Vulnerability
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Given that the US and South Korea have the same assessment of the intelligence regarding North Korea’s nuclear progress, not to mention South Korea’s vulnerability, their failure to reach a practical agreement is troubling.
The recognition of the brain’s
vulnerability
and plasticity under stress began with investigations of the hippocampus, and it now includes the amygdala, a brain region involved in fear, anxiety, and mood, and the prefrontal cortex, which is important in decision making, memory, and top-down control of impulsive behavior, as well as regulation of the autonomic nervous system and stress hormone axis.
Developmental influences involving the quality of parenting and acquisition of attachment have a powerful influence on subsequent stress
vulnerability
during the rest of our lives – for example, abuse and neglect in childhood increase our
vulnerability
to physical and mental disorders, including obesity, cardiovascular disease, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, and antisocial behavior.
Furthermore, economic-policy changes and structural reforms that were enacted in the wake of the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis significantly reduced the region’s
vulnerability
to financial shocks over the past decade.
But Asia cannot be complacent: financial systems remain fragile; economies are burdened with high fiscal and current-account deficits; and Asia remains too heavily dependent on North American and European export markets, increasing its
vulnerability
to external shocks.
So, what policies must emerging Asian economies pursue to reduce their
vulnerability
to regional and global volatility?
Now, as the harsh reality of the continent’s
vulnerability
to challenging external conditions has set in, sustaining that growth has proved difficult.
Military approaches alone will not work, because the root of the problem is the
vulnerability
of poor, hungry people to the prophets of hate.
The problem is that the promise of genuine “unique information” comes with the reality of
vulnerability
to deception.
If you are “big” relative to the system, you are more likely to get generous government support when there is system-wide
vulnerability.
With such
vulnerability
to adverse currency movements, Hungary was forced four months later to sign an IMF-led rescue package worth $25 billion as the financial crisis reached Eastern Europe.
Given the
vulnerability
of so many eurozone countries, it appears that Merkel does not understand the immediate implications of her plan.
Beyond increasing the
vulnerability
of Brazil’s natural resources to commercial exploitation, the inevitable cuts to the environmental budget under Bolsonaro’s leadership will undermine the country’s ability to respond to disasters like forest fires.
High oil prices have resurrected an old
vulnerability.
And countries like Ireland, Portugal, and Spain have, through hard and painful work, reduced their
vulnerability
to contagion from nearby crises.
The market’s
vulnerability
to hoax stories is thus difficult to eliminate, for it is inherent in its structure.
Highlighting the
vulnerability
of nuclear power to environmental change or extreme-weather patterns, in 2006 plant operators in Western Europe also secured exemptions from regulations that would have prevented them from discharging overheated water into natural ecosystems, affecting fisheries.
In the meantime, the IMF and the G-20 can help by finding better ways to assess the
vulnerability
of each country’s financial structure – no easy task, given governments’ immense cleverness when it comes to cooking their books.
From that standpoint, a moderate political environment is both a benefit and a source of
vulnerability.
Rising inequality may also have increased
vulnerability
to crisis: with fewer people able to dip into savings during bad times, the impact on growth is even larger.
But the episode represented a serious escalation of hostilities and served as an important reminder of the
vulnerability
of nuclear reactors in warzones.
Such sluggish performance is the economic equivalent of “stall speed” – the heightened
vulnerability
that aircrafts can encounter at low velocity.
Trade, communication, and financial linkages have created a degree of interdependence among national economies, which, together with heightened
vulnerability
to financial-market swings, has restricted national policymakers’ freedom of action everywhere.
Countries should be assigned to a risk group in line with their economic
vulnerability.
But recent history suggests vulnerability, not stability.
With the US government now taking action on behalf of US firms, China’s industrial policies will need to change accordingly, especially if European governments follow America’s lead, as some may.There are many reasons why the current US government is acting so aggressively now, but two stand out: first, an increased sense of
vulnerability
proportionate to America’s declining global influence; and, second, the technologies China is now acquiring from foreign companies are frontier technologies.
There are many reasons why the current US government is acting so aggressively now, but two stand out: first, an increased sense of
vulnerability
proportionate to America’s declining global influence; and, second, the technologies China is now acquiring from foreign companies are frontier technologies.
Neither side is in a hurry to break the symmetry of interdependent vulnerability, but both continue to jockey to shape the structure and institutional framework of their market relationship.
A recent innovation has been the Coping Strategy Index, devised by the World Food Program and CARE, which analyzes how people cope with short-term food crises while also taking into account their future
vulnerability
to hunger.
Our country-wide index shows a strong correlation between low-income status in rural areas and heat
vulnerability.
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