Confrontation puts the solutions at risk.

We'll do some side by side comparisons here.

But what is the justification for that confrontation?

Why did the Russian public accept confrontation so easily?

But to adopt confrontation as their preferred strategy would be a serious mistake.

It is necessary in fact to remember the historical context in which these structures were necessary namely, the age of confrontation between the two blocks, when the Western democracies were under threat.

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Growing conflicts over history, territory, and maritime security, combined with an ugly resurgence of nationalism, risk triggering military confrontation, quite possibly through political miscalculation.

At some point, the risk of an open confrontation between NATO and Russia could grow.

And the current regional and sectarian confrontation in the Middle East affects the nuclear negotiations directly.

The director, who was already fed up with the story (in her own words), resolved to confront the issue.

The troubling conclusion to be drawn from these episodes is that even if Khamenei is not looking for a military confrontation, he may very well be susceptible to misjudgments about how to avoid one.

Cooperation would be replaced by confrontation, trust by distrust, and arms control by re armament.

Responsible political leaders will have to be more aggressive, bold, and vigorous in confronting such interlocutors.

In the Greek German confrontation, it is easy, at least in theory, to design such a positive sum game.

From a Western perspective, willful confrontation makes little sense, because the EU and Russia are and will continue to be neighbors.

Yet we succeeded in ameliorating it not just normalizing relations but ending the Cold War confrontation itself.

Now, if Islam and democracy are at present in a moment of great confrontation, what does that mean?

This might be the last chance for Iran to change its nuclear policy, prevent military confrontation, and save the economy.

By that time, it might be too late to stop a slide toward a wider confrontation.

The decisive break with more than a decade of war and confrontation came in December 2012, when Kosovo and Serbia began to implement an agreement on border control.

The long political, intellectual, and, at times, military confrontation that we knew as the Cold War was over.

If confrontation leads to stalemate, as it did in 1995, then both parties will be carefully watching the public reaction.

But, while technological superiority and confrontation can wipe out the weak side, technological diffusion across cultures can be mutually beneficial.

He warned that Iranian intransigence would doom the talks to failure, raising the prospects of yet another military confrontation in the Middle East.

The outcome of this standoff could determine Ukraine s future, as much as the military confrontation with Russia.

I cannot decide this issue, nor is it up to me to decide it. I think everything is now clear and, if you are willing, we can proceed in this way.

There is a burgeoning desire for a future that dispenses with traditional policies based on fear and anger.

SEOUL Last month, North and South Korea narrowly avoided a catastrophic military confrontation.

This would represent a departure from early in his presidency, when, in his bid to broker a settlement, he failed to confront AIPAC.

The world no longer adheres to the static Cold War order, with two blocs locked in open but guarded confrontation.

These are the real factors driving the confrontation that the Vienna negotiations are meant to defuse over the next six months.

After things that have to get done get done, the psychology in the short term will revert to one of confrontation, he said.

The Battle of Olustee or Battle of Ocean Pond was fought in Baker County, Florida on February 20, 1864, during the American Civil War.

America s interests are now so closely intertwined with China that a policy to isolate or confront it is not feasible.

They believe that as in the past the fiscal showdown will end with a midnight compromise that avoids both default and a government shutdown.

Having spent 13 years of his prime as a political prisoner during the dictatorship years of the 1970s and 1980s, 'Pepe' gained a reputation for never shrinking from a confrontation and sticking up for what he believed to be the most important things in life. For some, including some Uruguayans, his informal style could be embarrassing and his Latin American diplomacy was not always airtight.

Will Kim respond to that isolation recklessly, by continuing to antagonize the South, or pragmatically, by becoming more flexible?

That was the principle. You there would be a nuclear conflagration about to hit us, and if you get under your desk, things would be OK.

Iran needs to focus on developing all of its human and material resources to become part of a region moving from confrontation to cooperation.

Yes, he believes that Israel should end its policy of confrontation with the international community, and he truly wants a two state solution.

While such improvements, on their own, will not change the relationship s adversarial dynamic, they may halt the deterioration in bilateral ties, at least for now.

The European Union has achieved peace precisely by learning, gradually, to replace the old logic of confrontation and conflict with that of negotiation and compromise.