In both cases, South Africa the main regional power with the most levers of influence over Zimbabwe has a vital role to play.

Of course, Putin has concentrated so much authority and control over the levers of power in his own hands that he appears capable of anything.

Such questions stem from a growing fear that Islamist groups might once again make a serious bid to capture the levers of power in the country.

Even these limited efforts are obstructed by the hardline Wahhabi camp, which controls the security forces, the judiciary system, and the real levers of domestic power.

None of this is surprising, and little of it can be managed by a new government that lacks experience, market confidence, and full control of the levers of power.

Herein lies the core of the dilemma for the US it wants Egypt s basic state apparatus to survive, so that the levers of power do not fall into the wrong hands.

Where they did, they and their representatives had no good way to think about how they could benefit from stimulative government policies to moderate economic downturns, and no way to reach the levers of power in any event.

Policymakers thus feel justified in using all available macroeconomic levers to achieve a recovery that resembles those of the past.

A common approach will give the EU many powerful levers to ensure that Russia honors treaties and mutual agreements.

So as is the case with simple solutions, oftentimes the answer is right in front of your face, and for us it was levers.

The Hartwell Paper, then, sets out to develop a strategy that identifies a number of ways of pulling the levers of energy efficiency and carbon intensity.

So, there is a huge competitive argument about sustaining the capacity for open source and consumer driven innovation, because it's one of the greatest competitive levers against monopoly.

The focus, instead, should be on accelerating the process of balance sheet repair, while at the same time returning monetary and fiscal policy levers to more normal settings.

But, unlike in a complete currency union, such as that of the United States, eurozone members retained full financial sovereignty, meaning that they controlled all of the levers of macroeconomic policy.

With Asia riven by territorial disputes and historical tensions, maintaining a stable security balance will not be easy. But there are levers in place that can help.

Paragraph 77 of the report speaks of levers of influence , such as international accountability as enforced by the International Criminal Court and ad hoc tribunals to bring to justice perpetrators of crimes against vulnerable children.

If we are to create a more equitable world, then traditional levers of development such as trade, investment, aid, and migration need to be scaled up comprehensively and coherently, and global institutions must be reformed.

The Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad retains huge influence over key levers of the Lebanese state, including the security and intelligence apparatus, the army, and the judiciary not to mention an alliance with the militarily powerful Hezbollah.

Components of power systems Supplies All power systems have one or more sources of power.

The problem with many democratic politicians today is that they have become almost as dull as the old communist autocrats. Most, especially in Europe, are professional politicians with no experience apart from working the levers of party machines.

Smart power means the combination of the hard power of command and the soft power of attraction.

This refers to two different types of power, which are possession of power and exercising power.

Two types of power shifts are occurring in this century power transition and power diffusion.

Local power, central power, now, people power.

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It's also about 40 percent more efficient than a regular wheelchair, and because of the mechanical advantage you get from the levers, you can produce 50 percent higher torque and really muscle your way through the really, really rough terrain.

LONDON Now that the leadership issues in the United States and China have been settled, we can finally frame the economic outlook for 2013 with the knowledge of who will be pulling the policy levers in the world s two biggest economies.

Abuse of power is evil, but power itself is not.

As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said recently in Paris I use the word power broadly, because even more important than military and indeed economic power is the power of ideas, the power of compassion, and the power of hope.

Omit either a market penalty now for behavior that may become reckless or the institutional levers that give a voice to future generations, and you run grave risks perhaps not today or tomorrow, but someday, and for the rest of your life.

While fears of meltdown have dissipated, these policies have been maintained or extended, with policymakers citing the fragility of the ongoing economic recovery and the absence of other, equally strong policy levers such as fiscal policy or structural reforms that could replace monetary policy quickly enough.

And if we're going to deal with these two great power shifts that I've described, the power shift represented by transition among states, the power shift represented by diffusion of power away from all states, we're going to have to develop a new narrative of power in which we combine hard and soft power into strategies of smart power.

Aron exaggerated the power of reason, while Sartre inflated the power of action.

A smart power strategy does not ignore the tools of soft power.

History Central power stations became economically practical with the development of alternating current power transmission, using power transformers to transmit power at high voltage and with low loss.

One of the four levers of change which together make up the Agency's organizational development strategy is the need to establish a programme management cycle that would provide an integrated, comprehensive, strategic and results based approach to the way we manage our programmes, projects and activities.

From People Power to Putin Power

The power of the colonial government was the only power that was changed.

It's the power of we instead of the power of I that drives people to him.

As the efficacy of military power is reduced, so the importance of economic power grows.

At any one time, the net amount of power consumed by the loads on a power system must equal the net amount of power produced by the supplies less the power lost in transmission.

While military power remains important, it is a mistake for any country to discount the role of economic power and soft power.

For them, the key to international power was political power, and the central attribute of political power was a morally informed leadership.

In power engineering, the power flow study, or load flow study, is a numerical analysis of the flow of electric power in an interconnected system.

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