Luckily, the NICs, China and Japan had relatively strong states, which transcended particularistic interests and rejected simplistic policies by the IFIs.
"We just had a simplistic tax policy.
The State Department called in France's ambassador over his government's view of "simplistic" American policy.
His approach was always questioning and he certainly had no time for simplistic western policy agendas," said Newman.
Quite rightly the majority of the ameliorative measures it recommends steer clear of an overly simplistic redistributionist policy.
His approach was always questioning and he certainly had no time for simplistic western policy agendas," he added.
But even before those battles, European politicians were lining up to denounce Mr Bush's "simplistic" foreign policy and deplore America's preponderance in the world.
While the language used to define strategy may sound obvious and simplistic, military policy analysts said today that they heard tones of "great power politics" and a clear de-emphasizing of humanitarian missions and peacekeeping.
