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unilateralism

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A tendency of nations to act on their own, or with only minimal consultation and involvement with other nations.

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And thus far they don't, said Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve's new chairman, in testimony to Congress this week.Faced with the Fed's unilateralism, emerging economies may take unilateral steps of their own to protect themselves.

As for Mr Buchanan, he is enraged by the constraint on American unilateralism that WTO rules impose.Many of these concerns are not new.

Given the fact that, relatively, America is contributing so little foreign aid, and doing that so ineptly, an improvement in American aid alone would be a significant boost to poorer countries, not to mention to America's credibility in a world suddenly wary of its apparent unilateralism and future intentions.

The implied concern is that American unilateralism today will do what American isolationism did after 1918, and undermine efforts to forge a more stable and prosperous world.Yet no sooner is the fear stated, than it can be seen to be overplayed.

America is now accused of unilateralism by virtue of its threat to bypass the UN if necessary.

IN THE Financial Times, Willem Buiter, the outspoken chief economist at Citi, adds his voice to the chorus of complaints about Fed unilateralism.

For the present, unilateral steps by Israel and the maintenance of calm by Hamas may be the best Israelis and Palestinians can hope for.Just leave some room, Mr OlmertThere is, however, unilateralism and unilateralism.

So this will not feel to the Palestinians like any end to the hated occupation.Is immobility really the only alternative to Mr Olmert's unilateralism?

On the contrary, it has sought to avoid confrontation with the United States, despite considerable misgivings about American "unilateralism" and strongly-felt differences over a host of issues from Taiwan to human rights.But can this last for ever?

To his embarrassment these days, Mr Blair himself was once a member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND .Given that abandoning unilateralism was central to the "project" to make the party electable again, it was never in doubt that Mr Blair and Gordon Brown, the joint architects of New Labour, would want to keep the deterrent.

Ehud Olmert, the acting prime minister and a former mayor of Jerusalem, is experienced, decisive and tough; and he spoke out in favour of replacing the road map with unilateralism even before Mr Sharon announced the Gaza disengagement, so he would probably represent continuity.

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