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To Hamas, however, they appear to undermine its very raison d'etre.
Yet, at the same time, the US supports Abu Mazen, trying to undermine the Hamas government, thus casting a shadow on the credibility of its own commitment to democracy.
By bringing about its demise, the Trump administration could severely undermine future multilateral initiatives.
Imposing unilateral duties after unilaterally labeling China a “currency manipulator” would undermine the multilateral system, with little payoff.
There is still time for governments to embrace restraint, explore diplomacy, and reconsider policies that threaten to undermine stability.
The problem is that anti-corruption measures, despite enjoying broad public support, undermine bureaucratic effectiveness in the short term – a significant issue in a critical reform year, especially given slowing growth.
Not only does this undermine European values and legal principles, but it fails to address the root causes of the problem.
The concern is that these alternative approaches could undermine, rather than reinforce, a predictable and beneficial rules-based system of cross-border interactions.
Similarly, if Trump really does want to redistribute some income from capital to labor, and from corporate profits to wages (admittedly a big “if”), his policies could boost consumption; but his populist, protectionist policies would undermine business confidence, and thus capital expenditures, while reducing consumers’ purchasing power through higher inflation.
This would have helped to undermine the perception that large derivatives dealers are invulnerable, thereby reducing their trading advantage.
Some worry that it may even undermine the Fed’s political independence.
The US intelligence report asserts that Putin is seeking to undermine liberal democracy.
China has emphasized its cultural and economic strengths, but it has paid less attention to the political aspects that can undermine its efforts.
China, by contrast, has watched its government policies undermine its soft-power successes.
So to continue to give China “exceptional” treatment given today’s Chinese behavior will undermine its ability to become a nation capable of exercising responsible global leadership..
Armed Anglo-American intervention, especially if it is not sanctioned by the United Nations, would do much to undermine liberals and democrats, who need all the credibility they can get.
As Bernanke himself warns, such a policy could undermine central banks’ long-term independence.
Alas, the best that can be hoped for at this stage is that Europe will not undermine the global fiscal stimulus that even the International Monetary Fund, the guardian of fiscal orthodoxy, regards as absolutely essential.
Domestic or foreign policies that appear hypocritical, arrogant, indifferent to others’ views, or based on a narrow conception of national interests can undermine soft power.
Indeed, the Fed decided to delay raising interest rates partly because US policymakers expect dollar appreciation, by lowering import prices, to undermine their ability to meet their 2% inflation target.
The central bank’s new focus on inflation is unlikely to help matters, either, because it will undermine economic activity and exacerbate the pain experienced by the most vulnerable, for whom unemployment may be worse than rising prices.
Beyond the social attitudes that undermine women’s access to digital technologies, women and girls often disproportionately lack the requisite skills to seize the opportunities of the digital age.
With larger deficits under Obama than under Romney, America would need more capital from Europe, Latin America, and Asia, while higher taxes and debt would impede US growth and thus undermine these regions’ exports.
But I would remind them of the second lesson from developing countries’ experience: non-inclusive growth patterns undermine trust and eventually governance, in turn undercutting policymakers’ ability to sustain policies and strategies that support high growth.
Islamist terrorism can either undermine or strengthen this effort.
As a result, an even weaker dollar is a strong possibility, which will further undermine the European and Japanese economies.
And central banks themselves are coming dangerously close to looking like fiscal agents, which could undermine their legitimacy.
Britain is a beachhead in Russia’s strategy to undermine European security.
Adam Smith recognized long ago that perceptions of rigging will eventually undermine the legitimacy of any rules-based system.
Opening up the economy to competition and expanding the private sector would undermine the system of wealth and power that Putin’s associates enjoy.
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