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That is hardly surprising, given that these countries have very different political systems, economies, and national goals, and are located in very different parts of the world.
This goal is not surprising: declining or not, Russia has always seen itself as a great power that should be surrounded by buffer states.
This is not surprising, given Africa’s poor educational provision.
After the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, it is not surprising that this estimate did not exactly generate a groundswell of public support for military intervention in Syria.
It is not surprising that policy approaches have also varied.
It is not surprising that national policymakers (and media) in major Anglophone countries are complaining about the German surplus.
It should not be surprising that many Americans hold this view; polls show that even in an era of rising inequality, a significant share of voters continue to favor a flat tax.
It is not surprising that US President Donald Trump’s utterly reckless former adviser, Stephen Bannon, rushed to Italy to encourage M5S and the League to form a coalition that he called the “ultimate dream,” because it would break the EU.
So it is not surprising that the deadline for a final deal has been extended once again.
It was the late patriarch Deng Xiaoping who in 1992 made the surprising demand that Hu, former Secretary of the Communist Youth League and protégé of ousted party chief Hu Yaobang, be inducted into the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Politburo Standing Committee.
It is not surprising that it didn’t survive.
This is not surprising: In the US, where almost five million manufacturing jobs have disappeared since the adoption of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and where real wages have stagnated, a majority of voters across the political spectrum are opposed to more such treaties.
It is not surprising that equity investors have responded to the surge in animal spirits by attempting to run ahead of a possible uptick in economic performance.
With numbers like that, it would hardly be surprising if Obama tried to keep voters focused on foreign affairs in 2012, with high-profile initiatives like Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s trip to Burma (Myanmar), carefully brokered diplomatic deals, and important international conferences at home, such as the NATO summit in Chicago in May.
Obama has performed much better in foreign policy than in domestic policy, which is all the more surprising given the weak hand that he was dealt: an America that had lost its moral authority, its military invincibility, and its credibility as an economic model.
Bibi at BayTEL AVIV – Few foresaw the surprising setback suffered by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, his Likud party, and the right in general in Israel’s recent general election.
Medvedev seems less fearful of NATO than his semi-paranoid predecessor, but Putin has in the past shown surprising flexibility on some strategic issues.
Moreover, remittances by Colombians working abroad grew 8% in 2008, a surprising result when compared to countries such as Mexico and Ecuador, where remittances have fallen.
That should not be surprising.
There is also a surprising phenomenon that favors everyone: prices of technology-based capital assets imported by Latin America have been falling throughout the past decade.
None of this should be surprising, given how our corrupt rulers systematically incite regional and ethnic hatred.
Perhaps more surprising, there is a similar disparity between voters and political leaders on certain economic issues.
To support this effort, we could encourage a new breed of science curators to explore the terrain of scientific knowledge more systematically, looking beyond trending topics to identify surprising but promising linkages between research, as well as conflicting results that merit further inquiry.
Qaddafi’s turn to China in his hour of desperation is somewhat surprising.
This outcome may not have been what the new governor intended, but it is perhaps not surprising.
With analysts focused more on short-term figures than on structural trends, it is not surprising that financial markets often fail to comprehend the real story.
Some of the results are not surprising – for example, Sweden is ranked as the world’s most equal country.
It is not surprising that Duterte is encouraging these killings.
This is surprising, given that memories of World War II and its legacy should be fresher for older generations.
More surprising, perhaps, is that using “who” apparently is becoming more acceptable even for animals who are not pets and are less likely than great apes to be thought of as individuals.
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