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Switzerland’s pragmatic approach to drug abuse has nonetheless yielded significant lessons that are applicable to the US, Russia, and the many other drug- and HIV/AIDS-ravaged countries over which they wield significant influence.
The peaceful coexistence between the country's myriad ethnic, religious, and tribal groups is the result of a complex layer of concessions, compromises, tacit agreements, and other pragmatic arrangements perfected over the centuries.
If the answer is no, adhering to a pragmatic approach to the Union as a kind of continuously expanding “Commonwealth” is the most honest alternative to any high-minded visions.
America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia is based on a pragmatic give-and-take approach aimed at advancing mutual interests, the most important of which is maintaining relative peace and security in a volatile region that is vital to the global economy.
For the essential question about Sarko-diplomacy is whether it reflects a well-defined strategy, based on a clear vision of the world, or merely expresses a shrewd and pragmatic activism that applies a keen domestic political instinct to the field of foreign affairs?
As to the nuclear issue, Iran should try to switch from the language of “inalienable rights” to one of pragmatic solutions.
Today’s hardcore Russian nationalists consider Putin’s regime too soft, too pragmatic, too reasonable – in their language, “weak and indecisive.”
There is a powerful pragmatic argument against Machiavellianism, as well as a principled one.
Obama’s approach is self-avowedly pragmatic.
Once elected, Lula governed from the pragmatic left, continuing the prior administration’s core policies.
The high point of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s recent visit to Paris, where the arms deal was concluded, was the two countries’ agreement not so much on long-term strategic visions, but on pragmatic considerations.
The pragmatic technocrats took over, but the subsequent doubling of oil prices signals that the danger for Russia’s economy is over for now, so the siloviki are resuming command.
It is a matter of pragmatic economic necessity.
He will be a tough and strong-minded leader, but one who understands the world in a pragmatic way and knows how to work well with his foreign counterparts.
The Italian foreign minister, Paolo Gentiloni, is collaborating with his predecessor, Federica Mogherini, now the EU’s High Representative for foreign affairs, to create more pragmatic and effective European policies on Libya and the refugee crisis.
It remains to be seen whether Italy can assemble a coalition of economically progressive and politically pragmatic countries to overcome German conservatism and dogmatism.
On the moratorium, we remained pragmatic and built a strong European foreign policy.
As always, much will depend on America’s readiness to move away from military solutions and rigid ideological imperatives and instead embrace the pragmatic culture of conflict resolution.
Rather than obsessing about elections, the US now seeks to build pragmatic alliances to buttress its economic needs.
If one main player slides back into economic turmoil, nationalism will reduce the scope for pragmatic bargaining.
Of course, central banks are independent from government precisely to ensure that their policies are utterly pragmatic, instead of being shaped by partisan politics.
If Europe is to remain an environmental leader, as well as a center of innovation and competitiveness, it will have to abandon its ideological rigidness and embrace realistic, pragmatic solutions that can deliver environmental benefits without sacrificing economic development.
By 2014, the government was perceived as being so pragmatic as to be almost value-free.
This pragmatic agenda may look unexciting.
The pragmatic explanation for this gigantic strategic project (with an investment volume of about $3 trillion) is the need to develop western China, which has so far benefited little from the coastal regions’ economic success.
A more pragmatic approach to selecting infrastructure projects in which to invest – including a systematic evaluation of costs and benefits, based on precise criteria that account for broader economic and social objectives – could save the world $200 billion annually.
The hope is that such realistic and pragmatic accommodations will be extended to Iraqis who are fighting under the banner of a nationalist and anti-occupation agenda.
It constitutes a pragmatic set of policies that has been enormously successful in keeping economic insecurity at bay.
This means consolidating Party leadership, contrary to America’s wishes, in order to maintain a pragmatic, flexible, and strategic approach to managing systemic risks and addressing internal concerns and external threats.
In short, Xi will uphold China’s tried-and-tested, deeply pragmatic approach to modernization.
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