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China’s policy toward Libya, which differs significantly from previous policy, may or may not have been
shaped
by it; nevertheless, we cannot rule out the possibility of it becoming the mainstream of thinking in Chinese foreign-policy circles in the near future.
Personally, I cannot shake off the intuition that minds and sensibilities
shaped
by aesthetics, by their identification with fictions, by their enchantment with the past, may be inhibited from any active, concrete involvement in the anguish and demands of the present.
Unlike in Europe, partisan politics
shaped
US trade policy before World War II, with the Republicans raising tariffs and the Democrats reducing them.
To be sure, a country’s foreign policy is
shaped
by long-term factors that transcend elections and presidencies.
A closer look reveals that President Hu Jintao’s words and deeds are often
shaped
by a mixture of insecurity and cockiness, and that Chinese officials alternate between playing up and playing down the country’s rise.
Ukraine’s election was
shaped
by an acute awareness of the risks facing the country.
The future of the region’s economy and the global economy – and the stability upon which they are predicated – will be powerfully
shaped
by the outcome of these deliberations.
The Bush administration has also trampled on citizens' basic right to know what their government is doing, refusing, for example, to disclose who was on the task force that
shaped
its energy policy - though one really doesn't need that information to see that it was
shaped
by the oil industry and for the oil industry.
Race prejudice has
shaped
our history decisively; it now threatens to affect our future.”
Turkey’s domestic and foreign policies will now be shaped, ultimately, by one man.
How it is
shaped
will depend on how China’s history, culture, institutional context, and evolving web of contracts affect the country’s social fabric.
Otherwise, we will see the shift toward an unruly world, one
shaped
by passion and power grabs, gain momentum.
More recently, it has
shaped
the course of Syria’s civil war, in which Iran backs President Bashar al-Assad, who represents the Alawite sect of Shia Islam, while the Saudis are supporting anti-Assad Sunni forces.
But what their dialogue has exposed is how much Lebanese politics continues to be
shaped
by external forces.
But these same companies, which
shaped
much of the 20th century, are now under myopic pressure from their shareholders to abandon long-term research in favor of short-term profits.
(Here lies another difference from previous elections, which were largely
shaped
by one or two major issues.)
Indeed, Turkey’s changing perception of itself has
shaped
its so-far frustrated drive to serve as a peace broker between Israel and its Arab enemies, Syria and Hamas.
British legal experts take pride in the fact that their country’s constitutional order evolved gradually over time, rather than through the kind of dramatic political ruptures that have
shaped
so much continental European history.
As such, monetary policy, rather than market-based fundamentals, increasingly
shaped
asset prices.
If trade policies are largely
shaped
by political lobbying, wouldn’t international trade negotiations similarly be at the mercy of those same lobbies?
Will 2010 see a recovery
shaped
like a “V” or a “W,” or will there simply be an anemic tilt towards a very distant prospect of better times?
The answer is that the kind of power that big banks wield today is very different from what was imagined by the Sherman Act’s drafters – or by the people who
shaped
its application in the early years of the twentieth century.
Since 2010, these two refrains have
shaped
the entire discussion of how to shore up the euro, and they largely account for the anemic progress being made on the creation of a European banking union.
In principle, the US recession could end up being
shaped
like a V, U, W, or L. Which of these four scenarios is most likely?
Turkey’s QuagmireTEL AVIV – As the Islamic State militant group has advanced across Iraq and Syria, traditional regional alliances, long
shaped
by Western powers, have been upended.
Remarkably, these values,
shaped
many centuries ago, when certain physical attributes might have been important, have survived in modern societies, in which such attributes have become largely irrelevant.
Nonetheless, both treaties have
shaped
how others perceive such actions.
At the heart of the US Constitution – which was
shaped
by the American Founders’ experience with British imperial overreach – is a belief that many people, working through consensus, are wiser than one person.
The potency of such efforts tends to be
shaped
by cultural norms, the institutional bargaining power of labor, the level of trust between labor and business, and the influence of individual and corporate wealth on politics.
Rather, Iranian policy will be
shaped
by its domestic politics, by the ability of the international community to present a united front, and by the willingness of the US to put forth a reasonable diplomatic offer against the backdrop of sanctions and potential military strikes should diplomacy fail.
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