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But recognizing potential dangers is not the same as developing an effective response.
Although US President Barack Obama has shifted his focus toward the Asia-Pacific, reducing US forces in Europe, this needn’t weaken the Alliance’s capabilities or response times.
Similarly, countries like Turkey and Ukraine have adjusted their policies in response to their attraction to Europe.
This forced all stakeholders to cooperate on a joint response, despite the political costs.
Contrary to many predictions, the eurozone did not inevitably collapse; rather, it was undeniably bolstered by a response that improved oversight, strengthened institutions, and pooled resources.
A generation later, these restrictions were lifted in response to consumer pressure.
But, as the response to Uber shows, Europe’s governments have not learned their lesson – and the European economy suffers as a result.
This endogenous response to rapid productivity growth was a key factor contributing to the savings glut.
But the Bush administration pressured the UK government to veto a deal along these lines, arguing that more concessions could be extracted from the Iranians if they were squeezed harder and threatened with tougher sanctions and even a military response.
Military intervention won’t be the answer in every hot spot; nor should it be the developed world’s only response.
By an accident of bureaucratic timing, the EaP is seen by many in the east as merely the EU’s response to the global economic crisis, not as a strategy tailored for the region.
But this new world apparently confuses and repels influential people -- and their response is one of denial.
As Henry Kissinger once noted, “what is presented by foreign critics as America’s quest for domination is very frequently a response to domestic pressure groups.”
But asking hard questions of our nation’s leaders is exactly what democracy demands when the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina is widely viewed as “a national disgrace.”
With Louisiana’s ability to protect itself weakened and the center of disaster relief badly undermined, an inadequate government response and unnecessary destruction were almost inevitable – with the poor paying the price.
After all, its practitioners failed to anticipate the calamity, and many appeared unable to say anything useful when the time came to formulate a response.
The anomaly of rising consumption driven only by tax rebates and social-welfare payments ended in March, when consumer spending declined in response to lower employment and falling labor incomes.
In response, Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski accused Geremek of “damaging his fatherland” and “provoking an anti-Polish affair.”
The response to the current financial crisis is replaying a similar dynamic.
Ireland has thrown Europe into its second sovereign-debt crisis this year, and capital markets have become schizophrenic, with investment rushing back and forth across the Atlantic in response to contagion risk in Europe and quantitative easing in the United States.
In the US, a subset of policymakers believes that weakening growth and high unemployment require a policy response.
At the heart of the current system of investment protection is the World Bank, which created the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in 1966 in response to requests for arbitration by the Bank’s president.
The Kremlin, not surprisingly, is seeking to make any Western response as expensive and uncomfortable as possible, by implementing its destabilization strategy before our eyes, step by step, hoping that a frustrated Europe and America will one day throw in the towel.
With his open contempt for Russian society – exemplified in his mocking response to widespread demonstrations – as well as his arrogance, readiness to stifle dissent, and fear of competition, Putin has singlehandedly quashed the long-held myth that he himself propagated: personalized power can modernize the country while preserving stability.
Upon assuming a powerful position, no effective leader – in government, business, or anywhere else – publicly excoriates future staff; lashes out in response to any and all criticism; disparages highly regarded public figures; or refuses to learn about the issues he or she will have to address.
One response that is often heard is a note of cautious optimism, captured in US President Barack Obama recent speech at the State Department when he referred to the “promise of the future.”
In response, China’s central bank is lowering interest rates to spur domestic investment, and the resulting depreciation of the renminbi’s exchange rate has helped to keep exports afloat.
During the current crisis, Nigeria, a country that has been widely praised for its rapid and effective response to Ebola within its borders, recognized its schools’ potential to contribute to the fight against the disease.
While it could take months to surface, grief – in its many forms and at various levels of intensity – remains a natural response to loss.
In other words, doctors can – and should – be able to distinguish grief, a normal response to loss, from depression, a mental disorder, after just 14 days, when most people would still be coping with the initial practicalities of a loved one’s death.
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