Is There a New Washington Consensus?

Daunting as the effort would be, its advocates assumed a sustainable political consensus to support it.

A Global Consensus Against Terrorism

It took the exchange rate crisis of 1992, for instance, to make Italy's leaders realize that something had to be done about the country's public finance mess. The fear of being left out of the euro did the rest, by creating a political consensus in favor of taking the right and necessary steps.

This consensus changes with time.

But it does come, and once a policy consensus has been established, it tends to be durable.

For now, the policy consensus seems to be to maintain sanctions, help bolster Ukraine s economy, and continue to strengthen NATO (an outcome that Putin undoubtedly did not intend).

If globalization is to survive, it will need a new intellectual consensus to underpin it.

Finding the Policy Exit

The Political Stock Market

Therefore, a consensus with Turkey will be reached , the expert believes.

That consensus must include the US.

That consensus rested on a nexus of the military, the monarchy, and the bureaucracy.

That consensus would have to be based on mutual recognition and accommodation.

But it is also imperative to establish a wide national consensus on the rules of the game.

That consensus remains important, but it is insufficient for success.

China u0027s Political Bedlam

Kalnur Ormushev, political analyst.

Macedonia's Political Crisis

Consensus is the negation of leadership and frequently a recipe for political paralysis.

A new consensus is imperative if Thailand is to regain its footing.

Kesepakatan yang dicapai atas kebesaran ini ibaratnya sama dengan memperoleh fakta ilmiah yang diakui.

Instead, a democracy of consensus is a better suited to the African context

Italy s Return to Political Paralysis

This is an inherently political process.

But what about the political process?

Europe s political landscape is changing.

The political landscape was deeply fragmented.

Her political rating is sturdy, too.

Political conflict in Thailand now.

Is a major political crisis in the offing?

Europe today is a political vassal of the USA.

Uribe s victory, and the emerging political consensus that it reflects, was remarkable for its peacefulness, in contrast to the violence that left wing guerrillas unleashed when he won the presidency four years ago.

Furthermore, there is also a wide consensus to pursue privatization at full speed.

Consensus on most of the draft has existed for some time.

But, fundamentally, the crisis is political.

So yeah, I'm a newspaper cartoonist political cartoonist.

It's political. There is so many parties to this project.

The third pillar of the system is political monopoly.

The second crucial reform is political.

( Political Extremism in Russia .

It cannot be the same as the 1945 consensus, but we would do well, on this anniversary, to remember why that consensus was forged in the first place.

Not all Americans are enthused about President Bush's rapid conversion of trillion dollar surpluses into deficits, nor does a majority embrace his proposals to privatize America's social security system, which has done so much to eliminate poverty among America's elderly. On key issues within Brazil, however, a broad political consensus (not unanimity, but no one should expect that!) exists, and this includes all the major contenders in Brazil's forthcoming presidential election in October.

On key issues within Brazil, however, a broad political consensus (not unanimity, but no one should expect that!) exists, and this includes all the major contenders in Brazil's forthcoming presidential election in October.

The so called Washington Consensus that held sway before the recent financial crisis was a good example.