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Of course, it is unlikely that growing dissent will dissuade Putin from standing for re-election next spring.
With developing countries standing to lose even more than developed countries if nothing is done about global warming, many believe they can be cajoled, threatened, or induced to be part of a global agreement.
“Brussels,” after all, is a dictatorship, they say, and the British – or, rather, the English – are standing up for democracy.
But an accurate comparison of Brazil’s experience with that of other emerging-market economies, where corruption is no less a problem, would, if anything, lead to an upgrade of Brazil’s standing among investors.
The history of our relations with the only nonhuman sentient beings we have encountered so far – animals – gives no ground for confidence that we would recognize sentient robots not just as items of property, but as beings with moral standing and interests that deserve consideration.
But China's restructuring is permanent and will affect every aspect of its national life, as well as its global standing.
Kamerhe’s supposed offense was diverging from the official party line, thereby weakening Kabila’s standing with the Congolese public.
If you’re in central Africa, South America, or some parts of Europe, you’re probably standing just a few hundred feet above one.
He now regularly denounces journalists as “enemies of the people,” and tells his followers to stop “fake news” from standing in his – and, by implication, their – way.
Does China really need its own financial centers of world standing?
The second objection is that the West would be best served by simply standing back and watching while sanctions and plunging oil prices bring down Russia’s economy – and ultimately Putin himself.
They maintain that Russia needs a big standing army in order to defend the country in any potential war with the US.
Without a significant shift, the congressional investigations will continue to remain confined to the standing House and Senate committees, where they will likely remain understaffed and under-motivated.
But China, which is Asia’s anchor, is not, and in a world where everyone else is falling down, the one left standing is that much taller.
His election inevitably enhanced the standing of the US as a land of genuine opportunity, a nation whose multicultural credentials were as great if not better than polyglot and poly-ethnic India.
At that point, the only thing still standing between the eurozone and financial chaos will be the ECB, which could buy government bonds and fund the bank runs.
At first, her standing with voters – and even many within her own party – sagged, to the point that some began writing her political epitaph.
If Trump continues down his current path, the US economy will suffer – and so will his standing among the American voters who still, for whatever reason, believe in him.
That Japan has joined the United States in standing alongside Taiwan in opposing an end to the EU’s arms embargo on China suggests that this is so.
Indeed, as May, Merkel, and Macron remake politics in their respective countries, they are all standing firmly on national tradition.
Since first coming to power, Putin sought to cement Russia’s status and its global standing on the basis of superior economic performance.
But 2% growth (a respectable rate for an advanced economy) would represent a major blow to Russia’s standing and Putin’s personal prestige, and could endanger domestic stability if jobs are lost in critical manufacturing sectors.
In Syria, Putin is stuck standing behind Assad as he slaughters his citizens.
They are standing in plain sight as they destroy Syria’s most cosmopolitan, wondrously alive city, doing nothing to hide their acts.
Today, the FSB is without legal standing (it is only the product of a political statement).
Indeed, the PiS, a party that claims to place national solidarity above all else – even the constitution – has brought about a situation in which only Poland is standing against a Pole.
At the G20 Summit in Hamburg last month, Trump already managed to isolate himself from the 19 other leaders, including Macri, by standing behind his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement – a deal that virtually the entire international community considers irreversible.
This began to change with the rapid proliferation of bilateral investment treaties (BITs), which typically granted private investors standing before the ICSID.
Liberal democracy is essentially the last man standing in Iran.
The Gezi Park demonstrators who in June protested peacefully against the use of excessive police force by simply standing still also protested peacefully, years ago, against the ban on the headscarf then in effect in Turkey’s universities.
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