Nor are they set to become a benevolent, altruistic power, ready to use their new strength and reputation to improve the stability of the international system.

Power corrupts, and financial power corrupts the financial system.

Without legitimacy, there can be no stability in any political system, and without elections that is, an explicit expression of popular consent to the holders of power there can be no legitimacy.

The German system. In Germany, a stability council must approve state budgets.

The euro system was designed to deliver prosperity and stability for all.

But major power shifts within Asia are challenging the continent s own peace and stability.

Global financial stability must be secured by a better functioning international monetary system.

For India, stability in Pakistan and Afghanistan would ease its rise to global economic power.

Roadmap 2050 focuses on greening the power system.

On the negative side, past stability in Kazakhstan arose from the concentration of virtually all political power in the hands of a single individual the key factor in any assessment of system or country risk.

Given centuries of turmoil in China, today s leaders will do everything in their power to preserve stability.

Nuclear power offers the possibility of cheap, plentiful electricity, which will contribute to social and political stability.

For example, in addition to its price stability mandate, the Bank of England has been given the new task of maintaining the stability of the financial system.

Moreover, the ECB already bears de facto responsibility for the stability of the eurozone s banking system.

The logic was clear preserve what China s leaders call stability and harmony in order to maintain state power.

A simpler and more transparent system would ultimately lead to more lending and greater stability, not less.

For some power systems, the source of power is external to the system but for others it is part of the system itself it is these internal power sources that are discussed in the remainder of this section.

In the Arab world, there is currently no dominant power able to project stability beyond its own national borders.

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.

Indeed, China s rulers have already stated that the new exchange rate system will aim at maintaining currency stability.

Thermodynamic stability occurs when a system is in its lowest energy state, or chemical equilibrium with its environment.

But major power shifts within Asia are challenging the continent s own peace and stability. With the specter of strategic disequilibrium looming large in Asia, investments to help build geopolitical stability have become imperative.

Germany was reluctant to give up the Deutsche Mark, a symbol of its economic power and commitment to price stability.

Despite using all the means at its disposal, the world s greatest military power managed only to create a precarious domestic stability.

After all, naval capacities are essential to the projection of European power and crucial to maintaining geopolitical stability around the world.

At the same time, regulatory regimes have been toughened everywhere to prevent banks from jeopardizing the financial system again. For example, in addition to its price stability mandate, the Bank of England has been given the new task of maintaining the stability of the financial system.

Given centuries of turmoil in China, today s leaders will do everything in their power to preserve stability. Whenever I have doubts about a potential Chinese policy shift, I examine the options through the stability lens.

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.

Like other emerging markets, China is committed to financial stability and playing its role in reforming the global financial system.

But haircuts in the case of a solvency crisis are indispensable for the stability of the European financial system itself.

If that single stability system, that brain that flies that aircraft, fails, or if the engine fails, that vehicle crashes.

A key element to strengthening stability in the country is integrating Afghanistan into the Central Asian political and economic system.

A constellation of Asian states linked by strategic cooperation, in fact, has become critical to help institute power stability in the region.

The loss of soft power implied by rejection of further enlargement would be a setback for Europe, the Balkans, and international stability.

The power of social media to articulate social and political unrest poses a direct threat to the CCP s Orwellian harmony and stability.

CANBERRA Ask any power system engineer about renewable energy and you are likely to be told that it doesn t deliver base load power.

But the fundamental problem remains the lopsided distribution of power in the international system.

Failure discredits only the party or coalition in power, not the entire political system.

Having women in power in a flawed system will not fix the problem either.

Then, in the 1970's, capital flows started up again, and there were again threats to the stability of the system.

Kenya s government does not recognize Kibera, there is no sewage system or formal power grid.

Restoring stability and a fair democratic system to Moldova is important, first and foremost, because Moldovans deserve a government that is accountable.

The stability of the international financial system today depends on the willingness of countries with rigid exchange rates to allow greater flexibility.

Still, they do fulfill a useful function by bundling interests and issues, thereby providing an element of stability in the political system.

We believe the presence of the United Nations system will foster confidence and guarantee stability during the critical months following its withdrawal.