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That said, Sarkozy’s victory will not make a huge difference for the world beyond Europe.
A perceived change in American “behavior” under the Obama administration may facilitate Khamenei’s support for, or at least acquiescence in, an electoral victory by Mousavi.
The resulting policies were enough to prevent the post-2008 recession from developing into a full-blown depression; but that partial success turned out to be a Pyrrhic victory, for it allowed politicians to declare that the crisis had been overcome, and that it was time to embrace austerity and focus on structural reform.
He does not want to risk disrupting his and his party’s last chance to secure a real legislative victory this year.
Yet the revelations of the falsehoods that propelled the Leave campaign to victory have hardly driven people back into the arms of experts.
Similarly, if the summit concludes without any unified condemnation of Russia’s actions in the Kerch Strait, Putin will have scored an important victory: the international community’s tacit acceptance of his illegal annexation of Crimea.
Volcker’s victory was institutionalized in legislation and practices that granted central banks greater autonomy and, in some cases, formal independence from long-standing political constraints.
Finally, the most dangerous consequence of Trump’s victory may be its contagion effect on Europe.
Religious fervor and a state of permanent conflict with Israel might be a badge of identity, but they will not pave the way to victory.
There are strong parallels between Trump’s victory and the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union last June.
His victory speech did include the traditional pledge to be “president for all Americans.”
Trump is no Lincoln, but he did invoke the same spirit in his victory speech.
At the end of six months in office, Trump doesn’t have a single legislative achievement to crow about (though he has claimed the Senate’s approval of Neil Gorsuch as a new Supreme Court justice as a victory).
Of course, it is still too early to declare victory, but Obamacare seems to be working.
But the end of the USSR could also be seen as a victory for nationalism.
They failed – and later claimed victory for the full demise of the Soviet empire.
America’s Suicidal StatecraftSince its victory in the Cold War, America’s global hegemony has rested on three pillars: economic power, military might, and a vast capacity to export its popular culture.
In Israel, there was harsh criticism of political and military chiefs alike, who were blamed for the loss of 3,000 soldiers in a war that ended without a clear victory.
For example, instead of dismissing Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah’s boasts of victory, many commentators around the world repeat and endorse his claim that Hezbollah fought much more bravely than the regular soldiers of Arab states in previous wars.
LONDON – Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French presidential election on May 7 triggered a surge of optimism about the future of the European Union, and the eurozone in particular.
But Macron’s victory gives the EU only a momentary reprieve.
Given these precedents and the widespread instability exposed by this year's elections, perhaps Asian policymakers should consider the merits of doing away with "cohabitation" and adopting systems where electoral victory translates into real power.
For example, Argentina’s military dictatorship, which staged the 1978 competition, sought to bolster its own position by sharing in the host team’s ultimate victory.
Despite his knack for transformation, Putin is unlikely to introduce any substantive policy reversals after his coming victory.
But any renegotiation following a Syriza victory would undoubtedly unleash a political avalanche in the southern EU that would sweep away austerity and fully reignite the eurozone crisis.
Moreover, though party politics have become more polarized in recent decades, this follows the 1950s and early 1960s, when the escape from the Great Depression and victory in World War II fueled unusually high confidence in US institutions.
Despite Macron’s decisive victory, he faces an uphill battle implementing his economic agenda.
But capitalism’s (or democracy’s) victory began to look less complete against the backdrop of ethnic and religious strife – and soon sectarian terrorism – that filled some of the vacuum left by the demise of the Soviet Union.
Have the Dutch now done it again, holding back the wave of populist politics that seemed to be threatening Europe after last year’s Brexit referendum and Donald Trump’s victory in the United States?
The key event will be the final round of the French election on May 7.If this results in a victory for Emmanuel Macron, the centrist front-runner, France will embark on a path leading to at least a modicum of economic reforms.
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