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The early, very expensive, computers performed complicated and lengthy arithmetic
operations.
But that is not the right place to look nowadays, because regulators are positioning long-term debt to take the hit in a meltdown, while making banks’ extremely profitable – and far more volatile – short-term debt and trading
operations
more certain to be paid in full.
The revolution in information technology connected India’s bright young white-collar workers to Western employers and clients;IT and IT-enabled services, call centers, and business process outsourcing
operations
became the hallmarks of the new Indian economy.
Indeed, with the CIA conducting covert
operations
inside Libya and aiding the rebels there, the danger is that the West could be creating another jihadist haven.
Then again, perhaps the Bush administration is worried that if the oil currencies strengthen too much against the dollar, it will start becoming too expensive for the US to scale up its military
operations
in the Middle East.
When you look at an aerial photograph of housing developments spreading into prairies or logging
operations
obliterating rain forests, it's hard to avoid entertaining a frightening possibility: we are parasites.
The post-war political order, though no longer belligerent, was just as murky, with bureaucrats acting as the puppeteers of underfunded and ill-informed politicians, who operated regional pork-barrel
operations
together with big business, which in turn worked in cahoots with the bureaucrats.
While all-out nuclear war may be less likely now, these arsenals – and the doctrines and
operations
attached to their deployment – threaten to inflict serious long-term damage on the global environment, which would be true even if their deployment were confined to one region.
Civilian response capability is receiving much more organized attention, as is the need for militaries to rethink their force configuration, doctrine, rules of engagement, and training to deal better with mass atrocity response
operations
– which often need to fall somewhere between peacekeeping and full-scale combat.
Most UN peacekeeping
operations
now have strong mandates to protect civilians, and most of those
operations
succeed in preventing simmering conflicts from escalating.
And some partial success can be claimed for the new or revitalized UN peacekeeping
operations
in Congo, South Sudan, and the CAR.
Consider Europe’s approach to search and rescue
operations.
Why the reluctance to share the cost of humanitarian rescue
operations?
But the fortress has merely rechanneled, rather than stemmed, the flow of people, forcing migrants and refugees to attempt dangerous sea crossings – even as search and rescue
operations
are being scaled back.
It is just a matter of getting things done, and it must be done the most effective way, so the
operations
occur according to the institutional philosophies of donor countries.
Months after President Barack Obama declared that America’s “combat role” in Afghanistan was over, the US and its allies continue to carry out airstrikes on Taliban positions regularly, while American special
operations
forces continue to raid suspected insurgent hideouts.
Obama’s premature declaration will be remembered much like his predecessor George W. Bush’s 2003 “Mission Accomplished” speech, which proclaimed the end of major combat
operations
in Iraq long before they actually ended.
Against this are the unambiguous advantages of pleasing a major new ally and developing a pattern of bilateral military cooperation in supply, training, and
operations
that has yet to evolve.
In Rwanda, once the genocide started, the UN official responsible for peacekeeping
operations
ordered the evacuation of UN forces from the country, leaving the field wide open to the bloodiest genocidal massacre since World War II.
Is it really possible to acquire significant economies of scale by writing a single suite of software that will cover the heterogeneous purchasing requirements of millions of businesses seeking to streamline their
operations
by using the Internet?
In the 2015 financial year, $623 million was allocated to “Client Engagement,” while nearly 1.5 times that amount, or $931.6 million, went to “Institutional, Governance & Administration” (the remaining $600 million, for “Program and Practice Management,” is ostensibly for supporting lending operations).
But, as time has passed, it has become increasingly apparent that US politics is paralyzing diplomatic
operations
in Libya as much as security concerns are.
A major effort will be required to transfer materials to where they are needed, and to coordinate surveillance and laboratory
operations.
Examples include tackling innovation challenges related to delivering services in different markets, developing technology apps to optimize
operations
and cut costs, and producing prototypes for new products.
In the coming years, new technologies, such as the “Internet of things,” 3-D printing, and autonomous vehicles will revolutionize businesses operations, regulatory regimes, and even social conventions.
Credit easing will start soon with targeted long-term refinancing
operations
(which provide subsidized liquidity to eurozone banks in exchange for faster growth in lending to the private sector).
For starters, it is important to note that business leaders largely ignored the productivity paradox, insisting that they were seeing improvements in the quality and speed of
operations
and decision-making.
But open-market
operations
can be conducted only with Treasury securities: Brazil’s Fiscal Responsibility Law prohibits the BCB from issuing its own.
Meanwhile, would-be disrupters are offering opportunities to save and invest – the very heart of traditional banking institutions’
operations.
Leaving aside the cost in terms of human lives, the economic costs of maintaining peace are but a fraction of what would be required for humanitarian assistance, military intervention, and peacekeeping
operations
should the country relapse into conflict.
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