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A small country like Israel, lacking a serious demographic foundation or favorable geopolitical conditions, could never perpetuate its presence in occupied territories, Talmon argued.
If a half-century of experience in the US is an accurate guide, the waistlines of Asian consumers – in Asia and America – are poised to expand in step with the fast-food industry’s increasingly ethnic-focused marketing, with serious potential health consequences.
He allows Russians to dream of greatness without getting them into serious trouble.
Historically, cease-fires have survived only when they are backed by talks that both parties believe are genuine and serious.
The support that you and your colleagues will get from Israelis and Arabs will depend on the resolve that you show in making serious progress in the peace process.
The sudden loss of many brain cells as a result of strokes or injuries must have serious effects on an animal’s survival.
But staying out will produce nearly the same result and dramatically shake America’s credibility in a crisis-ridden region, with serious consequences for the future.
Such terms seek to borrow legitimacy from the past and to explain the present – in a way that most serious scholars of either Islam or terrorism never found very helpful.
What the new law will not do, however, is address the most serious property rights disputes: land seizures and forced evictions for urban redevelopment.
The euro was in serious trouble, buffeted by rumors of imminent banking collapses.
It will almost certainly fail to achieve its immediate objectives; but it may open the door to serious progress afterwards.
On both issues, expect a serious tug-of-war, and any decisions are likely to be half-hearted, or in practice postponed.
But the real significance of the meeting may turn out to be, not the limited decisions which the heads of government are able and willing to take this time round, but the opening up, virtually for the first time, of serious discussion about the future direction of the European Union.
The Storm in Sub-Saharan AfricaWASHINGTON, DC – As the world struggles with the most serious financial turmoil of the post-war era, attention has focused on the advanced and emerging-market economies most immediately affected.
If Europe is really serious about a common foreign policy, does the current arrangement make any sense?
The best "serious consequences" of which the UN Security Council has warned should Iraq fail to comply with its obligations would be an even more intense effort to destroy its illicit weapons through continuous inspections of the country's offensive military capabilities: inspectors, not invaders.
But they should also emphasize that war is not the only, and certainly not the automatic "serious consequence" to follow from Iraqi non-compliance.
The reality is that Spain now faces the daunting challenge of boosting productivity amid persistently low inflation, a heavy burden of domestic and external debt, restrictive macroeconomic policies, and serious demographic challenges.
That accusation would be laughable if it wasn’t so serious.
But if there is no serious effort at fiscal consolidation, serious trouble lies ahead, both for the US and for the world economy.
Thus, the US urgently needs to begin making four serious changes.
Thus, serious reforms and deep debt relief need to go hand in hand.
Soon enough, the secret conversations led US officials to conclude that the Iranians were serious about entering into formal talks.
Inequality is clearly a serious problem that merits political attention.
From China’s perspective, the Trump administration’s Hobbesian vision could prove appealing, provided that its economy continues to grow, and that it avoids serious domestic social or political upheaval.
According to a new Pew Research Center study, he is deeply unpopular in most countries, and has already done serious damage to the United States’ reputation.
The second problem was more serious.
While the United States and Europe are still struggling to overcome a serious economic crisis, many NAM members, such as India, Chile, and Singapore, have maintained relative strong growth and form a part of new global governance structures, such as the G-20.
And Iran’s nuclear quest remains a reality that must not be ignored during the next key three years, when the Islamic Republic will lead NAM while itself remaining one of the most serious problems on the international agenda.
Unless we take action, the crisis will only become more serious.
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