It has become the EU s leading power but it is neither willing nor able to lead.

In a similar vein, the success of post conflict peacebuilding depends on having the locals in the driver's seat.

MUNICH Last summer, the financier George Soros urged Germany to agree to the establishment of the European Stability Mechanism, calling on the country to lead or leave.

We are convinced that the new Secretary General of UNCTAD will work to strengthen and revitalize the agency and enable it to respond more effectively to the needs of developing countries, the least developed countries, landlocked countries, small island developing countries, countries with economies in transition and middle income countries.

This is the complex world in which Obama takes up the mantle of leadership.

The US becomes focused on leading in six key clean tech areas building efficiency, battery technology, solar, carbon capture and storage (CCS), smart grids, and electric vehicles (EV).

The Liberals, meanwhile, have a golden opportunity to show that they are capable of government, rather than simply flakey representatives of the None of the Above party.

France is ready to follow, but not to lead.

Consequently, States should assume more leadership in the negotiations to bring them to an early conclusion.

A focus on these processes would ensure that fragile states take the lead and the responsibility.

At the same time, some representatives also pointed to the importance of ownership by developing countries of their development policies.

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

UNICEF had assumed leadership in several sectors, including water and sanitation, education and child protection.

The Government needed to be proactive, conduct research into the problem and ask women and NGOs about their experience and awareness.

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

Poland has also led on European defense (though it declined to take part in the military intervention in Libya).

When this generation assumes the mantle of leadership, its members will turn their passion and curiosity about knowledge and innovation into real work.

MUNICH Last summer, the financier George Soros urged Germany to agree to the establishment of the European Stability Mechanism, calling on the country to lead or leave. Now he says that Germany should exit the euro if it continues to block the introduction of Eurobonds.

UNICEF was urged to take the lead in nutrition, particularly nutrition assessments and breastfeeding.

Bangladesh believes that on the road towards the development goals, each developing country must be in the driver's seat.

The new generation of Saudi leaders could spearhead a transition to a genuine constitutional monarchy, based on a transparent system of checks and balances.

Following the emergency Loya Jirga, the United Kingdom handed over the lead to Turkey for six months, whose command was followed by a joint command of Germany and the Netherlands.

If stop gap measures are required during the transition, the Fund must provide leadership there as well.

Moreover, the expanded agenda of the Council had rendered Presidential leadership on every draft resolution impossible.

In addition, it would help if the US could take a strong lead by ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Earlier in the year, the National Parliament had established a committee on human rights, which took the lead in drafting legislation to enhance fundamental freedoms and rights.

I said, is there any validity to this whole adage that when you're making decisions, it's best to take the driver's seat, be in charge, be in control?

As such, this does not makes the drift in German policy which manifests itself, for example, in a refusal to lead in the present crisis any better.

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.

Only last July, the AKP was overwhelmingly re elected in free and fair elections to lead the government.

Without a great power that is willing both to share the lead and to push from behind, regional organizations cannot take charge in their own neighborhood.

Whether Germany decides to lead or leave, either alternative would be better than creating an unsustainable two tier Europe.

They probably were simply following the wisdom that has come down the ages, this adage that when you're making decisions, especially decisions of importance, it's best to be in charge, it's best to be in control, it's best to be in the driver's seat.

But, in order to displace the US and assume the mantle of leadership in Asia, China must do more than pursue its own interests or contain potential rivals.

Sadly, the chances that the LDP will reform, or that the DPJ will evolve into a responsible party of government in the foreseeable future, are slim.

In particular, the fact that the Palestinian Authority is taking control of Gaza now provides it with an opportunity to demonstrate its institutional and administrative maturity, particularly as regards maintaining law and order and combating terrorism.

Another major challenge facing the new Fatah leadership will be how it deals with the duality of holding party posts while also holding ministerial positions within the Palestinian Authority.

From the Conservatives point of view, there is much to be said for sharing responsibility for what has to be done. The Liberals, meanwhile, have a golden opportunity to show that they are capable of government, rather than simply flakey representatives of the None of the Above party.

America s Ungovernable Budget

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 United Nations must either change to lead and to take up the challenges of our time, or it will hide behind a superficial change in order to survive and will become an accomplice in the regression of our peoples and the perpetuation of backwardness.

Can I drive? Can I drive?

If there is something to celebrate, it is that the balance of global economic power is shifting to emerging countries, and that new role models and a new generation raised in a globalized world are becoming ready to assume the mantle of leadership.

The UN Takes Charge

A retreating US will, in turn, guarantee the emergence of what foreign policy analyst Ian Bremmer describes as a G Zero world, in which no country will take the lead and marshal the necessary economic and political coalitions to solve collective problems.