The peace process, which started in 2013 after the French intervention, is now a distant memory and it is hard to imagine something other than an escalation of the conflict.

This escalation occurred without using weapons of mass destruction.

As long as the Coalition forces stay, violence is likely to escalate.

Voices from the conflict

The escalating violence in Iraq gives a bleak impression of that country s prospects.

The expectation of conflict can itself become a cause of conflict.

A live map of the conflict

Escalating oil prices created a super rich feudal aristocracy in the Gulf States.

Now, tragically, a full scale Russian invasion of Georgia has happened. The West, especially the United States, could have prevented this war.

A history of recent tensions

I tried to avoid conflict.

Naturally nobody wants a conflict.

Contemporary Colombian history and continued conflict

This change will shift the foreign policy parameters of the Middle East conflict (understood as both an Israeli Palestinian conflict and as a conflict between Israelis and Arabs more generally).

The systematic demonization of the Tahririst groups, and the violent escalation that followed in November and December, served the same purpose.

The recent escalation of violence along Gaza s border with Israel does suggest that events are developing in a dangerous direction.

And this diplomatic de escalation, following months of recriminations and veiled threats, suits Southeast Asian leaders just fine.

What about ethnic reconciliation?

The lines of conflict have been clearly drawn in advance.

Yarmouk had become a front line in the Syrian conflict.

We know what happened when the twin pulls of blood and soil determined European politics before.

Even during the 60 years of conflict in the Jordan Valley, water has more often been a source of cooperation than of conflict.

Small disputes are magnified by this underlying conflict.

Ahmadinejad has proven resourceful in driving the diplomatic conflict.

Change comes through war and domestic conflict.

It is time to understand the new, emerging model of conflict.

Avoiding Conflict in the South China Sea

Part of Syria s agony is the self fulfilling nature of the conflict.

He sowed conflict.

This situation is critical in the former conflict zones.

The swift reaction from the citizen stewards prevented the incident from escalating.

We have to avoid a conflict as far as possible.

Nuclear terrorism, a slowdown in China, or a sharp escalation of violence in the Middle East could all blow the lid off the current economic dynamic.

The escalation of the war in Vietnam under Presidents John F Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson produced the inward looking turn of the 1970s.

This unnoticed drama is emblematic of the under reported Colombian conflict.

The first days of the conflict in Georgia crushed this hypothesis.

Indeed, it appears that the world is witnessing a triple conflict.

A satisfactory resolution of the current conflict requires nothing less.

60. Cambodia is emerging from two decades of armed conflict.

What happens abroad, far away from the conflict zone?

The actors claim the reason of the conflict is Lyubimov's greed and authoritarianism.

The police did not allow the situation to escalate and the crowds dispersed soon after.

I don't envision any serious conflict beyond that.

The Netherlands need not be the focus of international religious conflict.

But adopting the terrorists interpretation of events conceals the reality of this conflict.