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That such an approach would have to include a total halt to Israeli
settlement
activities goes without saying.
The US and Canada agreed to drop investor-state dispute settlement, which many have criticized for giving corporations so much power in international negotiations that they might, in theory, advance their interests to the detriment of, say, health or the environment.
Is a
settlement
with Iran’s leaders feasible, or is regime change crucial to an American victory?
To this end, Obama has withdrawn his support for preconditions to peace negotiations, indicating to Palestinians that they should not expect a freeze on Israeli
settlement
construction ahead of talks.
Add to this the fact that a constitutional
settlement
makes material support and compensation from the Russian government more realistic, and it becomes apparent why Chechens now see a glimmer of hope, albeit still somewhat faint, that peace will leave them better off than pressing on with armed struggle.
And Israel’s continuing
settlement
construction on the West Bank has sharpened their sense that negotiations would not be productive, whereas the raft of UN resolutions supporting a two-state solution could now be put to the test.
Hamas believes that if Israel were to come under pressure and, for example, freeze
settlement
construction, Abbas’s position would be strengthened.
It remains for the US, working with Israel and the international community, to break this logjam and press forward toward a
settlement.
But a political
settlement
within Afghanistan cannot succeed without a regional grand bargain.
One minute, President Vladimir Putin’s regime is on a charm offensive, desiring a
settlement
to its six-decade-old territorial dispute with Japan over the Kurile Islands and reassuring investors following the conviction of oil billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
On the contrary, there probably can be no diplomatic solution or lasting
settlement
without action that resets the military balance and undermines both the conventional and unconventional capacities of Assad and his patrons.
Because Macri reached a
settlement
with Argentina’s holdout creditors from the sovereign default in 2001, the private sector also has been able to resume foreign borrowing.
Unfortunately, Moscow is following a path which will prevent the peaceful
settlement
of these post-Soviet disputes.
Effective regional cooperation – to ensure that processing, and
settlement
or return, is orderly and fast-moving – will be crucial to the package’s long-term success.
They will seek to eliminate people smuggling; give asylum seekers access to consistent assessment processes and arrangements (which might include regional processing centers); find durable
settlement
solutions for those granted refugee status; and provide properly for the return to their home countries of those found not to need protection.
True, they might not be able to topple the new regime, but they will be able to de-stabilize Iraq over the long term, in the hope of forcing a negotiated
settlement
of their grievances.
Almunia is optimistic that a
settlement
will be reached next spring, so long as Google buttresses its proposals with evidence proving their effectiveness.
Unfortunately, if there is a settlement, the Commission will not have to explain its investigation thoroughly, so we are unlikely to know how sound its case is.
There is certainly merit in seeking a settlement: concerns are addressed quickly, which is especially important in highly dynamic industries like Google’s.
If Google’s search practices really do harm consumers, Almunia risks agreeing to a
settlement
that does not solve the problem.
The time is right for a new global
settlement
that targets growth, addresses crisis conditions in certain parts of the world, and rebalances the global economy to set it back on a path of strong and steady growth.
So, whoever aspires to help the parties reach a
settlement
needs to be attentive to the fact that territorial borders are only one aspect of this conflict – and not necessarily the most contentious one.
Left to their own devices, Israelis and Palestinians will never reach a comprehensive peace
settlement.
In thinking of ways to strengthen the ICSID, it would be helpful to consider the World Trade Organization’s dispute
settlement
mechanism (DSM), which enjoys a remarkably strong compliance record.
Other colleagues at the Earth Institute, and in similar research institutes, are making careful estimates of how these risks are evolving in view of changes in our planet’s climate, population, and patterns of international travel and human
settlement.
In May-June of that year, while the international community was still mooting potential land swaps for an increasingly distant peace
settlement
with the Palestinians, Israelis were focusing on a domestic battle over the regulation of cottage cheese.
Few of them are democracies, and not one of them holds Israel to task for its
settlement
policies in the West Bank or cares, like the United States, about Middle East peace.
Nor should anyone expect a moratorium on
settlement
expansion.
“We have known since the 1990s that a denuclearization
settlement
is the best guarantee of our regime’s security.
And US Secretary of State John Kerry’s “guidance” for a
settlement
of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which should have been unveiled this month, will now remain under wraps.
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