But if the euro survives — and today's summit shows
the political will of the other 26 member states that it should survive — then the EU will rebound.
Not exact matches
Until the «United States and
other associates» find a credible
political ally and viable alternative to President Bashar al - Assad inside Syria, the balance
of power within the country
will not change, says Stephen Blank
of the American Foreign Policy Council.
In a fascinating post on The Conversation blog, Maynard makes an argument that won't surprise anyone who has read any fictional account
of human's interplanetary future — colonizing
other planets probably won't bring out the better angels
of our nature, and any attempt to put people on Mars
will require overcoming serious social and
political problems, such as:
So let's add that to the Zika virus, the open sewer
of a harbour where the sailors and triathletes
will compete, the street crime that has already made a victim
of an Australian para-athlete and the financial and
political chaos that includes a president facing impeachment, many
other politicians facing indictments and the declaration
of a «state
of public calamity» in Rio de Janeiro, with a top state official adding that it is on the verge
of «social collapse.»
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political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up
of production
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States should not and can not impose their
will on
other states, but instead should compete for residents and businesses based on the wisdom or folly
of their
political choices.
Some may think that he truly believes everything he says and that he holds deep
political convictions that he hopes to achieve with his campaign;
others may think he's
willing to say anything in order to stay at the center
of attention.
«DonorsTrust makes grants only to
other publicly supported 501 (c)(3) organizations,» Whitney Ball, the President and CEO
of DonorsTrust said via email, «and as a condition
of accepting any grant the grant recipient must agree that grant funds
will not be used for lobbying or
other political purposes.»
As the details
of this plan become known, and as the
political response builds from people who fear their taxes
will be raised, and as they build a coalition with special interests who would lose out from
other aspects
of the proposal (like investors who do not like the proposed limitation on the deduction
of business - interest expenses), this plan
will become an enormous liability.
Some
of the
others: lack
of political will, and the system's focus on treatment, rather than prevention.
And now that the time for revisionist history has arrived, and strategists no longer have to serve a
political agenda and scare investors and traders into voting with their wallets, the research reports calling for precisely the outcome that we expected are coming in fast and furious, starting with none
other than Goldman, whose chief strategist David Kostin issued a note overnight in which he says that «the equity market response to the election result
will be limited» and adds that «our year - end 2016 price target for the S&P 500 remains 2100, roughly 2 % below the current level
of 2140.»
Had Trump taken the measures suggested repeatedly by ethics experts on both sides
of the
political aisle, he would by now have put his assets in what's called a blind trust, which would entail turning over his empire to a third party with whom he
will have no contact, who would sell off the properties and reinvest the resulting money in
other assets without providing the president any information about the sales or the purchases.
Not only do the peoples
of India, China, Turkey and
other countries have a strong cultural affinity to gold — an obsession that
will only intensify as incomes rise — but the metal still plays a vital role as a portfolio diversifier in times
of economic and
political uncertainty.
Of the other MINTs: Indonesia is in a stable recovery, but the importance of commodities like coal and palm oil means it will not return to previous growth levels soon; Nigeria's economy remains overdependent on oil, though Phylaktis sees its «fast - growing population and labor force feeding faster economic growth over the medium term»; and while «Turkey has a lot of potential,» Lau says, «its political and economic management is questionable and casts a shadow over the economy.&raqu
Of the
other MINTs: Indonesia is in a stable recovery, but the importance
of commodities like coal and palm oil means it will not return to previous growth levels soon; Nigeria's economy remains overdependent on oil, though Phylaktis sees its «fast - growing population and labor force feeding faster economic growth over the medium term»; and while «Turkey has a lot of potential,» Lau says, «its political and economic management is questionable and casts a shadow over the economy.&raqu
of commodities like coal and palm oil means it
will not return to previous growth levels soon; Nigeria's economy remains overdependent on oil, though Phylaktis sees its «fast - growing population and labor force feeding faster economic growth over the medium term»; and while «Turkey has a lot
of potential,» Lau says, «its political and economic management is questionable and casts a shadow over the economy.&raqu
of potential,» Lau says, «its
political and economic management is questionable and casts a shadow over the economy.»
