But pessimism is misplaced.

This is probably too pessimistic.

Now Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev are pessimistic as well.

They could oppose their positive energy with the pessimism dominating European minds.

Public pessimism in southern Europe is largely attributable to the absence of such a reward.

As Norwegian social scientist Evelin Lindner has observed, Pessimism is a luxury of good times ...

Weak states, of course, tend to be cynical about China s growing might.

But who would be so cynical as to believe that?

But today s pessimism is as exaggerated as yesterday s optimism was overblown.

Nevertheless, Alkak's song follows a pattern of pessimism displayed by other Syrian artists as well.

But there you can read very pessimistic estimates of the country s economic future.

In conducting interviews with women in the region, I am struck by their overall pessimism.

This would seem like the height of cynicism, which of course it is.

But many Europeans sunny view of the region has yielded to lowering clouds of pessimism.

To be sure, there are many reasons to be pessimistic about the willingness of Syria s warring parties to engage in serious negotiations.

Then, while doing research, I discovered the conflict in the Nuba Mountains.

A failure to take Palestinian domestic factors sufficiently into account is the root cause for pessimism.

However, the glass is half empty view shows that those situations confront the international community with constantly growing threats.

Evidently, the pessimism and despair that often overwhelms free traders today is unwarranted.

Over the decades, Europe has alternated between excessive optimism and bouts of Euro pessimism such as the current period.

President Bouteflika (spoke in Arabic) It would not be excessively pessimistic to say that the world in which we live is in a bad state.

That not only delays development, but casts a shroud of pessimism over the very achievement of the Millennium Goals.

In a sea of pessimism about democracy in the EU s neighborhood, some winds are still blowing in the right direction.

This deep pessimism militates against any public debate or reform, and exaggerates the importance of the current political crisis.

While this seems to be a very pessimistic assessment of the regional situation, the radical Islamist side has many weaknesses.

In some quarters, pessimism, sad to say, dominated the recent celebrations marking the European Union s 50th birthday.

Such is the deep pessimism in Europe about the economy that the better the economy does today, the worse people think it will do tomorrow.

Nor can the political climate, old differences, and the by no means new power rivalry between Russia and the US justify pessimism.

BERLIN I am on a two week European tour at a time that could make one either very pessimistic or constructively optimistic about Europe s prospects.

They are either too cynical or timid in their vision of the world, or they have others priorities, or both.

But they are telling their favorites this because they think that pessimism now will lead to their being blamed for gridlock later.

In line with past experience in emerging economies, excessive market tolerance was rapidly replaced by very pessimistic assessments of debtor prospects.

In the United States, a large majority of Americans believe that the country is on the wrong track. Pessimism has soared.

And yet, while bureaucratization of science has fueled concerns about its attractiveness to talented thinkers, we should not be overly pessimistic.

Often the choice depends less on a rational assessment of similarities and differences than on gut feelings, proclivities to optimism or pessimism, or political orientation.

Efforts to strengthen the current regime had selectively concentrated on preventing horizontal proliferation, without paying enough attention to protecting people against the use of nuclear weapons.

The resulting recession might fuel further pessimism and cutbacks in spending, deepening the downturn.

Just as last year when there was unwarranted growth pessimism in Europe, this year there is unwarranted growth euphoria.

The key reason for increased pessimism is that the government stimulus programs that raised spending since the summer of 2009 are now coming to an end. As they have wound down, spending has declined.

Perhaps because they are older and more cynical, European societies seem to bask in a collective moroseness, from which they have difficulty emerging.

Dire pessimism has become permanent, making consensus nearly impossible to reach an impasse made worse by the under development of civil society in France.

Despite today s chronic pessimism, the pursuit of a Middle East Water and Energy Union, coupled with adoption of the Arab Peace Initiative, would change mindsets.

But that interpretation takes too pessimistic a view of ESDP s achievements over the past decade, and is based on a flawed understanding of the relationships between NATO and the European Union.

Pessimism about employment is alarmingly high among young people, while corruption and government mismanagement are regarded as being widespread.

The results for extreme pessimism were skewed in the opposite direction 14 of Sunnis thought things were as bad as could be, while only 2 of Kurds and 3 of Shi ites shared this opinion.