Willingness
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He has been compared to Abraham Lincoln in his
willingness
to include rivals as well as friends on his team.
Consider Venezuela, where – as with Iran’s nuclear program – Russia has demonstrated its
willingness
to take risks that it would not have taken before.
In his speech at the United Nations in late September, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu signaled a
willingness
to give sanctions more time, until at least the summer of 2013.
In his November 2013 speech at the Organization of American States, US Secretary of State John Kerry said that partnership with Latin America “will require courage and a
willingness
to change.
Business has been booming in this respect lately, with The Economist, Foreign Affairs, and many less exalted journals full of claims that the global order is crumbling, America’s ability (and willingness) to save it is in terminal decline, and the prospect of avoiding major conflict in the decade ahead is illusory.
In fact, over recent years these countries have already had many opportunities to demonstrate their ability and
willingness
to contribute to international security if called for, for they all also share a recognition that global stability directly serves their own national interests.
Any effort to put Italy’s banking sector on a sounder footing will require a stable majority government, consistent determination to put economic growth at the center of the political agenda, and
willingness
to confront Italy’s many vested interests.
First, the falling price level would raise the real value of the debts that households and firms owe, making them poorer and reducing their
willingness
to spend.
In the end, the JSC is likely to be only as good as South Africans’ collective
willingness
to apply sufficient political pressure to ensure that it honors constitutional obligations, rather than succumbing to divisive and deeply damaging levels of partisanship.
Ultimately, however, the future of education will depend on individuals and their
willingness
to take advantage of learning opportunities and invest in their own futures.
In his inaugural address, he sounded the themes of smart power – a
willingness
“to extend an open hand to those who unclench their fists” – but also stressed themes of responsibility as Americans confront sobering economic problems.
More ominously, the
willingness
of foreign central banks to lend to the US also looks likely to end.
They doubted the
willingness
and/or ability of other European countries to fight inflation.
And it should not come as a surprise that the markets have tested the
willingness
of European political leaders to keep quiet where monetary affairs are concerned.
What central banks should be doing is focusing on the flow of credit, which means restoring and maintaining local banks’ ability and
willingness
to lend to SMEs.
Of course, who is ultimately proven correct is a function of eurozone governments’
willingness
to make the difficult decisions that are required, and in a coordinated and timely fashion.
But that is not the only determinant: governments must also be able to turn things around once the
willingness
to do so materializes.
It assumes that, when push comes to shove, political leaders will indeed do what is necessary – the
willingness
question.
So the outcome no longer depends only on their
willingness
to cooperate in order to navigate the raft to safety.
But the longer they bicker and dither, the greater the risk that what they gain in
willingness
will be lost to incapacity.
They are ideally positioned to make an impact locally, given their
willingness
to adopt positive environmental and governance practices and their ability to improve living conditions by creating permanent jobs.
All three times, the country’s leaders displayed a
willingness
to blame others for its homegrown follies, alienate all of its potential allies and sympathizers, and waste its human and economic resources.
A favorable outcome also requires industrial countries’ ability and
willingness
to accommodate the growing size and prominence of emerging economies.
Emerging economies’ ability to provide the growth lubrication that facilitates adjustment in industrial countries is also a function of the latter countries’
willingness
to accommodate tectonic shifts in the operation and governance of the global economy.
As a result, Japan is becoming skeptical about America’s
willingness
to support it militarily in the event of a Chinese attack on the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands (called the Diaoyu Islands in China).
This would leave the EU no choice but to change its internal plans, undermining its ability to stay on track to meet emissions-reduction aspirations for 2050 and diminishing member states’
willingness
to agree to ambitious and legally binding climate and energy targets for 2030.
Countries like Latvia and Hungary have shown a
willingness
to do so.
By moving away from the renminbi peg to the US dollar – an undoubtedly risky move – China demonstrated its
willingness
to allow market forces to establish the exchange rate in the long term.
A gradual depreciation would create expectations of further exchange-rate weakening, thereby fueling capital outflows and undermining companies’
willingness
to use renminbi in exports and imports.
Indeed, multilateral leadership requires not only clearer and bolder rules, but also a demonstrated
willingness
to bear the costs of those rules, whether by creating safe zones to uphold the “responsibility to protect” civilians or taking concrete steps to reduce – and eventually eliminate – nuclear arsenals.
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