A strategy of isolation has resulted in a dangerous alliance of convenience among extremist forces excluded from political processes and power structures.

As Hamas knows, the US holds the key to ending the political isolation imposed on it after its victory in 2006.

In response, the UN imposed sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in May 1992, which led to political isolation and the collapse of the economy.

Islands of Isolation

Russia s Road to Isolation

Israel s Lonely Prosperity

Tehran is afraid of regional and international isolation.

A believer in the essentially political nature of Haiti s tragedy, Fernandez rightly aspires to turn the current crisis into the lever for state building, Haiti s extraction from political isolation, and its maturation into an active member of the regional and world community.

For years, forward looking Taiwanese industrialists, including many hi tech entrepreneurs, urged Chen to de bureaucratize and de politicize Taiwan s increasingly isolated economy.

What can even more isolation achieve?

Despite the gravity of the situation, Hollande has three advantages excessive austerity is unrealistic, given growing social opposition public deficits are only a small part of Europe s problems (and are not necessarily the source of the crisis) and a strong consensus has emerged outside of Germany to change tack.

I discovered the Che who scribbled love poems and coveted his solitude.

Gone was the isolation that had done so much to protect the language.

And that furthers the isolation that people like John found themselves in.

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Negative consequences, such as isolation and resistance to ideas, occur when knowledge sharing is impeded.

As Hamas knows, the US holds the key to ending the political isolation imposed on it after its victory in 2006. Indeed, Hamas leaders recently acknowledged sending messages to the Obama administration calling for dialogue.

If the West were to turn its back on Russia, such isolation would reinforce the xenophobic and statist tendencies present in Russian political culture and make the liberal cause more difficult.

Divided government also plays into the hands of Asia s separatists.

But as hopes of integration with the West wane, so a feeling of exclusion is growing.

Finally, younger Iranians are tired of Iran s international isolation.

The idea was that isolation and sanctions would topple Kim Jong il s dictatorship.

The alliance ended the diplomatic isolation of France and undermined the supremacy of Germany in Europe.

The Western world will rush to demand more sanctions and more isolation.

Iran s alternatives should be no less than recognition and security, or total isolation.

Such a change would make it easier to end the isolation of Hamas as well.

Voters are feeling the pain of economic isolation, made worse by the global downturn.

Taiwan deserves great credit for standing on its own two feet, despite the international isolation imposed.

It could create a rift between Europe and the US, which hopes to avoid isolation in the vote.

But the stranglehold of North Korea s dictatorship is based on total isolation.

Prejudice must make way for empathy, and alienation for respect.

Since then, Putin has sought to expose the bankruptcy of America s policy of isolating Iran.

I listen to Fairouz and admire the oriental music as much as I love the jazz of Frank Sinatra.

Previously, EU policy was to isolate Belarus, which itself was seeking isolation.

The people flooding the streets were also united in their leader's defense and this turned into an opportunity to overcome the alienation.

Less frequently used or manipulated elements, and elements that benefit from isolation (such as wild species) are farther away.

Of course, the temptations of isolationism are great, and will increase in the months and years ahead.

Isolated, desperate for allies, Syria has been helping Iran in its quest for regional hegemony.

So I said to him, How was it? and he answered, It needs two more generations.

He later chose to practice in the solitude of the mountains, after becoming disgusted by the unpleasant behavior of certain scholars.

This isolation permits these efforts to continue without considering the voices, experiences, thoughts and ambitions of a crucial and entire group of people.

(j) Recognize that isolation is a major obstacle that prevents indigenous peoples from fully enjoying their right to education.

There may not be as much conflict between these two agendas as first appears. If the West were to turn its back on Russia, such isolation would reinforce the xenophobic and statist tendencies present in Russian political culture and make the liberal cause more difficult.

But this whole incident aroused a huge outcry from society about the isolation, both physical and mental, of these migrant workers.

After centuries of isolation and colonial slumber, the region is now awake to the potential benefits of greater unity.