Sentence examples for divisions between countries from inspiring English sources

"Divisions between countries and their mutual suspicion and ideological disputes prevented them from being able to stop World War II," he said.

To judge by the bureaucratic manoeuvring beforehand, and the deep divisions between countries about the future size and role of Europe, the summit may mark a new low in what was once seen as the EU's finest achievement.

Any continued argument for a smaller number of goals, in the face of the secretary general's recent guidance, risks creating unnecessary divisions between countries when it should be seeking to build support for ambitious action," they said.

These will be on the table for the first time tomorrow, but they mainly serve to highlight divisions between countries and show how far there is to go in six short months to meet December's deadline.

Compared with other divisions between countries that seem so solid and timeless when scored on a map, these squiggles – enclaves, misshapen lumps and odd protrusions – are a reminder of how messy and malleable the process of drawing up borders has always been.

The paradox of this is that plans for tighter integration among the 17 euro zone countries are at the same time destined to create greater divisions within Europe — divisions between countries that use the euro and those that do not, and divisions within the euro zone itself, depending on the health and importance of the various economies.

There is, however, another way of moving past old divisions we ought to replace them with a new division, namely a division between countries that are willing to take responsibility for their own prosperity and those that choose to play the blame game.

But bitter divisions persist between countries like Austria, which banned nuclear energy in the late 1970s, and Britain, which is planning to build a new fleet of reactors to replace its aging models.

Her comments appeared to have deepened divisions between Western countries and Russia and China over how to respond to Mr. Assad's crackdown.

Despite divisions between EU countries over how to approach the crisis, it was made increasingly clear to Serbia that if it accepted Kosovan independence, Serbia could soon become a candidate for EU membership.

In 2005, the Indonesia-Timor Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship was set up with the goal of establishing the truth relating to crimes under the occupation, and healing divisions between the countries.