Wein Views Byron Wein shares his thoughts in Barron's about indicators that could disrupt the economy, including the narrow yield curve, the Fed's interest rate moves, and an exogenous event such
as military conflict.
Not exact matches
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Yet Saudi Arabia is not without its critics, who lament its poor record on human rights, draconian executions of political prisoners and
military intervention in the civil war in Yemen, a
conflict that has caused a humanitarian disaster in the country and one which is seen
as a proxy war between the kingdom and its regional rival, Iran.
As the US
military's attention shifts back to great - power competition, particular focus is being paid to the potential for
conflict in the extreme conditions found at northern latitudes and higher elevations.
As CNBC notes, Roubini predicted in May that four elements — stalling growth in the U.S., debt troubles in Europe, a slowdown in emerging markets, particularly China, and
military conflict in Iran — would come together in to create a storm for the global economy in 2013.
U.K. stocks end slightly higher
as traders remain wary over Syria
conflict Micro Focus soars on report that hedge fund has bought stake U.K. stocks struggle for direction on Thursday,
as investors remain nervous over the potential for a
military conflict in Syria and digested the latest Federal Reserve minutes.
Asian stock markets rebounded Thursday
as jitters began to ease about a possible international
military response to the Syrian
conflict.
Global stock markets rebounded Thursday
as jitters began to ease about a possible international
military response to the Syrian
conflict.
The dangers of serving
as enlisted
military personnel are well known at times of
conflict, especially while on active duty deployment.
Would you believe that his fundamentalist Muslim teachings wouldn't influence decisions, such
as whether to use
military action in the Israel / Palestine
conflict?
Is it really likely that when the Romans heard Paul's words about creation being «subjected to futility» in 8:20 they «could well have thought about how imperial ambitions,
military conflicts, and economic exploitation had led to the erosion of the natural environment throughout the Mediterranean world, leaving ruined cities, depleted fields, deforested mountains, and polluted streams
as evidence of this universal human vanity»?
As a
military person, you might remember a little
conflict called the Civil War.
Collective security involves much more than the use of
military measures, such
as were invoked in the
conflict in Korea.
The Tamils are protesting against the treatment of civilians trapped in fighting between the Sri Lankan government's
military and the separatist Tamil Tigers, who are fighting their last stand
as a 20 - year
conflict draws to a close.
Generally speaking, in a genuine
military conflict between nations, it is not considered a war crime to target a
military installation that is used by «combatants» in a
conflict (
as opposed to civilians or hospitals for the wounded, for example).
Which invalidates the Fort Hood shooting
as an armed
conflict, it being an isolated act of violence, and thus the
military personnel involved were not combatants.
The American
military strike against Syria threatened Russian - American relations
as the Kremlin denounced President Donald Trump's use of force and the Russian
military indicated it would suspend an agreement to share information about air operations over the country that was devised to avoid accidental
conflict.
So to answer your question,
military personnel are not combatants when they are not actively engaged in an «armed
conflict»
as defined above.
In recent
conflict of Russia and Ukraine some of G8 countries
as sanction of Russian
military actions in Ukraine declared they will stop preparation for G8 event in Sochi.
He also preferred stabilisation in the «frozen
conflicts» in the near abroad, while taking a carrot and stick approach to internal secession, becoming entangled in a
military quagmire in Chechnya, while simultaneously successfully concluding secret deals with leaders of recalcitrant Russian republics such
as Tatarstan to buy off and co-opt separatist leaderships.
Fortunately, the tense relations between the Gagauz leadership and Chisinau, dating
as far back
as the early 1990s, did not lead to a
military conflict.
In your example, the Fort Hood shooting, there was no «armed
conflict» that the
military personnel involved were party to
as far
as the definition under international law goes.
As Eugene Rumer and Rajan Menon note in their 2015 book
Conflict in Ukraine, Putin's focus on creating economic nationalism has encouraged the Russian
military to produce arms domestically without regard for cost.
Turkey's
military coups 1993 — Claims of a «covert coup» intended to prevent a peace settlement with the Kurdistan Workers» Party (PKK) 1980 — Military coup following armed conflict between right - wing and left - wing groups in the 1970s 1971 — Military coup known as the «coup by memorandum», which the military delivered instead of sending out tanks 1960 — Coup by group of young military officer outside chain of command, against the democratically - elected Democr
military coups 1993 — Claims of a «covert coup» intended to prevent a peace settlement with the Kurdistan Workers» Party (PKK) 1980 —
Military coup following armed conflict between right - wing and left - wing groups in the 1970s 1971 — Military coup known as the «coup by memorandum», which the military delivered instead of sending out tanks 1960 — Coup by group of young military officer outside chain of command, against the democratically - elected Democr
Military coup following armed
conflict between right - wing and left - wing groups in the 1970s 1971 —
Military coup known as the «coup by memorandum», which the military delivered instead of sending out tanks 1960 — Coup by group of young military officer outside chain of command, against the democratically - elected Democr
Military coup known
as the «coup by memorandum», which the
military delivered instead of sending out tanks 1960 — Coup by group of young military officer outside chain of command, against the democratically - elected Democr
military delivered instead of sending out tanks 1960 — Coup by group of young
military officer outside chain of command, against the democratically - elected Democr
military officer outside chain of command, against the democratically - elected Democrat Party
Even
as intractable multi-year
conflicts such
as that waging in Syria come before the Council, it has found itself unable to act on account of China and Russia's age - old protection of state sovereignty along with fears that the catastrophic failures of
military incursions into Iraq and Afghanistan will be repeated.
