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Worse, because the partial fixes to the financial system will enable even more globalization, they will end up making matters worse, as strain on already-inadequate governance and regulatory frameworks increases, not only in finance, but also in other economic and technological fields.
Unskilled labor is the first put under strain by this new competition.
But I am afraid that the problematic strain within Islam is not the province of a few extremists.
Others cannot understand why they should “bail out” countries whose irresponsible misconduct put not only themselves, but also the common currency, under strain.
Intelligence sharing requires mutual trust, but the alliances that once provided the basis for trust are under increasing strain.
Turkey’s Rise and the Decline of Pan-ArabismTEL AVIV – The deadly fiasco of the Turkish-led “peace flotilla” to Gaza highlighted the deepening strain in the Israeli-Turkish alliance.
But here the American propensity for gratuitous preaching led to unnecessary strain in her talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government.
Healthy populations are better able to produce, trade, and innovate, while unhealthy populations strain public budgets and create risks that discourage economic exchange.
The internal political strain that this reflects and reinforces highlights just how vulnerable the world order is today.
This makes sense: with urban populations growing and infrastructure under strain, smart cities will be better positioned to manage rapid change.
As their numbers continue to grow, so may strain on the Israeli economy.
The immense response by central banks and finance ministries has eased the strain.
Civil war continues to rage in Syria, while its neighbors – particularly Jordan and ever-fragile Lebanon – strain under the weight of more than two million refugees.
But with many of the world’s democracies under growing strain and authoritarianism on the rise, the lessons of that period should be heeded elsewhere as well.
Missiles, Oil, and Europe Re-DividedAs if things weren’t bad enough for Europe after the French and Dutch “No” to the European Union Constitution, a new divisive issue now threatens to strain Europe’s cohesion.
As France shuns NATO as the centerpiece of an international response to the Islamic State, Turkey’s zero-tolerance approach to encroachments on its airspace has put NATO-Russian relations under dangerous strain.
In the second stage, starting in the spring of 2009, the crisis spread to the sovereigns, as investors grew increasingly worried that propping up banks would strain government finances.
Communal bonds can withstand economic strain; they dissolve when shared values are trampled and a sense of belonging is lost.
China would prefer to improve the trade balance through removal of trade barriers rather than exchange-rate adjustment, because it is reluctant to put additional strain on its export industries and eager to gain access to American technology.
The Diseases of GlobalizationGlobalization is under strain as never before.
Were it to succeed, it would strain every other country in the eurozone, including those, like Italy and Spain, that have had to carry out their own belt-tightening.
This has increased demands for social and political rights and greater economic opportunity, placing authoritarian rule under growing strain.
Scientists must speak out, as they did recently in England, where researchers testing a new strain of wheat challenged anti-GM advocates to a public debate.
Elsewhere in the Middle East, Turkey's generally positive relations with Israel have come under strain as a result of Israel's "Operation Defensive Shield."
The bilateral relationship with the United States is also under strain.
With lower oil rents to share, the domestic social contract is coming under strain.
Of course, political strain has also likely contributed to this trend.
Moreover, the GMO classification has encouraged unscientific regulatory approaches that are not commensurate with the level of risk, and that, by discriminating against modern molecular genetic-engineering techniques, inhibit agricultural innovation that could reduce strain on the natural environment and enhance global food security.
As a result, the ongoing tragedy in the Mediterranean is placing EU solidarity under serious strain.
To what extent the EU can take this strain, only time will tell.
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