Proof positive that proportional representation can produce strange outcomes.

Continued threats of ever higher tax burdens could prove dangerously counterproductive.

This is a strategy that risks backfiring, because it misunderstands the dynamics of international politics.

Indeed, as we have seen in some Andean countries, it can be counter productive.

This led to unexpected results.

Such an attempt to secularize the state might backfire, however, as the regime could become even more vulnerable to accusations that it is an American lackey.

Unfortunately, the plan backfired.

Few state visits have lasting results.

Unfortunately, the political economy of austerity has led to sub optimal outcomes.

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PARIS Few state visits have lasting results.

Indeed, sometimes it leads to results that are inefficient, nasty, or both.

Depression can lead to suicide.

So far, the Union's actions have achieved the opposite. For example, three years ago Ukrainians crossed the border with Poland six million times.

Today, however, it is more likely to prove disruptive to friend and foe alike, as well as damaging to those countries that indulge this temptation.

So far, the Union's actions have achieved the opposite.

Energy embargoes have generally proven counterproductive.

For the US, the evidence has been very mixed.

That is the wrong approach, and it is producing the wrong results.

And, in truth, the public is right while there is a somewhat scientific basis for these models, they can go spectacularly wrong.

Now, where, perhaps, does this end up right now?

It may give rise to serious trouble.

It may give rise to serious trouble.

Carelessness can lead to a serious accident.

Carelessness can lead to a serious accident.

This could lead to strange bugs.

Strong heating may lead to explosions.

Worse, direct talks have not only failed to produce the desired results their continuation has also helped to mask widespread construction of Israeli colonies on Palestinian territory. Palestinian lands continue to be confiscated, Jewish only settlements continue to be built, and Israel s so called security wall has strangled the Palestinians socially and economically.

Worse, direct talks have not only failed to produce the desired results their continuation has also helped to mask widespread construction of Israeli colonies on Palestinian territory.

Worse still, the war on terror was counterproductive.

Few countries score strongly here.

Yet neither approach is delivering good results.

But none of these steps, taken alone or together, can bring about the ends that their often well intentioned advocates seek.

While all of them could be beneficial in some respects, they also have features that, if left unchecked, could lead to dystopian outcomes.

But such narratives can lead to conflict.

Slight inattention can cause a great disaster.

Nuclear weapons may bring about the annihilation of man.

Eating too much may lead to sickness.

Currency frictions can lead eventually to trade frictions, and currency wars can lead to trade wars.

The role of the techno polity is to steer the world toward positive outcomes.

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Unfortunately, it seems as if Europe has decided that if it can t lead the world in prosperity, it should try to lead the world in decline.

Could the current standoff lead to such an outcome?

Dramatic, rapid change could result in prolonged failure.