Indeed, what will now shape the future of the region is not democracy, but the violent divide between Shiites and Sunnis that the Iraq war precipitated.

The power control, the ego, the mind games, the hate, the humiliation.

Peace or Poison

Coping with Catastrophic Risks

Defeating North Korea s Nuclear Blackmail

Israel versus America versus Iran

South Korea has also, of course, joined the scramble.

South Korea, too, has joined the scramble.

I engage people in direct confrontation.

Confronting the UN u0027s Anti Human Rights Lobby

Dogmatic opposition to smoking among the authorities goes back a long way.

Why did the Russian public accept confrontation so easily?

The political struggle reached its climax in late 1867.

The Bush administration s forceful manipulation of Pakistan s political leadership is dangerous for both Pakistan and the US.

Yes, the Kremlin was able to smack down the uppity Mikheil Saakashvili s hope of reuniting his country by force.

Iran s long standing opposition to relations with the US is a bit more complex.

Second, the Palestine Israel struggle will continue.

As in Libya, the fighting would make the country ungovernable.

Despite this, constant opposition to the WTO is self defeating.

Countering false narratives is a growing trend among African intellectuals.

Running against the political elite is, of course, the essence of populism everywhere.

Belief in immortality made the opposition between life and death relative.

Opposition to Milosevic, however, appears to have been the sole glue holding them together.

On July 2, Mexico held a presidential election that triggered what has become a bitter political firefight.

Standing up to Israel, and its new fanatical friends, is not anti Jewish.

These objections reflect a false opposition between the primacy of the individual and the paramountcy of society.

Fortunately for Antipov, the Polish chess player ended the stand off against the Dutchman in a draw.

And their standoff online is, in large part, a game.

Of late, there has been much talk about Ethiopia s fast economic growth and increased crackdown on media.

Before Moscow's military intervention in Eastern Ukraine, the crackdown on gay rights in Russia was perhaps the Kremlin's biggest publicity problem internationally.

Unprovoked and in a deliberate show of brute force, some security personnel opened fire on the crowd of peaceful, unarmed students.

The Bush administration finds the PML N s nationalism and antagonism to Musharraf particularly troublesome.

Confronting it effectively will require the support of all NPT signatories.

Moreover, the Sunni Shia divide frequently leads to contradictory policies.

Then there is sectarianism, particularly the growing strife between Sunni and Shia Muslims.

Another component of any strategy must be to counter IS's appeal and propaganda.

At the same time, Xi s tough stance against political reform is diminishing hope among liberals.

This struggle, as the fighting in Yemen has shown, has the potential to destabilize the entire region.

Earlier today, Marvel Entertainment released the second trailer for its hotly anticipated film Captain America Civil War.

It is also why the rare enforcement of human rights law that we do see tends to conform to the enforcing nation's political interests.

It is the type of battle between Caesar and God that took Europe centuries to resolve.

But the interplay of evolution and religion is more complex than opposition and conflict.

By putting Obama at odds with the rest of the US establishment, Netanyahu forced him to retreat.

They would seek to block him, especially through their control of the media.

But should opposing the LDP really mean undoing 50 years of work on national security?