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The decision to withdraw from the JCPOA, despite Iranian compliance with all of its provisions, is likely to make addressing Iran’s nuclear program more difficult, not least because it will strengthen the position of the country’s hardliners.
This would strengthen the government’s resolve to strike deals on other controversial issues – precisely the opposite of the likely effect of Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA.
As we open ourselves to the wind's of globalization, we must also strengthen the local institutions that foster social ties and identity, such as the family, local and regional communities, religious communities, and the tradition of voluntary worker solidarity - all which have been neglected in recent years.
Nor does the Treaty do enough to strengthen coordination of Europe’s economic and budgetary policies.
In fact, the major flaw in Trump’s reasoning is that combating climate change would strengthen the US, not weaken it.
However, in later periods the objective was to avoid real exchange-rate appreciation, and, at the same time, to accumulate international reserves and strengthen credibility.
That, however, may merely strengthen support in Taiwan for independence as the only way out.
Xi’s moves to strengthen his hand have helped to convince observers that he means business with the reform agenda.
As head of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and European Union Fisheries Commissioner, we recently signed a historic agreement to strengthen joint cooperation to address the global scourge of pirate fishing.
This week, we commit the US and the EU to combat illegal fishing, to strengthen our monitoring, and to enforce management measures in our role as parties to regional fishery organizations and to various international treaties.
But the German establishment credibly maintains that a European army is meant to supplement and strengthen NATO.
So it seems that the government’s only option is to continue the war, hoping that its longer-term effort to strengthen state institutions’ capacity and integrity will eventually prove effective.
The big money-center banks had used the five years since the outbreak of the Latin American debt crisis to strengthen their balance sheets.
Even as we look to tighten sanctions on Iran in 2011, we must strengthen our efforts to establish a strong political and diplomatic track.
Consider the unrelenting promotion of efforts to strengthen property rights.
All of this will strengthen the renminbi’s claim to reserve-currency status.
The additional Chinese investment certainly will strengthen the AIIB’s credit rating.
They assume the suspension of EU funds would be broadly unpopular, and would strengthen populist rule rather than weakening it.
If we are to take climate change predictions seriously, the international community should strengthen these initiatives.
Since 1995, when China occupied Mischief Reef, a maritime feature claimed by the Philippines, the EU has encouraged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to strengthen its code of conduct for the region.
To eradicate the disease, however, we will have to build on successes like Nigeria’s and strengthen routine immunization efforts.
Moreover, under Section 301 of the US Trade Act of 1974, sanctions were imposed on several developing countries, from Chile to India, accused of failing to strengthen patent protections sufficiently.
Indeed, it is now clear that one of the main regional challenges is to preserve civilian control of the military, which will require that Latin American elites avoid the temptation to strengthen disproportionately the armed forces’ place in their countries’ domestic and international politics.
Preventing such groups from acquiring the power they seek will require not just military defeats, but also a concerted effort to bring order to the political arena, strengthen the rule of law, and ensure broad representation.
But, unless a concerted and comprehensive effort is made to discredit jihadists and strengthen political systems, the cycle of violence in Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere in the Middle East will remain unbroken.
Finally, to strengthen cross-country comparability further, the benchmark should be variations in the stock of pension debt under given economic and demographic assumptions, rather than the debt level itself.
Historically, free trade and economic growth have gone together, as have protectionism and stagnation, and deeper trade integration of the US and EU economies would strengthen growth on both sides of the Atlantic.
An EU-US free-trade zone would strengthen transatlantic political bonds and effectively refute the frequent lament that America has lost interest in Europe.
Similarly, the scandal will likely inspire China to strengthen its Great Firewall further.
In the face of these threats, what can be done to strengthen the non-proliferation regime?
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