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Without a solid strategic vision, British citizens could end up ignoring analytical pragmatism, and instead decide how to vote in the referendum in response to a sudden event.
Invoking pragmatism to justify continued human rights violations in Cuba merely because economic reforms might dissuade a mass exodus to Mexico and Florida is a bad idea.
Britain is a good example of the confusions that attend mere pragmatism.
He, too, appears to have opted for reasoned pragmatism over the blind implementation of rigid rules (which cannot make sense under any circumstances).
These two traits, although they seem to conflict, and are certainly different from the values of American and British conservatives, nonetheless form a sound basis for a realistic pragmatism and the shunning of ideological politics - which is precisely the politics that Germany now requires.
Our political approach embraces this humane and realistic pragmatism, for it is only such an approach that offers a chance to secure a prosperous stability within which necessary change can be made without ending up in an extremist euphoria or a fear of the future.
And, also like Macron, he is attempting to position himself between pragmatism and idealism.
In the second scenario, common sense prevails: Macron-style pragmatism takes root in Britain, supplanting the Poujade-style populism that fueled the anti-EU “Leave” campaign.
In this sense, though Obama did not back away from rhetorical expressions of transformational goals regarding such issues as climate change or nuclear weapons, in practice his pragmatism was reminiscent of more incremental presidential leaders like Dwight Eisenhower or George H. W. Bush.
Yet, while an unprecedented share of the population supported Uribe’s strategy, and 90% of Colombians view the FARC negatively, public opinion has been largely supportive of Santos’s dialogue with the guerillas, albeit more from frustration than from appreciation of Santos’s pragmatism.
If Hamas does prove itself to be moving toward greater political pragmatism, it should be encouraged.
There were also years of “Russia in China” and “China in Russia” cultural exchanges, meant to underscore that the two countries were tied together not just by geopolitical pragmatism, but by genuine cultural/historical ties as well.
In this revolutionary narrative, the worst elements of Europe’s political tradition have crowded out British pragmatism.
Yet modern politics tends to begin with pragmatism and proceed to broken promises.
This policy of inclusion rather than exclusion is based on political pragmatism and the belief that this carnage can and must stop.
Come presidential election-day in 2012, South Korean voters will pick the candidate who embodies pragmatism and centrism over a partisan or ideologue.
They sell their system of “illiberal democracy” on the basis of pragmatism, not some universal theory of history.
The key to understanding Asian approaches is their pragmatism.
At the same time, reflecting their pragmatism, the Asians remain ready to accept continuing American leadership and domination of global institutions.
But, given that some of the biggest challenges are the result of failed policies, pragmatism may offer a constructive way forward.
But such ostensible pragmatism has serious drawbacks.
Faced with difficult questions in foreign, fiscal, and social policy, he would be wise to turn toward the center rather than conciliate his conservative base, but it remains unclear whether the politics of conviction or of pragmatism will prevail.
Of course, pragmatism has its limits, because good government is also about upholding core values.
For much of her term in office, Yingluck garnered praise for her pragmatism, and for seeking to ameliorate the antagonism of her opponents.
Indeed, the financial pragmatism of working-class and poor women is the reason for the successes in the developing world of micro-financing that puts money in their hands.
But the Clermontois valued “simplicity, pragmatism, hard work, and resolve,” while the Parisians put more stress on “pizzazz and brilliance.”
The next US president should be able to capitalize on Americans’ fundamental optimism, pragmatism, and activism.
On the contrary, unlike today’s middle-aged workers, for whom shocks like the Cultural Revolution nurtured pragmatism and wariness, China’s younger generation are optimistic about the future.
The ECB might surprise everyone by a successful policy of pragmatism, in the manner of the Alan Greenspan led US Federal Reserve Board.
After a year in the wilderness, wondering what would become of benign globalism and neoliberal ideas, Davos man had found a new North Star: pragmatism.
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