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The word Yalta, too, has assumed a life of its own, serving for years as a symbol of a division of the world by the great powers: of the large and powerful deciding the fate of the small and powerless without asking their advice, of inadmissibly pragmatic concessions or compromises by democratic governments vis-?-vis the overpowering strength of a totalitarian regime.
After serving half his prison sentence for the rape and murder of an 18-year-old Chechen, Elsa Kungayeva, he was released last December.
They are serving their sentence in Chita on the Chinese border, although Russian law prescribes that, for the crimes with which they were charged, they were entitled to be imprisoned near their place of domicile, i.e., in Moscow.
The US will continue to provide a large open market, even as China’s role in serving it will shift upward in value added and in global supply chains.
In exchange for the US assuming the responsibilities of system maintenance, serving as market of last resort, and accepting the international role of the dollar, its key economic partners, Western Europe and Japan, acquiesced in the special privileges enjoyed by the US – seigniorage gains, domestic macroeconomic-policy autonomy, and balance-of-payments flexibility.
In the years ahead, such firms are likely to press for economic reforms at home, serving as a force for increased integration of their home countries into global trade and finance.
I had not been able to visit while serving in government for security reasons.
We saw what Save the Children is trying to do about it, at a nutrition center serving mothers and children in Gaza City.
And party rules have allowed for leaders – including serving prime ministers – to be torn down overnight by their parliamentary colleagues (although this has now changed for Labor).
Moreover, the financial risks associated with the US serving as the main provider of global money cannot be overlooked.
Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real commitment to serving the best interests of their clients.
Who, among those who should be serving as models for others, that is, who among the leaders of political parties, denies his own financial machinations with a smirk?
After all, it is this approach that would enable UK firms to position themselves in well-developed and integrated supply chains, serving much larger markets than those to which a bilateral agreement would grant them access.
The second requires that the engagement be carefully calibrated, with not even a semblance of honor or recognition bestowed on those serving an administration that so grossly violates liberal democratic norms.
For under a democratic system, those in power realize that it is the people who put them in office, and they will be voted out if they are perceived to be serving Beijing’s interests rather than Hong Kong’s.
The ostensible issue that forced Yanukovych to balk was the EU’s demand that former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, now serving a seven-year prison sentence, be permitted to travel to Germany for medical treatment.
Naturally, they had to find a relatively civilian-free target, but not necessarily one posing a serious national-security threat, or serving as an important stronghold of the Afghan insurgency.
After all, when serving a vast democracy requires non-stop electioneering, and politicians are thus dependent on financial donations, governance is bound to go awry.
On this view, the privatizations of the 1990’s were a scam serving only the powers that be.
Policymakers would pressure it to continue serving up growth for free, particularly in the run-up to elections.
When I was serving as Commercial Secretary to the UK Treasury in 2015-2016, business leaders often griped about this shortcoming as if they expected the government to be the sole provider of worker training.
With the right strategy in place, we can prevent social-media platforms from serving as accelerants of disinformation, by identifying and stopping propaganda campaigns as soon as they emerge.
Trump seems to be comfortable serving almost as a figurehead.
The IMF Needs More LagardeDAVOS – Christine Lagarde has said she is open to serving another five-year term as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.
I propose that the developed countries – in addition to establishing a fast-start fund of $10 billion a year – band together and lend $100 billion dollars worth of these SDRs for 25 years to a special green fund serving the developing world.
Instead, serving the center of power, it crushed them.
Four years later, Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor has established 23 Innova schools, serving 13,500 students, where teachers’ knowledge and skills are continuously updated.
A freshly appointed member of France’s Constitutional Council has also been forced to resign as well, after news reports alleging that he had employed his daughter in a fake job while serving in the Senate.
The US must consider partnering with Turkish civil society in this regard, serving the cause of strengthening democracy both in Turkey and its neighborhood.
Successful enterprises take time to create – time spent on inventing better products, serving customers more effectively, and supporting workers in ways that enhance their commitment.
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