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If a few countries continue to shoulder the entire burden, however, it will be virtually impossible to meet the refugees’ needs.
By re-launching arms control we can make a tangible offer of cooperation to all those who want to shoulder responsibility for Europe’s security.
It does not help that the US wants Japan to shoulder more of the burden of maintaining Asia’s security, a position that may make sense strategically and financially, but that betrays a lack of understanding of the political context.
Simultaneously, elements for a new relationship between Russia and NATO are emerging, as well as a new structure for the Atlantic Alliance that assures continuing US involvement through a greater European willingness to shoulder part of the security burden.
Second, the violence has strengthened the political process, with one-time IRA leaders standing shoulder to shoulder with the police to condemn the murders.
This is why Donald Trump, the uncouth property developer with a huge chip on his shoulder, is their hero.
But, as we revitalize Japan’s economy, we need “new” Japanese who shoulder global responsibilities commensurate with their country’s size and economic resources.
But to accept that your neighbors look over your shoulder and tell you what to do is one degree more dreadful than to accept oversight from the center.
An opposing third party would have to shoulder the entire burden of proof, while the patent office avoided taking any real action, in order to avoid “presumptuous” interference in the public debate.
Indeed, complaints about stagnating incomes and poor public services gave way to displays of unqualified support for the government, with citizens declaring their willingness to shoulder the costs of confronting the West.
If Europe wants to pull its weight on the global stage, it will have to act with greater unity of purpose and shoulder a greater share of responsibility.
Because private companies reap the benefits of the trials that do succeed, they should also shoulder the risks.
Yet, when it comes to protecting this global treasure, these countries are expected to shoulder the burden by themselves.
The fact that his family had fled India upon Partition gave him an additional chip on his shoulder: it was widely said that he saw relations with India as a series of opportunities to wreak vengeance for what his family had suffered in the refugee upheavals of 1947.
It is in Bosnia where future NATO members are showing themselves ready and able to shoulder the burdens of membership.
If, say, the United Nations agreed to shoulder that responsibility, the war in Yemen could be ended very quickly, protecting civilians from further casualties.
If those whose instinct is to be generous are left alone to shoulder the burden, that generosity will not last for long.
Likewise, China is nowhere to be found in today’s humanitarian crises, raising doubts about whether Xi is actually willing to shoulder the responsibilities that accompany the standing he claims for his country.
The US cannot be expected to shoulder the post-conflict burdens of peacekeeping alone.
But they do not want America alone to shoulder the burdens of international peace, and they are gradually coming to the realization that leadership and cooperation do not come automatically, simply because America is the only superpower.
The Sunni reaction to Iran may reflect deep-seated suspicions about the Shia (witness the cold shoulder given by most Sunnis to Shia rule in Iraq).
France must stand with Germany, shoulder to shoulder, as it once did.
Indeed, if conflicts in Asia become more virulent, Europe cannot expect the US to shoulder the burden of maintaining regional stability alone.
Historically, Europe must shoulder much of the responsibility for Africa’s current state of development.
It is neither fair nor sustainable for Lebanon to shoulder this burden alone.
A Second Chance for European ReformMUNICH – The European Central Bank has managed to calm the markets with its promise of unlimited purchases of eurozone government bonds, because it effectively assured bondholders that the taxpayers and pensioners of the eurozone’s still-sound economies would, if necessary, shoulder the repayment burden.
Alternatively, China could shoulder some real responsibility for security in East Asia and close ranks against Kim and his reckless brinksmanship.
But these countries’ education systems, which were strained even before the crisis, cannot handle the burden that they are being forced to shoulder.
Almost as important, he won’t have a chip on his shoulder when dealing with more credentialed staff.
If the new crown prince is worried about his domestic political standing, he will be reluctant to stand shoulder to shoulder with an American president seen as too close to an Israel that is unwilling to satisfy even minimal Palestinian requirements for statehood.
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