Table
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When I was first elected as a member of parliament in 1981, people said, “Now George, you’ve got to bang the table.”
Farmers were digging a pit in the riverbed, down to the water
table
approximately two meters below ground level.
Closer or more formal association with the UK would bring absolutely nothing to this
table.
But what Australia, New Zealand, and a bunch of other far-flung Anglos could usefully bring to that particular
table
is not self-evident.
If the fate of Kosovo – and the entire Balkan region – is to be guided by the global rule of law, these questions need to be answered, not swept under the
table.
North Korea looked at every offer on the
table
during the six-party talks that began in 2003 – a peace treaty, economic and energy assistance, and membership in a regional association – and walked away.
Such offers remain on the table, gathering dust, but it has been entirely North Korea’s decision not to pursue them.
Instead, in the UK and elsewhere, the predictable MFF chest-thumping that is now underway threatens to dispatch this kind of opportunity to the bin beneath the negotiating
table.
The negotiations, known as the Round
Table
Talks, led to the Communist world’s first competitive – though not entirely free – parliamentary election, on June 4, 1989.
The Round
Table
Talks and the political transition overseen by Mazowiecki marked a period of compromise that had advantages and disadvantages.
While the path back to the negotiating
table
is not an easy one, the obstacles are not insurmountable.
In order to reach a new deal that ensures Iran’s continued denuclearization, puts its ballistic missile program under surveillance, and encourages a less hostile foreign policy, both sanctions and regime change must be taken off the
table.
“Contact,” whether between kids at a summer camp or negotiators around a table, can lead to greater understanding if engagement is lengthy and on neutral territory, outcome-oriented, informal, personal, and avoids anxiety or competition.
The Syria LessonsPRINCETON – As the United States and Russia try to broker a conference that can bring the various sides in the Syrian conflict to the negotiating table, potential Western participants, at least, should be thinking about the larger implications of the Syrian conflict for dictators and democracies around the world.
Commitments regarding increased debt relief, further normalization of relations, and additional aid and investment are possible incentives that European states could put on the table, particularly in the hard push before January 9.Consequences could include new sanctions or the strengthening of existing ones (asset freezes, travel bans, an arms embargo, and capital-market sanctions); increased cooperation with the International Criminal Court on current and potential cases against those most responsible for war crimes in Darfur and the South; postponement of debt relief; and a freeze on oil transactions conducted in euros.
If effective carrots and sticks are put on the
table
and war is averted, the international community and Sudan would save more than $100 billion, according to a recent Aegis Trust report.
But once someone’s fingertips touch the keyboard, the “Kitchen
Table
Democracy” of the Web no longer exists – he or she may find themselves stepping into a trap, because the Internet Police monitor every word that is typed.
In fact, in the fight against the Islamic State, even limited military cooperation between the US and Iran no longer seems to be off the
table.
In effect, by not accepting Saudi largesse the militant will be keeping food off his own family’s
table
– a powerful restraint in a culture and religion in which parents are highly regarded and respected.
Moreover, “innovation” in financial markets has made it possible for securities owners to be insured, meaning that they have a seat at the table, but no “skin in the game.”
None of the other ideas on the European table, including various kinds of “structural reform,” will provide fast growth in the short term.
This is a man who, according to his first wife, long kept a collection of Hitler’s speeches on his bedside table, and who blithely calls blacks “lazy,” derides Mexicans as “rapists,” and judges Muslims collectively guilty for Islamist terrorism.
One should not forget his
table
talk about not wanting his money counted by anyone other than “little short guys that wear yarmulkes,” or his tweets emphasizing the comedian Jon Stewart’s Jewishness.
Britain does not need a seat at the
table
when decisions on the Euro are taken.
Only one major proposal related to such bonds, from Argentina, is on the
table.
Should we not meet at the negotiating table, exchange smiles and handshakes, and get down to talking?
Such an arrangement can establish the strong popular legitimacy that the Palestinians will need at the negotiating
table
in order to make any real compromise.
With the two-state solution off the table, and the establishment of a peaceful binational state unviable, some voices, mostly coming from the Israeli left, are now toying with a third idea: a confederation of Israelis, Palestinians, and Jordanians.
We will bring different ideas to the table, but these are my thoughts on the kind of progressive agenda the United Kingdom – and the rest of the world – now needs.
Our endorsement is based on three considerations that are important in any hiring process, and especially for a position such as this: the candidate’s past achievements, leadership style, and the diversity that he or she brings to the
table.
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