Sentence examples for contributed to the current impasse from inspiring English sources
I applaud Mr. Rumsfeld's slamming of Yasir Arafat, but when he refers to the "so-called occupied territories" he tells the entire Muslim world that America is utterly indifferent to Israeli settlements and how they have contributed to the current impasse.
President Obama himself has contributed to the current impasse in part by insisting early in 2009 that the peace negotiations should start by first freezing the settlements, which was a nonstarter for the Netanyahu government, and by failing to visit Israel when he travelled three times overseas, visiting four Arab/Muslim states.
That resentment is stiffening their insistence that the new WTO head should for once come from a poor country, and thus contributing to the current impasse in Geneva.The immediate task is to name a new WTO chief as swiftly as possible.
The result is a compelling political thriller that exposes the naivety and arrogance that contributed to the current tragic impasse.
After 2002, centre-left governments in Brazil and Argentina, among others, increased resistance to the United States during the negotiations and further contributed to the impasse.
However, he never acknowledged that he too contributed to the impasse because the negotiations were based, from the very beginning, on a flawed process.
Ellis et al. [ 30] contend that 'the most popularly deployed methodology, the opinion poll, has contributed to the impasse in understanding public perception of wind farms'.
The National Trust has been in opposition to English Heritage plans, and contributed to the disagreements that have led to this impasse.
