First, it will be the policy of the United States to promote reform across the region, and to support transitions to democracy.
To its east, the EU has tried a bit harder to promote political reform, due in part to the demands of its ex-communist members.
But if enlargement has been the EU's most successful foreign-policy tool, the attempt to promote reform in borderland countries with little hope of joining has largely been a failure.
No other reform would do so much to promote equality of wealth among the American people.
And Mr. Putin enraged the White House last year by banning the Russian operations of U.S. nongovernmental groups that promote political reform.
These include a radical shake-up of labour laws, reform of the public sector, and a drive to promote competition and reduce the tariffs charged by the privatised utilities, seen by Alliance economists as a big drag on business.
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By the time the President was done trying to promote Social Security reform in late 2005, the polls still showed 50% to 60% of the public supporting the idea of personal accounts, down only about 10 points.
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Speaking at the launch of a new cross-party lobby group which aims to promote the benefits of British membership, Mr Clarke acknowledged that the EU's institutions needed reform and that David Cameron had made a "strong case" for areas where the union could be working better.
The Nobel laureate praised the "sincere" efforts of President Thein Sein, a former general, to promote political reform in Myanmar since his military-backed government was elected in 2010.
Working outside the Senate, Snowe plans to press for a number of changes to promote civility and compromise: filibuster reform, an open amendment process, elimination of secret "holds" on legislation, authorization of two-year budgets and an end to so-called Leadership PACs, among others.
Ms Mowlam also indicated that the government would proceed with reform of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, which is 93% Protestant, and further efforts to promote equal opportunity in employment both undeniable gestures towards the nationalist minority.
Extending low-deductible insurance (a central principle of all the health reform bills) will lead to higher premiums, especially without portability to promote competition.
Bill Shipman, chairman of CarriageOaks Partners and cochairman of the Cato Project on Social Security Choice and who also helps the Heritage Foundation and others promote reform, has done extensive work demonstrating that such a system can becreated with extremely low administrative costs.
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