The problem is not necessarily the support itself, Mr. Nassif said, but that it invariably skews conflicts, worsening rather than easing sectarian and ethnic tensions.
Morse records that these conflicts worsened Buffalo's condition.
It might improve performance by mirroring the diversity of customers or, as our Schumpeter columnist recently argued (though about cultural rather than gender diversity), it might increase conflict, worsen communication and reduce workplace trust.
By 2005 into 2006, as the conflict worsened, his numbers began to plunge, particularly as violence in Iraq increased.
Yet in such unpredictable times, with one conflict worsening in the Middle East and the rumor of another rising, the 10-member cartel's inaction amounts to a gamble that could send the price of oil rocketing in the coming months.
Yet a study of fighting among pastoralists on the border between Kenya and Somalia in the past 60 years (presented at the conference) showed instead that conflict worsened when grazing was abundant and fell during droughts.
As the Syrian conflict worsened last year, Chinese leaders invited some members of the opposition to talks here in the capital, but those efforts were interpreted as gestures rather than serious engagement.
Circle of Blue, a leading water policy and advocacy organization in the US, writes in its latest news report of this manifestation in Syria and Europe, "...scholars and scientists have determined that climate change was an accomplice in this conflict, worsening the drought that drove 1.5 million from their homes.
The conflict worsened if the partners did not question themselves individually.
Full report [PDF] Summary report [PDF] Country chapter[PDF] Sudan map[PDF] Go to the feature story for Sudan 2008 has been a challenging year in many areas of Sudan, with floods, threat of a malnutrition crisis and increased conflict worsening the situation in many vulnerable communities.
