These strains express themselves on policy issues.

Rising tensions within the EU have been the inevitable result.

The specter of rising racial tensions is worrying enough.

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The result, invariably, will be heightened Sino US tension.

As social tensions increase, political turmoil will follow.

A consumer led rebalancing addresses many of the tensions noted above.

Emphasizing the necessity of easing international tension and strengthening trust and confidence between States,

On the European side, engineering a new spirit of détente will be tough.

At the same time, it recognizes the need to address these geopolitical tensions.

So the Maldives SAARC meeting offered an opportunity for further easing of tensions.

All of this depends, as well, on continuing reduction of global tensions.

Already last year, rising inter Korean tensions led to a temporary shutdown of the complex.

Trump thanked the North Korean leader for his bravery and for the steps he has taken to de escalate tensions.

China and Japan seem to be taking steps toward better relations, after a period of high tensions.

Chinese intellectuals have always been cognizant of this tension between individual creativity and collective will.

Nor is it clear whether Maliki will finally end the de Baathification process another major source of tension.

Given rising tensions in Asia, the question is how long this can last.

Despite its close links to the invasion, Saddam s trial is expected somehow to represent an independent Iraqi judgment, thereby constituting local accountability without exacerbating tensions and destabilizing the country further.

Approaches to resolving the Ukrainian crisis and possible steps towards decreasing tensions on the Korean peninsula were also discussed.

The move comes in an atmosphere of uncertainty and tension caused by the Arab uprisings and Iran's growing influence.

Promoting any policy or law that increases communal tension is unconstitutional.

This is the exact opposite of a genuine zero conflict policy that aims to minimize tensions and enhance stability.

Welcoming the end of the cold war, the ensuing easing of international tension and the strengthening of trust between States,

Recognizing the need for meaningful dialogue among States concerned in the regions of tension to avert conflict,

The British ambassador tried to dissuade the British professor from going to the Pamirs because of the tensions there.

All of these issues test the region s ability to manage peace and mitigate tensions between its main powers and thus underscore the concern that Hatoyama and Rudd raised.

Another unexpected consequence of the US Colombia military agreement may be a further heightening of tensions between Venezuela and Colombia.

The Israeli Palestinian conflict continues to be the diplomatic charade that it has been for many years now. And nothing has attenuated the tensions between Israel and both Syria and Lebanon.

The so called realists just don t understand the sources of tensions and stresses that are leading to a growing number of crises around the world.

But tensions will inevitably arise if China has no say in the creation of these rules.

As the perception of non partisanship in public administration has diminished, proximity to those in power has become another source of tension.

And nothing has attenuated the tensions between Israel and both Syria and Lebanon.

Previous talks between the parties have done little to ease tensions fuelled by a series of clashes this year.

The run up to Taiwan's presidential election on March 20th is one current source of tension.

The first and most serious source of tension stems from the need to recognize Kurdish identity as a fully legitimate part of the Turkish Republic.

With tensions between Israel and Iran, Hezbollah s patron, unresolved, this fear cannot be discounted.

Indeed, the resiliency of markets to geopolitical tensions in Ukraine or the South China Sea has begun to worry some Fed officials.

The interaction of any of these global factors with a variety of regional and local sources of geopolitical tension could be dangerously combustible.

As the perception of non partisanship in public administration has diminished, proximity to those in power has become another source of tension.

Coltan is one of the keys that explain why Congo is such a tough place today. The country has 80 percent of the world's reserves for this mineral resource.

In 1928 he discovered the linear dependence of resistivity on magnetic field for various metals in very strong magnetic fields.

But it lacks a sense of strategic urgency, which, given rising international tensions across Asia, amounts to a serious strategic blunder.

Germany certainly became assertive, owing mostly to the social pressures and tensions incited by rapid economic growth.

But China s public failure to distance itself from the North s military provocations has undermined its credibility in efforts to defuse the crisis.