The danger is that talks once more get bogged down in procedural issues, and that more armed clashes create an atmosphere that is not conducive to progress.
The talks in Baghdad — between Iran and world powers United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany — had been accompanied by high hopes that the current climate was conducive to progress on a deal that would help ease a decade of tensions over Iran's nuclear activities and lift the threat of war hanging over the Middle East.
Simply being surrounded by people all trying to improve creates an atmosphere conducive to progress rather than getting defensive about criticism.
Kerry made a fundamental mistake by establishing rules of engagement that were not conducive to progress, raising serious doubts about the prospect of a solution.
Only if we know whose right to food is not realized and why, and to what extent the legal, institutional and policy framework is conducive to progress on the right to food, an adequate response can be formulated.
Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, said on Twitter that Thursday's meeting was postponed "to a later date when the conditions will be more conducive to making progress".
"The meeting is postponed to a later occasion when the conditions will be more conducive to making progress in bilateral relations," a spokeswoman for Lady Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, said.
Indeed, a consensus seems to be emerging among educational experts around the world that American schools operate within the context of an enabling environment — an open economy, strong legal and banking systems, an entrepreneurial culture — conducive to economic progress.
The political background in 2006 will not be conducive to significant progress at the EU level: – Germany's new "grand coalition" will still be struggling to find its feet, and its main focus will be internal.
As early as his late teens Durkheim became convinced that effort and even sorrow are more conducive to the spiritual progress of the individual than pleasure or joy.
