But America s strategy has failed.

Deregulation had proven to be a dismal failure.

The opposition parties, too, paid the price for their failure to come to grips with reality.

This is blatantly obvious in its failure to respond creatively to the Arab world s democratic upsurge.

But where the direction of the work is forceful, even the harshest, most repressive measures don't help. We recently discussed the example of France's repressive measures, the results of which between 2000 and 2010 turned out to be nothing.

When evaluated as an anti narcotics strategy, the Colombia Plan s failure is self evident.

The US cannot continue with the failed policies of the past half century.

To wait until events in Europe force them into line has turned out to be a bad strategy.

More significant is the IAEA s failure to overcome resistance to conclude comprehensive safeguard agreements.

Eventually, of course, GDP composition will provide the acid test of whether China has succeeded.

Finally, CAFTA fails to address labor issues in any significant way.

As long as we allow cross border banks at or close to their current scale, our political leaders will be unable to tolerate their failure.

Japan suffered a decade long near depression because of its failure to clean up the banks.

But the government continues to miss its fiscal targets, more because of the global slowdown than through any fault of its own.

Joy over the election s outcome, however, should not blind us to its failure to meet a series of ethical benchmarks for democratic choice.

The results of such experiments even those that fail include useful lessons for all of us.

Accountability mechanisms should be established, allowing victims to hold governments responsible for their failure to take action.

If Ségolène Royal is defeated, it will not be because she is a woman, but in spite of it.

Clear majorities have stated that Muslims are failing to combat extremism and that the Palestinians risk becoming their own worst enemy.

But no Bush refuses to take responsibility for the economy, just as his administration fails to take responsibility for its failures in Iraq.

This is all the more true because the European Commission is currently proving to be a near total failure.

An open society does not treat prevailing arrangements as sacrosanct it allows for alternatives when those arrangements fail.

Moreover, America might also once again retreat bitterly into isolationism, blaming her failure on the UN and on disloyal European allies.

Coming after the failure of state socialism, does this mean that there is no correct way of organizing an economy?

Another major deficiency of the MDGs is their failure to recognize human rights as essential to any sustainable development strategy.

They can undertake risks that others cannot, knowing that if they fail, they may be bailed out.

It should also offer, as a routine practice, medical examinations both before forced removals by air and, in the case of abortive attempts, thereafter

Whether or not its path proves to be as progressive as England s may determine who assumes the mantle of global economic leadership.

Were the US forced to withdraw in failure, Islamic terrorist groups would claim a historic victory, promising more bloodshed for the West.

These are the groups criticized by the Obama administration and others for their failure to present a united front, formulate a credible agenda, or be seen as a viable alternative to the current regime.

Putin, by contrast, seems incapable of recognizing and admitting his mistakes, and persists in a policy long after its failure is visible to the world.

And they tell stories of how every time the Wright brothers went out, they would have to take five sets of parts, because that's how many times they would crash before they came in for supper.

Steven Aftergood, head of the project on government secrecy at the Federation of American Scientists, counts Wikileaks among the enemies of an open society because of its failure to respect the rule of law and the rights of individuals.

Beyond its impact on the Middle East, Sarkozy s failed but brave attempt to act as a go between constitutes an interesting window into the foreign policy methods and ambitions of today s France.

After having failed to reverse Hamas s electoral victory by military means, the PLO agreed with its Islamist rivals on a plan for national reconciliation but this pact remains a dead letter.

Europe s governments are now much criticized for propping up autocratic Arab regimes, but their real failure has been one of omission the lack of economic cooperation and development assistance offered to the region.

Mahmoud Al Habbash, the Palestinian minister of religious affairs, even went so far as to demand assurances that the talks won t fail, because if they do, a new intifada would surely erupt.

America s failure to talk to Iran is as foolhardy as its decades long failure to talk with Mao s China. And the ongoing failure to talk to North Korea does not appear to be working either, as the recent shelling of South Korea demonstrates.

Southern Europe needs to enhance its competitiveness and export more, and has been criticized (not without justification) for failing to do more along these lines.

Here, too, the big brands receive low grades from Oxfam, mostly for failing even to track the emissions for which they are directly or indirectly responsible.

In March, they filed a federal lawsuit against Yale, alleging that its failure to address incidents of sexual harassment and sexual assault has created a hostile environment.

If neoliberalism has failed, what comes next? And what must the US do to regain its stature and influence in the international economy?

Its baptism of fire was in the 1931 sailors' rebellion in Coquimbo, where Air Force attack aircraft and bombers and 2 transport planes converted into bombers contributed to its failure.

The unacceptably slow pace of improvements and the partial breakdown of UN processes make it imperative to have overarching strategies to address the flawed paradigms and policies that prevail despite their failures.

A high priority for any new government in Turkey should be to complete the peace process that Erdoğan began. And Erdoğan should understand that his legacy might well be shaped by whether that process succeeds or fails.