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Even when Obama was actively supporting Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization earlier in his presidency, he had to expend considerable political capital just to repeal the 1974 Jackson-Vanik Amendment, which secured freer Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union as a condition for normal trade relations.
With regard to Iraq, since George W. Bush’s presidency, the United States has strived to exert a moderating influence on Shia power, so that the country can create a more inclusive political system – specifically, by passing a new law on sharing oil-export revenues among the Shia, Sunni, and Kurdish communities.
On the other hand, there is the danger of normalizing and legitimizing what can only be described as an odious presidency.
Trump’s cabinet members and high-level appointees share collective responsibility for propping up a shameful presidency.
Liberalism in the TrenchesMADRID – After a dizzying few months, in which Donald Trump’s young presidency called into question the entire post-World War II global order, the geopolitical status quo appears to have reemerged.
During his presidency, Dmitri Medvedev pledged to reverse the mid-2000s expansion of state-owned companies and privatize all “non-strategic” firms.
In his speech, Flake began by pointing out that President Donald Trump’s words and actions are consistently beyond the pale, bringing disgrace to the office of the presidency.
Since its inception, the Islamic Republic has had a weak presidency; ultimate authority rests with the Supreme Leader, first Ayatollah Khomeini and now Ayatollah Khamenei.
But now Ahmedinejad’s opponents are moving to reassert longstanding constraints on the presidency.
Gutierrez began campaigning for the presidency shortly after his release from prison, but his chances looked slim until CONAIE decided to support his candidacy last summer.
Obama has spoken periodically over the course of his presidency about foreign policy (albeit before the current campaign), whereas Romney has said far less.
Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, retains control of Iraq’s largely ceremonial presidency.
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) that governed Mexico uninterrupted for seven decades (until its recent loss of the presidency to Vincente Fox) had been a strong advocate of government ownership of heavy industry, prohibitive duties on imports to protect domestic companies, and detailed regulation of labor and financial markets.
Pervez Musharraf’s Long GoodbyeISLAMABAD – Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan stands virtually alone today while facing the most serious challenge to his presidency: possible impeachment by the new democratically-elected government.
But the presidency of the World Bank is a rare presidential plum – an appointment that is not subject even to Congressional hearings.
The transnational nature of the election is stronger this time because the major pan-European political parties have, for the first time, nominated specific candidates for the presidency of the European Commission, and the candidates are campaigning, including in televised debates.
The campaign for the Commission’s presidency may turn out to be as significant as the final selection.
Germany also assumed the 2016 presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
He appears convinced that the FBI and the media are conspiring to bring down his presidency.
In fact, more than 2 million jobs have been destroyed - the first time since Herbert Hoover's presidency at the beginning of the Great Depression that there has been a net job loss in the US economy over the term of an entire presidential administration.
First, despite winning the presidency, the AKP lost its outright majority in Parliament.
President Charles Taylor's resignation from Liberia's presidency and his exile in Nigeria is not only a welcome relief for the war-torn land he so misruled, but also perhaps a bellwether for other discredited dictators.
Before going into exile, Taylor turned over the presidency to his long-time ally, Vice President Moses Z. Blah, who is to rule until a new transitional government takes over.
To further differentiate himself from the Kuomintang (the party that ruled Taiwan for most of the last half century) and its ally, the People's First Party, Chen has made the embodiment of local values, safeguarding Taiwan's sovereignty, and the "two state" theory the theme of his presidency.
The Estonian presidency, parliament, government ministries, political parties, news organizations, banks, and communications companies were all hit.
While the likelihood of a Trump presidency seems to be declining by the day, it would be premature – and, indeed, highly risky – to dismiss it altogether.
What we do know is that, ultimately, nothing that has or might happen makes Trump better suited for the presidency than Clinton.
In France last year, Emmanuel Macron and his La République En Marche ! won the presidency and a strong parliamentary majority.
Toledo assumed the presidency planning to dismantle the corruption that marked Fujimori's administrations and end the reign of his crooked chief of intelligence, Vladimiro Montesinos.
Trump’s War Psyche and World PeaceNEW YORK – When Donald Trump took office early last year, many pundits believed that he would settle into his presidency and pivot to normality.
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