Bailey says governments are inherently risk averse, causing them to prevaricate rather than commit to strategies that might undermine their foreign policy objectives, tarnish a carefully crafted international image, or – should public funds be used to support a crisis that fails to materialise – provoke a media and voter backlash.
Recently, the UK government committed to strategies aiming to improve physical health outcomes among people with mental disorders [ 10].
We used a consensus building process to actively assist government, non-government and primary care stakeholders explore different perceptions about existing problems and their solutions; and to jointly develop and commit to strategies for interdependent action [ 18, 22, 28].
They are characterized by two players (a defender and an attacker) and by a set of targets the defender tries to protect from the attackerʼs intrusions by committing to a strategy.
The documents showed Blair committing to a "clever strategy" for regime change in Iraq, even though Blair always insisted he was pursuing no such goal.
Given the unusual presentation of the cancer, laparoscopy allowed definition of the disease with minimal trauma and allowed the flexibility of treatment to change if required without committing to a surgical strategy dictated by an open incision.
Today, as an organising member of the Zero Waste International Alliance, his campaign to encourage recycling and waste reduction has led to 117 municipalities across Italy closing incinerators and committing to zero-waste strategies.
But convincing skeptical observers that they are committed to this strategy will take time, given recent missteps.
But perhaps that concept felt threatening to the NUS leaders, who were committed to a strategy of lobbying the government in the hope of concessions.
But he was not ready to commit to that strategy again for today's Game 3 against the left-hander Jamie Moyer.
Jim, the way you managed to bounce back from that early setback, remaining committed to your strategy of seeking reasonably priced, fast-growing, profitable companies, impressed me.
