The important cyber-security consensus the two countries reached during President Xi Jinping's state visit to the United States last September is a classic case in point, in which the two sides managed to address their differences through dialogue and cooperation.
This represents not only an earnest effort by the two countries to implement the important cyber-security consensus they reached during President Xi Jinping's state visit to the United States last September, but also an extraordinary move by the two countries to work together for better global governance in cyberspace.
Such a scenario would destroy the UN security council consensus on Iran policy Israeli military action against Iran, egged on by US neo-conservatives and the Gulf Arab monarchies, principally Saudi Arabia, becomes more likely the longer the impasse continues.
Although development of the energy sector has been somewhat stunted, Iran's reliance on Russia and China to fill in for the US has the unintended consequence of making it a lot harder to find security council consensus on dealing with the country.
This just goes to show you how worthless security analysts' consensus numbers turn out to be and, conversely, how powerful are the franchises of great growth companies.
In December, the American Enterprise Institute AEII) and the Brookings Institution (Brookings) released a report titled: Opportunity, Responsibility, and Security: A Consensus Plan for Reducing Poverty and Restoring the American Dream.
In chapter 2 on "The Facts" about poverty in its important report, Opportunity, Responsibility, and Security: A Consensus Plan for Reducing Poverty and Restoring the American Dream, a working group from the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution observed, "In contrast to the decline in poverty rates, there has been no progress in increasing economic mobility".
Among the many measures needed to improve global stability and security, a consensus has grown that any such efforts must begin with building a world fit for children.
The move to a more security-minded consensus comes as the Democrats and their leader in the Senate, Harry Reid of Nevada, face a challenging midterm election season.
