But they must also continue to try to preempt confrontation with Russia on all fronts.

Nevertheless, the effort to preempt American strategy clearly failed, as new UN sanctions were implemented earlier this month.

We cannot foster sustainable growth or preempt a sovereign debt crisis in Europe (or anywhere else) by piling up more debt.

The second problem is imposing discipline on national policies in order to preempt the temptation to export domestic inflation or unemployment.

In Europe, Moldova, Ukraine, and the Caucasian countries prefer free trade agreements with the European Union, which the customs union would preempt.

The Palestinians are pushing for international recognition of their statehood, while the Israelis are using their settlement policy to preempt a Palestinian state.

Such leadership can stymie politically motivated challenges to the referendum s result and preempt a period of uncertainty that increases tensions on the ground.

Leaders on both sides ignore strong majorities that crave peace, allowing extremist led violence to preempt all opportunities for building a political consensus.

The second problem is imposing discipline on national policies in order to preempt the temptation to export domestic inflation or unemployment. Under the gold standard, discipline was automatic.

Instead of waiting for the pressure to mount, the next president would do well to preempt it with an ambitious agenda on free trade reform that would benefit everyone.

The Soviet leadership had relied then upon shootings and deportations to the Gulag to preempt opposition. Yet Soviet citizens resisted in large numbers Kazakh nomads fled to China, Ukrainian farmers to Poland.

We cannot foster sustainable growth or preempt a sovereign debt crisis in Europe (or anywhere else) by piling up more debt. European countries need to reduce their deficits in a growth friendly fashion, but reduce them they must.

But a comprehensive deal with Iran and the need to preempt future epigones requires a broader change a world that not only excludes the offensive use of nuclear weapons but also acknowledges the ultimate unsustainability of their deterrent power.

In addition, many Greeks were forcibly removed from the minority zones to other parts of the country as a product of communist population policy, an important and constant element of which was to preempt ethnic sources of political dissent.

Meanwhile, the two main parties to the dispute, Palestine and Israel, are searching for unilateral alternatives to the stymied peace process. The Palestinians are pushing for international recognition of their statehood, while the Israelis are using their settlement policy to preempt a Palestinian state.

One can see why Uribe would threaten to leak news about the negotiations, as well as why Santos would try to preempt the leaks by going public and having them take place in the open (the talks will begin in Oslo, but will be pursued in Havana).