When Mr. Pompidou ended his visit to Washington on Fri day, it was reported that he and Mr. Nixon appeared to be highly pleased with their first encounter although they had not resolved differences over the policies that should be pur sued to stabilize the Middle East.
The meeting, with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder as host, will follow by a week an unsuccessful effort by the five permanent members of the Security Council to bridge differences over Iraq policy between the United States and some European countries led by France.
Click through the three slides below to see how the wide differences over carbon policy evaporate when the discussion is about policies that foster thriftier use of energy or non-polluting sources: It's data like these that prompted me awhile back to conclude, "If I had to choose one of two bumper stickers for our car — CLIMATE CRISIS or ENERGY QUEST —I'd choose the latter".
However in 2007, it was overturned, reflecting unanticipated tensions created by contestation over evidence and differences within the policy community.
In the end, for all the ads and analytics, the scandals over emails and tax dodging, the differences over immigration policy and healthcare, Trump's victory can be explained simply.
In Japan, when there are deep differences over fundamental policy questions, the result is often a set of watered-down goals with vague deadlines or promises to study the issue further, allowing all sides to claim victory without accomplishing anything.
But relations between Washington and Riyadh have been strained by differences over US policy on the Syrian conflict and its nuclear diplomacy with Shia power Iran - a regional rival of Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia.
Although there are suggestions of leadership differences over the assessment of American policy toward China, there is little evidence of conflict over Taiwan policy.
Labor, with 24 parliamentary seats, joined forces with Mr. Sharon in a unity government after he won a landslide victory in national elections last year, but differences over policy toward the Palestinians have occasionally strained the partnership and raised pressures within Labor to leave the coalition.
