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Indeed, fearing the popularity of Lee Teng-hui, who ran in the 1996 presidential election on a pro-independence platform, China’s People’s Liberation Army actually fired missiles close to the nearby coast of Keelung.
Through its digital financial platform, the Ecobank Foundation is leveraging its presence to bring in new funding for the fight against malaria.
After spending a few days in Beijing, it was abundantly clear that China is undergoing a boom in Internet use, including as a consumer
platform.
Having established no clear policy platform, Merkel has governed largely without a mandate.
Many such voters once supported the CDU and CSU, but were attracted by the AfD’s nationalist, xenophobic
platform.
After all, this is a president who campaigned on a
platform
of “America first” nationalism, bet on the far-right French populist Marine Le Pen, and applauded the outcome of the Brexit referendum, even musing that other countries should consider following the UK out of the EU.
Donald Trump has shaken up the way a campaign is run, how a nominee communicates with voters, and the Republican Party’s platform, with many of his positions deviating from GOP tradition.
And new mobilized parties of Nepal's southern plains, representing the Madhesi people, won 80 seats on a
platform
of greater federalism, ensuring that no single party or grouping could dominate the assembly.
Europe's political systems are being shaken by the rise of populist parties, many of which are winning support with an anti-European
platform.
Jiactivate, in which I am engaged as National Chairperson, aims to serve as a
platform
that amplifies young Kenyans’ voices, offering them easier ways to take action.
Moreover, 68% of respondents said that they would participate in political action only if they had access to a safe and trusted
platform
that would protect them from victimization, intimidation, or reprimand.
Most of all, the Republican
platform
is devoid of compassion.
Indirect but politically salient objectives such as “green jobs” will most likely continue to present a more attractive
platform
for promoting industrial policy than alternative energy or clean technologies.
But, by seizing on the idea of the BRICS, Putin revealed his desire to build an alternative global
platform
– and advance an alternative worldview.
Of course, a president will undoubtedly need to compromise with his legislature, but the general consent that is gained by popular election implies at least some broader agreement behind the
platform
that he or she campaigned on.
The effectiveness of the G20’s 2008 and 2009 summits raised hopes that, at a time of rapid change, this emerging platform, comprising economies accounting for 85% of world output, could serve as a global fire brigade.
At the same time, the G20’s agenda became cluttered with issues – from climate change to gender equality – making it less a
platform
for action than a discussion forum, at a time when what the world really needs is a proactive and dynamic player.
The deterioration of the G20 into a
platform
for narrow, self-serving, and image-focused gambits is a symptom of a rudderless global order.
Tech vs. DemocracyBRUSSELS – Instagram, a photo-sharing
platform
owned by Facebook, recently caved in to a demand by the Russian government that it remove posts by opposition leader Alexey Navalny alleging misconduct on the part of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko.
Such a new
platform
should also be used to work towards structural reform of the international monetary system aimed at reducing its excessive reliance on the US dollar as a reserve currency.
In fact, within a couple of days of the election, core planks of Macron’s economic
platform
were already under attack in Germany.
And, incidentally, it appears nowhere in Macron’s
platform.
At a time when China is under pressure for manipulating the value of the renminbi to maintain export competitiveness, the BRICS framework offers it a
platform
to expand its currency’s international role.
In the past, Morsi advocated a
platform
that excluded Christians from political life and granted Islamic scholars oversight authority to ensure that all legislation complied with Sharia law.
Nonetheless, the deal is valuable: it spurs action now, while acting as a
platform
for further commitments later.
But not equally necessary is the enduring uncertainty about the common political
platform
upon which Europe’s voice in foreign policy will have to rely.
But the Internet is changing that as well, in a way that may befuddle the many companies who view it primarily as an economic platform, where they can market or sell things, or even charge for content.
At the same time, just as the twentieth century’s convergence of physics and engineering transformed our lives, the accelerating convergence of biology and engineering is driving unprecedented discoveries that promise to create another
platform
for innovation, the rise of new industries, and economic growth.
According to a recent study by Krytyka Polityczna, the biggest problem for the main opposition party, Civic
Platform
(PO), is that it is disliked even by its own supporters, who are animated almost solely by fear of the PiS.
He hopes to unveil the movement’s name and
platform
in February, after the local elections, but he has already made a point of avoiding the word “left” (preferring “progressive” instead).
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