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On the other hand, "majority of the people," "advanced culture," and "advanced productive forces," as well as some other phrases that dominate the doctrine, are vague, perhaps deliberately so.
These developments, of course, follow from the US-led invasion of Iraq, which turned a vague and distant threat into an imposing neighbor whose intentions towards Syria's Baathist regime are anything but friendly.
Its Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), enacted after the September 11, 2001, attacks on America by the then ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government, contains many of the features enshrined in the Patriot Act: an overly vague definition of what constitutes terrorism or unlawful acts, immunity from prosecution for law-enforcement or government agents, and expansion of wire-tapping.
That is why debt relief and reforms must be offered together, not reforms “first” with some vague promises that debt relief will come in some unspecified amount at some unspecified time in the future (as some in Europe have said to Greece).
The Greek Crisis and BeyondNEW YORK – As euro-zone leaders face growing uncertainty in financial markets about the public finances of Greece and other member countries, their statements, albeit somewhat vague, underscore a much larger story – one that will force firms and investors to question their assumptions about Europe’s economic, financial, and political environment.
More recently, at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, he refused to condemn outright the anti-Semitic incidents that have proliferated since his election victory, instead offering a vague promise to do everything possible “to stop long-simmering racism and every other thing that’s going on.”
But Japan can no longer afford to be silent or vague about growing global insecurity, as the crisis next door on the Korean peninsula demonstrates.
As a party to Japan's debate on national security, I know from experience that attempting to clarify the vague constitutional status of our Self Defense Forces would lead China and South Korea--victims of past Japanese invasions--to use dissenting voices within Japan to smother all discussion, killing mature debate.
Its leaders are now bargain-hunting in Europe’s crisis-stricken periphery, while expressing only vague support for Europe as a whole.
If we have learned one thing in the development business, it is that real reform cannot be bought with donors’ money, let alone with vague promises of money.
Although China has expressed some vague concerns over the crisis to the Burmese government, it has not taken any action that could meaningfully affect the regime’s calculations, despite its singularly unique leverage.
To be consistent with that clear statement – and without the vague qualifications of Article 11, which threaten to render it meaningless – Austria should repeal its law against Holocaust denial.
The idea of a “new deal” was conceived during his first presidential election campaign in 1932, though at the time he was still very vague about what the term stood for.
The continuing failure of the post-colonial state, the threat posed by transnational armed groups, and the weakness of regional organizations obscure the nonchalance of major powers that now land troops with only a vague idea about what to do the morning after.
One could reasonably ask why anyone thinks such a vague agreement is any kind of advance at all.
Africa's regional integration now faces a similar economic imperative; it too must be built on shared values, rather than on vague notions of geographical determinism.
Why set specific reduction targets in these areas, and yet remain vague on our desire to “achieve decent employment”?
Unfortunately, Sarkozy’s program in this critical area is vague.
But the government remained deliberately vague about its responsibilities, and refused to clarify the geographic boundaries of Japan Defense Force activities.
However vague, the alliance of civilizations idea certainly cannot do more harm than war against Islamic extremism.
He argued “that they are immensely rash in their regardlessness, in their vague optimism and comfortable belief that nothing really serious ever happens.
But, as with many vague, feel-good concepts, “sustainability” contains more than a little sophistry.
He was purposely vague in his response: the renminbi’s inclusion in the SDR would be a positive step, he said, but it could not be taken until China makes much more progress in reforming its financial sector and transforming its growth model.
But, while a large number of Europeans naively believed that this was the prelude to a joint European strategy, the proposal was drafted in terms that were so vague as to allow any outcome – or none.
It takes nothing away from the pain of those now losing their houses to notice that something oddly American and a bit perverse happened: millions of Americans were seduced by fantasies of a beautiful big house, vague about their own plans for the future, and yet full of crazy confidence that it would all somehow work out.
They are not directly censored, but they operate under the chilling knowledge that they can be shut down on vague charges at any moment.
Though Kelvin’s estimate was seriously flawed, the effort remains central to the history of knowledge, because it applied real science – the laws of physics – to what had long been a subject of vague speculation.
According to ooniprobe data, multiple Thai ISPs simultaneously blocked access to different types of websites – from news outlets to Wikileaks to pornography – indicating that they likely received vague orders from authorities.
Consider, for example, his repeated claims that the vague outcome of his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un constitutes an end to the nuclear threat posed by Kim’s regime, or his blatant lie that Democrats, rather than his own policies, caused the forced separation of migrant children from their parents at the southern border with Mexico.
Even though the world economy is desperately in need of rebalancing, their declaration was deliberately vague enough to accommodate any set of domestic policies that countries might choose.
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