But, while this was reflected in reformist trends in the country s wider political life, a movement toward militant fundamentalism took shape within the regime s power structure.

Reform minded politicians were partly to blame for this change.

Frustrated international administrators, indeed, have forced Albania's political parties to form a coalition.

Politicians should have the courage to stop fighting an unwinnable war.

After lofty rhetoric and big promises, politicians are starting to play the blame game. Developing countries blame rich countries for the lack of progress.

Policymakers cannot hide from that reality forever.

After lofty rhetoric and big promises, politicians are starting to play the blame game.

Policymakers must evaluate globalization in terms of developmental needs, not vice versa.

The permanent bureaucracy proved resistant, and DPJ politicians, unused to power, made mistakes.

Europe s politicians simply refuse to take the lead on this all important issue.

Its further increase could lead to counterproductive protectionist measures. We must not let this happen.

Governments are now vulnerable, and politicians are under attack almost everywhere.

The fear is real and visceral, and politicians ignore it at their peril.

The attack is being condemned and protested against by politicians, journalists, religious organizations and members of the civil society ever since.

Those in military circles, and grand princes and politicians, are involved in this plot.

But in recent years, pro Taiwan groups and politicians in Japan have been gaining momentum.

Famous political leaders, journalists and regular netizens flooded the blogosphere with their takes on the protest.

Nationalistic sentiment is strong, and politicians and interest groups can exploit it.

The politicians, civil servants, and other participants at the Copenhagen summit have mainly been bombarding each other with numbers.

Political actors use this to influence the public, and abuse the mass media, which is trusted by the public despite not being free.

Policy makers need to be aware that good teaching cannot be delivered by just anybody out of a script.

Republican political operatives care far less about national savings than they do about manufacturing sector job losses.

Why, for that matter, are all American politicians so afraid to be critical of Israeli policies?

Politicians who come to power by winning a free and fair election are accountable primarily to voters. This does not necessarily lead them to work solely for the public good.

As a result, populism in these societies is not on the rise, and mainstream politicians do not vilify minorities and migrants.

Politicians who come to power by winning a free and fair election are accountable primarily to voters.

Underlining the key role that politicians and political parties can and ought to play in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,

But Japan has not shied away from the issue, with prominent political figures joining Takeshima Day celebrations each year.

More than seven months on from this brutal suppression, political activists continue to be imprisoned and tortured.

There s a deeper problem politicians across the spectrum, beholden to special interests, are habituated to denying serious problems.

But this will not happen as long as politicians keep talking about reforms, while doing virtually nothing to realize them.

Emerging political actors feel compelled to develop more detailed economic programs and to address their populations growing material grievances.

Right wing politicians from the American South, together with Austrian, German, French, and Dutch populists, are accusing liberals of appeasing Islamofascism.

A modern US president certainly remembers how difficult it was to convince voters to put him where he is, and is perpetually campaigning to maintain approval ratings and to preserve his party s prospects in the next election.

So politicians like Sarkozy may have grounds to argue that central banks should intervene to limit such swings.

Recent history shows that political appointees often fail to take courageous or unpopular steps to stabilize the economy.

Notwithstanding this, not only Internet users but human rights defenders, political activists, historians, religious figures and other troublemakers suffer.

As the conflict unfolds, political borders turn into cultural borders, and artists on both sides suffer the consequences.

Education policymakers, indeed, are hesitant about religious education being mandated from above.

Will the political winds shift to reinvigorate economic liberalization, with politicians reminiscent of Britain s Margaret Thatcher or the US s Ronald Reagan coming to the fore, breathing the fire of change?

There are also more traditional politicians personalities who see themselves as representatives of particular social or economic interests, not as apolitical technocrats.

Fortunately, the people of Pakistan students, opinion makers, and, above all, lawyers are standing up for the judges, doing the work that should have been done by political parties.

BRUSSELS European policymakers have decided that they must be seen to be doing something about youth unemployment.

First, courageous politicians and policymakers took on the challenge of designing crucial reforms and explaining their consequences to a public that was understandably wary.

But all their politicians seem to want to worry about is protecting doomed domestic manufacturers against low wage Asian competition.