A Greek Catch 22

Israel s Egyptian Dilemma

That is where the blockage is.

Here lies the conundrum.

There is a solution.

In essence, the EU s fundamental dilemma is not that different from NATO s.

And it wasn't solved until 1655.

Tim Harford Trial, error and the God complex

But there is a way out of this conundrum.

Lower interest rates are not a solution to this dilemma.

There are no easy ways out of this dilemma.

Some saw only one way out.

Its dilemma is stark.

Fortunately, what needs to be done is not complicated.

The dilemma posed by China for democratic regimes is understandable.

The history of the world economy shows the trilemma at work.

The Fund could solve this dilemma by applying an insurance like approach.

The answer is not for China to step up its public relations effort.

The dilemma is neatly summed up by the two clear candidates for the top job as Mr. Europe.

In order to find a remedy, Francis has appointed a special papal financial commission.

As a consequence of this dilemma, Socialist parties across Europe seem paralyzed.

Unfortunately, trying to scare the socks off of people doesn t help matters.

The ICAF would function like an escrow account into which the firm pays the funds required for the host country to hire a negotiating team. The escrow account manager then invites the country to select a team, suggesting what skills are required and perhaps even providing a roster of experts.

This dilemma has begun to have a negative effect on the countries that lie between Russia and the EU.

European policymakers have been agonizing over the same dilemma throughout the Cyprus crisis.

But I am afraid that the problematic strain within Islam is not the province of a few extremists.

The only way out of this dilemma is to set a reachable and realistic goal.

In another dilemma, the trolley, as before, is about to kill five people.

Fortunately, Straw s example does not pose such a sharp dilemma.

Herein lies the dilemma (one that China currently faces) of market oriented reforms.

Of course, economic engagement will not solve the nuclear conundrum in the short term. Nothing will.

Smarter capital requirements better Basel rules aren t the answer.

The third path identified by the trilemma is to do away with national sovereignty altogether.

If the Church s first dilemma concerns the basis and effectiveness of papal authority, the second concerns sexuality.

The government failed to intervene in economic affairs, and rural protests spread to the towns and cities.

Any robust solution must be reasonably simple to understand and implement.

This should be the task for social democrats but that is where the shoe pinches.

Latin America experienced this dilemma in the 1980 s, when its debt arithmetic had become unsustainable.

Mexico s current quandary is the flu, but it faces more important challenges than a mutating microbe.

Syria s deepening crisis, and the criminal use of chemical weapons there, has created a similar dynamic and dilemma.

The new answer to the dilemma is to legislate what sorts of activity should be cut out completely.

Instead, they clung to hard line positions, leaving Mubarak unable to find a solution to the impasse.

For elected leaders, the dilemma is that there are no simple solutions and little public patience for more complex ones.

Simple changes like special fast lines for reliable clients are part of the answer.

All this would seem to be insurmountable if the basic economics were not clear.