Transitions in Libya and Yemen, meanwhile, remain imperiled by tribal and regional squabbles, as well as a proliferation of guns in the hands of radical Islamist groups.
Congress formed the commission in 1879 in hopes of quieting the regional squabbles over methods of flood control, navigation and uses of the bounteous water.
Then came this new phase: the aftermath of the Arab spring, the hideous violence of Syria, the failure of Iraq (and of western policymaking in the Middle East), regional squabbles, renewed Shia v Sunni competition and the rise of Islamic State.
Any danger that East Asian allies would obtain nuclear weapons pales in comparison to the threat of U.S. cities being incinerated to protect these countries in purely regional squabbles with their neighbors.
AFTER a year of mudslinging and recrimination, Spain's prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has finally worked out how to stop regional governments squabbling over the shrinking pot of public finances.
A new body is to be elected to do the job, but with arguments raging over the place of Sharia law in that constitution, and with regional leaders squabbling for influence, there is no sign of when those elections will happen.
During the decades Visa was bank-owned, its six regional associations squabbled over international expansion and failed to make much headway.
The former joint Baltic battalion has been disbanded, and the Baltic countries are squabbling over hosting NATO's regional air-policing mission.
The infusion of American power, by arming the rebels or enforcing a no-fly zone, would change the military and regional dynamic and help unite the often squabbling "Friends of Syria" behind American leadership.
The contrast between the dysfunctional national body and its active regional offshoots is striking, because the CFCM is squabbling yet again ahead of a leadership election on June 8th.In this section A political soap-opera, continued Uneasy partnership A swansong for the coalition Divided rule The graveyard shift Covering up A woman's place?
