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The Economics of Terrorism in AfricaWASHINGTON, DC – Terrorism on the scale
witnessed
in Paris last month is nothing new in Africa.
Latin America at a CrossroadsLast year
witnessed
a decisive turn in Latin America.
Over the last 25 years, and especially since the collapse of communism, the world
witnessed
astounding economic integration, perhaps the greatest in human history.
Adenauer had
witnessed
the full scope of the German tragedy – including two world wars and the collapse of the Weimar Republic – and he considered the young Federal Republic’s ties with the West to be more important than German reunification.
If the bizarre scenes now being
witnessed
in Kyiv continue, even Ukraine’s closest friends in Europe will find it very difficult to make the case for a deepening of relations.
It might have gained more support just a few days later – after senators
witnessed
the bailout of the giant eurozone banks.
We have just
witnessed
an example of the second kind in India, the world’s largest and greatest democracy, where 420 million voters there returned a Congress-led government with a solid majority.
America, by contrast, has
witnessed
a massive assault on those rights, including that of habeas corpus – the right to challenge one’s detention before an independent judge.
It was also a slap in the face for Poland’s Jewish community, which has been part of the country’s social landscape for more than a thousand years, and which, despite the Holocaust, has
witnessed
a remarkable renaissance over the past two decades.
In 2016, the world
witnessed
a dramatic 51% increase in forest loss, equivalent to an area about the size of New Zealand.
Since that time, I have
witnessed
many initiatives, plans, and projects for resolving various Middle East conflicts.
World War I was the trigger that set off the reversal, with economic globalization declining while military globalization increased, as
witnessed
by two world wars and a global cold war.
Speaking as someone who has
witnessed
this process as an insider (as a former member of the IMF’s executive board) and an outsider (in my current capacity as Mexico’s finance minister), I see three main points that merit attention.
Instead of democratic transition, China has
witnessed
a consolidation of authoritarian rule – the strengthening of a one-party regime through organizational learning and adaptation.
Should chaos of the kind
witnessed
in Libya occur in the Persian Gulf countries, for example, the world could literally come to a standstill, given the quantity of oil that they supply.
In times of crisis it had a negative impact – although integration has prevented currency collapse or the write-off of national debt, occurrences that we have
witnessed
during previous crises in emerging markets.
On the way home, we ranted angrily about what we had
witnessed.
Libya
witnessed
such a turn.
Recently, however, Russian politics
witnessed
a spate of political marriages, some tactical, some "shotgun" unions that smack of desperation.
Having triggered and then
witnessed
the “anti-Brussels” vote, what should European governments do?
All told, with the exception of 2009, the entire region will have experienced a full decade of uninterrupted growth – something not
witnessed
since the 1970’s.
Rarely have I
witnessed
such failure by policymakers to provide a clear vision of their medium-term economic vision – a failure that has added to the general and unsettling sense of uncertainty.
This year has
witnessed
political opening, the release of several prominent political prisoners, and evidence of self-assertion by the nominally civilian government (headed by a former general, Thien Sein).
I personally
witnessed
this with former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who read her policy briefs and knew most of the issues inside out.
Making matters worse, the region also
witnessed
a superficially silly but actually dangerous attempt by the ALBA countries – Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay – to create, with the acquiescence of Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina, a regional organization excluding the United States and Canada.
But, far from being characterized by secularization, our age has
witnessed
vast eruptions of religious passion.
But, just as those regions have been improving their public and corporate governance – Hong Kong just
witnessed
a breakthrough court decision against a telecom tycoon who is the son of the province’s richest and most powerful man – crony capitalism is taking root in the United States, a country that the world long considered the gold standard of a level playing field in business.
The situation in Syria feels more and more like what we
witnessed
in Bosnia 20 years ago.
Compared to the 500 nuclear explosions
witnessed
each and every decade during the pre-CTBT period, the last ten years
witnessed
only two tests, both carried out by North Korea.
Once again the bloody extermination of entire human communities is not only taking place, but can be
witnessed
on television.
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