That trend now appears to be waning.

This negative trend shows no sign of waning.

RIGA For decades, people have bemoaned the waning of Europe s global political power.

CAMBRIDGE Since 1976, the US dollar s role as an international currency has been slowly waning.

Although this model is unsustainable, China s over reliance on investment is showing no signs of waning.

It enters this end game facing diminished resources and waning political will within the international community.

Yet the traditional fishing technique is waning, with only four fishing vessels still using this method.

Conflicts are waning in much of the continent, thanks to the efforts of the African Union.

In strategic terms, the waning influence of a paralyzed Europe is also very bad news for America.

If this trend continues, the EU s waning influence will inevitably weaken its economic position and reduce its competitiveness.

Detractors ultimately fall back on the argument that multilateral lending to middle income countries is waning along with demand.

The waning influence of Istanbul in the Gulf forced it to make concessions without much to gain in return.

Europe s temporizing approach to the crisis cannot work indefinitely. It is not just confidence in Europe s periphery that is waning.

But that mindset is waning, and government and business leaders now routinely warn of bubbles and adopt policies to counter them.

Nevertheless, though Saudi Arabia s soft power is waning, its massive oil wealth will likely ensure that it remains a regional heavyweight.

T he IMF was created in the waning days of World War II, essentially as a United States West European partnership.

His relationship with Saleh frayed and his influence waning, al Ahmar understood that his loyalty to Saleh had become a liability.

The refugees often feared that the Agency's financial difficulties indicated that the international community's commitment to the refugee issue was waning.

It is not just confidence in Europe s periphery that is waning. The survival of the euro itself is being put in doubt.

As China is now able to harness its own technological might to produce sophisticated weapons, Russia s usefulness in this area is waning fast.

China s economic and military power is rising. The US, on the other hand, continues to dominate militarily, while its economic influence is waning.

This suggests that Russia, unable to compete with the world s fast developing countries, will have to direct its efforts towards protecting its waning assets.

Free traders are dismayed. They take popular opposition to the deal as a sign that America s commitment to an open economy may be waning.

Likewise, France s economic growth is waning not because France has failed to undertake necessary structural reforms, but because European interest rates are too high.

The claim of unlawful discrimination is maintained even though Portugal's influence and control within Angola in this time period was waning, if not eclipsed.

A victory for Humala would seem to confirm the waning appeal of the neo liberal policies that have dominated the continent since the 1980 s.

But it is also the EU s growing complexity that is at the root of voters waning enthusiasm, so their indifference is a matter for serious concern.

Despite his numerous achievements as president, Lee is trumpeting his nationalist anti Japanese credentials in the waning days of his term, which ends in February 2013.

Government initiatives to rebuild infrastructure to replace waning private investment with state investment in health care, climate control and energy conservation do not have that downside.

But her own interest in it is waning I feel that this topic has been given more space than it deserves. I have become bored of it.

But the stakes in Libya today are more appropriately underscored by the tragedy in southern Iraq in the waning days of the Persian Gulf War 20 years ago.

The political and economic significance of all the mid sized European powers is waning, and they are shrinking relative to the US and the rising giants of Asia.

Recent court rulings in the United States have given the vultures the upper hand, and may make debt restructuring even more difficult, while enthusiasm for bailouts is clearly waning.

In his book The Waning of the Middle Ages , he argued that the Renaissance was a period of decline from the High Middle Ages, destroying much that was important.

But this dominance is waning, as evidenced by its declining use as an official reserve currency, as well as for invoicing goods and services, denominating international claims, and anchoring exchange rates.

Given the apparent waning appetite of European voters for multiculturalism, singling out immigration as the root of the global economic crisis has proven fruitful for far right parties across the continent.

At a time when strong, coordinated action is needed to stave off financial collapse in the European Union, the popular support that drove European integration over the last six decades is waning.

And now, as the administration shifts to a more central focus on restoring growth and employment, it risks getting bogged down as declining economic performance relative to expectations translates into waning political support.

Although terrorism, insurgency and factionalism are waning, they will remain a threat to the State if the international community shows signs of flagging in its commitment to the long term security of Afghanistan.

The refusal of today s elites to promote an effective balance of the three powers to recognize a larger purpose beyond maximizing each individual power has visibly translated into a waning regard for the public good.

Meanwhile, not only is fiscal austerity pushing the eurozone periphery into economic free fall, but the loss of competitiveness there will persist as relief at the waning prospect of disorderly defaults strengthens the euro s value.

The Argentine and Venezuelan governments are at similar points in this cycle. Their popularity resulting largely from substantial income transfers to the poor is now waning, at a time when severe budgetary pressures rule out further large scale spending.

DUBLIN Europe s needs and Europeans desires are at odds. At a time when strong, coordinated action is needed to stave off financial collapse in the European Union, the popular support that drove European integration over the last six decades is waning.

An agreement last month between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov to launch a new political process for Syria, Geneva II, marked a possible opportunity but hope is waning even before the talks begin.

But the underlying dynamic will not disappear overnight, and no one should be fooled by waning support for populist governments in Argentina and Venezuela. As new political and economic challenges emerge at home and abroad, the populist cycle may well begin again.