The Assad regime is suspected of trying to talk up prospects of diplomatic solution as a way of buying time.
Giving evidence to the Commons liaison committee, he played down the prospects of a solution to this problem being found.
I've begun to wonder how these protests are viewed in the place that may matter more to the prospect of a solution to the Tibet issue: China.
Ahead of presidential elections in early 2018 – and with the prospect of a solution being put to referendum – Anastasiades will undoubtedly have to moderate his rhetoric as campaigning gets under way.
Sincere anti-poverty activists find her shrillness exasperating, with some arguing privately that her writing about a cause is a distraction, shifting the focus to herself, and delaying, if not damaging, the prospect of a solution.
Kerry made a fundamental mistake by establishing rules of engagement that were not conducive to progress, raising serious doubts about the prospect of a solution.
I loved the way the story disrobes the goofiness of bureaucracy as "Social Service" (played to a T by Tilda Swinton), a nameless functionary whose rigidity can ultimately be bent by legal threats and not simply by the prospect of a solution to 'her' problem of what to do with a troublesome youth.
For these reasons, what the next president of the U.S. does within a few months after his inauguration will determine the future prospect of a solution, and the extent to which the candidates adhere to their campaign rhetoric will have a clear and immediate effect on how the Israelis and Palestinians react to any new American initiative to resolve the conflict.
This scenario is sadder than sad; it projects hopelessness about the prospect of a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and disregards the repeated heavy toll these mini-wars exact in destruction, death of innocent civilians, and human suffering, further deepening emotional scars and making peace ever more elusive.
The Sinhalese have long been willing to make amends, largely by devolving power to the north-east, which the LTTE deems the Tamils Eelamm (homeland).The characteristics that make this conflict one of the few with a prospect of resolution also make the solution potentially troubling.
