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In addition, as many observers (including Cameron’s first foreign secretary, William Hague) have pointed out, Brexit could give a huge boost to Scottish nationalism; the breakup of the UK would further weaken Britain’s security.
To be sure, in the longer term, China’s “one belt, one road” initiative, together with the internationalization of the renminbi, will help to weaken the dollar’s grip on Asia.
Steps can also be taken to weaken Russia’s energy stranglehold on Ukraine and much of Western Europe.
The PiS will surely push the country deeper into a constitutional crisis, and further weaken its democratic institutions, by cracking down on civil society and politicizing the justice system in its pursuit of Tusk.
In a globalized world, it is not in the UK’s interest to downgrade to some kind of second-class EU membership, as this would merely weaken its own influence in Europe and beyond.
Corruption, tax evasion, and the capture of natural-resource revenues undermine the rule of law, weaken the social fabric, erode citizens’ trust in institutions, fuel conflict and insecurity, and hamper job creation.
Wherever democracy is practiced, voters’ lack of information and expertise cannot be allowed to give rise to leaders and policies that weaken democracy itself.
Greater labor mobility within the EU would also help to create a more open European mindset, and thus weaken old nationalist prejudices.
As foreigners start pulling their money out of a country they suspect, the dollar will weaken.
That figure increases every year, because as bridges continue to weaken, it costs even more to fix them; and as sea levels and temperatures continue to rise, and as forest fires become more severe, it costs more to mitigate the damage.
The main questions are how authoritarian he will become, or whether this pathetic campaign will weaken him.
Second, short-term capital flows usually would strengthen rather than weaken upward pressure on the RMB’s exchange rate, because speculators, persuaded by China’s gradual approach to revaluation, bet on appreciation.
Even if not, the flight of millions of Sunni refugees will weaken the foundations of neighboring states, including Jordan.
But, unlike in developed countries, China’s piecemeal unemployment insurance and underdeveloped reemployment programs weaken the incentive for people to seek assistance.
Moreover, while rapid GDP growth contributed to falling unemployment in, say, 2007, unemployment continued to decline even after the global financial crisis of 2008 began to weaken economic performance.
To conduct this struggle effectively, Russia must abandon two hoary stereotypes: that all terrorists are bandits, and that they somehow are acting under some Western intelligence supervision to weaken Russia.
Osama bin Laden doesn't work for money and wants to destroy the entire West, not weaken Russia in particular.
The resolution’s failure not only exposed the international community’s lack of resolve in confronting the Assad regime (indeed, many commentators believe that the vetoed resolution did more harm than good); it also strengthened Chinese-Russian cooperation – precisely what US diplomats in 1972 had sought to weaken.
Thus, the energy of tomorrow could well reinforce the world’s democracies and weaken its most repressive regimes, where most oil is to be found nowadays.
Meanwhile, the yen would weaken, helping exports, and even if the real exchange rate did not change much, given Japan's position as a major creditor, the yen value of its foreign holdings would increase, providing still more economic stimulus.
Even so, it remains one of two major nuclear-weapons states, has a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, and is willing to use its military, energy, and cyber capabilities to support friends and weaken neighbors and adversaries.
Currency wars are thus on the horizon, with Japan and Switzerland engaging in early battles to weaken their exchange rates.
Seeking to advance other women can highlight her own womanhood and thereby weaken her.
China is also losing long-term growth momentum, as falling fertility rates and returns on investment weaken labor-force expansion and capital accumulation.
Now that the case has been shown for what it was – a thuggish government’s attempt to weaken its rivals and consolidate its hold on power – the question is why so many well-intentioned observers got their analysis so terribly wrong.
COPENHAGEN: The "joint reaction" of 14 European Union governments against their partner – Austria – threatens to weaken the Union at the moment when it faces its greatest challenge: opening its membership to the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe.
Trump’s protectionist measures will weaken world trade, increase domestic inflation, and strengthen the dollar, causing America’s export industries to suffer.
Without a sufficiently large stimulus (in excess of 2% of GDP), we will have a vicious negative spiral: a weak economy will mean more bankruptcies, which will push stock prices down and interest rates up, undermine consumer confidence, and weaken banks.
But that accusation would be contrary to the facts: the renminbi is now fairly valued, and China has actually been intervening to support the exchange rate, not weaken it further.
If China were to sell its US assets, the dollar would weaken, and US companies would find it easier to export and to compete against imports.
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