Any solid understanding of the causes of this turnaround is likely to prove elusive.

It might be a distant dream, but dreaming is what New Year s is all about.

But that halcyon scenario looks increasingly improbable.

The military s belief that Malay Muslims could be re educated and re socialized into accepting a Thai identity has proved untenable.

Nevertheless, our recovery remains fragile, and our success is far from assured.

A common fiscal policy remains a distant dream, as does a genuine political union.

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So one should never give up hope, even when hope seems impossible to sustain.

Cooperation and coordination of this kind and at this level were unattainable during earlier financial crises.

As a result, debt stabilization seems to be an increasingly elusive target.

Of course, this is a dream that has been extraordinarily elusive in our first 200 years of independence.

Reconciliation may seem far off for, say, the peoples of Japan, China, and South Korea, but it is taken for granted by today s Europeans.

BOGOTA, LIMA, SANTIAGO International economic coordination is as necessary as it is elusive.

But, for now, however logical such an objective may be, it is probably too much to hope for.

Alas, the election makes such agreement more distant than ever.

Indeed, the modest economic recovery that should benefit many countries in 2013 seems to be eluding Italy.

Opponents of nuclear disarmament used to argue that this goal was unattainable in the absence of an effective system of control and verification.

Here, the record is far from brilliant.

The Congress will inevitably be under acute pressure to perform, as the electorate now knows that better performance is not beyond its grasp.

These can be provided in politically palatable ways, which also means that the conclusion of Doha is within our reach, not beyond our grasp.

The objective of zero tariffs for all goods originating in LDCs remained elusive.

Despite new joint projects in energy efficiency and environmental protection, areas in which China ranks Japan as the best performer among industrialized countries, the two sides remain in bitterly divided over these territorial waters, which contain huge potential oil, gas, and other mineral deposits.

Forty years after the Six Day War peace between Israelis and Palestinians seems as distant as ever.

Our view is that, even though a goal may become elusive, we should neither change the target nor abandon our vision.

Smith s ruling finds that a bright line ethical distinction is elusive, and that the view that there is no such ethical distinction is persuasive.

Doing away with this illusion requires the creation of a global emissions market still a very distant goal.

Absent that, peace and prosperity for all the peoples in the Middle East will continue to be but a distant hope.

But it will become increasingly difficult for us to maintain our out of sight, out of mind attitude.

Of course, this is a dream that has been extraordinarily elusive in our first 200 years of independence. So why should now be different?

It is true, they say, that the Bush administration launched the Free Trade Area of the Americas, but hemispheric free trade looks as distant today as ever.

We are told that NATO and the West cannot build a nation there and that the goals that have been set for establishing democracy and prosperity are unattainable.

For Bingham, the law must be accessible and insofar as possible intelligible, clear, and predictable.

Success may still prove elusive, but a new game with a greater possibility for success will have begun.

But this objective was also unattainable under President Mohammad Khatami, Ahmadinejad s reform minded predecessor.

Yet this explanation is far from complete, and often misleading.

The point of departure for Western students freedom of speech and assembly, ideological pluralism, and a democratic political system was, for their Eastern colleagues, a distant objective that they were unlikely to achieve.

In Japan, solid economic performance remains elusive, while prime ministers succeed each other at a breathtaking pace.

The reports that have been submitted for our consideration are evidence of the fact that, while we have made progress in certain areas, we are far from having obtained encouraging results.

As a result, fiscal consolidation becomes increasingly difficult to achieve, inviting renewed speculative attacks.

Today, ending the occupation of Palestinian territories that began that June seems as distant a dream as ever.

Policy makers in developing countries are concerned that being forced to go down this path could put modern energy services beyond the reach of poor countries, families, and communities.

First, to be successful, I think that peacebuilding has to be a long term commitment.

This economic and psychological status quo ensures that, after 50 years of independence, true emancipation for Françafrique will remain a distant prospect.

Now its economic project lies in tatters while the leadership needed to rekindle political integration is nowhere to be seen.

That might happen one day, as the borderlines between different sub sectors of the financial system become more blurred. But, for now, however logical such an objective may be, it is probably too much to hope for.