Changeable weather that is summer today and winter tomorrow

Remaining oil supplies will be concentrated in the volatile Middle East.

The volatile security situation there has kept kids out of school since October.

However, the volatile political climate gave the idea stronger backing.

Beyond Iran, the volatile situation throughout the Middle East urgently demands solutions.

Given his temperament, however, that hardly seems likely.

In short, no nation on this changing, shrinking planet can truly address its own problems in isolation.

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Israelis grudgingly accept that the country and its geopolitical situation are relatively stable, especially in view of its immediate neighborhood a burning Syria, a smoldering Egypt, and a volatile Lebanon.

It s natural that the state of global markets will have some kind of ripple effect, says Greg Kabance, managing director for Latin American structured finance at Fitch Ratings, the international credit ratings agency.

However, the changing political climate (collapse of the Warsaw Pact and the end of the Cold War) resulted in poor sales (only one Cray 3 was delivered) and the company fell by the wayside, eventually filing for bankruptcy in 1995.

The mission highlighted a number of issues requiring the urgent attention of the humanitarian community, including the need to improve the security and protection of populations living in the zone of confidence and to address the volatile situation in the west.

A volatile electorate can replace last time s winner, but both can try to persuade voters and govern without having to go to extremes to gain a majority.

Yet the strong link between the fate of the coalition (and that of the Fourth Republic) and a fickle electorate addicted to social benefits will block the serious reforms that are needed to put the economy on a sound footing in the long term.

The new social contract for the first half of the twenty first century must be one that combines fiscal realism, significant room for individual preferences, and strong social solidarity and protection against shocks stemming from personal circumstances or a volatile economy. Many countries are taking steps in this direction.

That will not be possible, however, unless the elections are transparent and credible. In Venezuela s volatile political climate, ensuring a fair process will require the presence of reputable international election observers something that, so far, Maduro has refused to allow.

In June, when Sharif became the first prime minister in Pakistan s checkered political history to succeed a democratically elected prime minister through another democratic election, there was hope in India that the balance of power might shift from the military to the civilian government.