European banks are in a more precarious situation.

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Indeed, greater competitive pressure may increase the fragility of banks balance sheets and make investors more prone to panics.

That is why the current European crisis may well prove to be a crucial test for emerging countries that are more dynamic than Europe economically, but ultimately more fragile politically.

China s leaders oppose stiffer sanctions against North Korea for a simple reason they fear the frailty of Kim Jong un s regime more than they fear the international security consequences of the missile launch.

The method of choice depends on how fragile the protein is and how sturdy the cells are.

Even though the global economy today looks relatively robust in general, international economic cooperation is more fragile now than at any moment in the post 1945 world.

Internationally, where order is more tenuous, residual concerns about the coercive use of force, even if a low probability, can have important effects.

The 25 February suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, which left five Israelis dead and which injured more than 50, was a tragic reminder of the fragility of the process.

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However, we are seeing on the ground indicators of the fragility of the current situation.

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Countries with large current account deficits and or large fiscal deficits and with large short term foreign currency liabilities have been the most fragile.

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Violence has claimed lives elsewhere and has underscored how fragile the situation continues to be.

Indeed, in considering and studying the list of crises on the Council's agenda, we see it playing that role essentially on behalf of the most fragile and vulnerable regions, countries or populations.

The more fragile and unstable the balance, the more imperative it is to maintain the status quo.

But the passage of recent constitutional reforms by the Legislative Yuan illustrates the continuing volatility of the situation.

Practical guidelines for gender sensitive vulnerability and food security analysis have also been prepared.

Whilst the actual occurrence of the first three is unpredictable, the fact of vulnerability already exists.

On the overall question of resources, we share the Secretary General's concern over the fragility of the financial situation of the United Nations.

There is a trade off between competition and stability. Indeed, greater competitive pressure may increase the fragility of banks balance sheets and make investors more prone to panics.

I am not arguing against healthcare capitalism, but warning that support will become fragile, far more so than for, say, globalization nowadays. Most countries rely far too much on command and control, and provide far too few incentives for patients and providers to make efficient choices.

Authoritarian regimes, by contrast, ultimately produce economies that are as fragile as their political systems.

Fiscal adjustment and structural reform without financing is more fragile and liable to fail without a war chest of liquidity to prevent a run on public debt while the appropriate policies are implemented and gradually gain credibility.

In these circumstances, with China s financial system too fragile to withstand external shocks, and the global economy mired in turmoil, the PBOC would be unwise to gamble on the ability of rapid capital account liberalization to generate a healthier and more robust financial system.

All of this shows the tenuousness of civilian control and institutions, despite 30 years of democracy.

As in the Soviet era, the dictatorial mask disguises the system s economic and political fragility.

Recognizing the link between political stability and economic and social development in the country as well as the persistent fragility of its democratic institutions,

The increasing fragility of the range, overgrazing, lack of investment and inappropriate herding practices illustrate growing constraints.

China s leaders oppose stiffer sanctions against North Korea for a simple reason they fear the frailty of Kim Jong un s regime more than they fear the international security consequences of the missile launch.

So, illusions are often used, especially in art, in the words of a more contemporary artist, to demonstrate the fragility of our senses.

Recognizing the link between political stability and economic and social development in Guinea Bissau, as well as the persistent fragility of its democratic institutions,

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The proposal deals with informed consensus building about how human and natural resource poverty affects human and land vulnerability.

Wolf then announced his fear that the combination of the fragility of the financial system with the huge rewards it generates for insiders will destroy something even more important the political legitimacy of the market economy itself...

But, while patrimonialism may well be the main barrier to countries advance to middle class democracy and a key reason for autocratic states fragility it may also be a more general feature of all political and economic systems.

Though fragile and violent, Kyrgyzstan is the most democratic state in the region, and it could be America s natural ally.

At least some of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) appear to be running out of steam economically and, while new emerging powers, such as Mexico, are tempting, they may prove to be more fragile than they look.

We design contracts around imperfect trustworthiness and construct elaborate institutions that take account of the hills and valleys of human honor.

The presidential electoral campaign in the United States has highlighted the frailty of the support for open trade in the world s most powerful nation.

In view of the continuing fragility of the tribunals' finances, he urges other Member States to follow their example.

The drought further exacerbated the already high level of vulnerability of the population, which has been subjected to nearly 25 years of conflict.

Internationally, where order is more tenuous, residual concerns about the coercive use of force, even if a low probability, can have important effects. Military force, along with norms and institutions, helps to provide a minimal degree of order.

Second, whereas democracy and market capitalism appeared as clear if more fragile than expected winners in 1989, it is difficult in 2009, with the spread of the global crisis, to distinguish winners from losers.