Possibility
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The Turkish establishment (the military as well as the diplomatic corps) worries about the
possibility
that a war will fracture Iraq, leading to an independent Kurdish state on Turkey's southern border that would inevitably serve to strengthen Kurdish nationalism within Turkey, raising new threats to Turkey's unity and stability.
The power of truth-telling that year created a dazzling sense of possibility, for it proved the undoing of one of history’s most recalcitrant hegemonies: Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.
Universities, pension funds, churches, banks, and even the heirs to the Rockefeller oil fortune are pulling their money out of fossil-fuel assets or are considering the
possibility
of divestment – an option made increasingly attractive by the swiftly falling cost of renewable energy.
Although it cannot be allowed to fail, given what that would entail, its success is likely to be accompanied by a dramatic increase in regional tensions and the
possibility
of war.
And Belarus’s government has been exploring the
possibility
of securing oil supplies through Ukraine should Russia cut off supplies.
If the EU decides to leave in abeyance the
possibility
that Ukraine and Belarus might one day join, both will enter a political limbo that could threaten security on the EU’s eastern flank.
In a recent paper with French and German colleagues, we advocate making debt restructuring within the eurozone a credible
possibility.
(In fact, it may not even be desirable, given the
possibility
of collateral damage and unintended consequences.)
The authorities must therefore consider the
possibility
that the upbeat forecast could be masking a more turbulent future.
Of course, if the hypothesis does not hold, then we may have to revisit the
possibility
that technology-induced structural change is leading Latin America, if not the world, into uncharted territory, and perhaps even to a “new normal” of jobless growth.
The 97% formula holds open the
possibility
of extending that fragmentation into the WTO itself.
And even the National Press Club decided not to speak publicly about the
possibility
that Assange may be charged with a crime.
In developing a strategy for pooling government debt, Europe’s leaders must address the
possibility
of moral hazard (the temptation for weaker countries to relax their debt- and deficit-reduction efforts in response to the increased credibility conferred by stronger countries).
The consumption discount rate should account for the
possibility
that, as consumption grows, the marginal unit of consumption may be considered to have less social value.
For those who have long scoffed at the
possibility
that China might be willing to deal decisively with its pesky North Korean neighbor, the results of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent visit to Beijing will be all too predictable.
The challenge for the EU is how to get back to the point where it is once again creating incentives for progress, rather than sowing disillusionment and the
possibility
of regression.
Beggar-thy-neighbor policies will lead to revenue losses for all developing countries, while undermining the
possibility
of balanced, inclusive, and sustainable development.
Given the fiscal trends that prevailed until recently, an eventual debt crisis was a distinct
possibility.
Indeed, according to a recent report by Parliament’s foreign affairs select committee, Cameron’s “considered view not to instruct key departments including the Foreign Office to plan for the
possibility
that the electorate would vote to leave the EU amounted to gross negligence.”
In 2015, Carney came under fire for forming a committee to carry out forward planning for the
possibility
of Brexit.
With Trump in the White House, what was once viewed in the US as the “nuclear” option – officially charging China with currency manipulation and imposing high across-the-board tariffs on Chinese imports – has become a strong
possibility.
The most likely
possibility
that comes to mind is known as the “Norway option.”
Otherwise, why would investors and speculators cry bloody murder whenever capital controls are mentioned as a
possibility?
And, recognizing the ever present
possibility
of exceptions, they will aspire to "generalities" rather than "laws," leaving room for accidental particularities of biological structure.
To use the
possibility
of creating dependence to justify the cuts, we would need hard evidence, not only that some aid programs have created dependence, but that specific global health programs adversely affected by the cuts really are creating dependence.
Clinton has already hinted at America’s readiness for this, mentioning the
possibility
of negotiating a complete agreement that would increase trade and stimulate growth on both sides of the Atlantic.
This re-creation of the early universe opens up an exciting
possibility.
One
possibility
is to triple mobile broadband penetration in developing countries.
Such findings unlock the
possibility
of a diagnostic test well before the disease manifests itself, and of developing drugs that prevent – or even reverse – the cancer’s development.
But just consider the possibility: Amend the US constitution, as has happened 27 times, to include “Donald Trump Thought,” and fire up the masses, yet again, with the hope of “America First.”
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