Political struggle and corruption

The conflict in economic policy is spreading to the geopolitical sphere.

But the political struggle needs to be conducted along new battle lines.

Of course, throughout time, religion has often been part of a political conflict.

A world without political strife seemed like a recipe for bliss.

It remains our belief that the resolution of that conflict is possible only politically, not militarily.

Considerable social conflict could become unavoidable, threatening political support for economic openness.

The political struggle between civilians and conservative military sectors intensified, against a backdrop of social upheaval and mobilization.

With corruption debate taking over the press, the government manages to sideline sensitive discussion on political infighting.

Dramatic poverty conditions were recognized as the main root cause of conflict and political unrest in the country.

Political struggle, murder, corruption, espionage and diplomatic conflict the downfall of Bo Xilai from the Chinese Communist Party s (CCP) elite ranks has turned out to be a multi faceted story.

There have been a number of cases of States in conflict where we have broken through the stage of armed conflict and gone to political dialogue.

Political strife and armed conflicts had resulted in an increased number of displaced persons and refugees, the majority of whom were women and children.

The Palestinian people, which has asserted itself and affirmed its legitimate rights through armed struggle and violent confrontation, is capable of entrenching those rights in peace, through political and cultural struggle.

The conflict s end would also bolster development efforts in Colombia already a model of democracy and political and economic stability.

Now that the human rights question is free from cold war ideology, the game of political football over the issue can stop.

But the relative quiet in the ongoing ideological, political, and diplomatic conflict between the two groups of countries is only temporary.

New Zealand understands peacebuilding to encompass all political development and humanitarian activities aimed at preventing the outbreak, continuation or recurrence of conflict.

Ensure sustained financing of recovery and development activities and extend the period of political attention to post conflict recovery

Few came with any deep understanding of the dynamics of the political conflict between militant Tamils and the Sri Lankan state.

They fail to recognize that if they do not reinvest their resource wealth into productive investments above ground, they are actually becoming poorer. Political dysfunction exacerbates the problem, as conflict over access to resource rents gives rise to corrupt and undemocratic governments.

Furthermore, fallout from relentless regional conflict is destabilizing Lebanon, a country that offers Christians a constitutional guarantee of political representation.

In this post, one blogger, a school pupil himself, gives us his perspective on the political fight getting in the way of his education.

It would not be until 1990, when the last military uprising in Argentine history was crushed, that the political conflict within the Army finally subsided.

That history of political and military conflict, which originally had to do with geographic and economic interests, has extended to geopolitical interests, most recently as a result of the East West conflict, the so called cold war, which, fortunately, has now come to an end.

Recognizing the importance of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes in strengthening peace, political stability and reconstruction, especially in post conflict situations,

Recognizing the importance of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes in strengthening peace, political stability and reconstruction, especially in post conflict situations,

The setting up of a new Peacebuilding Commission could prove crucial in extending to post conflict recovery the period of political attention at the international level. Time and again, we are reminded of the risk of post conflict situations relapsing into conflict situations.

There has been a wrestling in your spirit, back and forth in your life which in itself is knowledge of God. By the conflict you have known him.

But the relative quiet in the ongoing ideological, political, and diplomatic conflict between the two groups of countries is only temporary. If anything, it is the calm before an approaching storm.

A move by army officers in Tripoli against Qaddafi and his sons might end the conflict, with military commanders getting the credit and the political capital.

As a result, Egypt s power struggle will continue, with the junta no longer battling those in Tahrir Square, but political Islam.

Social tensions, exacerbated by political strife, are threatening the national cohesion at a moment when the country needs to mobilize solidarity for the development effort.

This conflict may be exacerbated by the outcome in Syria.

The frozen conflict

Conflict

Conflict

Don't struggle.

With so much political friction in Iran and Iraq, it is easy to overlook the growing unrest in Nigeria, the world s eighth largest oil exporter.

The internal fighting in Palestine began in part as a result of the political impasse caused after Israel and the international community imposed an economic embargo on the Palestinian Authority.

It is clear that we must quickly begin a political dialogue, which is the only means to end the conflict in the Middle East and to restore calm there.

Recognizing the importance of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes in strengthening peace, political stability and reconstruction, especially in post conflict situations,

It is one of the major sources of illicit arms circulation and political instability following peace agreements and the peacebuilding phase of post conflict situations.

Indeed, this local act of rebellion appears to have been part of the larger political struggle between the two Maya superpowers , the great cities of Tikal and Calakmul.

As well, in designing the second phase of post conflict peacebuilding political and socio economic rehabilitation the needs and the requirements of the people must be taken on board.