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If the EU and the US want democratic India to act according to its stated moral values and not its vital national interests when these appear to conflict, they had better be prepared to do the same.
In avoiding second- or third-best outcomes and policy accidents, international economic policy coordination, though difficult, has a vital role to play.
Taxpayer-funded bank rescues, higher bank capital requirements, and ultra-easy monetary policy have all been vital to overcome credit supply constraints.
And some Israeli leaders – Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, for example – are convinced that joining NATO would act as a vital deterrent against Iran.
David Ben-Gurion’s dream of Israel becoming a NATO member might not materialize, but the developing partnership reflects the Alliance’s unequivocal recognition that Israel shares the challenges facing the West and is a vital partner in developing responses to them.
That means not only recognizing the vital link between his policies and today’s problems, but also ensuring that what should be preserved is not sacrificed in the rush to efface his memory.
DNA stores information that is vital to the growth, repair, replacement, and correct functioning of our cells.
Given that the Assad regime has overwhelming firepower, its consent is vital to achieving a ceasefire agreement.
If we depend solely on bilateral deals, the shared spaces and synergies that facilitate agreement on difficult but vital topics – from climate change to security – will narrow until they disappear.
International linkages – or, rather, sanctions that blocked the benefits of such linkages – were vital to Libya’s decision to denuclearize and Iran’s willingness to reach an agreement with world powers regarding its nuclear program.
But if women can tap the full power of digital technologies, vital new opportunities will open up for them.
Amazingly, in the one area vital to its economic and social performance, America shies away from biting the reform bullet.
In saving the euro, it is vital not to neglect the EU’s 27 (soon to be 28) countries in areas like trade, energy, and services.
For Iran’s enemies, the message of the framework agreement is clear: protect your own vital interests, rather than waiting for the US.
China may reason that its naval build-up in the Indian Ocean is only about protecting sea lanes vital to shipping the resources that its economy needs.
India, for example, has 525 million mobile phone users and fewer than 150 million people with Internet access, so using mobile-phone technology as a tool of e-governance has become vital.
With China expanding its cyberwarfare capabilities and investing in vital telecom infrastructure, the US government recently saw fit to bar US firms from selling components to the Chinese telecom giant ZTE.
In fact, protection from public health threats is one vital area where markets do not deliver efficiently.
Early nutritional interventions, which are vital in determining long-term outcomes, were ranked third.
My government will not allow Pakistan’s schools – so vital to our country’s future – to become targets of terrorism.
Urban sprawl and congestion are spreading, fueling unrest among farmers who feel undercompensated for the loss of their land – a vital source of collateral for local-government debt (which now amounts to 30% of GDP).
Maintaining consumption at as high a level as possible is vital to reviving economic activity, which means that freeing money for consumers to spend is just as important.
Taking the massive over-allocation of carbon-emission permits out of the ETS will be vital.
So it is vital, in Poland and elsewhere, that constitutional courts are able to do their jobs.
This vital vote was robbed of unanimity (Lebanon also opposed it).
As Chief of the Army Staff, Musharraf directed the disastrous Kargil invasion of 1999, when Pakistan sent its soldiers surreptitiously across the cease-fire lines to capture strategically vital heights overlooking a key Indian road.
Which path will be chosen is not clear, but it is far better that a broad coalition be responsible for making such a vital, even existential decision.
This is vital to enable an effective response to the structural problems – such as corruption, environmental pollution, and inequality – that more than two generations of rapid growth and development have brought.
New efforts to boost accountability – vital to reinforce legitimacy – will strengthen the system further.
But China – the only country that has maintained a normal relationship with the North, including by providing vital aid – has been widely criticized for its seeming unwillingness to take strong action.
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