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It accepted a truce, brokered by an Egyptian government fearful of Iran’s influence in neighboring Gaza, that not only gave Hamas political legitimacy and undermined the international community’s policy of not negotiating with this fundamentalist group, but that also allowed it to continue rearming.
There is now no question that the Kremlin’s military spending is threatening Russia’s fiscal position, which has already been undermined by low world oil prices and the West’s economic sanctions.
This seemingly endless tension has been frustrating – and worrying – American leaders for years, especially as it has undermined the United States’ strategic “pivot” toward Asia.
Many regard the UN's role as the guarantor of international law and legitimacy as self-evident, and now argue that its stature, undermined by the US-led invasion, must be quickly restored if the rule of law is to prevail internationally.
Indeed, Germany set a disgraceful and damaging example when, back in 2003-2004, it undermined the European Union’s Stability and Growth Pact by not adhering to it.
Worldwide broadcasts of the beating and killing of protesters have undermined the regime’s religious credentials.
The separation of powers (an independent judiciary and central bank) was undermined in favor of a “strong” state.
But growth prospects could be undermined by another bruising political battle over the federal budget, resulting in deep spending cuts.
But the participants’ inability to reach a common position on their hosts’ nuclear program or the violence in Syria – two of the fundamental questions that confronted the summit – obviously undermined Iran’s effort to demonstrate that, despite facing severe economic and diplomatic sanctions, it remains an effective international player.
The Ukraine crisis has revealed how the longstanding collaboration between Russia and the West has undermined important principles of the modern global order.
That revelation has undermined much of the good Putin has achieved in office, for it has made foreign investors wary once again of doing business in Russia.
Turkey has an important role to play in its region and the world – one that is undermined by its continued denial of the Armenian genocide.
Partisan polarization in Congress has also undermined the executive branch, unduly blocking government appointments – including routine and essentially uncontroversial ones – and placing unwarranted obstacles in the way of implementing even the most sensible and seemingly bipartisan legislative proposals.
More and more Americans are being led to forget how, just a few years ago, a united US government reacted decisively to “market failures” and thus helped to avoid a global economic meltdown that would have devastated millions of lives and undermined future generations’ prospects.
But, by continuing to build settlements on Palestinian land, the Israeli government has undermined the authority of Abbas and his Fatah government almost to the point of impotence.
For Japan, this undermined the transmission of monetary easing in international financial markets – a mechanism that was already strained by risk-averse investors flocking to the Japanese yen as a safe-haven currency.
After World War II, high inflation in Japan undermined confidence in the yen’s stability, leading many Japanese to barter.
The rationale for the euro’s creation – the financial and economic integration of Europe – is now being undermined.
On the other hand, the interventions have also undermined the East European financial systems.
But the government has actively undermined its own efforts on both fronts, with the anti-corruption system having yet to see the light of day.
In the United States, Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is taking Hillary Clinton, his Democratic opponent, to task – quite credibly – for her close ties to Wall Street, eagerness to invade foreign lands, and readiness to embrace free-trade agreements that have undermined millions of workers’ living standards.
True, he has systematically concentrated power in his own hands and has undermined governmental checks and balances.
Yet this unified approach was undermined by the post-World War II logic of geopolitical blocs competing over ideas, power, and influence.
Indeed, aid effectiveness could be undermined just as much by incompetence as by corruption.
A system based on sharia (Islamic law) has been imposed, human-rights abuses are legion, and cross-border movement of weapons and militants has undermined the security of Libya’s neighbors.
The urgent task now is to ensure that lasting progress is not undermined by the worrisome compositional trends that the BLS’s report highlights month after month.
Europe is experiencing a seismic shift, with its political system being undermined from within (and becoming vulnerable to Russian pressure from without).
Similarly, the ECB might consider not only how monetary accommodation allowed governments to run large budget deficits in the 1920’s, but also how central bankers’ failure to respond to the financial crisis of the 1930’s fed political extremism and undermined support for responsible government.
This explains why the PiS’s aggressive policies and confrontational behavior have bolstered, rather than undermined, its base of support.
Mexican governance is undermined not only by narco-traffickers (who have gained a stranglehold on some Mexican states), but by industrial and business cartels, as well as other entrenched interests which have impeded implementation of reforms even after they become law.
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