Reluctance
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292 examples of Reluctance in a sentence
Netanyahu’s short-sighted
reluctance
to give up settlements and occupied territory threatens Israel’s long-term interest to reach a fair settlement with the Palestinians.
It seemed to them that Pakistani terrorists could strike at will in India, with the government’s
reluctance
to hit back guaranteeing the killers’ impunity.
Middle Eastern and North African SWFs’
reluctance
to engage in the governance of their portfolio investments abroad may be a legacy of the “investment protectionism” of the Santiago Principles days.
Indeed, Kerry’s main task is to begin an effort to reduce the strategic distrust between the two countries, which is a significant factor underlying China’s
reluctance
to do more on North Korea.
Yet, President Mahmoud Abbas’s withdrawal from the presidential election scheduled for January 24, 2010, has produced nothing of the kind in Palestine – not because of a dearth of leadership or a
reluctance
to mention possible successors, but because the presidency of the Palestinian Authority has become irrelevant.
But it also brings added complexity, reflected in the
reluctance
shown by the US Congress immediately after Japan announced its desire to join the TPP negotiations, as well as in recent comments by American auto executives.
Decoupling is an idea that is based on bad economics – and on some Europeans’
reluctance
to accept the fact that Europe’s short but sweet economic expansion is also coming to an end.
For example, Germany’s
reluctance
to provide debt relief to southern European countries has helped to prolong their woes; now, however, it may have sufficient incentive to do more, as it would reap immediate benefits from an EU-wide solution to the refugee crisis.
This is a tall order, in view of the
reluctance
of most EU member states to cede competences to European institutions.
From Putin’s perspective, Obama’s
reluctance
to engage created a golden opportunity to get his foot in the Middle Eastern door.
Their consequent
reluctance
to lend constrains investment.
The Russian government’s
reluctance
to fight corruption and strengthen the country’s legal institutions reflects a perverse – yet stable – political equilibrium.
The Chinese authorities’
reluctance
to allow the renminbi to appreciate slows down global rebalancing and impedes world growth.
The number of pending nominations for high-level positions ahead of November’s midterm congressional elections is believed to be one reason for Trump’s
reluctance
to fire his most controversial appointee, Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
So why the
reluctance
to count on the Fund?
There is, however, a general lack of political will to take bold action, and domestic upheaval, such as the “Yellow Vest” protests in France, reinforces this
reluctance.
The second is reflected in our willingness to spend almost unlimited sums to rescue trapped miners, and our
reluctance
to pay for higher safety standards that would save more lives at lower cost.
But, as Porter and Rivkin find in their survey of business leaders, companies often discourage investment in skills by their
reluctance
to hire full-time workers.
Yet his
reluctance
is understandable.
But, if the AIIB is to achieve its ambitious goals, which include a modern recreation of the ancient Silk Road trade route to Europe, China will have to overcome more than its neighbors’ reluctance; it will also have to contend with its citizens’ growing impatience with grandiose visions.
Rape brings stigma, shame, and
reluctance
on the part of victims to speak out about what happened to them.
In this sense, it is the Chinese monetary authorities’
reluctance
to open up the formal financial sector to domestic private capital, or to liberalize the deposit rate, that is fueling the expansion of shadow banking.
Given America’s
reluctance
to join the ICC (or to bring its own torturers to justice in US courts), such a role would be vulnerable to both international and domestic political attack.
Economic failure, chronic food shortages, mounting public distrust of and animosity toward Kim’s government, and an apparent
reluctance
within elements of the North Korean military to go to war all point to the regime’s increasing fragility.
These differences may partly explain the UK’s
reluctance
to participate in the European banking union, while some other non-eurozone countries are keen to join it, fearing that, otherwise, they might be effectively excluded from ECB policymaking.
This
reluctance
to be honest about trade has cost economists their credibility with the public.
This is reflected in the EU’s
reluctance
to press emerging countries to become parties to the WTO’s multilateral Agreement on Government Procurement, as if it has accepted that this issue can be resolved only bilaterally.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé issued a similar statement a few days later, which came as something of a surprise, given France’s notorious
reluctance
to break relations with African incumbents, including autocrats.
Europe's persistent
reluctance
puts the Turks in a quandary.
But collapsing orders are both a cause and an effect of their traditional and potential guardians’ increasing
reluctance.
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