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The initiative has the potential to revolutionize how Europe addresses the many challenges it now faces and, perhaps more important, to give the EU the sense of purpose that it so badly needs.
A strategy that focuses not only on how the world impacts the EU, but also on how European values and interests can and should be projected abroad would provide a rallying cry, a broader mission, and a clear purpose.
As a result, businesses are run for the sole purpose of maximizing profit, and humans are conceived as one-dimensional money-making machines.
A social business is a non-dividend-paying company whose entire purpose is to solve a particular social or environmental problem.
Evangelical values mean little to people whose only purpose is money.
For the Saudis, a bid to rehabilitate the Taliban, despite the damage they have caused to the Kingdom’s diplomatic standing in the West, serves a strategic purpose.
A “special purpose vehicle” (SPV) has been established in Luxembourg, and can already count on hundreds of billions of euros in guarantees from member states.
This creates a sense of purpose, as it ties voters more strongly to the party.
But, whatever Mao’s terrible failings, during his years of absolute power there was a sense of common purpose and solidarity that went with shared hardship.
That is why I established a foundation whose specific purpose is to educate children of different faiths around the world to learn about each other and live with each other.
The Islamic State can only understand hijra as physical migration for the purpose of jihad.
A deeper shared purpose is needed.
It is here that Europe has a purpose it can rally around--a message that can resonate powerfully in a world riven by religious intolerance and fanaticism.
Too often, this funding serves a cosmetic purpose – making donors appear environmentally friendly – rather than effecting genuine change.
A Strategy to Unite and Safeguard EuropeBRUSSELS – The purpose – and even the survival – of the European Union is being questioned as never before.
The people of Europe need unity of purpose and action among our member states.
The real-world purpose of an ideology is not to provide understanding, but to offer its adherents a sense of certainty as they navigate a complex world.
Most people abstain from such provocations not because they are cowards, but because they believe, quite reasonably, that such behavior serves no good or useful purpose.
But Russia and China must be given some incentive to turn the wheels of justice in Syria; a referral to the ICC framed in this way might serve that purpose, as well as help to achieve some humanitarian objectives.
While QE does serve a purpose – and remains necessary in Europe and Japan – it has failed to stimulate private investment and accelerate job creation and wage growth.
The Security Council would judge the legitimacy of such action by whether it met the age-old criteria of just war: the seriousness of the threat, the purpose of the response, whether force is a last resort, whether it is used in a proportionate way, and whether there is a reasonable balance of good and bad consequences.
The primary purpose of Russia’s foreign policy seems to be to tap Russia’s state companies for the benefit of Kremlin officials.
As it stands, only about 1% of total aid is allocated for this purpose, as investors prefer to focus on projects that pay off quickly, rather than on those that require a longer-term commitment.
Francis’s purpose, of course, is to marry modern science, both natural and social, with faith and morality.
If demonization of government by market fundamentalists is to be overcome, there must be a greater purpose than simply avoiding another financial crisis or deep recession – as Keynes learned during the Great Depression.
But for what purpose?
The first purpose is, of course, to persuade the country in question to come around to others’ views.
Liquidity injections and bailouts serve only one purpose – to buy time.
Although they do serve a useful purpose by keeping other players on their toes and raising efficiency through competition, market participants for the most part avoid them, preferring to do business with the Warren Buffetts – hard-driving businessmen, but known for fair play and creating long-term value.
Even in impersonal market exchange, we cannot help but personalize transactions, say, with the grocery store cashier who smiles and thanks us, or the store greeter whose only purpose is to make us feel cared for.
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