The government's response is a mix of short-term protectionist measures combined with modest steps towards more constructive longer-term policy changes.

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When independent experts who are free from conflicts of interest come together in good faith to study an issue, they can have a profound and constructive influence on government policy.

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But BBC political correspondent Carole Walker said sources suggested everyone who contributed at Tuesday's meeting spoke of the need for the coalition not to break up but for the Lib Dems also to pursue a policy of constructive engagement in Europe.

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It is becoming increasingly clear that Bernanke is not going to be the constructive force in the broad economic policy issues that Greenspan and Volcker were and remain to be.

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For better or worse, the Israelis will have to do both, and the U.S. can play a constructive role if it begins to view foreign policy as strategy rather than, in Michael Mandelbaum's words, social work.

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Although the elections were polarizing for many policy matters, at least broadband policy seems to be bringing folks to the middle for constructive debate and problem solving.

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Generating fresh ideas in conjunction with policy wonks and NGOs would help make unions look like a constructive force, rather than sullen revanchists.

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Quiet diplomacy and "constructive engagement" will continue to be the cornerstone of the organization's policy toward Myanmar, he said.

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Last Thursday, the European Elections Bill received the Royal Assent and, on the same day we re-affirmed and expanded 'constructive opposition' to include co-operation with the government on a Common European Foreign and Security Policy.

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