Inevitably, this
will negatively affect
other areas
of our economic relationship as well as on our
political ties.
The prices
of financial instruments and the underlying assets
will be influenced by, among
other things, changing national and international
political and economic events and the prevailing conditions
of the relevant marketplace.
That consumer revolt underscored what Uber and
other businesses face in a «polarizing time,» when people are sensitive to the «
political leanings»
of companies» actions and are
willing to boycott their products and services, says Evan Rawley, an associate business professor at Columbia Business School.
SANTIAGO / VANCOUVER South America's lithium triangle is the lowest - cost place to produce the vital battery ingredient, but
political hurdles
will require Japanese and South Korean companies to make big investments to crack into the region as they chase Chinese rivals who have tied up resources in
other parts
of the world.
While it has been observed that just over one out
of 10 state governments showed the
political will and gravity in executing the Central act, we believe that
other states would soon follow suit.
There is no doubt in anyone's mind that North Koreans
will have picked up on what every
other country knows before one
of the country's highest - stakes
political summits since the end
of the Korean War.
Behlendorf says «the regulators there, like the
political leaders, are former engineers... they understand scale better than regulators in
other parts
of the world», citing this as evidence that they
will be among the leaders in this space.
For instance, Hamid speculates about a future
political order, based on pure democratic assemblies: «How this assembly would coexist with
other preexisting bodies
of government was as yet undecided... [U] nlike those
other entities for which some humans were not human enough to exercise suffrage, this new assembly would speak from the
will of all the people, and in the face
of that
will, it was hoped, greater justice might be less easily denied.»
The conservative politician who can listen to members
of the
other political coalition like Reagan did, and who can learn to respond to the arguments
of the
other side (as opposed to just posturing for the amusement
of their own side), won't just win over those who currently think
of themselves as swing - voters.
How such a spirit
of sobriety expresses itself, not simply in literary or philosophic reading lists, but in platforms and party rhetoric that can resonate with 21st century Americans, I to a large degree leave to
others (our Pete comes to mind), even if my turning here to the example
of Solzhenitsyn reminds me that faith in God's promises
will be necessary to sustain us in the quite possible event that even our grasping and steadfastly acting upon the «most precise»
political prudence might yet fail to stop catastrophe.
Maybe they're two pieces
of the same map, or maybe they're two different ways
of seeing the same area (relief vs.
political maps), maybe one is
of our area and the
other is
of somewhere else; maybe neither
will help us.
To many he is known as one
of the most courageous opponents
of the bloody war in Indo - China, to
others he is known as a leader in the civil - rights movement, yet to
others he is known as a popular writer and speaker, and to yet
others he is an enterprising young politician who
will someday hold
political office.
The remainder
of this chapter
will be concerned with three
other kinds
of human relations — economic,
political, and familial — and with what the sciences centrally concerned with them tell about human nature and its transformations.
And then — since they
will not stop to consider how they might make a specifically Christian contribution — they align themselves with the
political, economic and social positions
of these
other movements.
On the international scene I should define power as the capacity
of a
political unit to impose its
will upon
other units.9
Now it takes little reflection to see that most major problems
of ecclesial and
political controversy have always been and
will continue to be divergent and not convergent ones; accordingly, there is an especially vexing irony in the fact that those who want to find a «mainstream» position on the Big Issues are almost always those who are committed on
other grounds to a pluralist or relativist stance in matters
of public debate.
John Stackhouse with «We
'll Miss You Uncle John» «John R. W. Stott set a standard
of intellectual, homiletical, theological, pastoral, and
political excellence unparalleled in our time among evangelicals and perhaps among any
other group
of Christians in the world.»
But those who do not accept the to - some - degree given character
of our
political communities, who want to reverse McWilliams» order and «start the world anew» on the basis
of a creedal community, and who ultimately seek to unify the world into such, must divide all mankind into two groups,
of which one group
will absorb the
other.
@End, True, I wouldn't claim to know that religion won't be classified as a mental illness on those grounds, but it would be so inconsistent were that to happen that, barring
political agendas, I would imagine that the field would reel from such an obvious bias against one particular type
of delusion while ignoring so many
others.
