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From Egypt to Ukraine and beyond, there is a deepening global
perception
that America’s commitment to fighting racism and intolerance, defending human rights, upholding good governance, and promoting free and fair elections has faltered under Obama.
This explains an important fact about popular perception: most people in the host countries do not distinguish between economic migrants and refugees.
A few major drug seizures by a professional group of counter-narcotics agents would make drug traffickers change their
perception
of West Africa as a low risk/high benefit transit route.
As I argued last year, in the second edition of my book Irrational Exuberance , the boom is rooted in speculative investment by ordinary homebuyers, fueled substantially by the worldwide
perception
that capitalism has triumphed, and that all people must look out for themselves by acquiring property.
Developed countries must move beyond the
perception
of the developing world as a source of cheap labor or a location for low-cost production.
A greater stimulus to business investment may come from the
perception
that Obama’s agreement to extend the personal-income tax cuts for high-income individuals signals his administration’s reduced antagonism to business and the wealthy.
European citizens have no clear
perception
of the Union’s total cost and are only interested in preserving transfers in their favor indefinitely.
Of course, there is an element of deeply unfair subjectivity in this
perception.
But it is now becoming clear that the
perception
that globalization is some overwhelming and inexorable force largely reflected the side effects of the last decade’s commodity boom.
The main innovations were based on the
perception
that urban development is a collective task in which local government should orient and induce private investments to achieve more livable cities.
Whether or not a
perception
is accurate is beside the point, because it nonetheless leads to decisions.
This applies in particular when the
perception
concerns what the parties consider to be threats to their very existence.
Weakened by the
perception
of allowing the West to mistreat Russia, their influence among Russia's ruling elite disintegrated.
If this
perception
was channeled democratically and allowed to shape Arab countries’ policies toward Israel, any peace negotiations would be even more complicated than they are now.
But the deeper reason is the correct
perception
that the resulting current-account deficits are not “benign” when they are being financed by inflows of short-term capital, or “hot” money.
But the
perception
that fragility presages failure is misplaced.
Many Europeans have lost trust in an EU establishment that seems incompetent, self-serving, and out of touch – a
perception
reinforced by EU leaders’ chaotic response to the refugee crisis, which populists have been quick to exploit by linking the newcomers to terrorism.
This disparity between fact and
perception
reflects the root cause of the decay in the bilateral alliance: neither country fully appreciates the ongoing need for the alliance, or the political costs that it must bear for the sake of security.
With public
perception
a crucial factor in winning the war, and the Taliban poised to launch a large military initiative next spring, failure to adopt a successful local strategy could signify the last chance the international community will have to build a secure and stable Afghanistan.
Macron’s election also matters because it will probably change the world’s current
perception
of France.
This
perception
of “Muslims” as being the “other” or the “foreigner” is the central factor that incites discrimination in the job or housing markets.
But the deadlock, and the related
perception
that the country is unwilling to change, might have another chilling effect.
But it will not be long before people begin to notice that the main driver of that
perception
– that Germany’s economy continued to grow, while most other eurozone economies experienced a prolonged recession – represents an exceptional circumstance, one that will soon disappear.
Even while many developing and emerging economies lifted millions of people out of extreme poverty, the
perception
that growth meant greater inequality was always bubbling below the surface.
Until then, interference from China was covert and subtle, so that the public
perception
was that Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, Tung Chee-hwa, was in charge.
This majority reflects a growing
perception
that the world would be more stable and more secure with a strengthened and updated multilateral system.
The 2008 economic crisis seems to have been the turning point in public
perception.
Now, in the first years of the twenty-first century, the
perception
of Europe in Asia and of Asia in Europe is changing dramatically, as Asia’s economies boom while the European Union finds itself mired in a crisis of identity and confidence.
But if Europe’s performance continues to decline, would this
perception
survive?
Especially in nervous markets, which we certainly have today, any
perception
that the ECB’s decisions might not take into account the interests of the whole eurozone, or could commit the major countries to significant losses, could itself be destabilizing.
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