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That Bush convened a G-20 meeting in November sets a useful precedent of going beyond the G-7 to include emerging economies such as China, India, and Brazil.
But this is wishful thinking, What we are seeing on the Balkans has all the elements of future conflicts in Europe: a war not between states but within them; a conflict that does not immediately threaten NATO states but undermines stability on their periphery and thus weakens their security as well as their cohesion; a frightening precedent for the successful use of military force to gain territory and expell populations.
The taciturn statesman not only refused to bring reporters along on his plane (breaking with decades of precedent); he provided only brief public statements that do not paint a particularly detailed or comprehensive picture.
From Peter Navarro as Director of the National Trade Council, to Wilbur Ross as Commerce Secretary, Robert Lighthizer as US Trade Representative, and Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, the new administration’s anti-China biases are without modern precedent.
Cameron’s supporters cite the precedent set by Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who in 1975 renegotiated the terms of Britain’s membership in the European Economic Community – terms that his conservative predecessor, Edward Heath, had accepted a few years earlier – and then held a referendum on continued EEC membership.
But there is precedent for this response.
In fact, China’s cutoff of water data, despite the likely impact on vulnerable civilian communities, sets a dangerous precedent of indifference to humanitarian considerations.
So, if the precedent of the Argentine and other emerging-market crises is a useful guide, what could be in store for Greece next?
At this point, that is just about the only hopeful precedent that the Argentine story holds.
If so, their barbarism demands scrutiny – in relation to both historical precedent and to our modernity – rather than merely being labeled “monstrous” (though it certainly is that).
But on other issues, Ban has failed to live up to the critically important precedent set by his predecessor as Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, who transformed the position to promote human rights and assumed the role of the "world's conscience" when necessary.
The decision defies not only the merits of the case and well-established precedent, but also the government’s own need for a more bipartisan spirit to develop if it is to get any of its major legislation through the Australian Parliament.
This step, and its motives, are without precedent.
Here is the root flaw accompanying the Hong Kong handover, and it is one which sets a precedent others may one day regret.
But the US position is unambiguously misguided in not foreseeing that the “Kosovo precedent” will incite instability and potentially even violence elsewhere.
Nevertheless, the US – and most European Union members – argue that Kosovo’s situation is sui generis and will set no legally binding international precedent.
Indeed, it may seek to use this precedent to re-establish its authority over the nations and territories that were once part of the Soviet Union.
Spain and Cyprus with their worries over secessionist-minded regions, are worried by any possible precedent.
Russia may decide to abuse the Kosovo precedent further to divide Ukraine’s population between Russian speakers and Ukrainian speakers.
In the past, China shied away from most multilateral problem solving, fearing that it might set a precedent for other countries to intervene in internal Chinese affairs.
Uribe’s political demise would hurt everyone, but the rejection of the FTA on human rights grounds could set a healthy precedent.
A third precedent is the 1967 devaluation of sterling, again after an interval of 18 years.
The role of FIFA, in particular, in pressuring Brazil’s government to enact anti-democratic legislation is a dangerous precedent.
More controversially, Gauck proclaimed the need for Security Council authorization of any use of force, but also hinted at a Kosovo precedent for possible military intervention in Syria.
Aristotle once wrote that every drama or tragedy requires a beginning, a middle, and an end, with antecedent following precedent.
Implemented correctly, these treaties could become a hopeful precedent for the entire European Union.
It also sets a precedent for the UK, preparing the way for future prime ministers to make advances in this direction.
But Trump’s looming presidency does have a precedent: George W. Bush’s.
There is ample precedent for a Congressional response.
The spread of inflation-indexed bonds serves as a historical precedent.
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