The purchasing companies (Telefónica Argentina and France Telecom S.A.) filed motions to disengage themselves from the proceedings.

The Palestinians had elected a new leader who had declared his commitment to the peace process, and, in an attempt to break the stalemate, Israel had unilaterally decided to disengage from Gaza and the West Bank.

There is only one way to explain the US administration s decision to exert such diplomatic pressure in favor of Iran s favorite in Iraq Obama s pledge during his presidential election campaign to disengage from Iraq during his first term.

As a result, banks and insurers might disengage from infrastructure finance, creating more opportunity at lower cost for SWFs. Given that infrastructure is crucial to sustainable development, this could eventually lead SWFs to become key players in this area.

The main aim of this intervention is to disengage gender equality issues from the category of marginal and special issues and to stress their political, economic, social and developmental character, through their direct connection to prevailing national priorities (development, employment, social cohesion).

Germany s relative economic and political stability, far from enabling it to disengage from such efforts, makes it among the most important protagonists in their development and implementation. The question is whether Germany s leaders will recognize this before Europe s economy falls into an even deeper slump.

The third surprise concerns the use of force. Gauck told Germans in no uncertain terms that they had to be willing to use force, at least as a last resort, and reproached those of his fellow citizens who use Germany s guilt for its past as a shield for laziness or a desire to disengage from the world.

After all, none of the Muslim world s problems and conflicts with the West are susceptible to a military solution. Moreover, the Alliance is not an entirely incoherent proposal if the objective is that the West disengage from the politics of hubris and establish a genuine sphere of cooperation with the Muslim world in economics, culture, and science.