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On the one hand, the fact that an international tribunal has pronounced on the responsibility of a
state
in the matter of genocide is an undeniably positive development.
Shades of GrayIt takes a very close look at the results of the recent elections in the German
state
of North-Rhine-Westphalia to find among the list of “Others” the tally for “The Greys”: they got 0.1% of the vote.
This trend will have many consequences, most obviously for the welfare state, notably pensions and healthcare.
This model held a moral umbrella over the existing Westphalian
state
system, by creating a universal structure within which national governments could collaborate in the pursuit of progress.
During the oil boom, the
state
increased public-sector wages and social-welfare transfers – and thus was a major contributor to households’ growing prosperity.
The public sector continues to dominate most aspects of the economy, especially employment; about 70% of Saudi nationals work for the
state.
Even the recapitalization of banks through
state
assistance has not been enough to revive economic activity.
In the face of the difficulties of big automobile producers and smaller suppliers alike, many are demanding that, as part of the rescue package, the
state
should compel banks to lend.
Israel, they would say, is now surrounded by imploding, failing states/regions (Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula), as well as by a strategically vital buffer state, Jordan, whose long-term survival cannot be taken for granted.
The anarchy along Israel’s borders is becoming a breeding ground for Sunni extremists for whom the Jewish
state
is the ultimate enemy.
To create a Palestinian
state
when existing Arab states are crumbling – and with a part of Palestine controlled by Hamas – does not seem like a brilliant idea.
It is this reality that has led the Americans to endorse two Israeli positions – recognition of Israel as a Jewish
state
and intrusive security arrangements – that the Palestinians are bound to reject.
Now, however, international acceptance of Iran as a nuclear-threshold state, together with the threat emanating from imploding Arab neighbors, flatly contradicts Netanyahu’s assumptions about the conditions that must be fulfilled for Israel to offer “painful concessions” to the Palestinians.
Under its stewardship, one of Asia’s more promising economies has instead become a borderline failed state, enervated by 17 coups since World War II.
Prior to the welfare state, the tension between openness and redistribution was resolved either by large-scale emigration of workers or by re-imposing trade protection, especially in agriculture.
With the rise of the welfare state, the constraint became less binding, allowing for more trade liberalization.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the welfare
state
and the open economy have been flip sides of the same coin during much of the twentieth century.
It also traditionally had a weak welfare
state.
Worshipping Kim, and his son and grandson, as Korean gods became part of a
state
religion.
The tragedy of Korea is that no one really wishes to change the status quo: China wants to keep North Korea as a buffer state, and fears millions of refugees in the event of a North Korean collapse; the South Koreans could never afford to absorb North Korea in the way that West Germany absorbed the broken German Democratic Republic; and neither Japan nor the US would relish paying to clean up after a North Korean implosion, either.
The Principles
state
that anyone who commits a crime under international law is responsible for it and liable to be punished, regardless of the legality of their behavior according to the domestic law of the country in which they acted.
It was also a violation of the UN Charter, which includes the statement: “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”
As a result, Russia remained the only nuclear
state
in the post-Soviet space, while legislation pioneered by then-US Senators Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar helped to secure nuclear sites, scientists, and materials.
From that point on, the specter of a Jewish minority ruling over an Arab majority in an apartheid
state
is bound to become a reality, turning Israel into an international pariah, unless a more sober coalition replaces Netanyahu’s suicidal alliance with religious fundamentalists and extreme nationalists.
The number of potential targets for attack, by both private and
state
actors, will expand dramatically, and include everything from industrial control systems to heart pacemakers and self-driving cars.
Although Moore’s law about the doubling of computing power every two years means that cyber time moves quickly, human habits, norms, and
state
practices change more slowly.
We are deprived of it due to
state
treachery, illegal agreements, and corrupt and incompetent officials.
In any case, instability is unlikely because our
state
officials, at all levels, will forget about Kuchma the minute the vote-count tolls his defeat.
If it is to be the latter, it does not matter who the master here is to be: Kuchma, his successor, Russia, or even some other powerful
state.
So the
state
should have only a few firms in strategic sectors or in activities that are rife with market failures.
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