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Confrontation puts the solutions at risk.

We'll do some side by side comparisons here.

In Cuba, Obama has shown that transcending the politics of confrontation and sanctions requires diplomatic initiative.

But what is the justification for that confrontation?

But so those are all parts of our bodies where we very directly interact with our environment, in a direct confrontation, if you like.

Why did the Russian public accept confrontation so easily?

Will Kim respond to that isolation recklessly, by continuing to antagonize the South, or pragmatically, by becoming more flexible?

The outcome of this standoff could determine Ukraine s future, as much as the military confrontation with Russia.

The world no longer adheres to the static Cold War order, with two blocs locked in open but guarded confrontation.

If confrontation leads to stalemate, as it did in 1995, then both parties will be carefully watching the public reaction.

By that time, it might be too late to stop a slide toward a wider confrontation.

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In the Greek German confrontation, it is easy, at least in theory, to design such a positive sum game.

It is necessary in fact to remember the historical context in which these structures were necessary namely, the age of confrontation between the two blocks, when the Western democracies were under threat.

Any military intervention would entail a confrontation not only with the Syrian military (supported by Russia and China), but also with Shia Iran and its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah.

At some point, the risk of an open confrontation between NATO and Russia could grow.

And the current regional and sectarian confrontation in the Middle East affects the nuclear negotiations directly.

The long political, intellectual, and, at times, military confrontation that we knew as the Cold War was over.

Responsible political leaders will have to be more aggressive, bold, and vigorous in confronting such interlocutors.

One reason for this turnaround is that many in the Philippines have felt somewhat abandoned by the US in their confrontation with China.

Now, if Islam and democracy are at present in a moment of great confrontation, what does that mean?

They believe that as in the past the fiscal showdown will end with a midnight compromise that avoids both default and a government shutdown.

But to adopt confrontation as their preferred strategy would be a serious mistake.

Indeed, contrary to what Putin claims to the Russian public, the Chinese are not fully committed to backing him in his confrontation with the West.

The fusion of Iran s nuclear program (and Iran s hegemonic ambitions) with the situation in Iraq and with Hezbollah in Lebanon will lead to a New Middle East which, in all likelihood, will provoke a major confrontation.

Then, set on a course of continued confrontation with the West, Russia might hunker down into a siege mentality, with the risk that the Kremlin might seek to compensate for economic failure with further revisionist behavior.

Despite the rising regional tensions that inspired these moves, China s relations with its neighbors and the United States are not fated to lead to direct confrontation.

Yes, he believes that Israel should end its policy of confrontation with the international community, and he truly wants a two state solution.

He warned that Iranian intransigence would doom the talks to failure, raising the prospects of yet another military confrontation in the Middle East.

In the event of an existential threat in the region, in particular a confrontation with Iran, Pakistan would offer the Kingdom a form of deadly protection denied it by the West.

The director, who was already fed up with the story (in her own words), resolved to confront the issue.

I cannot decide this issue, nor is it up to me to decide it. I think everything is now clear and, if you are willing, we can proceed in this way.

This would represent a departure from early in his presidency, when, in his bid to broker a settlement, he failed to confront AIPAC.

The decisive break with more than a decade of war and confrontation came in December 2012, when Kosovo and Serbia began to implement an agreement on border control.

Instead of supporting Ukraine, NATO would have to defend itself on its own soil, exposing both the EU and the US to the danger they have been so eager to avoid direct military confrontation with Russia.

There is a burgeoning desire for a future that dispenses with traditional policies based on fear and anger.

SEOUL Last month, North and South Korea narrowly avoided a catastrophic military confrontation.

Not even Israel s staunchest allies will risk an indefinite confrontation with the entire international community by supporting Israel s territorial ambitions.

(Turkey s Western allies continue to oppose the proposal, lest they be dragged into an all out confrontation with the Syrian regime and its Russian and Chinese allies.)

However suspicious of the other s long term strategic intentions each side may be, a non confrontational relationship is the only viable choice for both countries.

Indeed, the West has sought to animate that specter in its ongoing confrontation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But, though Russia s economy is undoubtedly in trouble, a full blown collapse is unlikely.

America s interests are now so closely intertwined with China that a policy to isolate or confront it is not feasible.

From a Western perspective, willful confrontation makes little sense, because the EU and Russia are and will continue to be neighbors.

Cooperation would be replaced by confrontation, trust by distrust, and arms control by re armament.