Possibility
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The current crisis has actually been burning underground for some time, and has broken to the surface now because the Moscow Patriarchate fears that there is a real
possibility
that John Paul II will be invited by President Putin to visit Russia on governmental matters.
There is a fourth possibility: Potential growth and productivity growth have actually fallen since the financial crisis, as aging populations in most advanced economies and some key emerging markets (such as China and Russia), combined with lower investment in physical capital (which increases labor productivity), have led to lower trend growth.
An armed attack by the United States, Israel, or both on Iran’s nuclear facilities is another
possibility.
But, despite these potential drawbacks, an armed attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities will and should remain a distinct
possibility
given the enormous strategic costs of a nuclear-armed Iran.
The
possibility
of liberal democracy is always undercut by illiberal democracy at one end and what we call “liberal autocracy” at the other, depending on whether the majority or the elite retain the upper hand.
Today’s developments in Europe and the US suggest the vexing
possibility
that liberal democracy may have been a passing phase there as well.
Countries with nuclear materials should exchange information on how best to bolster security, increase intelligence-sharing on common nuclear-security challenges, and explore the
possibility
of conducting peer reviews.
The Brexit ConspiracyPARIS – The
possibility
that Britain may exit the European Union is undeniable.
This opens the
possibility
that the US’s voting power could temporarily fall below the 15% threshold needed to veto decisions that require the support of 85% of IMF members’ votes.
It is still an open question whether Hamas in government will become more pragmatic and less committed to terrorism: it certainly is a possibility, and one should not prejudge the outcome.
Given the complexity of today’s strategic nuclear weapons and the systems designed to neutralize them, one cannot rule out the
possibility
that some actor on either side, or a third party, could provoke escalation.
I dream of the
possibility
that even 2% of the accusations concerning Russian “interference” in the 2016 US election prove true.
So households accumulate large amounts of cash as a hedge against the
possibility
that those funds will be needed some day for hospital care.
India is certainly alarmed at the
possibility
of Iran developing nuclear weapons, not to mention its concern at the possible effects of Iran’s Islamist fundamentalism on Kashmiri Muslims.
As a result, an even weaker dollar is a strong possibility, which will further undermine the European and Japanese economies.
The chief task that John Maynard Keynes set himself in writing his General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money was to uncover the deep axioms underlying the economic orthodoxy of his day, which assumed away the
possibility
of persistent mass unemployment.
As with many efforts of its kind, the agreement needs to be compared to alternative outcomes, starting with the real
possibility
of not concluding any deal at all.
Rather than second-guessing the negotiators – or the very
possibility
of successful negotiations – we all need to understand the stakes a little better.
This scenario is all the more dangerous, given the
possibility
that the suspension of missile and nuclear tests may not actually lead to a concomitant weakening of North Korea’s nuclear program.
Success may still prove elusive, but a new game with a greater
possibility
for success will have begun.
Another possibility, which can accompany the first one, is that Mexico’s rapid opening to imports has bifurcated its economy between a relatively small number of technologically advanced, globally competitive winners, and a growing segment of firms, particularly in services and retail trade, that serve as the residual source of employment.
After Dokubu renewed threats to oil infrastructure last September, he was arrested on sedition charges and now faces the
possibility
of execution or life in prison.
The
possibility
that a girl wearing a headscarf might in fact be rebelling against her parents and their kind of Islam, and that others might be deeply pious while being utterly revolted by gender discrimination or violence, is lost from view.
The second possibility, epitomized by the European Union’s leaders, is to continue down the twentieth-century path, but with more rhetorical flourishes.
Repudiation of NAFTA with no replacement would have been so costly that it was always a distant possibility, but it was a
possibility
all the same.
Add to that sense of betrayal the looming
possibility
of a British exit from the EU, and it is not difficult to see why Germans feel that distancing themselves from Europe may well be their best bet.
What is new is the
possibility
that NATO will fail.
Likewise, last July, he mooted the
possibility
that the United States might withdraw from the WTO if it constrained his ability to impose tariffs.
Led by Qatar and Saudi Arabia, they have openly admitted the
possibility
of arming Syrian rebels in order to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
The
possibility
of being rejected in a real election would naturally make board members accountable to shareholders, indirectly making the executives accountable as well.
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