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Although set in an apocalyptic future, this movie has everything 70s stamped all over it (made in 1971) including some laughable jive talk from Heston "come on, baby" but all the better for it as this was the decade of heightened paranoia, rebellion and cult
factions.
On a desolate planet, two
factions
are at war with each other, but there is another menace out there tunneling beneath the ground.
This presupposes that the Brothers reorganize themselves internally and find ways to distance themselves from more radical factions, and that they promote inclusive policies toward vulnerable groups and social minorities.
Structural-reform conditions often tilt the balance between competing domestic factions, for better or for worse.
Now that the Radical Party is agonizing over its role and Peronism is divided into three factions, perhaps Argentines will be able to construct a political option that relies on real leaders, and relinquishes caudillos.
He has supported factionalization in the government, and, when necessary, has weakened
factions
that he previously supported.
Having full control over the judiciary, the intelligence apparatus, and the military makes Khamenei seem invincible against all political
factions
or elected officials.
The problem stems from the greater influence that ruling parties and parliamentary
factions
in Germany have relative to their counterparts in, say, Great Britain or France.
True, Yasser Arafat was not a model democrat, but his charisma and political acumen were crucial for holding all the Palestinian
factions
together.
In France’s semi-presidential system, cohabitation means that the executive branch can become paralyzed if the president and the prime minister represent different political
factions.
For example, foreign aid could be placed under the stewardship of a committee of representatives from different social factions, including the civil-society groups at the center of the uprising and the Muslim Brotherhood, with the clear understanding that if the committee fails to agree, the aid will not be disbursed.
Constant intimidation by religious extremists and political
factions
is the intellectual’s fate in Iraq today.
As different interest groups and
factions
unite against a common foe, President Xi Jinping will gain even more political capital, facilitating the shift from export-led economic growth to a trade-neutral model.
And no outside mediation is feasible without a minimum of censure or criticism of Maduro’s extremism, even if the opposition takes its lumps, too, for some of its factions’ radical, occasionally subversive stances.
Indeed, some
factions
within the US political system do not appear to understand the large adverse feedback effects on the domestic economy from a disruption in the global financial system.
Factions
within the regime might prove supportive of new policies aimed at tempering the climate of violence in Sudan, decreasing its trade dependency on China, improving conditions for refugees, and lowering international tensions.
Even in the US, the economic insecurity of a vast white underclass that feels threatened by immigration and global trade can be seen in the rising influence of the extreme right and Tea Party
factions
of the Republican Party.
The resulting destruction brought reconciliation between warring Palestinian
factions
and support for them throughout the Arab world.
The country’s
factions
each have good reason to compromise before the conflict comes to a head.
They mobilize armies, organize political factions, combat warlords, or try to grapple with religious extremism.
Indeed, it is one reason why Saudi Arabia maintains an equal distance from all Iraqi factions, and why we are the only country not to have sent a permanent ambassador.
It would be wrong to assert that only a tiny minority of Muslims back the actions of the extremists or that fundamentalist
factions
have hijacked a religion of which they are completely unrepresentative.
Social unrest, on the other hand, has already erupted, with violent protests by students and radical trade-union
factions
fueling alarm – as have threats and aggression against officials of both trade unions and employers’ associations.
The country hasn’t had a president for two years, as rival political factions, reflecting the rising enmity between their Iranian and Saudi Arabian backers, are weakening domestic governance.
Iran seeks to project its influence in support of the region’s historically dominant Shia populations, while Saudi Arabia pushes back by arming rebel
factions
opposing Syria’s Iranian-backed president, Bashar al-Assad, and by fighting what it views as an Iranian presence in its own backyard, in Yemen.
Sectarian violence is once again consuming Iraq, while clashes between anti-regime
factions
in Syria are becoming ever more frequent, with Islamists seeking to gain the upper hand ahead of the political transition that would occur should the government collapse.
Threats from militant Kurdish
factions
have resurfaced after a long ceasefire, and the Islamic State has launched a series of terrorist attacks in Istanbul and Ankara.
The call by the most important group of Iran’s clerics for the election results to be thrown out is but the latest sign of the fight back of both the reformist and pragmatic conservative
factions.
Moreover, when a crisis is winding down and there are openings for moderating influences, outside intervention can prove instrumental in enforcing peace and bringing warring
factions
to the negotiating table.
For example, China’s bankruptcy law, enacted in 2006, required 12 years to negotiate, as
factions
within the Congress, the CCP, and the executive branch struggled to balance the interests of workers and creditors.
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