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Like competitors elsewhere, they need to invest abroad to acquire a portfolio of local assets that give then better access to the markets, skills, technology, and natural resources that they need to protect and strengthen their international competitiveness.
Even on the meaning of human rights there was no universal agreement, with some states regarding them as a tool of Western neo-imperialism.Today, by contrast, the UN does more than any other single organization to promote and strengthen democratic institutions and practices around the world.
Rising income inequality is hardly limited to emerging markets, but their combination of open corruption and pervasive inequities creates a toxic brew that is undermining support for reforms that would strengthen and consolidate their economic gains.
If only rational reasoning was the basis of decision-making, the remaining 27 member states would, in line with their interests, move to strengthen the EU by taking immediate steps toward stabilization and enhanced integration.
Efforts to strengthen Europe’s fiscal rules, for example, will take the form of bilateral agreements between governments, rather than changes in the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty.
Instead, it should strengthen the case for open dialogue and tough negotiation – precisely what has long been lacking in Western policy on the Ukraine crisis and toward the entirety of the post-Soviet Eurasian region.
What is more likely to strengthen the West’s security, and what runs the risk of weakening it?
By helping to strengthen the financial-management capabilities of grant recipients in Nigeria, Senegal, and South Sudan, the foundation is unlocking funding for health programs in those countries – and is now expanding its support to Chad and Zambia.
And the world is still waiting for the US to implement a 2010 reform of the IMF that would strengthen the position of China and other large emerging economies in the institution’s governance structure.
As Council president, France, which shares America’s views about the need to strengthen sanctions on Iran’s government, can raise the matter, something that China eschewed during its tenure in January as Council leader.
Given that Germany and even France can borrow at record-low interest rates, any reasonably well-designed investment program will strengthen the public sector’s balance sheet.
Instead, the architects of post-war European democracy opted for as many checks and balances as possible – and, paradoxically, for empowering unelected institutions to strengthen liberal democracy as a whole.
America’s experienced diplomats seem to be more supportive of the move to strengthen the bilateral relationship.
We are also stepping up our technical assistance to strengthen economic policy making in Africa, and opening two new regional technical assistance centers.
The PiS-led government, elected in 2005, inherited a fast-growing economy, but did nothing to strengthen that legacy.
As a result, some Kadima voters stayed home, while other potential supporters voted for Labor to strengthen its hand in pushing social and economic issues in Kadima-led coalition.
Even though the vote of censure did not take place, it seems almost inevitable that the very fact of threatening such a vote will, at least temporarily, weaken the position of the Commission, as one of the European Union’s key institutions, and that it will correspondingly strengthen the position of the European Parliament.
What the Kirchners have done well is to use the wealth gained from exports to strengthen the economy and improve conditions for the middle and lower classes.
And we should develop a credible European Defense Union within NATO, which would strengthen cooperation across the EU and alleviate eastern member states’ security concerns.
Yet, the very fact of a US upswing that is bigger, comes sooner, and is better than anywhere else - Europe remains plagued by growth cramps and Japan's economic policy kabuki is going nowhere - will support and even strengthen the dollar.
Although CAFTA represents an important opportunity in the region's quest to expand its access to the US market, it is unclear whether the new rules will strengthen or weaken Central American producers.
And a return by the US to a strategy of regime change in Iran would likely be self-defeating, because it would strengthen the country’s hardliners.
We tried to expand political dialogue, enhance economic interdependence, and strengthen cultural and social understanding.
Chirac also hoped to strengthen his own bargaining power in negotiations over the common European currency.
Nepotism, patronage within the family circle, is thus a natural way for anybody in power, or aspiring to it, to strengthen his support in societies where other institutions are weak or non-existent, or where the destruction of existing institutions forms part of the power-grabber's intentions.
Think of powerful business groups vetoing moves to improve tax collection or strengthen competition policy.
To strengthen high-seas governance, the Global Ocean Commission is joining the call for a new agreement under UNCLOS to protect biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction.
This, in turn, would strengthen the Russia-Iran alliance.
The failure of the US Senate to ratify it serves only to strengthen the case against America’s capacity for global leadership.
While this fact alone will not quiet opponents of immigration, it does give countries more breathing room to repair and strengthen badly broken systems for receiving and integrating newcomers.
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