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But only two percent don't know the effect that the debacle in Argentina will have on the IMF's monetary policy seems a contradiction.

But this scenario failed to materialize. Instead, the crisis stemmed from the US sub prime debacle, which quickly dragged the global economy into its deepest recession since the 1930 s.

Insisting that men continue to wear the trousers when it comes to religion might be traditional, but, as the pantalon rouge debacle illustrates, it may not be worth the price.

Securities laws require that issuers of corporate bonds spell out all possible risks. By contrast, governments pay no penalties for outrageous misrepresentation or fraudulent accounting, as the Greek debacle shows.

Here, there must be synergy of great minds and principled commitments to help the Somali people overcome their political and human debacle rather than assuming a pathetic or passive attitude.

But the yield on such reserves is small, so economizing on them is profitable. Last year s Northern Rock debacle in the United Kingdom will long remain an example of how not to manage such risk.

But the yield on such reserves is small, so economizing on them is profitable. Last year s Northern Rock debacle in the United Kingdom will long remain an example of how not to manage such risk.

Governments are doing too little to address the private credit debacle. Arguably, they must first sort out the sovereign side of the crisis but it is not clear that most officials even have a comprehensive plan.

One way or the other, the Bank and the IMF leadership selection process urgently needs to be revamped. What the Wolfowitz debacle tells us most clearly is that the time for patience with the status quo is over.

The fear is no longer that they will be unable to insulate themselves. It is that their economies could be dragged into much deeper crises than those that will be experienced at the epicenter of the sub prime debacle.

Viewed through the lens of history, the main job of US presidents is to be mature and wise enough to stand up to the permanent war machine. Kennedy tried his successor, Lyndon Johnson, did not, and the debacle of Vietnam ensued.

One of the lessons of the Wolfowitz debacle is that it does actually matter how stakeholders and employees feel about the Bank s leadership. The world was prejudiced against him from the start because of his involvement in the Iraq War.

EU lethargy and growing irrelevance in global public affairs owes much to Eurocentric political atavism. One potential benefit of the Copenhagen debacle could be that it forces the Union to wake up to the new world of the twenty first century.

But the BJP led coalition lost that election. Whether the debacle reflected the BJP s unfortunate choice of coalition partners or its emphasis on growth when too many Indians had not benefited from it, the lesson for politicians was that growth did not provide electoral rewards.

Europe and the United States are both entering recession, and fears are mounting that the financial meltdown accompanying the sub prime mortgage debacle has not worked itself out. All this is happening at a time when inflationary pressures hamper the usual monetary and fiscal remedies.

The contrast between the IMF US Treasury advice to East Asia and what has happened in the current sub prime debacle is glaring. East Asian countries were told to raise their interest rates, in some cases to 25 , 40 , or higher, causing a rash of defaults.

In response to the 2008 2009 global recession, for example, G 20 leaders agreed to refrain from new trade barriers. Contrary to many cynical predictions, Obama and his counterparts successfully fulfilled this commitment, avoiding a repeat of the debacle caused in the 1930s by America s introduction of import tariffs.

The Wolfowitz debacle should be a wake up call to the World Bank it must no longer be controlled by ideology. If that happens, the Bank can still do justice to the bold vision of a world of shared prosperity that prompted its creation after World War II.

With Iraq rapidly descending into bloody chaos, the prospects for holding successful democratic elections in January, as the US and the Iraqi interim government have promised, look bleak. Some skeptics go further, arguing that the Iraq debacle proves that prospects for democracy throughout the Arab world are dim.

First, the good news the economic side of the case.China s response of to the world economic crisis is the central reason why the financial turbulence that emanated from the US sub prime debacle did not completely destroy the world economy and lead to a repeat of the 1930 s Great Depression.

Back in the 1950 s, the founding nations foreign ministers promptly turned to their Belgian colleague, Paul Henri Spaak, for fresh proposals. After intensive discussion among the six, and especially between France and Germany, the Treaty of Rome was drawn up and signed within two years of the EDC debacle.

