Today, shared interests have shrunk and values have diverged.

Pristina and Belgrade have every mutual interest in coexisting and interacting peacefully and constructively.

But it is not just world markets that have enmeshed China in a new commons.

UNCTAD together with stakeholders could participate actively in strengthening a framework of shared responsibility and productive dialogue.

But trans Pacific peace must be based on a balance not of power but of mutual benefit.

Those who believe that common interests and liberal institutions should define the EU would gain by this acceptance.

Women do have some common interests, especially with regard to controlling their own reproductive decisions and protecting themselves against sexual exploitation and rape.

A world power today is one that can combine economic vigor and a popular culture with global outreach on the basis of shared interests.

And when there is mutual gain, both sides stand to lose more than they would gain if they started a war.

The new Asia Pacific security architecture should emanate from cooperation based not on a balance of power but on burden sharing to bring about a balance of mutual benefit.

Encourages all Member States to cooperate more closely in areas of shared interests to be able to respond strategically to common challenges, opportunities and risks, including those posed by globalization

But there is more reshaping to come, again fostered by mutual self interest, rather than by fiat.

As European history since 1945 has demonstrated, shared economic interests can provide a solid foundation for building both regional security, and ushering in historic reconciliations.

Reforms must be conducted on the basis of the principle of consensus and must fully reflect the common interests of a broad number of Member States.

In the meantime, America and Europe should base their policies toward Russia on mutual interests, not the expectation of mutual values.

Why do they not send funds to invest in Iraq, so that the common interests of our peoples and theirs may be achieved and so that the stay of the multinational forces may be shortened?

Institutions are legitimized in part by their effectiveness, and the EU must recover its authority to defend common interests and harmonize them with national concerns.

Across Europe, risk avoidance seems to be the order of the day, even at the expense of the common interest and NATO solidarity.

It helps if this is based on something deeper than shared interests a language, a sense of common history, pride in cultural achievements.

These memorandums spell out the shared interests of their signatories, and emphasize information sharing, collaboration on and promotion of projects of mutual interest as the main areas of cooperation.

The question is no longer one of shared interests or common security goals, but of culture, as the United States, in particular, increasingly looks to Asia and Latin America and attracts immigrants from those regions.

Indeed, a major problem with the current state of affairs is the weakness of EU institutions that are in charge of advancing the common interest and that are accountable to Europeans as a whole.

Bargaining between member states leads to lowest common denominator budgets that appease vested interests but fail to support EU member states shared ambitions.

And all Arab states must coordinate their efforts to realize common ambitions, rather than continuing to pursue only narrow national interests.

But a unified European policy must not be purely geopolitical, because Europe s common interest would not be strong enough to override national interests.

Indeed, unilateral policies can never succeed in a global world defined more and more by shared concerns rather than national interests.

This will not rescue the partnership, but at least it could help define common interests, identify policy options, and create the conditions to achieve results.

He will emphasize common strategic interests, highlight mutual economic benefits, generate positive public opinion, and promote further exchanges.

The ENP is designed to forge a circle of friends around the EU based on shared interests in security, economic development, the rule of law, and respect for human rights.

Yet the United States, according to its official National Security Strategy, is also committed to accommodating the emergence of a China that is peaceful and prosperous and that cooperates with us to address common challenges and mutual interests.

The title of the film comes from the book The Great Illusion by British economist Norman Angell, which argued that war is futile because of the common economic interests of all European nations.

Whatever route it takes, Europe in the coming years will have to address the weak representation of the common interest or else admit that no such common interest can justify remaining on the path of integration.

In the nineteenth century, the joint interests of the authoritarian Russian, German, and Austrian Empires prevented the establishment of a free Poland such unholy alliances have no place in the twenty first century.

Distinguishing human rights treaties was equally difficult, in part because of the difficulty in defining exactly what constituted such treaties and also because there were other categories of treaty that were also based on common interests.

The SCO believes that peace, stability and development in Afghanistan serve not only the interests of the Afghan people, but also the common interests of all countries in the region and throughout the world.

Mr. Ma Xinmin (China) said that the terrorist bombing that had occurred the previous week in Indonesia was another reminder that the fight against terrorism was in the common interests of the world community.

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The lesson is clear security interests must come before business interests.

But, rather than pursuing joint initiatives aimed at advancing the two countries shared interests in these areas, the US proposed nuclear weapons reductions as the primary mechanism of the diplomatic reset.

Meanwhile, the European Union has established a new foreign policy apparatus called the European External Action Service (EEAS), which is meant to represent the common interests of all 27 of the EU s member states.

China does have some common interests in fighting Islamic extremist terrorism, and it did not try to block America's path to the Iraqi war in the UN Security Council.

Instituting public debate on European policy throughout the Union will help clarify the aims of the unification project, make common interests apparent, and determine Europe s institutional shape.

Under the protection of the Norman William II, third Duke of Apulia, in October 1126 the administrators of Amalfi reached a profitable commercial agreement with the neighbouring Pisa, to collaborate in the protection of their common interests in the Tyrrhenian.

Recognizes that maintaining and strengthening effective mechanisms for regular coordination and consultation among the Member States particularly at international fora and adoption of a unified stand by them are essential prerequisites for preservation and promotion of common interests of the Islamic Ummah.

I envisage a strategy whereby Australia, India, Japan, and the US state of Hawaii form a diamond to safeguard the maritime commons stretching from the Indian Ocean region to the western Pacific.