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A sick man whose rule at home is being challenged by Islamist opponents, he decided that international ostracism and domestic troubles is too explosive a combination for his son, a spoiled playboy, to handle.
Human rights groups report that
opponents
of the junta's proposed constitution have been beaten and intimidated in advance of the vote.
The question is whether autocrats’ contempt for borders or sovereignty in silencing
opponents
is worth the cost.
When the government’s mea culpa and promise of reform failed to quell an Islamist rebellion in 1980, it shifted tack, portraying its
opponents
as the fruit of an Iraqi-Jordanian conspiracy.
Without a homegrown George Washington, the government will continue to depict its
opponents
as conspiring against Syria for its devotion to the Arab cause.
But it is hardly unusual for political leaders to be seen, by party colleagues and
opponents
alike, as falling short of sainthood.
The jailing or silencing of
opponents
across Russia had produced a pervasive feeling not of fear, but of despondency – the sense that words and actions simply do not matter, and that speaking and mobilizing are therefore useless.
Some
opponents
of patents argue that government-sponsored research is enough to develop new drugs, but history shows that, although government-sponsored research is good at basic science, the profit-based private sector is best at developing and introducing new products.
As US President Barack Obama’s domestic
opponents
resist his signature health-care legislation, owing to the wealth transfers that it implies, Japanese bureaucrats are trying to recover the authority to administer tax revenue to support social-welfare programs.
Within the Balkans, however, it has become a political tool that both nationalists and their
opponents
exploit in a never-ending game of divide and (hope to) rule.
Of course, stability requires agreement between the two key actors; and there are sure to be plenty of
opponents
and allies trying to stir up trouble between them.
These budding conflicts hint that the Fatherland/All Russia alliance may not be as all powerful as people fear, save for one thing: the alliance's
opponents
are even more divided than it is.
Perhaps the assumption is that, as
opponents
of abortion sometimes say, the aborted fetus had the genetic potential to become a Beethoven or an Einstein.
Opponents
of prudential oversight of systemic risk take two different positions.
Europe’s national anthem, a circle of stars, and talk of fiscal rectitude and structural reforms cannot compete with the potent messages of the EU’s
opponents.
Those opponents, on both the right and the left, are focusing on the everyday living conditions of European citizens – those who feel threatened by migrants and those who are suffering as a result of austerity.
That gives Maduro’s
opponents
the qualified majority needed to amend the constitution, remove politicized judges and regulators, and, if it comes to it, hold a referendum to remove Maduro.
The Kirchners never went to the chavista extremes of locking up
opponents
or shutting down television stations.
Now
opponents
of Turkey’s EU accession bid have seized upon recent events to argue that the country does not meet the democratic standards necessary for full membership.
That is why it must be defended, before its
opponents
gain any more ground.
In recent days, Putin decided to reaffirm the Russian-Syrian geopolitical marriage of convenience by following through on a sale of deadly arms to Bashar al-Assad’s regime, enabling Assad’s army to slay his
opponents
with greater precision and resolve.
One suggestion is that Putin is seeking to divert attention from his support for Syria’s government and from increased repression of his domestic
opponents
(as the leading economist Sergei Guriev’s recent flight from Russia, following police harassment, demonstrated anew).
Support for reform comes from across the political spectrum, whereas
opponents
of reform paid a high price.
It is as far from being a controlled economy as it is from resembling the libertarian anarchism that many French
opponents
of the constitutional treaty fear.
James Wolfensohn, the Bank’s previous president, and I are widely credited with putting corruption on the Bank’s agenda, against
opponents
who regarded corruption as a political issue, not an economic one, and thus outside the Bank’s mandate.
Instead, government policies since the end of the war have targeted
opponents
and critics, possibly laying the foundation for a new round of conflict.
Baldwin’s frequent and widely viewed impersonations of Trump on the comedy show “Saturday Night Live” turn Trumpism into a farce, blinding the president’s political
opponents
to the seriousness of his ideology.
Every time Trump’s
opponents
march for women, Muslims, or sexual minorities, they fortify Trump’s core support base.
None of this bodes well for Trump’s opponents, who are still a long way from recognizing the ideological implications of his presidency.
If Trump’s progressive
opponents
fail to engage seriously with the forces that Trump’s victory reflected and reinforced – in particular, the backlash against neoliberalism – not even impeachment will be enough to put the Trumpian genie back in its bottle.
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