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The same paper used Trump’s rise to show that, in the American system, political leaders are “helpless” to address “complex social conflicts” like racial tensions and other sources of popular discontent.
Historically, ending longstanding
conflicts
– for example, taming the Khmer Rouge, which had been responsible for the Cambodian genocide in the 1970s – has depended on comprehensive strategies that have not put disarmament first.
The “official” Confucianism being revived today may be less dangerous – it emphasizes social harmony, meaning the peaceful resolution of
conflicts
– but it remains a conservative morality.
Moreover, the focus on GDP creates conflicts: political leaders are told to maximize it, but citizens also demand that attention be paid to enhancing security, reducing air, water, and noise pollution, and so forth – all of which might lower GDP growth.
These proposals have focused on the problems caused by poor transparency, over-leveraging, outsized financial institutions, tax havens, bad incentives for financial bosses, and credit rating agencies’
conflicts
of interest.
Ending the civil war that erupted almost simultaneously with Georgian independence, and putting a stop to the bloody
conflicts
and attempts at secession that followed, required me, at times, to compromise on some issues in order to rescue even more important values – such as the very life of the country.
This model is being hailed internationally as a possible compromise formula for ending intractable
conflicts
where atrocities cannot go unpunished but incentives must be found to disarm warring factions.
Some Western countries have been generous in accommodating refugees from these
conflicts.
After a high point in the late 1980’s and very early 1990’s, there has been a decline of well over 50% in the number of major
conflicts
both between and within states; in the number of genocidal and other mass atrocities; and in the number of people killed as a result of them.
True, there has been a resurgence since 2004 of what statisticians (if not humanists) would call “minor armed conflicts.”
But, in the case of “high-intensity”
conflicts
or wars (defined as entailing 1,000 or more battle deaths in a year), the trend-line has been sloping unequivocally downward.
These include obliging each media outlet to publicize the editorial, ethical, and corporate rules to which it adheres, and implementing stricter rules governing
conflicts
of interest in media ownership.
Specifically, the aggressor in many international
conflicts
in this period has been motivated by perceived injury to national dignity.
Second, more must be done to address the international
conflicts
that terrorists seek to exploit.
Going further, the EU should institute a joint foreign and defense policy to address the underlying causes of the migration crisis – namely, the
conflicts
in Libya and Syria.
Civic education can be crucial in helping young people to manage disagreements and recognize other citizens as legitimate opponents in democratic
conflicts.
Have they suddenly remembered the unsustainable cost of fighting asymmetric
conflicts?
The FAO blames the rise in hunger on a proliferation of violent
conflicts
and “climate-related shocks,” which means specific, extreme events like floods and droughts.
China is beset by internal political
conflicts
that sometimes make Ukraine seem quiescent in comparison, and managing the internal churn is not for the faint of heart.
China can repair these relationships – but only if it can navigate the historical issues in which many of today’s
conflicts
are rooted.
The Kremlin is pursuing military adventures in Eastern Ukraine and Syria, and though these
conflicts
are limited in scope, one wonders if the country can really afford them.
Sanctions tend to be sticky, because the
conflicts
that spur them usually multiply and evolve.
Could the tensions and
conflicts
surrounding the issue of immigration in Europe be yet another issue for which the empowerment of women holds a solution?
The resolution of
conflicts
of this nature requires the recovery of historical memory and a proper hearing of the two parties’ historical narratives, perhaps through the creation of Truth and Reconciliation Committees.
That commonsense alone prevented catastrophe, civil war, and
conflicts
among the former Soviet republics.
As this shift has taken place, some powers were removed from stock exchanges, in order to safeguard against potential
conflicts
of interests, including the temptation to dilute regulatory standards to secure profitable listings.
Game theory suggests that some of the most unpredictable
conflicts
are between a weak, but determined, combatant and a strong opponent with much less commitment.
There are signs that the oligarchs’ grip is beginning to loosen, owing partly to internal
conflicts
among them.
American actions were “unilateral,” “illegitimate,” and had forged a “hotbed of further conflicts.”
No one seems to have an answer to such fundamental questions as how to restore stability to Yemen and the Levant, but everyone knows that as the
conflicts
continue, it becomes more likely that the entire region will be destabilized.
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