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But experience with the microeconomic dynamics of advanced economies (where China is headed) makes this a
weak
stance – and, thus, one that Xi is unlikely to take.
Parliament is weak, the judiciary is under executive control, the media is kept under surveillance, and there is no constitutional guarantee of free speech.
Chaos and fighting could easily spill over into such
weak
neighboring states as Iraq and Lebanon.
But we are not careful enough to distinguish situations in which equilibrium-restoring forces are strong from those in which such forces are
weak.
Starting from a
weak
base when multiparty democracy was instituted in 1946, civil society had developed to the point that governments conferred with business associations, unions, academics, the press, and various other private interest groups.
Indeed, the current global financial crisis has demonstrated once more that the EU is strong where it has integrated its member states’ interests and
weak
where it has failed to do so.
When growth is weak, people ask incredulously how climate policy advocates could consider making things worse.
Political and institutional reform has not matched changes in people’s lifestyles; accountability in public life continues to be frustratingly
weak.
This is an exceptionally
weak
argument, and a politically suspect one, too.
It also traditionally had a
weak
welfare state.
Moreover, Iran’s leadership is fragmented and
weak.
Further action on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (America’s huge quasi-government mortgage agencies) and on some
weak
banks in America, as well as on some of Europe’s weaker, more thinly capitalized banks (the recent stress tests were a tepid first step), will be necessary.
Some create strong ties, while others produce
weak
ties.
But
weak
ties extend further and provide more novel, innovative, and non-redundant information.
In other words,
weak
networks are part of the glue that holds diverse societies together.
As leaders increasingly need to understand the relationship of networks to power, they will have to adapt strategies and create teams that benefit from both strong and
weak
ties.
The US had no effective navy, a
weak
army, and insufficient ability to mobilize in the face of an obvious national emergency.
Both generally view China as having embarked on a probing strategy in search of
weak
spots where it can expand its geopolitical reach.
This, more than any other reason, is the cause for why the euro is
weak.
As Thucydides put it in his history of the Peloponnesian War, “The strong do as they will and the
weak
suffer what they must.”
But his administration’s actions – including serious blunders in Iran and Afghanistan – made the US appear
weak
and indecisive.
A Pakistani intellectual once confessed to me, “I fear the
weak
electoral showings of Islamists in Pakistan has more to do with the fact that a compelling, charismatic Islamist leader – a Pakistani Hassan Nasrallah – has yet to emerge, not that his message wouldn't resonate.”
Hustlers thrive, the
weak
watch passively.
The
weak
fiscal position has in turn undermined investors’ confidence, with obvious implications for economic growth.
Let us pledge that the rich and powerful should take real actions to help the poor, the weak, and the suffering.
The PiS leadership is also child-like in its ruthlessness toward those whom it perceives as
weak
– namely, refugees – or guilty.
Particularly consequential, innovative financial instruments were used with abandon, subject to only loose supervision and
weak
regulation.
In some quarters, commitment to global goals has so far been too
weak.
If confidence in Italy or Spain deteriorates again, the eurozone may have to resort to the traditional bridge between
weak
credibility and low-cost financing: a temporary International Monetary Fund-style monitored reform program.
Finally, at the national level, some Latin American countries suffer from such terrorism enablers as corruption,
weak
government institutions, insufficient interagency cooperation, inadequate financial safeguards, misapplied terrorist laws against non-terrorists, and insufficient counterterrorism resources.
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