s military operation as a limited endeavor, undertaken solely for the purpose of ridding the world of the Islamic State (ISIS).
Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, the president of the tiny Russian republic of Ingushetia in the North Caucasus, recently declared that the operation in Syria restored Russia’s reputation as a world power.
With private foundations, governments, and businesses all pledging to contribute, the HOPE fund that I have in mind could be in operation by the end of the year.
The union survived as an underground operation, printing discussion documents and organizing rallies.
To be sure, a no-fly zone over Syria would not be a simple undertaking: substantial resources would be required, and, given the regime’s military capabilities, it would not be a risk-free operation.
American enthusiasm for intervention in Africa has greatly diminished since the operation in Somalia in 1992-1993 – and more globally following the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
These two modes of operation – insurgency and terrorism – go hand in hand.
His operation in Syria is partly designed to divert attention from his dismemberment of Ukraine.
This requires a smoothly working and much more efficient interface between the agencies and the European Commission, which retains overall control over them, as well as a thorough revision of the financial regulation for the entire operation and its oft-criticized bureaucratic red tape.
Later that very day, a joint operation resulted in simultaneous arrests in five European countries.
The operation's success was no accident.
Those, like Netanyahu, who stick to the lunacy of a military operation against Iran, will not find a ready ally in Obama.
Such an operation would make America appear to be doing Israel’s bidding – even George W. Bush refused when former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert asked the US to attack a Syrian nuclear reactor – and destroy Obama’s strategy of reconciliation with the Muslim world.
But the focus of debate was a €8 million exceptional bonus that he requested after successfully executing a financial operation at the end of his tenure.
In its first year of operation, the Forum commissioned five working groups to examine issues affecting international financial stability, including highly leveraged institutions, capital flows and offshore financial centers.
Most of the debt is owed within the state system – for example, by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to state-owned banks – and the government could simply write off bad debts and recapitalize banks, financing the operation with either borrowed or printed money.
Israel’s latest operation in Gaza brought it no benefit, either tactical or strategic.
Perhaps the US airdrops and promised strategic interventions, together with a possible coordinated operation by Kurdish forces (rearmed by the US), may rescue the survivors, but it appears unlikely that they will be able to return to their homes soon.
This, its detractors warn, privileges Wall Street in the operation of the Federal Reserve System.
Most notably, the EU has tripled the budget of Operation Triton, designed to strengthen border security; launched an EU-wide naval operation against human smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med); and allocated additional funds to overwhelmed frontline member countries.
With energy and enthusiasm, Burden turned that operation into a thriving health (not health-care) agency that covers three cities and about 300,000 people on the western edge of Los Angeles.
This would allow the troops to expand their areas of operation outside Mogadishu and bring soldiers from Kenya, who are battling the insurgents in the south of the country, under the same umbrella.
That is an outcome that the rest of us should welcome, because it would give China a greater stake in a multilateral institution that oversees the operation of the global monetary system.
Similarly, at the government’s nudging, the mining conglomerate Anglo-American developed a zinc-processing operation at its new Skorpion mine in the Namib desert, creating more skilled jobs for locals.
Poor traders like Rosalia want real shops, and for some, Namibia Beverages, the local bottling operation of Coca-Cola, is answering the call with sturdy iron cabins that are spacious, portable, and easily secured.
And, despite US President Barack Obama’s resistance, the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank was established as well, and is to start operation this month.
In wartime or during a counterterrorism operation, deception may be a necessary condition of victory or success – which clearly is in our interest.
Rather than simply looking at project inputs and outputs, the emphasis has turned towards measuring the overall impact of an operation.
As long as economic policy remains the province of national governments, sovereign risk will likely continue to distort the operation of cross-border finance.
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