One especially notable economic analysis in July 1987 concluded that Mr. Gorbachev's campaign to relax censorship and to promote limited forms of democracy could eventually undermine his power and provoke party conservatives to remove him.
Whether it be an unlikely collaboration, cross-cultural exploration, or just another really epic, thought-provoking party.
In the far more monolithic political culture of today, home-grown gangs usually prefer not to give themselves names to avoid provoking the party.
In interviews, several Peking University students said they were unaware of Professor Xia's case, and the few who were aware were unsympathetic, saying he had crossed a line by repeatedly provoking the party.
But underground Catholic churches that are loyal to the pope and some of the more confrontational Protestant house churches are also controlled tightly.Perceived threats to social stability are provoking the party's soul-searching more than any need for thought control.
This week, Labour's shadow defense secretary Vernon Coaker told the BBC that the party is committed to four submarines, but the renewal of Trident may provoke internal party conflict since, as revealed by the New Statesman, 75percentnt of Labour's parliamentary candidates are against renewing Trident.
The prime minister said this week he was not expecting an "earthquake" from the verdict, and Berlusconi himself – who has historically railed against leftwing magistrates plotting against him – has seemed unusually reluctant to provoke his party members into open rebellion.
When a 2011 vote to legalise gay marriage in New York state was facing defeat, he persuaded a group of hedge fund managers to throw campaign funds at twitchy Republicans who were worried their support might provoke the party's conservative wing to unseat them, This money was said to have swung the vote.
"Our strong wish is that the United States keeps calm and refrains from any moves that would provoke another party to actions that might be dangerous," he said.
Lord Rennard, who was publicly accused of sexual harassment by four women in 2013, was voted on to the party's federal executive by fellow Lib Dem peers on Thursday, provoking complaints from party members.
