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In other words, this is an existential fight – for the wellbeing of people today and the survival of island societies in the future.
Seen in this light, supporting international development is not some discretionary act of generosity; it is a matter of mutual survival.
In a curious way, nuclear weapons also are crucial to Musharraf’s survival, for they create conditions that distract Pakistan’s highly ideological army from its objective of war with India.
But the current constellation of forces suggests that, barring unforeseen developments, his survival instincts will serve him well for years to come.
But are civil, political, and human rights enough to ensure the strength and survival of democracies?
For Assad and his supporters, survival is more important than sovereignty.
His clear priority is the Islamic Republic’s survival, not the fate of particular Iranian politicians.
In the past, universities have been created in times of plenty, typically to encourage people to think beyond their immediate need for survival to more edifying spiritual or national goals.
Most important, as part of its strategy for regime survival, the Chinese Communist Party favors princelings for appointments in government and state-owned enterprises.
The same reasoning should apply to clean drinking water; like food, it is a resource that is indispensable for our survival and wellbeing.
Protecting the humanitarian effort now underway is essential to the sheer physical survival of the Congolese displaced in North Kivu, but the only lasting solution is a ceasefire followed by a peace treaty, possibly along the lines of the “Goma agreement.”
Group survival counts more than individual rights in the moral accounting of many multiculturalists.
The other consequence is that the Western Alliance itself will now have to address the issue much more constructively and actively, for the sake of its own survival.
That is an important question to consider, in view of the relative lack of attention devoted to a closely related and equally important threat to human survival: the startling pace of global biodiversity loss.
By asking whichever senior officials she saw to pass on her gift and her best wishes to Zhao, the Chinese leadership would understand that the outside world was still thinking of him and wanted to ensure his survival.
But, if the eurozone is to be a sensible long-term proposition, mere survival is not enough.
For Turkey’s new middle class, the survival of democracy could not be more important – and, as recent events have shown, they are willing to fight for it.
With their incomes and jobs under long and sustained pressure, American consumers count on low prices for their economic survival.
The US was right to focus on defeating ISIS; but now it faces a much broader mission: to ensure the survival of its various allies on the ground.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has also been reluctant to take on the Mahdi Army, mainly because the support of Sadr loyalists in Iraq’s parliament is crucial for his political survival.
Nothing could be worse for Maliki than explicit authorization for attacks on Shi’a militias, and the near-term survival of his government is crucial if any progress is to be made on the political challenges facing all of Iraq’s factions.
Since the patient’s duration of survival is calculated from the time of diagnosis, more sensitive screening starts the clock sooner.
Survival times can thus appear longer, even if the earlier diagnosis had no real effect on survival.
After all, the Sunni Middle East – led by a Saudi Arabia for which the quest for regional dominance amounts to a struggle for regime survival – will not accept being led by the rising Shia empire, especially if that means clashing head-on with Israel and the US.
By permitting these intolerant bullies to get away with their lawless acts of intimidation, we are allowing them to do violence to something vital to India’s survival as a civilization.
In fact, the secret to OPEC’s survival is its weakness, not its strength.
The government has put together a global alliance to prevent maternal death in childbirth, investing in both safe delivery and survival of newborns.
It is increasingly evident that Europe’s political leaders, for all their commitment to the euro’s survival, do not have a good grasp of what is required to make the single currency work.
In exchange for their outsize paychecks and ritzy fiefdoms, Putin’s lords must advance his interests – particularly when geopolitical issues emerge that threaten the regime’s survival.
Either they give priority to the survival of the current system and accept Russia’s steady marginalization, or they start opening up the system, putting its survival at risk.
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