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Another option is for the US to press for a Trans-Pacific Partnership.
At this time, slowing the growth of Social Security and Medicare is not a politically viable option.
Long-sleeve shirts, long pants, and insect repellants can help minimize bites when staying inside isn’t an option.
The latter option, once unthinkable, is possible because Berlusconi is not running the type of inflammatory electoral campaign that he has in the past.
Although inclusive multilateralism has been battered by various challenges, including its seeming messiness and slow progress, it remains the best option for various reasons.
Walking away from Greece because it no longer poses a threat of financial contagion is not a politically viable option.
Does Europe Have a Korean Option?
The relative absence of legacy investments is the principal reason why green power is Africa’s best energy option.
One option is a shift to non-carbon energy sources, such as renewable energy (solar and wind power) and nuclear energy.
Another option is to combine carbon-based energy (coal, oil, and gas) with new technologies that prevent the emission of airborne carbon.
The NPR affirms the policy of extended nuclear deterrence, under which the US retains the option to employ nuclear weapons to defend its allies.
Now, troubled countries do not have the option of reducing their debt burdens and increasing external competitiveness by devaluing their currencies.
Brexit has turned “Leave” (whether the EU or the euro) into a realistic option in every European country.
Once Britain gives the Union formal notice (by invoking Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon), that option will enter the mainstream of political debate everywhere.
Perhaps every country should vote in the UN General Assembly on how to proceed; the option receiving the most votes – with a possible mandatory minimum requirement, such as requiring an alternative to win a majority or some higher number of votes – would prevail.
Another option would be to allow every adult to vote directly in a global referendum for his or her preferred option.
Yet the option of retreating from the project is no longer open to them.
Given the difficulty and expense of separating plastics, the most economically viable option is often secondary recycling of a few commodity thermoplastics – mostly bottles, for which collection infrastructure is already in place.
With the SPD refusing to participate in a grand coalition, the only mathematically viable option that remains is a “Jamaica” alliance – named for Jamaica’s black, yellow, and green flag – comprising the CDU/CSU, the liberal Free Democrats, and the Greens.
It is essential that all member states – and their voters – recognize that there is no option when it comes to the binding nature of legal commitments within the EU: Either comply with European law or leave.
Japan has relied entirely on the US for its security needs for over fifty years and the Japanese government essentially believes that it has no option but to agree with the US or to keep silent.
President Putin enjoys a relationship of trust with Kim and thus may be able to persuade him that only by abiding by international law will he ensure his country's future and that this, indeed, is the only option left open to him.
The AIIB thus exemplifies China – not the BRICS – exercising its own “outside option.”
The Chinese, for example, are already driving a hard bargain; the knowledge that Russia has no other option would give them even more leverage in negotiations.
First, while indiscriminate austerity may be the only option for those eurozone countries that no longer have access to capital markets, others have more choice of policy options.
Yet when it comes to ordinary people’s wellbeing, meeting the inflation target is not always the best option.
With the reversal of these trends out of the question, adaptation is the only option.
In Greece, despite the fact that child vaccination has been mandatory since 1999 (unless a child has a certified medical condition), Xanthos has advocated an opt-out option for parents who do not want to vaccinate their children.
Indeed, in recent years an unfortunate trend has emerged in African politics: losing candidates, unhappy with their election results, unleash violence until the only option for mediators is to grant them a continued role in government.
This forced hand – presented as a legitimate option – is nothing short of blackmail.
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