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Block thinkers on each side give aid and comfort to block thinkers on the other side, and with each exchange they pull us closer toward an abyss.
Just like in the 1940s, we have a duty to ensure that the state’s monopoly over the legitimate use of violence is not controlled by those who harbor violent sentiments toward the foreigner, the cultural or sexual minority member, the “other.”
US aid also must be better targeted toward helping those living in extreme poverty.
Until the world regains its bearings, this is not the time to charge in bold new directions, or to let the currents push us toward potential hazards.
Indeed, the breadth of the opposition to Morsi reflects a major global tendency toward the empowerment of the educated and connected middle classes, whose members tend to be suspicious of political parties and demand more direct political participation.
Immediately following the coup, the European Union adopted an ambivalent position toward it.
The notion that EU countries merely want Germany’s money – the French, for example, have openly advocated the creation of a “transfer union” – is on its way toward becoming a majority view.
Among US presidents, George W. Bush identified most strongly with this right-wing Israeli philosophy, and his war in Iraq and policies toward Iran accorded with it perfectly.
At the outset of his first administration, Obama spoke of the need “for a global response to global challenges,” which was followed by a move toward multilateral engagement, most notably in Libya.
A second-term shift toward institutional multilateralism would embrace such action.
Japan’s past predilection toward saving has long implied a large trade and current-account surplus, but now these surpluses are starting to swing the other way.
Trump’s presidency has revealed an alternative perspective: globalization, at least as currently construed, tilts the balance of political power toward those with the skills and assets to benefit from openness, undermining whatever organized influence the losers might have had in the first place.
Once the policy is in place, they have little interest in following through, either because reversal is costly all around or because the underlying balance of power shifts toward them.
The first diplomatic reset, at the end of George H.W. Bush’s presidency, took major steps toward defusing the nuclear dangers resulting from the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The past two decades of bilateral great expectations, followed by serial disappointments, suggest that, once the Ukraine crisis is resolved, more modest and realistic US goals toward Russia are in order.
This would appear to be an area where Trump will favor bilateral action, which would enable him to assuage his conservative critics by insisting that no US funds go toward family planning, while taking credit for any and all assistance.
It is only more recently, under the watch of US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, that the Bush administration’s policy toward North Korea has become more pragmatic.
Relations between North and South Korea have taken a turn for the worse this year, following the election of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who has taken a more hard-line approach toward the North.
In our new book, Going Beyond Aid: Development Cooperation for Structural Transformation, we argue that official development aid (ODA) need not always be concessional, and make the case for going “beyond aid,” toward a broader approach – like that taken by China – that includes trade and investment.
More broadly, a breach in this key bilateral relationship would weaken NATO cohesion in its policy toward Russia, with Turkey seeking to move beyond the confrontational framework set out at the Alliance’s recent Warsaw summit.
By focusing on nuclear disarmament and New START, Obama’s reset strategy remilitarized the US-Russia relationship, while marginalizing issues that could have reoriented bilateral ties toward the future.
All of us involved in the campaign will work toward developing concrete solutions to the root causes of the homicide epidemic.
Such a system would go a long way toward supporting progress toward the SDGs.
Obama’s last defense secretary, Ash Carter, has criticized his former boss’s soft approach toward China.
Other financing could also be mobilized toward the same end.
The creation of IAAs and the adoption of a single unit of account would go a long way toward making things simpler, especially if all relevant individual information is available to users via a single smartphone app.
This humane European capitalism is now hastening toward crisis-ridden southern Europe.
Money for NothingBRUSSELS – The developed world seems to be moving toward a long-term zero-interest-rate environment.
That is why, in the current interest-rate environment, the Maastricht Treaty’s requirement limiting public debt to 60% of GDP is meaningless – and why the so-called “fiscal compact” requiring countries to make continued progress toward that level should be reconsidered.
Furthermore, Bolsonaro is openly hostile toward Afro-Brazilian communities, indigenous populations, and members of landless movements, whom he has described as terrorists.
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