Through these soft power strategies a nation can pursue ambitious international and
domestic policy objectives, while at the same time their internal PR strategies capture the public imagination on a national scale.
Not exact matches
Weakening the dollar is not the primary intent of quantitative easing, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said recently, arguing the central bank was «using
domestic policy tools to advance
domestic objectives.»
It finds that, despite the significant impact on
domestic financial conditions of global shocks, countries retain influence to achieve
domestic objectives — specifically, through monetary
policy.
At the same time, he said, the Fed is not the world's central bank, and will calibrate
policy based on its
domestic objectives of fostering full U.S. employment and 2 percent inflation.
Emerging economies are already looking toward involvement in international standards development as a way to assert their influence in the global marketplace and to meet their own
domestic policy goals and
objectives.
His preferred rule, however, is to minimize «the variance around an approved target path of nominal
domestic final sales» — an
objective that «is probably the most that can be expected of monetary
policy» (p. 285).
While the stated
objective of this trade
policy is to «level the playing field» for American manufacturers — and many trade experts believe cheap imports have hurt the
domestic steel industry — tariffs may do more harm than good over the long run.
Ahaz's
objective is the same as that of Jeroboam but with a slant to foreign
policy rather than
domestic policy as in the case of the king of Israel.
While social and environmental
objectives are not necessarily in conflict (indeed action to meet green
objectives through
domestic heating and insulation improvements represents the definitive
policy in eradicating fuel poverty), a range of factors mean that they are nevertheless often seen as competing for political priority and resources.
«It is vitally important the UK government does not undermine its position by supporting
domestic policies that run counter to climate change
objectives,» said chairman Tim Yeo.
* To implement this
objective, they agreed in Barcelona in 2002 to devote 3 % of their gross
domestic product (GDP) in 2010 to R&D and to foster common science
policies in a «European Research Area,» as proposed by EU research commissioner Philippe Busquin.
Activities will include: review of existing information and preparation of other relevant
policy research, promotion of additional
policies which promote the
objectives of the climate change convention,
domestic meetings, information exchange and partnership building.