Property rights need to be protected and true economic and political competition introduced to Russia.
Without proper political competition, Russia is destined to waste its resources and cannot modernise.
The contrasting obedience of the Russian parliament testifies to a lack of political competition and scrutiny of the Kremlin.
Another risk stems from Russia's only real political competition: that among Kremlin factions.
Malaysia can and should serve as the model of a truly multi-ethnic democracy that fosters political competition without fear of unrest.
This calls into question the willingness of the authorities to respect the concept of political competition on a basis of equal treatment.
But despite Vietnam's economic success there is little sign to date that the ruling party feels sure enough of its popularity to permit genuine political competition.
So although a real political competition is taking place in the majlis, this is no longer between conservatives and reformers, as it was in the 1990s.
But the most obvious way to achieve growth is to open economic and political competition, and that would go against the very nature of Mr Putin's regime.
More will need to be done to foster political competition based on ideas rather than tribal affiliation, which has now emerged as a threat to democracy across Africa.
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Without political competition, it has had little incentive to adapt.
He could allow some political competition, which risks unravelling the system, or he could try to suppress discontent and risk being ostracised in the West and hated at home.
The powers that be cannot allow political competition.
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The law should be reviewed "to encourage political competition and the formation of coalitions and political parties, " the National Democratic Institute said, as well as to bolster the legal framework around the formation of parliament.
It affirmed a free order of national political competition as well: each nation would pursue its own political ends with its own political means, with no goal of an Empire, a Reich of any other form of super-state.
And weaker identification with parties can be a plus: some of the worst-governed bits of Britain have suffered badly from a tribal instinct among voters that has stilted political competition and led a single party to think it had a monopoly on power.
Mr. Salem is highly critical of his fellow Egyptians for what he sees as their inability to move past the short-term goals of unseating Hosni Mubarak and opening the political system to competition.
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Heading it are Megawati, Wahid and Hamengkubuwono X. (Though the sultan headed the Jogjakarta chapter of ruling grouping Golkar for nearly two decades, he is rarely associated by locals with the excesses of Suharto's political vehicle.) Since the ex-strongman also prevented competition from developing political track records, parentage remains a key indication of a person's pro-people credentials.
Competition for political influence and jobs has raised tensions in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and other towns.
Competition between political parties at elections in offering ever-bigger subsidies has driven down the price of electricity to absurd levels (it is free for farmers in some states).
Simpler, less prescriptive processes with greater transparency would produce better, faster and cheaper results, minimize political favoritism, increase competition among contractors, and improve the quality of work done on the taxpayer's dime.
It may well fall to Zhu to carefully guide the implementation of market-opening measures in a way that minimizes political fallout from increased foreign competition.
The Kremlin's policies have choked competition, both political and economic.
One reason is that across much of the nation, commercial broadband companies are using their political and economic clout to stifle competition, particularly from municipalities.
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After last year's UK entrant, Andy Abraham, finished joint-bottom, commentators questioned whether there was any point in the country entering the competition amid allegations of political voting.
The only way to promote growth is to foster competition, both economic and political, and the rule of law.
American steel producers who oppose cheaper competition from abroad are powerful political lobbyists.
Much of the discord in our current political situation can be described as a competition between the inside-out and outside-in theories of human nature.
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There have been several cases where bids by political leaders have failed due to stiff competition from other bidders, or their own inability to raise necessary funding and only six units have been sold to politicians.
Besides commercial and political rivalry, there is also more intangible competition for intellectual leadership in the region.
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