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But that disastrous campaign weakened Mao’s influence; by the early 1960’s he seemed to be relegated to the
sidelines
while pragmatists like Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping grew stronger.
It means being constructive, instead of simply criticizing everything from the
sidelines.
Save the Emerging MarketsCAMBRIDGE – If the world were fair, most emerging markets would be watching the financial crisis engulfing the world’s advanced economies from the
sidelines
– if not entirely unaffected, not overly concerned either.
Now, however, the US, the IMF, and the European Commission have all watched from the
sidelines
as Germany and other national governments have run Greece into the ground.
Otherwise, their firms would have been able to tap the trillions of dollars now sitting on the sidelines, held by sovereign wealth funds, private equity groups, hedge funds, and others.
The UN's Role in the New DiplomacyAs international diplomacy tackles issues in which science and technology play a central role, the United Nations (UN) risks being relegated to the
sidelines.
But in the absence of a strong civil society, those parties monopolized public space, pushing civic activists to the
sidelines.
In fact, there is no good reason for Western businesses to stand on the
sidelines
as Asia produces whiz-kid entrepreneurs and high-tech start-ups.
APEC at the ApexBRISBANE – The significance of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Beijing consists not so much in what is on APEC’s agenda as in what transpires on the
sidelines.
It is very difficult for a central government to sit on the
sidelines
when the economy’s key players are on the brink of collapse.
Russia’s Middle East SuccessMADRID – After years on the sidelines, Russia is back at the center of the Middle East geostrategic game.
In a nutshell: Ireland’s policymakers failed to supervise their banks, and watched (or cheered) from the
sidelines
as a debt-fueled spending binge generated the “Celtic miracle,” whereby Ireland grew faster than all other EU members and Dublin real estate became some of the most expensive in the world.
Now, when it is needed once again, the EU is slipping toward the
sidelines.
Advocates of a softer approach say that if the UN stays on the sidelines, it will become irrelevant; by participating in Iraq, it will build trust with America, so that the next time a dispute such as this arises, America will turn earlier to the UN.
But sporadic shooting and verbal antagonism between the two sides will continue, as Thailand’s powers-that-be close ranks in a right-wing turn towards the symbols and institutions of royalism, entangling Hun Sen, who should have stayed on the sidelines, in the endgame unfolding in Bangkok.
Still, an overwhelming majority of German (and possibly Dutch and Finnish) economists seem to favor keeping the ECB on the
sidelines
in the eurozone crisis.
The European Union has mistakenly sat on the
sidelines
of these talks for too long, despite Syria’s importance to its own security and interests, and despite its responsibility to Syria’s citizens.
First, it
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Maliki, which means that he will be less damaged politically than if he were directly identified with US attacks on Iraqi Shi’a.
We can make those choices now, or we can persuade ourselves that peace is too hard or too complex, and then look on resignedly from the
sidelines
as hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women, and children needlessly die.
The most important element of China’s charm offensive is its effort to improve relations with Japan, initiated at a meeting between Xi and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the
sidelines
of the recent APEC meeting in Beijing.
European leaders too often shout from the
sidelines
when they should be on the field, acting to defend common European interests.
Rather than stand on the
sidelines
and proclaim censorship evil, it is picking its way through the landmines in China – competing with a politically well-connected rival and politely letting its users know that they aren’t always getting the whole picture.
The time when Japan could remain on the
sidelines
is over.
Similarly, it suits the US that Europe should remain on the
sidelines
of the Israel-Palestine conflict while paying €1 billion a year to finance the stalemate.
While the US has stood on the sidelines, intra-Asian agreements have run ahead.
When my colleagues and I met in New York on the
sidelines
of the United Nations General Assembly, we recommitted to solving the challenges of educational quality and access.
A leading columnist for the Financial Times, repeating the erroneous idea that the US has remained on the sidelines, recently implied that Obama had rejected the advice of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to arm the Syrian rebels fighting Assad.
However, in the case of Iraq, the Iranians believe that they have too much to lose by standing on the
sidelines.
Or was it a deliberate push toward realizing Chinese President Xi Jinping’s proposal to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the
sidelines
of the BRICS summit in South Africa in March?
Similarly, imperfect though NATO's bombing in Kosovo was, can anyone imagine how many Kosovar lives would have been lost had NATO remained on the
sidelines?
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