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Independent Ukraine has been free of ethnic conflicts, even though there has been no shortage of attempts to incite them.
Second, and related to the Responsibility to Protect, we must enhance the protection of civilians in armed
conflicts
before
conflicts
occur.
It was necessary to unite the West in order to prevent the spread of dictatorship, as well as the danger of a relapse into old national
conflicts.
The release of Anwar Ibrahim soon afterwards raised the new premier’s prestige further as a leader who could heal intra-Malay, and intra-Muslim,
conflicts.
The UN, which has a specialized agency for each aspect of a humane society, has successfully supported decolonization, helped to build states, and averted the spread of regional conflicts, especially that between Israelis and Palestinians.
But, given that Mali lacks political parties with popular support, candidates who command respect, and a permanent polling-station system, an election held so soon would probably bring an international civil servant to power – an outcome that could reignite internal
conflicts.
And yet the Middle East is also a region that, throughout its innumerable conflicts, has hardly changed, languishing in a strange kind of standstill.
And, while the
conflicts
in the Middle East are primarily about territory, this includes the scarce water resources so essential for survival.
Of course, resolving the political crises and
conflicts
remains the top priority.
This would, finally, give the Middle East – a region poor in growth and rich in
conflicts
– a distinct identity, making it a player in global economic terms as well, and thus enabling it to become the architect of its own future.
Given recent and ongoing
conflicts
in Syria, Iraq, Gaza, and South Sudan, which have devastated so many young lives, the Nobel committee had good cause to highlight children’s suffering.
In the age of AI, algorithms will force us to recognize how the outcomes of past social and political
conflicts
have been perpetuated into the present through our use of data.
Should the Al Saud dynasty fall and the country splinter into rival territories ruled by jihadi factions and tribes, the civil wars in Syria and Libya will seem like minor
conflicts
in comparison.
Let’s ignore for the moment the vexed constitutional issues that will be raised if a US state enacts legislation that
conflicts
with federal law.
Even Saudi Arabia, despite its vast oil and financial reserves, has come under strain, owing to a rapidly rising population and higher military spending associated with
conflicts
in the Middle East.
Yet we are now witnessing its disintegration, because the Sykes-Picot design always implied a strong external hegemonic power (or two) able and willing to maintain stability by channeling (or suppressing) the region’s numerous
conflicts.
Achieving these goals would not only improve the lives of billions of people, but would also forestall violent
conflicts
that are stoked by poverty, famine, and struggles over scarce resources.
Moreover, this arrangement is often rife with
conflicts
of interest; for example, arbitrators may be a “judge” in one case and an advocate in a related case.
Perhaps the most immediate source of uncertainty is the prospect of a long-term cold war – punctuated by proxy
conflicts
– between the Middle East’s regional powers, particularly Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran.
Paradoxes abound, as the United States’s traditional Middle East allies (Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, Egypt, and the Gulf states) have taken opposing – and sometimes seemingly contradictory – positions on the region’s key
conflicts.
American uneasiness about the prevailing body of international law dealing with
conflicts
is not entirely frivolous.
For example, to ensure transparency, scientific journals require authors to declare
conflicts
of interest.
But, of course, exacerbation of some of these crises and
conflicts
could lead to renewed concerns about energy security.
First, some of these
conflicts
may yet lead to an actual supply disruption, as in 1973, 1979, and 1990.
Inside the Palais, the hulking brutalist structure where the films are screened, this year’s lineup was filled with tales of ordinary people, or poor people, struggling with the fallout of the global issues that increasingly unite us – or confronting painful political
conflicts
that official histories had laid to rest.
It seems, therefore, that the
conflicts
generally ascribed to economic grievances and globalization are actually the latest battles in the culture wars that have split Western societies since the late 1960s.
Economic insecurity is a driving force behind violent
conflicts
in the Middle East and the rise of fascist elements in some European countries, not least Hungary and Poland.
The weight of one of the world’s longest-running
conflicts
is resting on their thin shoulders, crushing their childhood and inflicting psychological scars that may never heal.
In antiquity, the
conflicts
between creditors and debtors often turned violent, as the alternative to debt relief was slavery.
Political
conflicts
would then intensify and become increasingly difficult to resolve, with the return of vicious national enmities, unseen in Europe since 1945, confronting the EU with an existential crisis from which it would not be easy to recover.
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