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NATO membership is not mere security protection, the price of which is a sad obligation to be ready to protect another country as the price for that country’s readiness to protect us.
In the United States, Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is taking Hillary Clinton, his Democratic opponent, to task – quite credibly – for her close ties to Wall Street, eagerness to invade foreign lands, and readiness to embrace free-trade agreements that have undermined millions of workers’ living standards.
The decision by China’s State Council to ride roughshod over downstream countries’ concerns and proceed unilaterally shows that the main issue facing Asia is not readiness to accommodate China’s rise, but the need to persuade China’s leaders to institutionalize cooperation with neighboring countries.
Preventing Toxic Stress in ChildrenCambridge – What if political leaders around the world could improve school achievement and job readiness, reduce crime, and extend healthy life expectancy – but the results would not be seen until after they left public office?
Prodi’s Commission now proposes to negotiate with any country that meets the political criteria (stable democracy and respect for human/minority rights) and not insist on the satisfaction of difficult economic criteria (a functioning market economy and readiness to withstand EU competition) as a prerequisite for negotiations.
The leaks supposedly unveil a Chinese readiness to accept the reunification of Korea in favor of South Korea.
Indeed, given its lack of confidence in China’s readiness and willingness to keep the North in check, South Korea is now seeking even deeper defensive ties with the US, as well as enhancing its political and defense cooperation with Japan.
Such assistance will not yield immediate results, but awareness of the medium term - which means readiness to face it by delaying immediate gratification - is also a sign of a liberal order.
It is a choice that neither befits one of the permanent members of the Security Council, nor demonstrates China’s readiness to be a responsible stakeholder in the international community.
The fact is that, with its “peaceful rise” giving way to an increasingly sharp-elbowed approach to its neighbors, China has broadened its “core interests” – which brook no compromise – and territorial claims, while showing a growing readiness to take risks to achieve its goals.
Against this background, the Shanghai free-trade zone demonstrates China’s readiness to participate actively in global free-trade negotiations, with the goal of promoting a comprehensive free-trade strategy and safeguarding Chinese interests worldwide.
Maintaining the world’s fifth-largest army in a perpetual state of combat readiness is crushingly expensive for one of its poorest countries, with the military budget claiming an estimated one-third of GDP.
The Soviet threat generated a readiness to defend oneself and to bear heavy burdens.
Can one count on this readiness when the threat is real, but more diffuse, abstract, potential, and often geographically remote?
Sensible deterrence, bold efforts to reform international institutions, and a readiness to fulfill responsibilities have all fallen victim to the West’s exaggerated sense of failure and political stalemate.
Decisions about admission should not be determined by the geopolitical interests of others, but solely by the measure of a state’s readiness, tested by objective criteria, to adopt the standards of these groupings and respect their underlying principles.
With developing countries displaying their readiness to reach a global deal, could the US Senate really prove to be the world’s last great holdout?
Rather, Hu would have determined the level of Kim’s readiness to resume, what preconditions and incentives are at play, and what room for maneuver exists, given the position of the other parties.
Few seem to fathom the logic behind China’s readiness to take on several neighbors simultaneously.
Confusion, fear, ideology, and electoral self-interest all play a role in the readiness of many members of Congress – despite warnings from the Federal Reserve, the Congressional Budget Office, and most private forecasters – to make such an egregious mistake.
As political scientist Kevin O’Brien has argued, China’s increased readiness to compromise with some domestic protesters, rather than treat all forms of collective action as subversive, can be seen as reflecting a growing sense of security.
A reformed Security Council would reflect the emergence of new powers and their readiness to contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security.
What people expect from populists is precisely their radicalism and readiness to do what they say.
Once upon a time, the liberal project’s defining feature was, in John F. Kennedy’s stirring words, the readiness to “pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”
On the one hand, South Korea agrees with Trump on the need for tougher sanctions and military readiness, including full deployment of the US anti-ballistic missile defense system, known as Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD.
Researchers who looked at early childhood development programs in Latin America have concluded that program participation is associated with improved school readiness, a higher probability of on-time primary school enrollment, lower rates of grade repetition and dropout, and improved academic performance overall.
It would also make known to currency traders its concern about excessive departures from its estimated parity values and its readiness to intervene at unpredictable moments to impede further departures from PPP.
Of course, the process of accession depends on the readiness of the adhering countries, but it should not be halted or slowed down.
While they claim to be redeemers of the poor and trumpet their readiness to fight for their “selfless” Bolivarian cause, they refuse international assistance, forcing Venezuelans either to emigrate or suffer (and, in many cases, die) from severe shortages of food, medicines, and medical supplies.
The European Union has repeatedly expressed its support for the UN process and its readiness to accommodate the terms of an agreement within the acquis communautaire (the body of EU law).
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