There's no turning back.

In any case, things will never be quite the same again.

Indeed, there is no strategy or master plan whatsoever for a return to nationalism.

Palestinian politics is approaching the point of no return.

I demand a refund.

I demand a refund!

It is imperative that Mladic follow Karadzic on this one way journey.

There is a consensus, for instance, on sound fiscal and monetary policies no one wants to return to the hyperinflation of earlier decades.

No right of return for Palestinian refugees, but financial compensation for them.

There is no coherent policy for online content regulation in Venezuela.

Equally ominous, the banning of hundreds of candidates for alleged ties to the Baath Party signals a return to sectarian politics, which could reignite a sectarian civil war.

There can be no return to the status quo ante.

There is no need for coordination of macroeconomic policies to go any further than this.

Politicians and regulators have neither the political courage nor the intellectual conviction needed to return to a much clearer and more straightforward system.

The road ahead, however, remains obscure.

And they have no illusions about the potential for effective global policy coordination.

Politicians everywhere are the same. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

DBS bank recently also adopted No Deforestation, No Peat and No Exploitation (NDPE) policy for palm oil financing.

Moreover, it becomes possible to refund loaded but unspent funds.

The Europeans have no Japan policy at all, not even a shortsighted one.

There is no smoking gun in WikiLeaks releases about US policy toward Latin America (not yet, at least).

The welcome return to civility is not, therefore, a return to mutual trust.

Up through the 1980s and 1990s, Lee often justified the continuation of authoritarian policies by reference to those communal riots, and to the ever present possibility of a loss of social trust and a return to conflict.

As is too often the case with the Bush administration, there is no flattering explanation of official policy.

This has clearly contributed to preventing any sign of a possible return to the totalitarian ways of the twentieth century.

China has been celebrating the five year anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland from British rule.

No, no, no, no , no.

Its statesmen used to assert that Germany had no independent foreign policy, only a European policy.

Even Iraq showed signs of being prepared to consider a possible return of the UN weapons inspectors.

And, without a rapid return to growth, more defaults and social turmoil cannot be avoided.

I know that we have come a long way, and I do not want to go back.

Egypt may become stuck in democratization s slow lane, but there will be no U turn.

So be it a moral, and perhaps legal, reckoning must await the return of economic growth.

At the same time, several steps can be taken to reduce foreclosures.

There can be no return to a monoethnic past, so successful societies will need to adapt to diversity.

At the same time, the German economy benefited from the return of capital fleeing the periphery.

No! No!

No, no, no!

An Epidemic of Politics

Lying Politicians

Policy coordination

We are approaching a point of no return, at which feedback loops will kick in and continue to warm the planet, no matter what we do.

'No, no! What view do you take of my position?

While the path back to the negotiating table is not an easy one, the obstacles are not insurmountable.

It is not distance from modern life, but proximity to it that triggers a return to religious identity.