The bigger issue is whether Western governments will choose to bring them into reality.
The UK and other Western governments suspended ties with Narendra Modi, after religious riots in 2002.
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Western governments, particularly that of Germany, knowingly politicized financial relations with the former Soviet Union.
Western governments are clearly eager not to antagonise China, even if they chafe at its foot-dragging.
Western governments and the al-Saud family have been in an awkward embrace since the 1930s.
Mr Blinder then offers advice as to what western governments can do about offshoring.
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Western governments should hold their noses and offer formal contacts with both Hizbullah and Hamas.
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But it is hard for Western governments to lift them without Ms Suu Kyi's backing.
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Western governments are betting that the Kremlin's bark will be worse than its bite.
Western governments lavished praise on the Albanians for their generosity towards their Kosovar cousins.
Since then, however, western governments have gone to considerable lengths to bring the Russians back in.
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When the full enormity of the killing there became clear, western governments had a rethink.
Most Western governments prohibit the routing of any of their aid money through the regime.
Such localised dynamics are worrying to both Syrians and Western governments wondering whether to intervene.
Western governments voiced support for Macedonia, but urged political concessions to the ethnic Albanians.
Western governments are under no illusions regarding the challenges that lie ahead in the region.
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But that does not mean that all Western governments automatically accept the movement's claims of moderation.
And western governments are not particularly spotless, either, when it comes to economic mismanagement.
Western governments and nearby anti-Islamist ones, such as Egypt and Jordan, are wary of rushing in.
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But it has taken Western governments too long to grasp the seriousness of their jobs problem.
Some Western governments have advocated isolating the country in the hope of forcing better behaviour.
Western governments are keeping a keen eye on the three Baltic countries' economic wobbles.
Moreover, nothing the Arabs or any other non-Western governments do is a function of their will.
There is an easy way out: Western governments could release frozen Qaddafi funds to the rebels.
However bad western governments may be, they risk trouble eventually from the media, the courts or the voters.
It recently created an enterprise-focused division within the company that has been reaching out to Western governments.
Mr Straw also hinted that western governments may have an informed role to play in the future.
But Western governments worry that materials could have been diverted for the testing of nuclear explosive devices.
The US and a number of Western governments have backed Georgia, sending aid and issuing strongly-worded statements.
Though favourable to the democracy-minded Mr Djukanovic, western governments have firmly opposed independence as an unnecessary provocation.
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