Battleground Budget

Cyprus is the latest battleground between the two camps.

Moreover, it threatens to turn into a battleground for its neighbors opposing interests.

But the last thing Africa needs is to be a battleground in an economic and political war.

Each campaign is now desperately trying to gauge the impact of the financial crisis on these battleground states.

Wedged awkwardly between China, Russia, and Japan, the Korean Peninsula has long been a bloody battleground for greater powers.

Second, we must encourage a true regional dialogue that prevents Afghanistan from becoming a battleground for devastating proxy wars.

And I firmly believe that what we're seeing in the Himalayas is the next great, big battleground on this earth.

South Africa s courts have become a political battleground, as Mbeki and his allies use corruption charges to try to cripple Zuma s candidacy.

Similarly, northern Sri Lanka is the main battleground for the long running conflict between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

Moreover, Lebanese politicians from different backgrounds and allegiances expressed to the Mission their fears that Lebanon would become, once again, a battleground for external forces.

Americans see this as the key battleground in the war on terror, and Europeans want stable, responsive governments that stem the flow of illegal migration and organized crime.

Lebanon has repeatedly served as a battleground for the parties to the Arab Israeli conflict, with devastating impact on its national unity and independence, as demonstrated by its tragic civil war (1975 1990) and by various military campaigns on its soil.

That is the worst possible outcome for Europe, which would become even more divided, turning into a battleground for influence between Putin s Russia and the United States. The EU would cease to be a functioning political force in the world (especially if Greece also left the eurozone).

Reporter Janine di Giovanni has been to the worst places on Earth to bring back stories from Bosnia, Sierra Leone and most recently Syria. She tells stories of human moments within large conflicts and explores that shocking transition when a familiar city street becomes a bombed out battleground.

In this context, it is our belief that we, as members of the international community, cannot allow outer space to become the next battleground. In our view this is exactly what would happen if we do not prevent such weaponization by measures that would ban weapons in outer space.

But perhaps the problem is deeper global corporations, media cartels, and powerful bureaucracies are transforming political parties into organizations whose main task is no longer public service, but the protection of specific clienteles and interests. Politics is becoming a battleground for lobbyists media trivialize serious problems democracy often looks like a virtual game for consumers, rather than a serious business for serious citizens.