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Making matters worse, the geopolitical environment has changed fundamentally in the decade since the ESS was ratified, owing to economic rebalancing toward Asia, the upheavals in the Arab world, the revival of Russian assertiveness, and the rise of isolationist tendencies in the US.
That is only one of the many reasons why it is so important this year to have a Democratic Congress that can provide a check against Trump’s authoritarian tendencies, and to elect state and local officials who will restore the vote to all those entitled to it.
As in the US, the imperative is not to lament people’s authoritarian tendencies, but to tackle the structural problems that have enabled populists to do well.
The alarming tendencies we are seeing today may be short-lived and with no serious consequences.
If, however, the authorities continue their efforts to destabilize the Russian economy, today’s disturbing tendencies may actually take root.
Once-open societies are veering toward dictatorship, and in many countries, despotic tendencies are strengthening.
It would be a mistake to interpret this communiqué literally, or to ignore China’s neo-mercantilist tendencies and illiberal domestic regulations.
As a result of both tendencies, there is a high concentration of credits on a few large borrowers.
Some of its members have displayed worrying populist tendencies, but an analysis of parliamentary voting patterns indicates that so far the coalition has been able to find agreement, even on very difficult issues.
This has helped to counter extremist tendencies domestically and provides a conceptual platform for moderate Islam.
But in today’s intensely charged climate, the Middle East has become a kind of ideological projection screen, a magnet for tendencies to demonization and idealization.
When the supposedly most enlightened and liberal of those constituencies resorts to illiberal discourse and intolerant measures, tendencies toward bigotry and ideological irrationality are reinforced.
Trump’s invocation of patriotism has no aim other than to whitewash his nationalist and nativist tendencies.
But many observers have argued that cheap oil also has a downside, because it exacerbates deflationary tendencies in the advanced countries, which already seem to be mired in a low-growth trap.
Nevertheless, subsequent events provided some ground for believing that Hamas has been divided between its different tendencies.
But Egypt’s old-line Muslim Brotherhood, with all of its factions, tendencies, and offshoots, no longer appears to be the country’s dominant Islamist force, as Salafis challenge the Brotherhood’s traditional hegemony.
Such arguments ignore our species’ lamentable xenophobic tendencies, evidenced all too clearly by the surge in popularity of far-right extremist political parties in Europe.
Moreover, Britain and Germany are natural allies in balancing the statist tendencies of France.
The making of consistent strategic decisions in the economy is hindered by political disagreements which give rise to dangerous tendencies.
While Zhirinovsky has long been a prominent member of Putin’s opposition, he has displayed similarly authoritarian tendencies, for example, by promising to establish a police state if elected President.
Berlusconi appeared to be a savior, because he seemed to stand somewhere beyond these tendencies and their tainted legacies.
What indeed could change the tendencies of today's civilization?
During a period of crisis in which someone becomes depressed and suicidal, an association is learned between the various symptoms (low mood, physical pain, suicidal tendencies, and so on).
Yet neither of the two major political forces that have emerged in Spain in recent years, Ciudadanos and Podemos, has so much as a whiff of right-wing authoritarian tendencies, nor anti-European bombast.
Together, China and the US can alleviate financial repression, avert protectionist tendencies, and help maintain a strong foundation for global stability.
These examples should warn us away from three current tendencies.
The most famous of these studies, anthropologist Helen Fisher’s The Anatomy of Love , explains the evolutionary impetus for human tendencies in courtship, marriage, adultery, divorce, and childrearing.
The popular expectation that neither the UK nor the EU will impose trade restrictions on the other seems unconvincing, at best, given the protectionist tendencies that have helped spur British Euroskepticism and the possibility that European policymakers will attempt to deter other member states from following the UK’s lead.
Its model of economic openness, social cohesion, and strong institutions can provide an alternative to the isolationist and nationalist tendencies that are threatening global cooperation.
Of course, most conservative thought contains some anti-rationalist tendencies.
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