Assad (and his backers) are determined to thwart any process, pursue a total military victory and crush any remaining democratic alternative.
Organizations which, however rigorous a process, pursue what current stakeholders perceive as strategy may well, whether they recognize it or not, are stuck in a rut.
As the late Yitzhak Rabin once invoked, "Fight terrorism as if there is no peace process; pursue peace as if there is no terrorism," so that no provocation, regardless of the source, can derail the negotiations.
He has sustained the effort throughout the process, pursuing the goal with determination and stamina.
Fair process pursues the best ideas whether they are put forth by one or many.
The process pursued by Daryl Libow, with a litigator's tenacity, took us almost a year to complete.
BT and one other potential bidder are understood to have held private discussions with Desmond last year, with a public sale process pursued after talks petered out.
Similarly, Williams's photographs can seem almost like nugatory remnants of a process pursued with devotion that is its own reward.
"She implemented several improvements to enhance the integrity of Georgia's elections," Constantini said in an e-mail, "including implementing Photo I.D., strengthening the absentee ballot process, pursuing allegations of voter fraud and irregularities".
Russia, they say, has never fully grappled with and exposed the sins of Communism, never embarked on the kind of truth and reconciliation process pursued by other countries, like South Africa, after regimes were overthrown.
