At the same time, it showed the limitations in the convergence effort that ISIC and other classifications could achieve.

Rapprochements with Rogue States

Timing is important. Proximity is important.

Will Technology Kill Convergence?

For starters, there is the convergence argument.

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

That alliance reflects fear, not commitment.

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.

In line with this convergence, resolution 2003 52 reaffirmed the Commission's commitment to a comprehensive approach to the rights of displaced persons and of the responsibilities of States and the international community to protect and assist them.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

As recent developments show, however, a Russian Japanese rapprochement remains far off.

There is no sign in the EU that national regulations on economic migration are converging.

A convergence of such researchers resulted in founding the International Society for New Institutional Economics in 1997.

Over the past 20 years, convergence had again come to be seen as the inevitable result of free trade.

The work carried out in the convergence project provided valuable input into the ISIC revision, not only through its final recommendation, but also through conceptual work on the definitions of industry or activity groupings.

The international community can make a contribution to the process not only by encouraging such a rapprochement, including through its good offices when appropriate, but also by supporting cross border projects that enable the realization of the economic and commercial potential of the region as a whole

These developments first convergence, and now faster services growth stand in sharp contrast with earlier trends.