Opposition
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The Ukrainian parliament’s endorsement, despite strong international opposition, of autonomy for the pro-Russia separatist regions – a solution initially proposed by Putin – is exactly the kind of concession that is needed to restore peace.
Still, if there is little support for reversing free trade nowadays, why is there such vocal
opposition
to major trade deals?
There also is no doubt about the legitimacy of concerns about elements of the Syrian
opposition.
But, though it does represent progress from 2012, when popular
opposition
in South Korea to the idea of military cooperation with Japan caused a similar agreement to collapse, the latest effort is inefficient, at best.
The country’s recent international achievements – particular its ability to secure the backing of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy for its Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in the face of
opposition
from the United States – imply a high degree of confidence that China will address its problems successfully.
Trump is likely to be a leading proponent of this tack; in fact, even regional trade deals may be ruled out, as his
opposition
to ratifying the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership suggests.
A nuclear deal with Iran would have similarly important implications in the Middle East and Southwest Asia – a prospect that largely explains fervent
opposition
to negotiations by Israel and Saudi Arabia.
That notion can work in opposition, but it never works in government: even in Italy, you cannot demonstrate in the streets against yourself.
Suspicious of the military, Kim Jong-un’s government has repeatedly purged senior officers, which has surely stoked
opposition
that someday could spark serious civil strife.
The Consequences of Angela MerkelLONDON – Germany has been leading the
opposition
in the European Union to any write-down of troubled eurozone members’ sovereign debt.
Germany’s
opposition
to debt forgiveness is thus bad economics, bad politics (except at home), and bad history.
The
opposition
quickly attacked the move as a “dangerous gimmick” and a “smokescreen.”
One big obstacle that Ahn will face if he decides to run is the need to organize a political party, or else to forge a coalition among South Korea’s fractured
opposition
parties.
In the wake of the Arab Spring, and amid growing unrest among Syrians seeking an end to the brutal Assad regime, the US and France sent their ambassadors to visit Hama in July 2011 to urge unity among the fledgling
opposition
movement.
The visit certainly did not unite the
opposition.
Renewing the long-fractured bilateral relationship would require both parties to overcome strong domestic
opposition.
Because Putin cannot stomach opposition, he stifles the growth of parties.
Sadly, many on the left around the world (for example, British
opposition
leader Jeremy Corbyn) were willing to turn a blind eye to the brewing disaster, owing, perhaps, to a knee-jerk impulse to defend their socialist brethren.
Given his role in justifying electoral fraud, this argument seems like an effort to buy time to clear the streets of demonstrators, put
opposition
leaders under severe physical and psychological stress, and isolate Mir Hossein Mousavi, the presumed winner of the real vote.
To be sure, France has a tradition of independent-minded and pragmatic foreign policy, reflected in its
opposition
to the 2003 US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq.
But, on the other hand, some of Bush’s more intemperate Republican colleagues might have told him that global warming will lift ocean levels to the point where many of the coastal “blue” states, which tend to vote for the
opposition
Democrats, will be washed away, leaving only “red” Republican states in the center of the country.
Here, the right, represented by the Republican Party, has long been suspicious of the Fed, reflecting its
opposition
to a powerful federal government, as well as nostalgia for the days of the gold standard (particularly the version that operated before the Fed was created in 1913).
Practically speaking, this would overturn the balance of power in the Middle East, with grave consequences well beyond the region; morally, it would be a cruel betrayal of the Syrian
opposition
and a boon to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Much will depend on the
opposition
(Democrats and Republicans alike) that Trump encounters in the US Congress, and on pushback from the majority of Americans who did not vote for him.
In Europe, the rise of political
opposition
to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Brexit vote, and the growing appeal of nationalist parties on the right can all be attributed to real and imagined fears stemming from refugees.
In fact, the new consensus is shared by most of Labour and the main
opposition
within Likud.
But
opposition
figures, former Algerian intelligence officers, and diplomats accused the military of being complicit or even directly responsible for others.
Opposition
leaders do not like the subject, but they avoid challenging it.
The public debate in America about whether and how to arm or equip the Syrian
opposition
is an interesting sideshow.
In other words, this is hardly a moment when any leader anywhere would be in a position to offer more concessions to the
opposition.
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