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One of the main purposes of pursuing transitional justice is to reestablish legitimacy and the rule of law in the present.
But the path lies before us, not behind us, in a sustained commitment to security, the rule of law, and transitional justice.
Since the Oslo Accords of l993 between Israel and the PLO, the Palestinians enjoyed limited transitional autonomy.
Moreover, the number of people working at developing electronic medical systems is small relative to the number of medical professionals suffering the effects of this imperfect transitional technology.
With alternatives to the status quo constrained, it has become clear that Israel is in a long transitional period in which old ideas don’t work and a new approach is needed.
This is a profound change that creates much friction in the transitional phase.
For example, the transitional phase is a period in which public debt inevitably increases.
The postcommunist transitional agenda is exhausted, without having yielded a sustainable European politico-economic structure.
Indeed, Russia was playing a plausibly constructive role at the time, albeit one premised on Assad remaining in power for at least a transitional period, if not indefinitely.
Is the future of this American hegemony terminal, or is its future transitional?
But if it is transitional, then the question arises: transitional to what, and how?
If American hegemony, which truly exists today, is to be transitional – ie, if it is to end in a benign fashion and not by a sudden displacement producing anarchy, nor by an unilateral American desertion from the global scene, which would also produce anarchy – fundamental systemic changes must take places in the process of this hegemony's evolution.
If handled well, they will promote the transitional devolution of American hegemony into something that might, over time, emerge as a cooperative structure of power that gradually replaces what is today an unique set of circumstances in which one power exercises preponderance, even if not omnipotence.
This indicates we should be willing to spend perhaps 20% of trade benefits on helping the losers from trade deals, through job training and transitional social-welfare benefits to ameliorate the risks.
If he succeeds – Syria’s chemical weapons are destroyed, a peace conference ends the civil war, a transitional government takes power, and the US and Iran launch direct negotiations about Iran’s nuclear program and regional stability in the Middle East – he will truly deserve his Nobel Peace Prize.
It is also the logic behind member states’ refusal to engage in pre-negotiations or to accept a transitional arrangement.
The first revolution of 1917 toppled Czar Nicholas and created a provisional government that, headed by the socialist leader Alexander Kerensky, turned out to be a transitional blip.
The delegates could establish rules for a transitional period comprising the last two years of Putin’s presidency, after which Russia would enter a new political era.
But getting access to sensitive information in transitional democracies is not always easier, as I know from my previous work as a human rights lawyer with the Romanian Helsinki Committee.
For these reasons, when the EEA was established in 1994, it was intended only as a temporary transitional arrangement for countries – such as Austria, Sweden, Finland, and Norway – which planned to become EU members, but were not ready to join.
Painful concessions will be required from both sides if the Geneva conference is even to convene, let alone reach agreement on a cease-fire and transitional administration.
Each political battle to secure more resources for a transitional crisis-fighting fund leads to further constraints on governments’ power to act in times of crisis.
In short, advocates of cooperation call for an open and explicit bargain: Iran's support for stability during the current transitional phase in Iraq, as well as its commitment to maintain cooperative relations with whatever permanent government emerges in Iraq, in exchange for an improvement in Iran's regional and international position.
Despite the transitional nature of so much of Russian life nowadays, a new consensus about Russian national interests is visibly emerging.
This is particularly true for Brexit, which – despite the gloom and doom hovering over the negotiations – seems likely to result in the two sides buying time with a transitional agreement that will create space for a permanent arrangement.
For workers to accept more labor mobility and flexibility as creative destruction eliminates some jobs and creates others, appropriate schemes are needed to replace income lost as a result of transitional unemployment.
But, if used as a transitional measure to help jump-start an economy or to provide a buffer from negative demand shocks, such efforts can be highly beneficial.
But, despite some transitional market turbulence, the overall effect will likely be positive.
A transitional financing arrangement would be put in place for the period 2010-2015.
John Pang, the Chief Executive of CARI, a research organization based in Malaysia, says that today’s transitional Myanmar/Burma is “a game the Chinese gave away.”
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