Given the failure of nation-building in Afghanistan, suggestions that America impose specific governance structures on Pakistan are delusional.
It would be convenient to say that people are seeking out new identity because of a "failure" of nation state ideology, or because of globalization's inability to meet "basic human needs".
Instead of holding occasional meetings like this to sign a global agreement, our leaders should meet more frequently to publicize the issues of emissions and climate change, and the achievements and failures of nations around the globe.
At least 25,000 people were stranded in Greece on Tuesday, their journey to wealthier central and northern European nations blocked by the failure of European nations to agree a common policy to deal with one of the worst humanitarian crises in decades.
Apart from creating a 'trust gap' between European creditor and debtor nations, the effective attempted expropriation of bank deposits in Cyprus, and the failure of creditor nations to imagine the broader consequences, have created a gap in confidence about the future.
Coupled with poverty and other social factors, problems with water could even contribute to the political failure of weaker nations.
On forgotten Afghanistan, like many hawks, she was critical of the failure of European nations "to fulfill the commitment that NATO made to Afghanistan.
The failure of rich nations to expand free trade rapidly enough to make a difference to struggling economies is a factor in this, United Nations officials say.
The failure of other nations to oppose these basic human rights violations has allowed the Israelis to continue impoverishing a whole civilian population.
The failure of some nations to acknowledge the one true God is attributed not to God's failure to disclose himself but rather to the debilitating effects of sin on the perceptive powers of human beings.
