Sentence examples for contentious region from inspiring English sources

A NATO post would give him additional command experience in an important but less politically contentious region, potentially positioning him as a strong candidate in a few years to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, several military officials said.

Nothing like this relationship exists elsewhere in the world, least of all in its most contentious regions.

Four different military exercises appear to be aimed at the Russian military as Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members deploy in contentious regions in both the Arctic and Eastern Europe areas of particular geopolitical importance to Mr. Putin.

But easily the most contentious part of the package focused on the antinarcotics aid to Colombia and other countries in the region, including Ecuador and Bolivia.

As for the contentious part?

But he has also treaded into some of the most contentious issues in the region.

The GBM basin has a huge potential for hydropower project which is also a contentious issue for the region.

While gasoline smuggling has long been a contentious issue in the region, the illicit practice appears to be declining.

Photographing a region as contentious as the West Bank would assumedly manifest as an attempt to document divisions between the many sides and ideologies defining the territory from the Palestinians who have inhabited the land for thousands of years, to liberal Israelis hoping for a two-state solution, to more extreme individuals on either side of these divides.

The distribution of resources between these establishments is also a contentious issue in the region.

The study raised doubts about the ability of fisheries to meet growing global demand for food, marine experts said, and it strengthened the case for sharp reductions in fishing fleets, a contentious issue in many regions.