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But the disappearance underscores the ongoing imbalance between economic and political reform.
The fact that the spotlight is now on China’s Tibet-linked claim to Arunachal Pradesh, rather than on Tibet’s status, underscores China’s dominance in setting the bilateral agenda.
The uncertain fate of programs such as Lebanon’s underscores why it is a tragedy that education receives only 2% of humanitarian aid – and why it is so important to establish a permanent fund for education in emergencies.
Perhaps most important, it underscores Rouhani’s hope that the “peace dividend” from the nuclear agreement would be enough to boost lagging domestic demand and offset the impact of fiscal tightening.
This conference underscores the region’s desire to be self-sufficient.
This underscores the descent of all life from a single common ancestor.
To be sure, there is still considerable work to be done, but the downward trend in new infections and deaths underscores the power of collaboration among governments (in malaria endemic and non-endemic countries alike), between commercial and non-profit organizations, and between academic science and medicine.
The loss underscores a growing divide between expedition members, who pay top dollar to reach the summit, and their highly skilled Sherpa guides, who are paid a relative pittance and too often are taken for granted.
That uncertainty underscores a central point: while the liberal world order could be in trouble, a Chinese-led alternative is not yet discernible.
In fact, far from signaling growing political stability, the 77-year-old incumbent’s sham victory underscores just how few options Algerians have to effect change from within the system.
By contrast, viewing China as an opportunity underscores the need for America to undertake its own rebalancing – rebuilding US competitiveness and pushing for a meaningful share of China’s coming boom in domestic demand.
China’s decision to block the UN Security Council from condemning the Burmese regime’s assault on the Buddhist monks and other peaceful protestors underscores its long-standing political support for the junta.
This underscores the need for sound principles and trustworthy practices to become more widespread as technology changes the way we consume information.
All of this underscores one of the more obvious, yet overlooked, implications of an increasingly interdependent world: we are all in it together.
All of this underscores the point that there is no monotonic relationship between the exchange rate and the current account.
The 5% Agenda campaign, launched in New York last month, underscores the belief that only a collaborative public-private approach can redress Africa’s infrastructure shortfall.
In Praise of Debt CeilingsMUNICH – The wrangling about raising the US government’s borrowing limit – now thankfully over, at least for a few months – underscores the hazards posed by excessive state indebtedness.
The increasing use of the term “Indo-Pacific” – which refers to all countries bordering the Indian and Pacific oceans – rather than “Asia-Pacific,” underscores the maritime dimension of today’s tensions.
To call interests “geopolitical” underscores the influence of geography in shaping those interests.
Closer to home, ASEAN’s recent decision to give Burma a chance to chair the organization in 2014 underscores its neighbors’ desire for the country’s full participation in Asia’s growing prosperity.
But the determination of countries that have historically been centers of commercial surrogacy to stop the practice underscores the naiveté of that position.
But that risk only underscores the need for clear and strict legislation.
But it is the fourth group that underscores the relevance of generational issues in the Arab world.
On the contrary, it underscores just how important values-driven political leaders can be in advancing human rights in the world – and how tragic it is that there are so few of them.
The fact that it took a populist plutocrat to do it underscores the extent to which the American labor movement has been extinguished.
Instead, the group’s report underscores the true risk for Europe: a return to the soft budget constraints – both private and public – and excessive borrowing that overheated its southern and western periphery and gave rise to destabilizing trade imbalances.
This underscores the case for a second area of action – ensuring that developing countries, including least-developed countries, have a greater say in global financial institutions, and strengthening regional bodies such as the African Development Bank.
But it also underscores the Saudi regime’s growing feelings of internal fragility and external vulnerability.
The persistence of ISIS underscores three strategic flaws in US foreign policy, along with a fatal tactical flaw.
But China’s recent tightening of capital controls underscores the challenge it already faces in preventing the renminbi from depreciating further.
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