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As the EU struggles to strengthen its border security in order to preserve citizens’ freedom of movement across internal frontiers, tracking and finding refugees and economic migrants before they reach European soil will become a priority.
During this period, the US government also stepped up research support and poured money into programs to strengthen American students’ skills in math and science.
With popular dissent growing and opposition forces strengthening, the authorities have sought to controll non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and strengthen the security forces.
Autocratic rule in Islamic countries tends to strengthen jihadist forces.
Or would it be better off joining existing mega-regional free-trade agreements, while working to strengthen the global multilateral system under the World Trade Organization?
Combining a dynamic, “upbeat” approach – bold vision and even bolder action – with the necessary measures to strengthen risk resilience is critical for a successful future.
With drought-related livestock and crop losses estimated at around $1.5 billion, government-supported cash payment programs would help aid recovery, strengthen resilience, and build trust.
Last but not the least, the central government needs to strengthen the guidance of crisis management and exit strategies.
Countries run into trouble when they do not use high-growth periods to strengthen their institutional underpinnings.
That is why I welcome the US-Africa Partnership to Combat Illicit Finance, which aims to promote transparency in public financial management, combat corruption, strengthen judiciaries and the rule of law, and ensure greater accountability to civil-society and private-sector actors.
For example, Japan could simply continue to increase the defense budget, reinterpret the existing constitution, and strengthen collective security; the capacity of Japanese special forces could be expanded; or Article 9 could be repealed altogether by a vote in both houses of the Diet, followed by a national referendum.
Many European countries are moving to strengthen internal security.
Poroshenko’s government must also reinvigorate and strengthen Ukraine’s economy.
There can no longer be any doubt that the occupation of Iraq was a huge strategic defeat for the US, because it ultimately served only to strengthen Iran.
If global leaders can come together to address the challenges and opportunities facing our economies today, we can strengthen our ability to cultivate global and sustainable talent pipelines.
Are we focusing enough on STEM fields in our education systems, and, if not, how can we strengthen those disciplines?
Competition must be encouraged, as more rural entrepreneurship will strengthen the farming community, with fewer farmers but better farms.
In the EU as a whole, a policy directed toward research programs stimulating scientific excellence and greater coherence in the European knowledge system would greatly strengthen agriculture’s competitiveness and contribute to food security and sustainable development.
Committing to phase out fossil fuels would strengthen incentives for technological innovation; and if consumer preferences are socially determined, even unsaintly consumers would lose nothing in the long term.
Let us hope that, emerging out of today's scandals, there will be a renewed commitment to live up to these ideals and to strengthen the institutions that were designed to enforce them.
Persuading the bondholders to agree would be challenging – even more so in light of recent court decisions in the United States that strengthen the hand of holdout investors.
This is where the challenge facing the economies of Western Europe to strengthen their international competitive position comes in.
It is becoming unpopular to express support for intensifying eastward economic links, as this could strengthen potential competitors.
Tax modifications planned for 1997 are modest steps in the right direction: personal income taxes as well as the employees' contribution to the social security system are being shaved and simultaneous measures have been taken to strengthen tax administration.
A chaotic post-Assad transition in which chemical weapons end up in the hands of Islamist extremists – or, worse, a radical Salafist takeover of the country – would threaten both countries, giving them a powerful incentive to strengthen their cooperate.
There are now proposals for a shared eurozone budget and finance minister, and for an EU-level security union to tackle terrorism and strengthen border controls.
Perhaps the government believed that mass protests – with placards denouncing the EU as a fig leaf for revived German domination of Europe – would strengthen its hand.
That, in turn, would strengthen the authorities’ capacity to ensure stability.
The United Nations and the European Union should be ready to reject conclusively the result of the referendum and strengthen sanctions against the regime.
It is far from clear that a Saudi policy of stability at all costs will strengthen the regime.
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