Possibility
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The way ahead is clear: vigilance against violence coupled with political
possibility.
All of this is true, but, given the
possibility
of a major overhaul of US corporate taxation, which President Barack Obama has proposed, we should revisit the conventional wisdom concerning the supposedly weak connection between corporate taxation and the financial crisis.
Fortunately, the
possibility
of such a perfect storm is more a risk than a baseline at this point.
But policymakers should not be so distracted by it that they fail to prepare for the other two possible storms – and, much more worrisome, the
possibility
that they merge into a single more devastating one.
A few years ago, Fareed Zakaria, then an editor of Foreign Affairs , argued against the priority normally given to democracy, simply defined as the
possibility
of choosing political leaders through free elections.
Or perhaps the
possibility
of regaining full sovereignty over Crimea has led Putin to reconsider the value of retaining Syria’s Mediterranean port of Tartus for the Russian Navy.
This system keeps Russia’s elites from pushing for change (unlike in the past, when those elites did attempt to initiate reforms), as it precludes the
possibility
of anti-Putin intrigue.
But its occurrence was a growing
possibility
for months.
To head off this possibility, the EU created the Stability and Growth Pact: government deficits had to be less than 3% of GDP.
It demands a high degree of disciplined republican participation and a belief in the
possibility
of personal fulfillment and excellence in the public sphere.
Be it because of a sovereign default or because of large losses accumulated under complacent accounting rules, the insolvency of a large bank (particularly a European bank) is far from a remote
possibility.
Even if it were a remote possibility, the 2008 financial crisis has taught us that rare events occur.
What makes this
possibility
the financial nightmare of choice, worse than the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, is the fear that many sovereign states have already shot all their bullets and would thus be powerless to intervene.
But the
possibility
of violence should not distract us from noticing that fundamentalist convictions also motivate positive political activism.
If the government in Khartoum persists in undermining the reform process and derailing the referendum on self-determination promised for the South in January 2011, a return to full-scale civil war, with calamitous consequences for the peoples of Sudan and the entire region, is a real
possibility.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has already hinted at this possibility, but his ability to deliver could be limited when sanctions return.
In the event of the regime’s collapse – a distinct
possibility
– it would be difficult to prevent the diversion of its assets, or even the use of its weapons.
And some government-connected think tanks have explored the
possibility
of deploying US combat forces to address nuclear risks in North Korea if the regime crumbles.
As a negotiator on the Kosovar side during the recent talks in France, I have signed an agreement that will give Kosovo three years of self-rule guaranteed by NATO, with the
possibility
of the people of Kosovo deciding their future status after that period of interim rule has finished.
After all, participants in the housing and equity markets set prices with a view to prices in the bond market, so contagion from one long-term market to another seems like a real
possibility.
The
possibility
that Southeast Asia’s governments might begin to play America and China off against each other is one of the concerns that most animates the latest US quadrennial defense review, which is intended to “focus on the Pacific Ocean” in awareness of China’s growing naval power.
In what other capacity could he have discussed with the owner of its main competitor, Yedioth Ahronot, the
possibility
of curtailing the distribution of Israel Hayom, in exchange for more favorable coverage?
The mere
possibility
of Italy leaving the eurozone – which would entail the redenomination of €2.2 trillion of Italian government bonds in devalued lira – could spark financial panic.
Speculation about the
possibility
of a “new Trump” peaked in early September, when the president suddenly cut a deal with Democratic congressional leaders.
One possibility, clearly, is to give up an independent money and adopt the DM outright as the national money.
I pointed out the
possibility
of a Middle East conflagration equivalent to the Thirty Years War in Europe, which is estimated to have killed between half and three-quarters of the population of some of the participating states.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court still has only eight members, instead of the usual nine, creating the
possibility
of split votes on key decisions.
The
possibility
of such an asymmetrical global rebalancing – with China taking the lead and the developed world dragging its feet – could be the key unintended consequence of China’s 12th Five-Year Plan.
Indeed, with the growing
possibility
that former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s peace plan for Syria might fail, and that civil war might erupt, Russia could be the international community’s only effective interlocutor left.
Following on this progress, at the end of 2010, the Russians agreed to study the
possibility
of cooperating with NATO on anti-missile defense.
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