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China's gradual, experimental steps towards liberalization in the late 1970's were similar to South Korea's experience in the early 1960's.
A compromise would allow both parties to declare partial victory, for it would likely entail commitments to cut spending and some steps to make taxation more socially just.
But politicians may need two steps: an initial failure to agree, and then a quick deal in response to the resulting financial-market convulsions.
But while some steps are being taken – a high-level United Nations meeting last September produced proposals for some international measures – they are far from adequate.
But there are steps that it can take on its own.
While many will regret the absence of American leadership, or even steps in the opposite direction by the Trump administration, the US is no longer strong enough to make all the difference.
Re-prioritization, less duplication, and better armaments cooperation are further steps that will ensure that the Alliance retains its military edge.
We will also see to it that our efforts tie in with steps by the European Union to bolster its military capabilities.
But incremental steps had been slowly moving the system in the right direction since the 1980s.
Such incremental steps gave rise to a loose system of debt restructuring.
As this current situation plays out, the government of Rwanda will focus its efforts on treating those who seek refuge in our country with the dignity to which they are entitled, and will take the necessary steps to facilitate their safe passage home when the time comes.
These steps would alleviate pressure on the federal budget, without requiring a further increase in income taxes or cuts to defense and other federal spending.
These are important first steps, but if the process does not eventually lead to binding agreements, it is unlikely to succeed in keeping the Internet functioning and safe.
But a good outcome in Copenhagen will serve the world for decades to come by sparking growth and taking steps to control greenhouse-gas emissions.
Similarly, the US needs to give China credit for having taken meaningful steps on the road to further currency reform.
Some countries are already taking these steps.
(There have been some steps toward reform, including a decision to remove judges from local political control.)
Consider one of the most significant steps taken to respond to climate change.
There is no guarantee that taking the right steps in these areas would entirely overcome the employment challenges that individuals and countries face, though doing so would help.
Meanwhile, amid plodding deliberations of incremental steps that are clearly inadequate, Syrians are being displaced, wounded, tortured, and killed in droves.
But China can take steps to gain these countries’ trust.
The six governments that are currently considering the next steps to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear bomb – the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany – should heed that advice.
The most urgent, feasible, and relevant steps involve electoral and legal reforms aimed at avoiding a repeat of the current protests over the presidential vote.
The September 2005 joint statement for the six-party talks stated specifically that, “The directly related parties [read: not Russia or Japan] will negotiate a permanent peace regime on the Korean peninsula,” and that North Korea and the US would work “to respect each other’s sovereignty, exist peacefully together, and take steps to normalize their relations.”
The US and other parties to the talks agreed to deliver fuel shipments in exchange for incremental steps toward denuclearization, including the disabling of the nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.
Sure enough, right on schedule, each of those steps was set in motion in Iran, within the space of a week.
These same ten steps occurred in Thailand in 2006 – in ten days, and in seven days in Myanmar a year later.
When a would-be dictator – anywhere, any time, on the right or the left – wants to close an open society or initiate a crackdown against a democracy movement, he follows ten classic steps: invoke a threat, create secret prisons, develop a paramilitary force, establish a surveillance apparatus, arbitrarily detain citizens, infiltrate citizen groups, target key individuals, go after journalists, call criticism “treason,” and subvert the rule of law.
Once these steps are put in place, it is extremely difficult for a pro-democracy movement to survive – but not impossible if counter-pressure is applied correctly.
This needs to be followed by other steps.
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