It thereby diverts policymakers attention from the main issues.

Nevertheless, Asian policymakers should improve cooperation mechanisms designed to prevent and manage crises.

Western policymakers and those in the Gulf ask themselves what Syria would look like the day after Assad is toppled.

Unfortunately, there is no way to find out. Policymakers can provide only general responses, not deal with all cases individually.

Other major emerging economies policymakers would be wise to act with the same purpose in mind.

If US policymakers adopt this approach, the tone of the Fed s next money market conference could be much more optimistic.

Cross cutting issues are fully reflected in key policy measures.

American policy makers in 1947 48 agreed that the highest foreign policy objective was containment of Soviet expansion as the Cold War unfolded.

It must act as the main deliberative and policy making body of the United Nations.

Manila Standard Today, a major daily newspaper, questioned the wisdom of this policy, saying it amounts to a Potemkin Village approach.

If policymakers overlook them, they run the risk of encouraging quicker, cheaper forms of education that will do far less to serve either students or society.

Rather than allow extremists to continue to hijack economic policy debates, policymakers must work to bridge competing schools of thought.

If policymakers are to address today s problems, they must think more broadly.

But Europe s policymakers claim to be making progress toward a so called banking union, which means collective banking supervision, rather than a merger of banks themselves.

BRUSSELS European policymakers have decided that they must be seen to be doing something about youth unemployment.

In the context of urban policy, performance indicators for dealing with domestic violence have been formulated in conjunction with the major cities.

In that regard, a seminar had been organized on gender in politics with all the main parties.

The Policy contains a vision, goal, aims and objectives and lays down guiding principles and gives the key policy measures, specifically addressing the empowerment dimensions in the social, economic and political fields.

In fact, since 2003, Putin s main economic policy has been re nationalization.

Agencies were also encouraged to ensure that key aspects of the Policy Package are incorporated into relevant policy documents, training materials and activities of their organizations.

One high ranking policymaker noted in mid July, This is truly shocking We understand politics, but your government s continued recklessness is astonishing.

Economic development is the sustained, concerted actions of policy makers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area.

WASHINGTON, DC More than any of the previous events in the Arab Spring, Syria s turmoil has presented serious difficulties for Western policymakers.

These initiatives do not get headlines, but they will gradually transform much of American foreign policy.

The national strategy for women's advancement to 2010 has identified gender mainstreaming in public policy as one of the main measures.

Industrial policy is appealing to politicians who can favor key constituencies while claiming to be helping the economy as a whole. But it usually does far more harm than good.

In carving out a global role for the renminbi, Chinese policymakers are proceeding deliberately. In the words of the venerable Chinese proverb, they are feeling for the stones while crossing the river.

DURHAM This year, Islamist politics has faced massive setbacks in two major predominantly Muslim countries Egypt and Turkey.

Austria also lost almost all of her remaining claims and influence in Italy, which had been her chief foreign policy interest.

Domestic monetary policy has become the first and last line of defense against growth slowdowns and financial panics, enabling policymakers to avoid pursuing other important, but far more difficult measures.

While fears of meltdown have dissipated, these policies have been maintained or extended, with policymakers citing the fragility of the ongoing economic recovery and the absence of other, equally strong policy levers such as fiscal policy or structural reforms that could replace monetary policy quickly enough.

Many Europeans tried to argue in recent years that monetary policy should also take asset price developments into account, whereas American policymakers and academics largely resisted this approach.

Industrial policy is appealing to politicians who can favor key constituencies while claiming to be helping the economy as a whole.

PARIS The widespread introduction of unconventional monetary policy measures by major central banks has been a defining characteristic of the global financial crisis.

This policy involved sending Russians from various parts of the Soviet Union and placing them in key positions in the Byelorussian SSR government.

This deliberate strategy means that policy on violence against women and girls has therefore been successfully mainstreamed'.

All UN Habitat publications, including its flagship reports, should contain a summary of key findings with policy implications, and these findings should be publicized through press releases and interviews.

But, then again, one should take all economic forecasts about Argentina with a grain of salt. In the decade since the last crisis, Argentine policymakers have broken almost every rule in the economic policy playbook.

In Crónicas de un Aprendiz de Periodista blogger Jorge González interviewed graffiti writers from several cities about the main characteristics of this type of urban art as an exercise to practice journalism.

As the big three increasingly pursue their own narrowly defined national interests, however, other EU member states are emerging as leaders in key foreign policy fields.

Policymakers should remember that the housing boom was fueled by easy monetary policy, which sought to expand job growth as the US recovered from the last recession.

Using monetary policy to compensate for deficiencies in other policy areas constitutes an institutional breakdown monetary policymakers are not necessarily getting it wrong, but they are constrained by the configuration of other policies.

The final criterion that a successful INGO must meet in order to be taken seriously, at least by government policymakers, is total professionalism.

Policymakers must recognize that the Chinese model includes features peculiar to its gradual introduction of market mechanisms which, compared to IP s new converts, represents a move in the opposite ideological direction.

But a key conclusion of research on foreign policy is that decision makers all too often fail to test their analogies for fitness.