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History shows that a rising military power will inevitably clash with an existing military power if they do not have regular, effective dialogue.
But when democracy takes root, as in tolerant and secular Indonesia, the clash between moderates and extremists can be better managed.
Even if the government hesitates, ultranationalist groups might push Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica to send in troops: the current UN presence in Kosovo is very thin (only 40 “military observers” and 2,116 policemen) but the stationing of 15,000 NATO troops could make any armed clash very dangerous.
But there can be no guarantee that the US will continue to defend Japan's interests indefinitely, particularly in any clash with China.
At least two died and 80 were injured in the five-hour clash.
A Clash of Western CivilizationsPARIS – Images from the refugee crisis in Europe have juxtaposed smiling crowds in Vienna and Munich with grim, unwelcoming faces in Budapest.
This clash of Western civilizations could not be more important.
The foundational principles of our democratic traditions are at stake – principles that are being weakened by the clash itself.
But today’s terrorist threat is not Samuel Huntington’s clash of civilizations.
The paradox is that, despite Britain's opt-out, EMU is turning out to be the detonator of the decisive political clash now brewing.
The 1944 Bretton Woods conference was marked by a clash between the United States and the United Kingdom, represented by the economists Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes, respectively.
America, too, historically had problems as a single-currency area, from early chaos before the Constitution to the clash between agricultural and banking interests over the gold standard in the late nineteenth century.
Although “Cold War 2.0” does not feature the same clash of utopian ideologies as the original, the metaphor is fitting nonetheless.
In some cases, people’s desires may actually clash with the goal of improving productivity.
In Europe, domestic political forces routinely clash with constitutional courts and supranational bodies.
It is true that Thailand’s queen herself recently presided over the funeral of a protestor killed in a clash with the police.
Some in the EU – mainly in France, Germany, and Austria – seem smugly pleased by the prospect of a clash on this issue, believing it will force Turkey to give up its drive for membership.
What is particularly problematic in the EU is the clash between radical politics and mainstream governance.
This clash of legitimacy is what the Greek government initially failed to understand last spring when it sought to ease austerity measures: Syriza had received a mandate for change from Greek voters, but other countries’ representatives had not received such a mandate.
But Stalin’s predictions fell apart after Hitler’s defeat, when conflicting interests did not lead to a clash between the US and the United Kingdom.
Russia’s reversal on the Afghan Taliban reflects a larger strategy linked to its clash with the US and its European allies – a clash that has intensified considerably since Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea spurred the US and Europe to impose heavy economic sanctions.
And most of all, there is, in many instances a clash between the correct short term politics and the correct long term policy.
Add to that simultaneous tensions over China’s claims to South China Sea islands and atolls – claims disputed by the Philippines and Vietnam – and a clash between China and the US was beginning to seem inevitable.
The second issue the Court considered was the conflict between constitutional principles: the clash between freedom to express one's thoughts and condemnation of Ellwanger for the crime of racism.
Failures of rainfall contribute not only to famines and chronic hunger, but also to the onset of violence when hungry people clash over scarce food and water.
If any proof of this clash of values were needed, it came in the form of a hugely impressive counter-demonstration against the Shahbag movement led by activists of the fundamentalist Islamic movement Hifazat-e-Islam, which occupied the capital’s Motijheel area.
This view, shared by Trump’s incoming National Security Adviser, General Michael Flynn, plays directly into Islamist militants’ own narrative of a clash of civilizations.
One, of course, concerns the supposed "clash of civilisations": how do we keep a focused and limited conflict between the UN and Iraq distinct from the need to maintain a relationship of dialogue between world religions?
In response to this so-called “culture clash,” Sweden has launched an initiative to educate young asylum-seekers about gender equality.
Ladies First, Women LastNEW YORK – Many people still believe that the attacks of September 11, 2001, were not just acts of political terrorism, but part of a cultural war, a clash of civilizations.
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