The Kremlin Temptation

The Geoengineering Temptation

He understands the temptation of evil, the lure of forgetfulness.

Instead, America succumbed to the temptation of unilateralism.

So we will resist the temptation of revenge and retribution.

A temptation arises to get into the market, even among people who are fundamentally doubtful that the boom will continue.

For example, he offers significant financial inducements to individual jihadis, as well as their families, in return for political obedience.

This would mean abandoning the temptations of coercive regime change that hamstrung American diplomacy in Bush s first term.

Cambodian authorities can help build their credibility by curbing the temptation to pad bills and inflate salaries.

Regardless of who wins the elections, there will be temptations to tinker with the constitutional text.

Domestic shortcomings and political polarization have fed a temptation to drift away from a foreign policy driven by universal values.

Of course, the temptations of isolationism are great, and will increase in the months and years ahead.

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

Both events crystallized a peculiar Latin American phenomenon the temptation to empower a new, local Caesar.

Who knows how many Borlaugs there might have been among those enticed by the riches of Wall Street and the City of London?

If people want to pay 48 for a pound of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee because that s what James Bond prefers, economists don t object that the market is being distorted.

In Japan, the isolationist temptation is expressed in the current nostalgia for the Edo period, from 1600 to 1868, before Emperor Meiji opened Japan to the world.

With instantaneous communication and access to information, the less legitimate a regime, the greater will be the temptation for it to manipulate, if not fabricate, the results of elections.

He may have gained popularity back home, but in today s difficult economic times, the temptations of cheap populism are more dangerous than ever.

Del2del writes that Rabani must have overcome big temptations to return the money, since he estimates the amount of money would equal 166 years of a street sweeper's salary.

A comprehensive anti terrorism strategy should also tackle, in a proper manner, the root causes of terrorism as a most appropriate way of reducing the temptations to resort to that form of violence.

The sight of Russian tanks in a neighboring country on the 40th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia has shown that the temptations of power politics remain.

Simply restricting the practice of land clearing probably would not work, since farm families and communities would face a strong temptation to evade legal limits.

We should fight against the protectionist temptations that would unravel the very foundation of the European project, a project based on the four freedoms free movement of goods, people, services, and capital.

Democratic countries particularly the United States and members of the European Union can denounce authoritarian practices with a clear voice and resist the temptation of cozying up to regional bullies for short term strategic advantage.

The best we can hope for is that liberal democracies will muddle through this period of unease that demagogic temptations will be resisted, and violent impulses contained.

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.

Turkey can be a model for Middle Eastern countries if, while promoting its regional strategic and economic interests, it resists the authoritarian temptation and continues to show that Islam and democracy are fully compatible.

Sooner or later, the Chinese and Indian central banks' desire to hold down exchange rates to boost exports and their rich citizens' desire to keep their money in accounts at Bank of America will be offset by the sheer magnitude of investment opportunities.

These kids belong to Club Deportivo Sarayaku's football academy, which not only helps young kichwas from the community learn to dribble, pass, and play defense, but also helps steer them in the right direction, toward team sport, away from potentially dangerous temptations.

Enticed by the siren song of a shortcut to rapid economic growth, these inflows lulled emerging market countries into believing that their imbalances were sustainable, enabling them to avoid the discipline needed to put their economies on more stable and viable paths.

Is it because it is more difficult to emerge from a totalitarian regime than from an authoritarian one? Is it because Spain has had 20 more years to be vaccinated by the EU against the temptations of nationalism?

Let s hope that this time there is more than talk. If US and Chinese policymakers instead surrender to the temptation of slipping back to the pre crisis imbalances, the roots of the next crisis will grow like bamboo. And that would not be good news for the US and China, or anyone else.