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But relations between Israel’s Jewish majority and Arab minority is an internal, delicate question in which it is not wise to involve Palestinians outside of Israel.
EU countries even refused to sever diplomatic relations after the Berlin verdict; true, with the exception of Greece, they recalled their ambassadors briefly, but more to placate their publics than impress Iran’s mullahs.
From the European perspective, a new common strategy must maintain the minimal dialogue that diplomatic relations represent.
Indeed, diplomatic relations are most important among nations that don’t see eye-to-eye.
This is very different from current US policy -- blanket condemnation and a cut-off in relations.
Diplomacy can and will matter; little is inevitable in international relations.
The extensive economic relationship that has evolved since then has given both countries a stake in maintaining good relations.
But the fact is, during the so-called six-party talks that began in 2003, five countries – including four key neighbors – offered North Korea a general peace agreement, guarantees of no hostile intent, a Korean Peninsula peace agreement, economic assistance, membership in a regional association, diplomatic relations, and a path to civil nuclear energy.
Crises and profound disagreements are not new in the relations between these two unequal allies.
A convergence of interests and a profoundly emotional attitude to Israel’s story and to the Jewish narrative since the Holocaust have been the motive forces behind what is perhaps one of the most intriguing alliances in international relations.
But they seem to show that, despite sharper rhetoric in Sino-US relations, China has continued lending to the US in order to keep its export machine going and avoid booking large foreign-exchange losses.
Indeed, a chill is settling over Russia’s relations with the West more broadly.
Moreover, Kenyans have made little effort to mend relations between ethnic groups.
Restructuring the role of Turkey’s army is vital, but if Turkey cannot follow through with the Armenian and Kurdish openings, the country’s own domestic situation, its relations with the two peoples, as well as tensions in the Caucasus, will undoubtedly worsen.
That process now hinges on protocols for establishing diplomatic relations that have been signed by both governments but unratified by either parliament.
His relations with Congress have been far from smooth.
The largest Arab countries – Egypt and Saudi Arabia – have strained relations with the region’s largest immediate neighbors, Iran and Turkey.
But, at a time when both countries cannot afford to permit partisan or sloppy abuses of history to roil their bilateral relations, Asahi’s careless work has turned out to be more than abysmal journalism; it has introduced a dangerous element into regional diplomacy.
For too long, intemperate historical debates – often driven by biased newspaper accounts – have poisoned bilateral relations.
And, indeed, many experts anticipate the eventual normalization of Cuba-US relations, despite short-term political obstacles.
Last year, when Panama requested that the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States dedicate a regular meeting to the Venezuelan crisis, Maduro severed diplomatic relations for four months, accusing the Panamanians of joining the US in an “open conspiracy” against him.
Maduro seems to hope that such agitation will impede efforts by Obama and Castro to begin normalizing relations at the summit.
If that wound is to heal, much effort must be exerted to restore a functioning economy, strengthen internal security, and improve Palestinians’ relations with their neighbors and the international community.
But with transatlantic relations at their lowest point in decades, the prospect of that happening any time soon is remote.
The country took shape during the Middle Ages in a dialectical process of interfaith relations, and its integration into the European Union stemmed from an overwhelming consensus on the need to suppress the ghosts of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, following his death in 1975.
Although she lacks formal political or diplomatic experience, her personal connections, particularly to Obama, will have great significance for US-Japan relations.
Even after recognition by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, relations remained sour.
The key will be for the new government to provide a sound framework which combines key public investments – roads, power, soil nutrients, improved seed varieties, public health, safe water – with confidence-building outreach to the business community and fruitful relations with the US and other donor countries.
Another powerful motivator for Murdoch, as well as for other media proprietors and business leaders, is to be on the winning side and to maintain good relations with Cameron, unless they see overwhelming evidence that he will lose.
The Out campaign’s main economic argument – that Britain’s huge trade deficit is a secret weapon, because the EU would have more to lose than Britain from a breakdown in trade relations – is flatly wrong.
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