Greece's troika of foreign lenders — the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund — have agreed to extend the country two bailouts worth a little more than $300 billion since the spring of 2010 but are dispensing the aid in tranches to keep the pressure on authorities to adhere to commitments to change.
Rouhani, in a blistering televised address, criticized the U.S. as a country that "never adheres to its commitments" and accused its people of having "always adopted a hostile approach".
This language denotes a realistic appreciation of the difficulty of the challenge ahead and the reality of building a coalition of countries confident that each is adhering to its commitments and committed to the jointly envisioned future.
All parties have now entered a 30-day period in which the board has to produce a business plan that adheres to their public commitments about restoring the club to its former status of title challengers in the top flight and regular European competitors.
Also, work by Kerr et al. (1997) showed that participants followed up on public commitments whether they were being monitored by others or not, ruling out the possibility that people adhere to public commitments in order to be seen as consistent by others.
He says governments must adhere to their commitments as a necessary condition of receiving help.
In the absence of that, then of course no one can expect Turkey to adhere to its commitments," he said.
Davutoğlu warned on Tuesday that "no one can expect Turkey to adhere to its commitments" if the new visa rules are not implemented by June.
Closer to home, Stern says he is confident the government understands the importance of adhering to its commitments to reduce UK carbon emissions by at least 80% by 2050 – despite the "policy wobbles" of the previous administration.
For its part, Britain must adhere to international commitments to reduce emissions in line with keeping warming below dangerous levels (in other words 2C above pre-industrial levels) as well as providing adequate funds for adaptation.
Democratic governments in developing countries have also used the need to adhere to regional commitments as the justification for the pursuit and implementation of the Washington Consensus model of neoliberalism.
