The Lisbon Treaty also succeeds in tackling another major weakness of the EU its ineffectiveness.

The absence of such sanctions was a critical weakness of the original Bretton Woods system, and it remains a central weakness of our own not coincidentally referred to as Bretton Woods 2.

Everyone has points of weakness.

Promising one thing and delivering another was not so much a weakness of his government as its organizing principle.

But managerial capitalism, too, has its Achilles heel.

Perhaps the biggest weakness in the true believers argument is the trade deficit.

But it is not all good news in China s economy, because low consumption remains a big weakness.

The terrorists seem to have hit upon a weak point in America's collective psyche.

However, collection of gender disaggregated data remains a weak point in many areas.

The Germans used it as a staging area for their attack on Stalingrad, and made it a key crossing point on the Don River.

The old aristocracy not only dominated the House of Lords, but also used its influence to get relatives, friends, and family retainers elected to the House of Commons by exploiting a key institutional weakness the existence of rotten boroughs that could be bought and sold.

Its economic stability is dependent on oil revenues, so it is here that Iran s rulers are vulnerable.

This was the weakness of the Shah s regime, which collapsed as he became paralyzed in his decision making.

But democracy has shown weakness and the Cuban regime has in turn adapted its tactics.

Then there is the energy issue. High oil prices have resurrected an old vulnerability.

But, as the boom recedes, a deep, debilitating weakness is becoming increasingly apparent the region s inadequate education systems.

Of course, developing as a potential reserve currency created a substantial vulnerability.

At some point, the Fed s tolerance of a weak dollar would be taken as a lack of commitment to price stability.

But its weakness is its inability to influence how the message is perceived in different cultural settings.

There is the Achilles' heel of growing inequality those that are left out, those that feel angry, those that are not participating. Globalization has not been inclusive.

Another weakness of the war on terror concept is that it relies on military action and rules out political approaches.

The United States had emerged from the war as the world s largest creditor, but it had a double vulnerability.

In early 1943, the German troops begun to retreat from the Soviet Union after their defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad, which is considered a turning point in the war.

In its review of this issue, the working group concluded that while the autonomous status was in principle desirable for a research institute and most probably was beneficial when INSTRAW was first established, it was at this time a major disadvantage for the Institute and should therefore be abolished.

If more countries take this path, it could prove to be the Achilles heel of non proliferation.

Some of these try to repair one weakness of BAN logic the lack of a good semantics with a clear meaning in terms of knowledge and possible universes.

A similar weakness is evident in the EU s attempt to define itself in the global system.

It is the second highest in Hong Kong, after Tai Mo Shan, and is almost twice the height of Victoria Peak.

The collection, analysis and use of geographic information was thus a starting point for sustainable development, because the poor quality of data collection and management in many societies prevented any meaningful plan of action from being undertaken.

But America and the West did, at key turning points, realize that times had changed so much that these dictators had outlived their usefulness.

A major turning point in this process was the arrival in 1896 of a French Military Mission contracted by president Nicolás de Piérola.

The 1888 World Fair was one of the era's major events in Barcelona and represented a key point in the history of the Modernisme movement.

But the debate about austerity and the cost of high public debt levels misses a key point Public debt owed to foreigners is different from debt owed to residents.

In managing the 2008 crisis, foreign banks dependence on US dollar funding constituted a major weakness, and required the provision of large swap lines by the Federal Reserve.

The fact that Facchinetti himself is the lynchpin of the canton s open minded views may be seen as a weakness, but it is also its strength.

This small but prestigious role could have been a turning point for the actor, but within the year he was back on Hollywood's Poverty Row, playing leads for Sam Katzman.

In recent years, the role of the traditional spouse has been, most visibly, to stand by (or not) while some excruciatingly embarrassing foible or betrayal by one s husband is publicly aired in mortifying detail.

Moreover, China plans to improve and expand its capabilities for assault landing and joint logistical support, both of which used to be weak points.

Those who summarily dismiss the loss of jobs miss a key points America's economy has not been performing well.

Before Snowden s disclosures, cyber espionage had become a major point of contention in US China relations.

This brings me to another key point a workable exit strategy is just as important to the success of any future humanitarian intervention as the entry strategy.

Now in the late 1990s, he discovered a vulnerability on all U.S. government networks, and he went in and patched it up because this included nuclear research facilities sparing the American government a huge security embarrassment.

Vulnerability

That is no excuse for paranoia and repression, but just because the Party has outlasted predictions of its demise does not mean that it has no Achilles heel.

Third, the foreign exchange channel of QE transmission the currency weakening implied by monetary easing is ineffective if several major central banks pursue QE at the same time.