We'll do some side by side comparisons here.

Yet we succeeded in ameliorating it not just normalizing relations but ending the Cold War confrontation itself.

Confrontation puts the solutions at risk.

But what is the justification for that confrontation?

Why did the Russian public accept confrontation so easily?

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Having spent 13 years of his prime as a political prisoner during the dictatorship years of the 1970s and 1980s, 'Pepe' gained a reputation for never shrinking from a confrontation and sticking up for what he believed to be the most important things in life. For some, including some Uruguayans, his informal style could be embarrassing and his Latin American diplomacy was not always airtight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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And yet it is absurd to compare the power of the two phenomena, or to suggest that in the confrontation with the butchers of Mosul and Palmyra, the democracies face a strategic challenge analogous to that of the Nazi Wehrmacht.

Without such an approach, North and South Korea could, before long, be locked in another military standoff.

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.

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

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

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

This might be the last chance for Iran to change its nuclear policy, prevent military confrontation, and save the economy.

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

That was the principle. You there would be a nuclear conflagration about to hit us, and if you get under your desk, things would be OK.

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

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.

These are the real factors driving the confrontation that the Vienna negotiations are meant to defuse over the next six months.

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

Though Ukraine, on its own, is no match for Russia s military might, its allies could decide to do whatever it takes to help, short of becoming involved in a direct military confrontation with Russia or violating the Minsk agreement.

But, while technological superiority and confrontation can wipe out the weak side, technological diffusion across cultures can be mutually beneficial.

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.

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

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.

After things that have to get done get done, the psychology in the short term will revert to one of confrontation, he said.

However, when universities appear condemned to reflect the structures of the current economic and highly bureaucratic financial system, there is little room for honest dialogue and critical confrontation, and for the wise exploration of challenging narratives and alternatives within this current phase of human history.

As Ukraine prepares for another year of confrontation, the world should understand that one fact is non negotiable our country will be an independent, fully sovereign state.

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While such improvements, on their own, will not change the relationship s adversarial dynamic, they may halt the deterioration in bilateral ties, at least for now.

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