The world has generally regarded it
as really, really important for two fully nuclear capable nations to not enter any
military conflict.
For example, if I was president of the US... I will attempt to befriend this enemy... I would further attempt to strengthen our relationships with trade and other economical transactions so
as to increase our co-dependency and decrease the probability of
military conflict.
Conflict was narrowly averted in 1995 when the Philippines chose not to shell fort - like Chinese
military structures on Mischief Reef (China maintained they were only intended
as shelter for fisherman); however, the Philippines continues to assert that this is an example of «creeping occupation».
Military analysts are extremely concerned about the knock - on effects of a
conflict in Syria, which acts
as a pivotal state in the politics of the Middle East.
MPs have voted overwhelmingly to back
military action in Libya, even
as poll figures emerge showing the
conflict is unpopular with the public.
Her role
as military leader during the Falklands is
as publicised now
as it was during the general election that followed the
conflict.
Most of thew times, we see
military intervention is to «protect the civilians» or to serve
as «help» in the
conflict but the history show us
military often choose a side (usually, not always rebels) to «protect and help»; remember for example, NATO acted in Libya to help civilians; we know know they only protected the rebels.
Veterans who served during World War II, the Korean War, the War in Vietnam are eligible for the pension credit,
as are workers who served in the
military during a variety of
conflicts in the 1980s and 1990s.
General Agwai in his remarks stated that peacekeeping was gradually becoming an intra-country issue with the
military at the Centre stage following internal
conflicts such
as ethnic, religious and other crises.
The Cyprus dispute, also known
as the Cyprus
conflict, Cyprus issue or Cyprus problem, is the ongoing issue of Turkish
military invasion and occupation of the northern third of the island since 1974.
About the importance of their article, the authors state: «In a period of international
conflict as well
as domestic pressures within the NHS, the study of stress and resilience has again become a prescient topic for both
military and medical communities.
Cyberwarfare is more likely to reflect the wars fought against shadowy terrorist networks such
as al - Qaeda
as opposed to
conflicts between uniformed national
military forces.
In central Bosnia alone,
military conflict left more than 200 000 people without water, when soldiers cut off supplies to towns such
as Vares˘, Vitez and Zenica.
The UK has seen legal challenges to its
military activities in Iraq and Afghanistan — an example of how the law can be used
as part of a hybrid war strategy in on - going
conflict.
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), worldwide
military expenditures have been growing annually for the past 15 years, and between 15 and 20 major armed
conflicts — yes, wars — are in progress
as you read this.
When grown in TNT - laden areas, which include old mines, waste sites, and
military conflict zones, plants absorb and remove the toxic chemicals from the soil through their roots in a process known
as remediation.
Image analysis, completed less than a month later, covered a total of 36,000 square kilometers and revealed roadblocks, an influx of
military vehicles at airbases, naval blockades, and other pivotal events
as the
conflict escalated.
They also point out that there are other factors to consider, such
as the deployment of such a system leading to political or
military conflict, and the fact it ignores the acidification of the ocean, which is also caused by CO2 emissions.
His recent work quantitatively analyzes the origins and impacts of market crashes, social unrest, ethnic violence,
military conflict and pandemics, the structure and dynamics of social networks,
as well
as the bases of creativity, panic, evolution and altruism.
World War I (abbreviated WWI), also known
as the First World War, the Great War and The War to End all Wars was a global
military conflict that took place
Working from Burke's screenplay, the Brazilian director Jose Padilha («Narcos») cuts between the increasingly tense passengers, confined to a sweaty corner of the Entebbe airport terminal; the infighting among the terrorists; and the high - level political and
military planning put into action by Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres (Eddie Marsan), a no - negotiation hard - liner, and Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin (Lior Ashkenazi), depicted here
as the
conflicted pragmatist.
Yet that stylistic clarity is
as much a product of the film's often strained cinematic high points, such
as when Mosab is told «welcome to the slaughter house» by a prison guard, a line clearly inserted to elicit a thriller - order ethos that's too easy a gesture to the ubiquitous violence of the war's innumerous
military and civilian
conflicts.
We have the
conflict between old and new Republicans (headed by David Wilmot and Martin McCann respectively), the black ops
military intelligence unit (with Sean Harris in a key role) playing both sides against each other while maintaining links with the UVF and a father / daughter couple (Richard Dormer and Charlie Murphy)
conflicted as to whether they should help the wounded Hook.
As always the game takes play during the Sengoku (Warring States) era in Feudal Japan, a time of constant
military conflict which saw the rise and fall of many talented tacticians and ferocious warlords.
The movie, which defies conventional thinking about war - movie endings, largely consists of conversation, not
conflict (at least not in a
military sense),
as Juba alternately taunts, attempts to school and acts
as a confessor to Isaac, who,
as one would expect of these things, tries to use his head to outwit his enemy and survive.