Having served nine years on Lambeth Council and stood for Parliament I've also seen all sorts
of political crises unfold.
Post-mortems
of political crises usually highlight a range of government failures to anticipate and prepare for what was entirely predictable.
There's an interesting phenomenon in the academic study
of political crises.
He told the Ambassador of the Republic of Togo, Mr. Lene Dimban, that peaceful transitions on the African continent were no longer negotiable, considering the heavy toll
of political crises on the economy and ordinary citizens.
The use of social media platforms during times
of political crises was also discussed at length.
This dynamic of redoubled disenchantment designed to discredit a growing populism will precipitate a series
of political crises in the West.
The government's ability to entrench prudent macroeconomic policies should improve further as the end
of the political crisis comes closer.
A lack of access to information and the openly anti-Germany public rhetoric in the US revived her emotional ties to her homeland during a moment
of political crisis.
Lets be clear though - this morning, Britain stands on the brink
of a political crisis.
In the hangover
of political crisis, Britain will have the chance to engage some of the big questions.
If you want to hear the sound
of political crisis of conscience in action — and you happen to be in Western New York — tune your radio dial to WBEN 930 AM.
This follows on from a successful European Reform Forum in 2005, with distinguished participants from both sides of the European question, in the light
of the political crisis created by the «No» votes to the European Constitution in France and the Netherlands.
Other movies based on real stories
of political crisis include: Thirteen Days, The Iron Lady and Hotel Rwanda.
In the wake
of a political crisis Britain finds itself increasingly isolated from global society.
Filippetti left the Cabinet in the midst
of a political crisis which resulted in a reshuffle this weekend
PASSED for EXPORT, a site - specific installation by Mark Themann, raises questions about the American Landscape, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in times
of political crisis.
Employing everyday objects and domestic materials, Salcedo creates works that serve as monuments to moments
of political crisis or tragedy, suffusing the quotidian objects with layered meaning.
«In general we are still suffering the consequences
of the political crisis we've endured for two years now,» says Kristijan Polenak, the Managing Partner of the Polenak Law Firm in Skopje, of the unsettled situation in Macedonia.
As we mentioned in Friday's update, Japan is currently going through somewhat
of a political crisis.
Not exact matches
These companies use
political contributions and armies
of lobbyists to cajole governments to ignore the consequences: an economic
crisis worse than the recent recession awaits if these nations fail to spark growth in areas that can stimulate growth and create jobs.
Geithner, who served under President Barack Obama as secretary
of the treasury as the U.S. struggled to rebound from the global financial
crisis, said the current
political climate could lead to a «diminished capacity to make sensible economic choices.»
The move triggered a
political crisis that wasted weeks
of precious time.
The
political discontent in Poland is another problem at the EU table at a time when the region needs to deal with Brexit, an economic
crisis in Greece, the rise
of populism, among others.
The Italian
crisis — the country's powerful
political leader, the comedian Beppe Grillo, would probably call it «commedia dell «arte» — offers plenty
of interesting trading opportunities as long as you don't fall for the incongruous idea that this is the end
of the euro area.
America is in danger
of experiencing a lost decade since the financial
crisis, given its debt and
political intransigence.
Even before the
political crisis sparked by his response to the violence in Charlottesville, Trump was already dealing with rumors
of primary threats (see here, here, here, and here).
Much
of this coverage focuses too much on the
political rhetoric at the expense
of the people who actually perform the work
of financial regulation; the ones who will be the best and last line
of defense against another financial
crisis.
That has cranked up pressure on Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi to resolve a
political crisis or risk losing control
of parts
of Baghdad even as the military wages a counter-offensive against Islamic State in Iraq's north and west with the help
of a U.S. - led coalition.
After years
of strong German leadership in the EU, Chancellor Angela Merkel now faces various
political and economic challenges including ongoing domestic dissatisfaction with the refugee
crisis, corporate
crises such as Deutsche Bank, and the rise
of populism.
I'll end with a quick list
of 6 factors that any business leaders should consider in deciding whether and how to take action during a
political and humanitarian
crisis.
Similarly, earlier in the week, a Deutsche Bank research team argued that in light
of upcoming European elections and ongoing large - scale economic and
political challenges like the migrant
crisis, Europe is unlikely to see deeper coordination:
Australia's latest
political crisis, the potential dumping next week
of the prime minister, Tony Abbott, is masking a far greater threat to the country — a fresh outbreak
of the GFC caused by the dramatic build - up
of private and public debt.
To me, the core impulse behind this movement is the feeling among young people all over the world that the future doesn't compute, that their lives will be full
of ecological,
political and financial
crises, and that they will never have a life like their parents did.
Clinton acknowledged the
political difficulties
of making debt forgiveness an official policy, but concluded, «It's going to be very hard to return to full employment unless we solve the mortgage
crisis.»
Like the other Italian cities on this list, Florence has been crushed by the sovereign debt
crisis and the
political turmoil
of the Berlusconi government.
Perhaps the kerfuffle at University
of South China is emblematic
of the reason why postsecondary education in the United States — despite all its administrative shortcomings and financial
crises and
political mayhem — has yet to lose its spark.
The largest privately owned PR agency in the world, Edelman is currently representing Saudi Arabia as it manages
crises over the impending crucifixion and beheading
of a young
political critic, and civilian deaths in the Saudi - led military intervention in Yemen.
Walker's plan — which would be considered an act
of political suicide in any other year and may still prove to be one this year — involves turning the Permanent Fund into a sort
of endowment that could help cushion this
crisis and help solve others in the future.
There was no difference in the returns
of insiders who had
political connections and those who didn't in the period before the
crisis, the researchers found.
In its biggest
crisis ever, Facebook is under fire over its handling
of personal data following reports that
political research firm Cambridge Analytica wrongly gained access to personal data
of more than 50 million Facebook users.
They are the latest symptoms
of the slow - burning non-performing loan
crisis that Italy will have to tackle,» Erik Jones, professor
of international
political economy at Johns Hopkins University, told CNBC via email.
Thousands
of protesters poured onto the streets
of major cities on Sunday to demand the removal
of President Dilma Rousseff amid Brazil's worst
political and economic
crisis in a generation.Polls show more than half
of Brazilians favour the impeachment
of Rousseff.
The role
of nationalist
political parties, in which the
crisis has endowed a sense
of validation, is one such development.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg remained calm under pressure during five hours
of questioning by U.S. senators about a series
of recent
crises culminating with the latest involving Cambridge Analytica, a
political consulting firm that gained access to data about up to 87 million Facebook users.
Stability is the measure
of a government's capacity to implement policy during a
political, social, or economic
crisis.
The claims that students are «
crisis actors» paid to take advantage
of the tragedy to further
political agendas have spread on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube.
«The absence
of cohesive
political leadership may also make euro zone
crisis management more complicated,» Citi said.
This is part
of the long - running worry that the new monetary policy activism inspired by the financial
crisis threatens central banks»
political independence.
The Nielsen report attributed waning confidence to brewing worries over Malaysia's economic outlook, a near 20 percent drop in the value
of the Malaysian ringgit year - to - date and the spreading
of what is being called the country's worst - ever
political crisis.
The
crisis — spurred largely by Syria's civil war — has caused numerous
political spats, leading to the construction
of walls around certain countries and the closing
of borders between others.