America was left by the end of the Cold War as the effective global power of last resort, the only superpower.
Professor Price is particularly interested in the human dimensions of global change and the effective implementation of interdisciplinary research.
With the generous support of Wendy Schmidt, we will be launching a global competition for the development of effective and affordable pH sensors to profoundly improve our knowledge of ocean chemistry and the understanding of the global effects of ocean acidification.
While the regular IT industry catered to the global needs of cost-effective software and business processing, mobiles served the communication needs of average Indian citizens.
Thornley will assume the global CEO role, effective immediately.
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Drawing on the experience of 30 international experts, Troubled Waters looks at the necessity of effective intergovernmental cooperation to ensure the global sustainability of this precious resource, using past successes and failures in ocean management as examples.
"Guernsey firmly believes that common global standards are the most effective method of fighting fraud and tax evasion, " he wrote.
If that practice is repeated this time around, the opportunity for effective, global strategic defenses may just be permanently foreclosed.
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But it is also vital that progress be made towards the construction of an effective global defence against missile attack.
And yet--if only to insure against catastrophic global climate change that could irreversibly damage the world's human, natural and physical capital--an effective global agreement on mitigation must be achieved and put into force by the time the Kyoto Protocol's implementation period ends in 2012.
Twenty years after the global outbreak of AIDS, no one has developed an effective vaccine against the HIV virus, a far more cunning foe than polio, smallpox or measles.
But he said the UK should focus on three areas - completion of the single market, enlargement of the EU and trade deals with the US and other leading economies - where progress could not be achieved alone and which would make both the UK and the EU a "more effective global power".
This conference and the workshops intent to provide solutions for effective and efficient global disaster and risk management and for climate change adaptation, which needs the involvement of all stakeholders of the public and the private sector.
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The ultimate goal is a global program to facilitate, coordinate and ramp up the efficient, cost effective ocean and atmospheric information collection by a growing number and range of vessels and platforms.
According to Forrester, only about one quarter of the almost 200 top global companies interviewed said they were effective at integrating disruptive technology.
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The Clinton administration expressed alarm about global warming even while delaying effective action.
And we have very broad convergence with the Europeans on what we think would be an effective global framework that will avoid that risk.
"To be truly effective a global response is needed, but the UK has an opportunity to lead the way, " he said.
In a survey of 50 global companies, the research firm ISR found a direct link between effective leadership and the bottom line.
The confidence of all users of financial statements in the transparency and integrity of financial reporting is critically important to the effective functioning of capital markets, efficient capital allocation, global financial stability and sound economic growth.
In recent years, bioplastics composed from plant resources gathered greater attention as an effective measure to reduce the depletion of petroleum resources and alleviate global warming.
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In this new era, when emerging markets account for two-thirds of global growth, concerted action by the G-20 is the only effective way to confront the challenges that lie ahead.
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John sees his job as building EMW into a global leader in effective, catalytic solutions to development issues such as the lack of clean water and high infant mortality.
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For example, Merrill Lynch shares the view of many environmental and conservation NGOs that the most effective way to address deforestation which is responsible for 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions is to create a financial incentive to keep forests standing.
Consulting firm Elevate Global Ltd. says that as long as factories pay competitive wages, the most effective way to retain employees is to improve communication.
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The Davis-Hammond plan's abandonment of any global capability, however, makes effective defense of our allies impracticable and invites nations that desire missile defense to proceed on their own, individually or collectively.
Participating countries were assisted to develop the overall framework for conducting literacy needs assessments, prepare outlines of plans for LIFE implementation at the national level and to build an effective support mechanism at national, regional and global levels for LIFE implementation.
He says a policy of key escrow - placing the keys to encrypted data with Trusted Third Parties - would have to be global to be effective and there is no prospect of this.
So while the typical effective duration -- a measure of sensitivity to interest rates -- for global bond mutual funds run by peers is five or six years, his is less than two years.
To spring a prohibition on foreign financial institutions offering forex trading to U.S. customers as of Oct. 18, 2010 (the effective date of the new CFTC rules) would be extremely undiplomatic on a global country-by-country dealing basis.
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