But most West Europeans prefer difficult partner.

The US seems to prefer an obedient one party state to a difficult, faltering, but more democratic partner in Asia.

The danger is that such groups could accentuate the divisions of a fractious society, rather than pull everyone together in the collective national interest.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the imprisoned ex CEO of what was Russia s largest oil company, is another example of a flawed, uncompromising person who challenged the flawed people in power and their unaccountability.

Yar Adua and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are struggling to stamp their authority on an unwieldy and restive country of 140 million people, and the government views rapid growth as a means to achieving that aim.

The multilateral dialogue in which the States parties were engaged was, much like democracy, slow, unwieldy and at times frustrating, but it was far superior to any other approach in terms of the prospect of achieving equitable and therefore durable security solutions.

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This leaves the US in a difficult position.

Such a system did not have to be difficult to implement.

To be sure, Vladimir Putin s Russia is nationalistic, awkward, and disposed to dangerous trouble making.

They use it to get to the truth, and they do what mature leaders do everyday they have difficult conversations with difficult people, sometimes during very difficult times.

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All of these developments have put India in a difficult position.

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