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It had swung too far in the direction of chaos under Yeltsin, and has now swung too far in the direction of order and state control under Putin. It has not swung back to Stalinism Czarism might be a better historical metaphor.

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One view is that Russian politics is like a pendulum. It had swung too far in the direction of chaos under Yeltsin, and has now swung too far in the direction of order and state control under Putin.

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This is one reason why so many people have felt estranged from their political leaders. But it would be unfortunate indeed, dangerous if the pendulum now swung back to old fashioned nationalism.

Like the peoples of other United Nations Members who have fought for their freedom, thousands of Nicaraguans have died for it, victims of a perverse pendulum that swung from authoritarianism to totalitarianism.

The cause of this state of affairs, in one word, is austerity. Weak demand in Europe is the real reason why emerging markets current accounts deteriorated (and, with the exception of China, swung into deficit).

Gradually, the balance of advantage swung away from the Communist leadership especially after Mikhail Gorbachev took over as Soviet leader and back toward Solidarity. Exhausted, the Polish Communist regime agreed to sit down to talks with Solidarity.

As one of the architects of policy after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, I know the controversy, anguish, and cost of the decisions taken. I understand why the pendulum has swung so heavily the other way.

But this view misses the real reason why capital flowed into emerging markets over the last few years, and why the external accounts of so many of them have swung into deficit. The real culprit is the euro.

In contrast, other companies have swung to the opposite extreme and embraced fully virtual meetings. The board gathers in front of a camera for a live webcast to shareholders, takes questions submitted in advance, and avoids the protesters altogether.

Yet today the pendulum has arguably swung too far in the opposite direction. Perhaps scholars who argue that Islamic financial systems prohibition on interest generates massive inefficiencies ought to be looking at these systems for positive ideas that Western policymakers might adopt.

In response, current account balances the Achilles heel of the so called East Asian growth miracle went from deficit to surplus. For the ASEAN 5, current account deficits averaging 4 of GDP in 1996 97 swung dramatically into average surpluses of 6.8 of GDP in 1998 99.

Obama swung into action, now not just a suspect candidate but a trusted president whose services were sorely needed by the battered population of the East Coast. Eight of ten voters, as polls showed, viewed his performance favorably, and many declared that the impression influenced their vote.

Excellent regional cooperation swung into action immediately after the tsunami, and the international community's response deserves high praise indeed, but we would equally like to pay tribute to the way the countries of the region, ASEAN and others have come together in their response to this disaster.

What we can and do claim proudly is that, in the first half century of their existence, United Nations Blue Helmets have saved tens of thousands of lives. In recent times the pendulum may appear to have swung away from the support of United Nations peacekeeping.

For the ASEAN 5, current account deficits averaging 4 of GDP in 1996 97 swung dramatically into average surpluses of 6.8 of GDP in 1998 99. A similar transformation occurred in South Korea, where a 2.8 current account deficit in 1996 1997 became an 8.6 surplus in 1998 1999.

Nonetheless, many are fretting that China s exchange rate adjustment has triggered a currency war, with other emerging economies devaluing as well. But, more than a year after the economic fundamentals swung against emerging markets (and especially away from commodities) and toward the United States, this adjustment was due.

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The picture is little better in Italy, where the current account balance has swung from a surplus of around 2 of GDP to a 3 of GDP deficit over the last ten years. The country s TARGET debt grew by 76 billion from February to March, with the total since July 2011 reaching 276 billion.

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In South Korea, net private capital inflows of 4.8 of GDP in 1996 swung to net outflows of 3.4 of GDP in 1997. Though the accumulation of substantial short term debts in the financial system and corporate sector did amplify the shocks, the primary factors fueling the crisis were the lack of international liquidity, panicked behavior by investors, and financial contagion.

The world expected something different in the post Cold War era to promote peace and stability. Instead, after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, momentum swung toward a global war on terror that, in practice, became the rationale for maintaining a Cold War mentality and supporting strategies of preemptive war and regime change that have intensified insecurity, instability, and international terrorism.

Meanwhile, the Senate, the French parliament s upper house, a conservative bastion between the two world wars and ever since, swung to a Socialist majority for the first time in history at the end of 2011. The Socialists also control 20 of France s 22 regional governments, a majority of the presidencies of the Departments, and most cities with more than 30,000 inhabitants.