Slow German growth, he maintains, is a sign of natural convergence.

For economic convergence, if allowed to ripen, could set Taiwan and the PRC on an evolutionary course toward common sovereignty.

The forces of globalization that were liberated by the fall of Communism have created a better world, with rapid economic convergence and shrinking inequality.

Rapprochements with Rogue States

Timing is important. Proximity is important.

Will Technology Kill Convergence?

For starters, there is the convergence argument.

Ever closer union means an EU that moves ineluctably from economic and monetary union to banking union, then to fiscal union, and finally to political union.

The huge design challenge is to find the right level of mandatory policy convergence one that works economically and is acceptable politically.

Countries have a right to difference, not to imposed convergence.

That alliance reflects fear, not commitment.

Sustained growth requires a growth strategy, and most developing countries do not yet have one that would put them irrevocably on the path of economic convergence.

It maps out the architecture needed to guarantee the minimum level of convergence required for the EMU to function effectively, and calls for a more integrated financial, budgetary, and economic policy framework.

That is the only way for a rapprochement with the European Union to be achieved.

This is Kishore Mahbubani s argument in his book The Great Convergence.

Economic links pave the way for political rapprochement and closer ties.

Another alternative French policy was to seek a rapprochement with Germany.

I want to stress that last point I think the real problem lies in the misuse of the machinery, not in the machinery itself.

The political process has now reached a phase at which areas of convergence are emerging.

All these islands lie in the cold seas below the Antarctic convergence.

First, empirical evidence shows that convergence of per capita income between lagging and leading regions is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for achieving poverty reduction and social convergence.

So this dream is really enabled by the convergence of two known technologies.

ARLINGTON The rapprochement between the United States and Myanmar (Burma) has proceeded at a blistering pace.

The injunction What would you do, reinforced the proximity, not the empathy but the positioning.

Through careful diplomacy and precisely measured incentives, some rapprochement is feasible.

All the convergent influences of the world run through this society....

This closer embrace of Cuba mixes self interest with calculation.

The array of benefits is stunning.

Moreover, the project provided indications of the extent of convergence achievable in participating countries.

What results UNDP has achieved have been based on convergence among the following elements

There are a number of issues where a degree of convergence has already been achieved.

But the good news stops right about there. Sustained growth requires a growth strategy, and most developing countries do not yet have one that would put them irrevocably on the path of economic convergence.

That's what we're looking forward to. That is where we're going this union, this convergence of the atomic and the digital.

The convergence goes beyond their agendas common irrationality.

Historical experience shows that migration is the fastest way to bring about a convergence in living standards.

To be sure, some modern service activities are capable of productivity convergence as well.

The issue of negotiating a rapprochement between Afghanistan s government and the Taliban is undoubtedly controversial.

This emerging values gap is not an insurmountable obstacle to geostrategic rapprochement.

These divisions have created deep doubts about the dream of ever closer union in Europe, underpinned by a shared system of governance that allows for more effective decision making. Likewise, they are not conducive to implementation of the reforms that are needed to spur economic growth.

No one doubts the depth of Europe s official long run commitment to integration. The huge design challenge is to find the right level of mandatory policy convergence one that works economically and is acceptable politically.

But if I walk shoulder to shoulder, even touching shoulders, it's no problem.

Europe s monetary unification of the 1990 s was supposed to be accompanied by fiscal convergence and harmonization.

But rapprochement between France and the US should not hide other realities.

Underlining the importance of the effective continuation of the process of rapprochement between the two Koreas and noting progress in this respect,

Such a mindset naturally puts a huge premium on close and harmonious transatlantic relations, to the point that, for Europeans, closeness and harmony become the objective itself, without reference to what ends they might serve.