Retreat
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Hasnain made his remark to the New Scientist in 1999, only five years after the
retreat
had reached its peak and only two to three years after the slowdown began – far too soon to say that the trend had changed.
The IPCC’s use of his remark may have been rash, but was not misleading because in 2003-2004, the year before it finalized its fourth report, the changed trend would have been barely perceptibleWhat the 2009 report for the Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment actually says is that the average
retreat
of glaciers, approximately five meters per year since the 1840’s, when records began to be kept, accelerated sharply between the 1950’s and 1990’s.
But the
retreat
slowed after the mid-1990’s until, for some of the biggest and best-known glaciers, such as Gangotri and Siachen, it had “practically come to a standstill during the period 2007-2009.”
But, the
retreat
of a glacier’s “snout” is only one of three measures of how glaciers can change.
The slowdown in the
retreat
of the snout of glaciers could, therefore, be a consequence of the very rapid rise of human population in the hills and desertification caused by overgrazing – purely local factors that boost aerosol levels.
Already in relative decline, the United States is now poised for an angry
retreat
from the world.
Similarly, though Italy’s populists, led by the right-wing League party leader Matteo Salvini, have stepped up their propaganda against “Brussels,” they have also had to
retreat
from their previous position of supporting an Italian exit from the EU or the eurozone.
Under Russian eyesEver since the U.S.S.R's voluntary
retreat
from its East andCentral European empire three years ago, the issue of Russianrelations with this region has been shunted to the side.
The path toward a two-state solution should start with the Arab Peace Initiative, which stipulates that the Arab League would recognize Israel if it were to
retreat
into its pre-1967 borders, though an alternative, more gradual approach could be considered.
The implementation of the NTP, by contrast, will be a race against time and a fight against the external headwinds of low oil prices, a weaker global economy, and
retreat
from globalization.
It is important to remember that isolationism can be triggered not only by a potential
retreat
from global affairs, but also by the rather imprudent use of America’s hard and soft power on the world stage.
The European idea is being driven into
retreat
by the combined force of a denial, an insurgency, and a fallacy.
At the end of the 1980s, with the Soviet
retreat
from Afghanistan, some elements of the Mujahideen morphed into Al Qaeda, Arabic for “the base,” which referred to the military facilities and training grounds in Afghanistan built for the Mujahideen by bin Laden and the CIA.
And, after World War II, the isolationists went into
retreat.
While a dominant power can be brought down through a struggle for domination, voluntary
retreat
is not an option, because the resulting power vacuum would endanger the stability of the entire system.
There are many reasons why liberal democracy seems to be in
retreat
around the world.
Now, ASEAN countries must decide whether to
retreat
into protectionism or reaffirm their commitment to a more open approach.
The game is to use international recognition of an independent Palestinian state to pressure the US to
retreat
from its almost unconditional support for Israeli policy.
Swiss, British, and American banks have all been part of the retreat, but eurozone banks are at its epicenter.
But, from a business perspective, the US is hardly in
retreat.
The bad way – particularly for American consumers – is for the US to pick fights and
retreat
from the world.
With his retinue, he would
retreat
to a lodge in Transylvania and sally forth, locked and loaded.
The cost of the West’s
retreat
from this troubled region is predictable, since we must deal with several threats that endanger Western security, and that would not disappear with withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan: terrorism, Islamist radicalism, nuclear threats (Pakistan, Iran), proxy wars and regional conflicts (Israel-Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kashmir), and looming disintegration (Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and in the longer term in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula).
The liberal international order’s philosophical core has been hollowed out, with fundamental ideas that were once considered staples of the modern world – free trade, democracy, human rights – either in
retreat
or under threat.
Moreover, America might also once again
retreat
bitterly into isolationism, blaming her failure on the UN and on disloyal European allies.
And if Americans are no longer prepared to bear the costs of global domination, then disguised
retreat
is a better policy than the neo-conservative belligerence that produced the disasters in Iraq and Afghanistan, or the liberal interventionism that encouraged the Arab Spring and caused the disasters in Syria and Libya.
Perhaps it is because Trump knows how to appear triumphant in
retreat.
Once he has reaped sufficient political benefit from this aggressive messaging, he can “force” China back to the negotiating table by quietly suggesting a diplomatic US
retreat
from its unrealistic demands.
The EU’s parliamentary election is coming at time when the European center right is in
retreat.
The Chechen War is not part of some Clash of Civilizations, but a
retreat
to a colonial policy that failed.
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