Yet, once again, the Bush administration is preparing to leap into the unknown. Even though lack of foresight is universally viewed as a leading cause of its Iraq debacle, the United States (with British backing probable) is now preparing to recognize Kosovo s independence unilaterally irrespective of the consequences for Europe and the world.

Confronted with the debacle in the rest of (Arab) Iraq, the question has to be asked why the US led coalition should not hold a referendum in the Kurdish region, asking the population how they would like to be ruled. After all, the Kurds have, by any internationally accepted standards, a right to self determination.

The third winner, though she is mathematically in a much less favorable position, is Segolène Royal. Her making it to the second round is a huge relief for the Socialist party after the Jospin debacle of 2002 and with more than 25 of the votes, she did nearly as well as François Mitterrand in 1981.

As the dominant power in the world, America has a unique responsibility to provide leadership in international cooperation. America cannot do whatever it wants, as the Iraqi debacle has demonstrated but, at the same time, nothing much can be achieved in the way of international cooperation without US leadership, or at least active participation.

The lesson to be drawn from the Greek debacle is that the eurozone must develop sovereign insolvency procedures as quickly as possible, thereby preventing other sovereigns from becoming creditors through debt mutualization. If the European Union s national governments want to help one another in a crisis, they should unilaterally provide humanitarian aid, without conditionality and without redemption.

But even he may stay in office to try again, having blamed others in this case private companies for the debacle. If something unacceptable happens without a minister's direct involvement, he or she can get away with it, or so it seems, by pointing a finger at the bureaucrats or contractors who are responsible for implementing an approved policy.

True, Europe s rescue policy has stabilized government finances and delivered lower interest rates for the over indebted economies. But it has also led to currency appreciation, and thus to lower competitiveness for all eurozone countries, which may yet turn into a debacle for the southern eurozone and France, which are too expensive anyway, and for the euro itself.

The harsh economic and security measures that Venezuela needs to emerge from its current debacle cannot be implemented without some form of consensus, which requires an end to repression and polarization. Unfortunately, none of this seems likely if left exclusively in the hands of Venezuelans, who have failed repeatedly over the past 15 years to find solutions to their dilemmas.

The situation in Indonesia led the UN to adopt a new cluster system to improve coordination. And, after a review of the Rwanda debacle, 400 NGOs and UN organizations working in 80 countries got together in the Sphere Project to develop a common humanitarian mandate and handbook of standards outlining the minimum performance required of any NGO working in a disaster zone.

To be sure, as with the recent gathering in Bonn, expectations for the November climate conference in Warsaw are so low that there is almost no room for failure. But, with climate negotiators promising to deliver the global agreement that they could not deliver in Copenhagen in 2009, the December 2015 summit in Paris is almost certain to be another debacle.

There is still a minuscule chance to avert the debacle if Ireland with its No vote remains isolated within the EU. Beyond that, however, we should seriously consider whether, within the framework of the Treaty of Nice and on the basis of the Common Market, all parties involved and Europe would be better off parting ways members favoring political integration should move on, while those satisfied with the Common Market should stay behind.

PHILADELPHIA A last minute deal between the United States and China may afford human rights lawyer and activist Chen Guangcheng the opportunity to enroll in law school in New York. But, even if a way out of the diplomatic debacle is at hand, much about the case remains troubling. In particular, despite more than three decades of legal reform in China, Chen had precious little recourse to fight harassment and house arrest at the hands of the Chinese authorities.

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, presided this year over reckless risk taking to the tune of nearly 6 billion (we might call it a three Grübel debacle), yet his job apparently remains secure. Dimon even remains on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, despite the fact that the New York Fed is deeply involved in the investigation not only of JP Morgan Chase s trading losses, but also of its potential involvement in the broadening Libor scandal.