A restructuring of UK Coal in 2012 achieved "medium-term security" for the mine, providing it was able to produce coal safely, reliably and efficiently.
Should it strengthen its economic and energy ties despite Russia's growing assertiveness in the hope to solidify its medium term energy security and reel in Russian foreign policy?
Should it move to strengthen its economic and particularly its energy ties to Russia despite its growing assertiveness in Ukraine and its near abroad in the hope that doing so will strengthen its medium term energy security and reel in Russian foreign policy?
"The challenge here is how we are going to define success in the medium term, given the difficult security environment we face".
More troops are needed to achieve what British officials call the "core aim" of convincing ordinary Afghans that Nato-led foreign troops will provide security for the medium term – long enough at least for enough Afghan national army troops and security forces to be trained.
These policies did indeed reduce long and medium term interest rates on government securities and mortgage bonds.
It also states that fiscal viability will require a continuation of funding for most wage and non-wage costs of Afghanistan's security sector over the medium term, about $7 billion per year from 2014 through 2021.
While additional American troops may be an unavoidable necessity to provide security in the short and medium term, we should never forget that doing too much for a weak ally can be just as bad as doing too little.
Scientists agree that drought resistant crops and new techniques could improve production in the short or medium term, but might not be enough to ensure security over the longer term in the face of population growth and disruption linked to global warming.
Their key finding was that "trade reform can be damaging to food security in the short to medium term if it is introduced without a policy package designed to offset the negative effects of liberalization" [[ 42], p. 75).
"Against the background of young populations and popular uprisings, and given the challenges of food security and water scarcity in the medium term, the region will benefit from our ability to aid new governments face these problems," he said.
