Vulnerability
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President Bush should be made to understand that the US will find no true international support if America speaks incessantly about terrorism while doing almost nothing about the problems that really affect most of the world: poverty, lack of access to safe water and sanitation,
vulnerability
to disease, and climate change.
Energy subsidies – so ingrained in the GCC economies – distort consumption and production patterns; defeat government attempts at economic diversification; and increase
vulnerability
to volatile international energy prices.
Today, however, several (though not all) emerging-market countries are benefiting from years of considerable efforts to reduce their financial
vulnerability
by accumulating huge amounts of international reserves.
Investors in China must consider their
vulnerability
to negative publicity, and be confident that they can explain their position.
Slowly but surely, national income is becoming less dependent on agriculture, thereby reducing Moroccans’
vulnerability
to poor rainfall and failed harvests.
As I argue in my book The Future of Power, global interdependence involves both sensitivity and
vulnerability.
American efforts to persuade China to play a greater role in regional security arrangements may be strengthened, and China’s awareness of the
vulnerability
of its supply routes to US naval disruption in the unlikely event of conflict could also have a subtle effect on each side’s bargaining power.
If anything, Asia’s
vulnerability
to external shocks has intensified.
China – long the engine of the all-powerful Asian growth machine – typifies Asia’s potential
vulnerability
to such shocks from the developed economies.
And a Europe that begins to fracture would not only be weaker; its
vulnerability
to the destabilizing forces already gathering within its borders would make it more dangerous as well.
After all, the human sex drive, especially if it compels risky or self-destructive behavior, has held appeal for dramatists since the ancient Greeks, who originated the story of Achilles and his
vulnerability.
Prometheus was concerned with humans’ obvious vulnerability, so he taught men and women how to use fire and other tools responsibly.
Mittal has an obvious interest in gaining control of Arcelor in order to improve its global geographic balance, boost its market share in high-end steel products, and reduce its
vulnerability
to the speculative jolts that occur in the raw steel market.
With Belarus’s economy crumbling and its export markets withering, Russia could exploit Lukashenko’s
vulnerability.
Africa’s geographical position, sensitive water resources, unsustainable agricultural methods, and exploitation by foreign and other private companies increased its
vulnerability.
Reflecting its growing vulnerability, China’s reactions to Trump’s continued threats have been notably accommodative.
Although the euro is the world’s second most important currency, it lags behind the dollar on almost all metrics, increasing the EU’s
vulnerability
to US trade sanctions.
For starters, with sanctions targeting Russia’s floundering economy, revived trade ties are becoming a source of
vulnerability
for these countries.
In other words, the
vulnerability
implied by Wen’s “Four Uns” has increased significantly.
This continued
vulnerability
reflects a collective failure to reform the global monetary system – an imperative that People’s Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan highlighted in early 2009.
The Framework can help them to understand their exposure and
vulnerability
in today’s hazardous world, and to set priorities for action in developing a culture of prevention.
Chocolate’s Sustainability ChallengeHERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA – In the 1970s and 1980s, when multinational firms first linked sustainability to business success, the chief catalyst was vulnerability, not altruism.
One view is that the Fed recognized that its specification of policy thresholds (based on the unemployment rate) understated the
vulnerability
of the US labor market.
Argentina is running a large fiscal deficit, while the main source of financial
vulnerability
in Chile is the private sector’s rising external debt.
Lifelong effects can include delayed cognitive development, lower productivity, and increased
vulnerability
to certain diseases.
These challenges are compounded by persistent debt and, for many countries, especially small island states, high
vulnerability
to natural disasters.
Levels and types of nuclear weapons were permitted and limited so as not to challenge the fundamental reality of mutual
vulnerability.
The economic benefits include job creation in the short term, “re-shoring” of some manufacturing activities in the medium term, and, lower macroeconomic
vulnerability
to global oil shocks in the long term.
After all, high levels of debt increase
vulnerability
to negative shocks.
The famines in Ireland in the nineteenth century and in Ethiopia in the late twentieth century provide clear evidence of the
vulnerability
of undiversified crops to environmental changes, and the dramatic consequences of such
vulnerability
for the population.
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