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Similar conditions now prevail in the US as well; indeed, they helped Donald Trump to be elected president, by creating a sufficiently large group of what he quite reasonably called “forgotten Americans.”
The Realpolitik of the moment makes fighting over the presidency unlikely;America may well prevail.
This is probably one of the most important challenges for today’s world, for America retains a unique power that should be used – and be perceived – as a force for good if global stability is to prevail.
In other areas of public policy, such as terrorism, nuclear proliferation, inflation, or vaccination, an “insurance” principle seems to prevail: if there is a sufficient likelihood of significant damage, we take some measured anticipatory action.
Wherever these conditions prevail, and regardless of supposedly deep cultural differences – in Iran and Brazil as much as in Korea – fertility is now at or below replacement levels.
But, while rentiers and producers are increasingly at odds, the former prevail at the ballot box – and not only because of demographics.
But one way or the other, personalities will prevail over programs.
In each case, one hopes that the supporters of democracy, the rule of law, European integration, and multilateralism will prevail.
In fact, appalling conditions are being allowed to prevail in refugee camps, because authorities want to deter other asylum seekers – including some who arguably have no right to international protection – from trying to get in, and potentially even to impel some who have arrived to return home.
Moreover, given the deftness with which China has negotiated bilateral trade treaties with many Asian and African countries that favor its interests, the US approach could fail to ensure that Western interests prevail.
But hard choices are inevitable if democracy is to prevail.
In the face of passion and pressure, cool heads must prevail and force the firebrands in Kyiv to think carefully about Ukraine’s future and negotiate solutions for all of its citizens.
We won't know for a few months which alternative will prevail.
But this insight, which enabled Peru’s government to prevail, is relevant not only to Peruvians – or, for that matter, to Colombians.
The question of which will prevail has already received a partial response.
Second, as a practical matter, keeping Lula off the ballot increases the odds that Jair Bolsonaro – a former paratrooper known for his homophobic, sexist, racist, and quasi-fascist stances – will prevail.
The ASEAN framework acts as a safety net and mutual commercial interests should ultimately prevail.
Powerful interests usually prevail.
To be sure, even then, some conservative economists argued that growing economies could produce inequality for a time, but eventually greater equality would prevail.
Fortunately, elsewhere in Europe, reason seems to prevail nowadays and the resort to violence has been curtailed.
I come from a position that says that ours is a moral universe, and good will ultimately prevail.
Japan’s government has a huge debt burden, and its consumption-tax rate is far lower than the value-added-tax rates that prevail in Europe.
The question now is which vision will prevail?
At this stage in the dialogue, it is essential that caution and moderation prevail.
They, too, want moderation and modernity, if perhaps not full secularization, to prevail.
For now, we in Middle Israel must curb our own extremists and hold out for the Palestinian moderates to prevail.
Yet creditors sometimes prevail to their own detriment; by pushing the debtor to the breaking point, they end up bringing about a complete default.
Ultimately, the best way for peace to prevail in the region is for the US and China to share responsibility for a regional order with Asia’s other powers, particularly India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea.
Perhaps every country should vote in the UN General Assembly on how to proceed; the option receiving the most votes – with a possible mandatory minimum requirement, such as requiring an alternative to win a majority or some higher number of votes – would prevail.
Yet all politicians know that ambiguity and compromise tend to prevail over universal truths.
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