Despite the fact that even today many in the Confessional Church
will not see and admit it, there could have been no
other outcome than that this truth
of the freedom
of the church, despite the claims
of National Socialism, should come to signify not only a «religious» decision, not only a decision
of church policy, but also and ipso facto a
political decision.
I think those who claim to be followers
of Jesus Christ and His teaching need to pledge our allegiance first to Christ and His kingdom and not to a
political party — maybe more clarity
will come if we all prayerfully seek the
will of the Lord and allow that to influence our
political leanings — rather than the
other way around.
Although they
will be «independent persons with no
other authority than that
of the spirit,» they may yet be effective in the time that approaches as no merely
political representatives can be.
I
'll leave it to
others to debate his definitions
of liberalism and
other political philosophies, and there's a whole
other debate to be had about whether his leadership
of the Liberal Democrat party was doomed by his Christian faith, as he claims, or his failure to return a higher number
of MPs at this year's General Election.
For still
others, it
will mean working in the educational, legal, and
political realms to reverse the judicial decisions and legislative and executive acts that have ushered in the «culture
of death.»
Neville there were times when dominionism worked for Israel which were the exceptions rather than the rule but generally it did nt sadly because
of the wickedness
of peoples hearts.Power tends to corrupt people ie in the case
of nebbucanezzar especially when they succeed.Like you i think Gods people have more impact by just letting Christ work through them could be me but i find politics tends to involve power money and compromise.Regardless
of what
political state we find ourselves Gods sovereign and his
will be done on earth as it is in heaven.My focus is real simple just follow Jesus with all my heart mind soul and strength and love
others as myself and that is just following Jesus daily and trusting him in everything.regards brentnz
In the latter case the structure
of the religious group
will at no point coincide with
other orders such as the social, economic, or
political.
This is a statement
of fact that no one — from Jesse Helms on one end
of the
political spectrum to Hillary Rodham Clinton on the
other —
will dispute.
In
other words, evangelical leaders were
willing to speak about the issue when it was unpopular to many conservatives (this is another reason why Christians should not be seen as a wing
of any
political party; they must speak prophetically as needed on issues).
The
other two - thirds
will be caught in the population explosion producing extreme hunger, poverty, social unrest, and the constant danger
of totalitarian
political control.
When we think
of the overchurching
of hamlets and cities, or
of the great varieties in training and ability among the ministers, or
of the regional character
of theological schools, or
of any
other manifestation
of this religious heterogeneity, and then look for a parallel or parable that
will make this confusion somewhat intelligible we are led to think
of the form in the formlessness
of economic and
political activity in New World democracy.
Carter was most concerned to free black intellectuals from the box labelled «politically correct»» i.e., the assumption on the part
of both blacks and whites that, since racial affirmative action exists to bring a «black perspective» into universities and
other institutions, an «authentic» black
will conform to a
political stereotype.
But the history
of the voting privilege in the twentieth century shows that it takes the combined power
of mass movements, economic pressures, and the Federal Government with its military force to give even a relative assurance that this requirement
of justice
will be realized.3 It seems, therefore, that when we move from the perspective
of love to concrete issues
of social strategy and
political power, justice is accomplished by a confluence
of historical forces and humane considerations which indeed may be enforced by love, but which must have
other sources.
Our
political leaders designate «
other» people and places as evil and engage in questionable policies because they know the body politic
will buy that sort
of rhetoric.
On the
other hand, if we view people as persons - in - community, the socio -
political structures
will aim to constitute themselves as the kind
of society that strengthens and enriches community.
If one says
of a particular
political position that it and no
other is the
will of God, one is implicitly excommunicating those who disagree.
There is on one side
of this coin the students» tendency to attend lectures which they need for their examinations; on the
other side is the fact that there is strong
political support for Küng among the students (there was a huge rally and torchlight parade last December on the night following the Roman edict to withdraw his missio canonica), and for many students, both Protestant and Catholic, the issues in the Küng case are larger than the man himself, Küng's status at the university is not dependent on the number
of students who come to his lectures (nor on the number
of his doctoral students), but the fall semester
will be some index
of the viability
of this new «third track» in theology.