Europe needs to take the lead, as it did in Mali and Libya.

Westerners don t seem to understand who is in charge.

As in Libya, France had to take the initiative in Mali.

The threat is the fact that women could possibly take over.

Otherwise, India s youth, their hopes and ambitions frustrated, could decide to take matters into their own hands.

Israel won t stand by and wait for matters to take their course.

Bosnia and Herzegovina law enforcement agencies increasingly are taking the lead in proposing and planning such operations.

The worry, then, is that when the signals change as they must they will change abruptly, with attendant harsh consequences for growth.

Increasing economic stability was achieved during the reporting period, with the Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities assuming greater ownership.

And ralphaoun warns of a potential slippery slope

Rami, at his blog 961, also admired Mustapha's action of taking the matter into his own hands.

It is admirable, therefore, that South Korea s government has taken the lead in discussions about reforming the IMF s mandate.

Amid this chaos, the military issued a statement in which it declared that it had seized control of the government in order to reinstate the democratic order and declared the imposition of martial law and a curfew.

The countries with stronger fiscal positions should take the lead in a major pan European skill upgrading program.

Recourse to the latter option means that, even without excess capacity, OPEC can still be in the driver s seat.

Although the US does well on military measures, there is much going on that those measures fail to capture.

The Statistics Division should take the lead in developing the framework and standards for such data, including the systems and protocols to capture the data.

It is very risky to create a dangerous situation for political ends, because, more often than not, it is likely that the situation will become uncontrollable.

Three members of the transitional Government installed after the dissolution of the National Assembly in 1994 were women.

Only Germany can end it, because, as the country with the highest credit rating and largest and strongest economy by far, it is in charge.

Spain, which has been more successful in dealing with its Roma problem than other countries, can take the lead this month as it assumes the European Union presidency.

Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes a torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders in Africa and calls on the Cheetah generation to take back the continent.

Abbas cannot resign from his post for the foreseeable future, lest the Hamas backed speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council take over.

If Beijing is serious about building strategic partnerships with the West, it should back up its charm offensive with deeds and take the initiative in fostering more effective cooperation.

At the same time, the government is asserting power via propaganda, some of which is finding its way to the most unlikely of places.

What to do when you re just fed up waiting for something to happen? Best thing is to take matters into your own hands!

As Obama s new administration takes over, the choice is between making some progress, as has occurred in recent years, and facing a nuclear North Korea.

America s Ungovernable Budget

These two examples justify my description of the euro crisis as a nightmare. Only Germany can end it, because, as the country with the highest credit rating and largest and strongest economy by far, it is in charge.

If the international community collectively succeeds in helping Iraq to seize the moment, we will, at the same time, succeed in bringing to an end the bitter divisions caused by earlier actions related to this question.

But the summit also registered strong agreement on the way forward for example, on the need for developing countries to be fully in the lead through bold national strategies for achieving the MDGs by 2015.

The UN Takes Charge

We encourage Member States to be proactive, whether in offering assistance or in availing themselves of it, as appropriate, so that they can fully implement the provisions of the resolution and achieve its objective of contributing to international stability.

They voted for democracy and full ownership of their affairs.

It is not only the activism scene that has changed over the past couple of years. The military has also become more present in public life and a mix of military police state has become very active and in control.

In order to encourage increasing local ownership and responsibility, during the reporting period the Office of the High Representative minimized the number of instances where it used the Bonn Powers in order to impose legislation.

But the US is allocating more of its resources to the Asia Pacific region, which means that European powers, acting under an appropriate umbrella, need to take the lead and provide the primary forces for military combat operations in Africa.

In December, the Government took matters into its own hands by declaring a road clearing operation in south Darfur that took the character of an operation to cleanse the whole area 20 kilometres to the left and to the right of the roads.

It is admirable, therefore, that South Korea s government has taken the lead in discussions about reforming the IMF s mandate. It has contributed significantly to international thinking on the design of new lending facilities.

Doing so requires putting the right person in charge someone like Paul Hoffman, the American industrialist who managed the Marshall Plan more than half a century ago and, subsequently, headed the UN Development Program.

Neither side can talk its way out of this predicament. If Beijing is serious about building strategic partnerships with the West, it should back up its charm offensive with deeds and take the initiative in fostering more effective cooperation.

With North Korea s latest nuclear test coming so quickly after its rocket launch in December, the United Nations has good reason to ask China, a permanent Security Council member, to take the diplomatic lead.

The JIDF believes in direct action both to eradicate the problems we face online and to create the publicity that will cause those with the power (companies like Facebook and Google) to take the needed action themselves.

Afghanistan is slipping from control.

Which one do you take?