Table
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One cannot credibly thump the
table
about human rights in one country, but keep one’s opinions to oneself in another – an all-too-common occurrence when, say, a trade deal might suffer.
Still, even without a seat at the table, many of the world’s megacities – powered by strong human capital, competitive markets, and widespread appeal – are already working to build a more progressive, inclusive, and sustainable future.
He spoke of an “immediate threat,” declared an end to former US President Barack Obama’s “policy of strategic patience,” and said that “all options are on the table” – including military action.
In fact, if one considers those risks carefully, one realizes that all options are not on the table: diplomacy, despite all of its difficulties, is the only solution.
While it is important to put pressure on Kim to bring him to the negotiating table, such pressure must be more carefully calibrated.
It will share more influence with Russia and China, but come to the
table
as the strongest player, focused on its own prosperity.
As the only regional platform that brings all of the key stakeholders to the table, the OSCE plays a vital role in keeping the lines of communication open and finding opportunities for joint action.
In the run-up to Geneva II, each party has sought to strengthen its hand at the negotiating
table
by killing as many adversaries and holding or regaining as much ground as possible.
Finally, the single most important step that US President Barack Obama could take is to put the credible threat of force back on the
table.
But most experts believe that military force is off the
table.
Perhaps the most damaging outcome of these tactics is to take countercyclical fiscal policy off the
table
completely.
The West must still do more not only to welcome China to the
table
of global governance, but also to accept and cooperate with the institutions that the Chinese are now creating.
Instead of legitimacy , or simply getting more seats at the
table
to provide input, the discussion in Asia is increasingly about outputs: how to create institutions that are more effective .
Progress has been made on the Chiang Mai Initiative – a multilateral currency swap arrangement among the ten ASEAN members, China, Japan, and South Korea – and the possibility of an Asian Monetary Fund remains on (or at least not far off) the
table.
Negotiations for the new multi-year fiscal framework for 2007-13, already underway, are not tackling the issue, because the longer-term interests of the EU are absent from the negotiating
table.
Neither of the two proposals on the
table
makes sense.
Critically, it seems unconvinced that integrating China into this system and offering it a place at the top
table
is the best way to accommodate its rising economic might.
For the moment, the possibility of a Greek exit from the eurozone is off the
table.
They speak clearly and offer banalities while exchanging notes under the
table.
On Mexico's time table, Brazil is somewhere between 1989 and 1993.
Prices in dollars are at least 45% higher today than three years ago (see
Table
2) This is not an esoteric economic issue;Brazil is just plain expensive.
For example, in July, Amazon sold more than 100 million products to consumers worldwide during its annual Prime Day event, a $4.2 billion bonanza that included sales of
table
salt in India, Coke Zero in Singapore, and toothbrushes in China.
Roughly 90% of the world’s countries are without seats at the G-20 table, so many of their most serious development challenges – for example, limited access to foreign markets or to finance for infrastructure investment – are beyond their control.
The most recent offer by the six powers – the UN Security Council’s five permanent members plus Germany – is on the table, and it goes very far to accommodate Iran’s interests.
Everything else should be on the
table.
Judging by some of the administration’s rhetoric, it would appear that airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities are on the
table.
Who Pays for Bird Flu?Fifty years ago, American chicken farmers found that by keeping their birds in sheds they could produce chickens for the
table
more cheaply and with less work than by traditional farmyard methods.
The German dogma of “no payments without counter-performance and control” was thus off the table, and the bargain struck in the early hours of the morning was exactly the opposite of what she had wanted.
Now is the time for the US to put its cards on the
table.
All of these seem to be off the
table
for now.
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