And this is only achieved when one of the objects which is known is, in turn, related to still others, as it is in the myriad spatio-temporal relations in which it stands to other objects.
One field of East-West relations in which San Francisco functions well, is in the reception of Asian guests.
In this case, teleology amounts to the existence of causal relations in which the effect explains or is responsible for the cause.
What we can do is construct a framework for relations in which the issues that we dispute do not disrupt those ties.
It isn't possible, even if it may be desirable, to return to nineteenth-century international relations, in which nation-states made deals or went to war over pieces of turf without regard for the human beings living there.
Women wanting to escape political exile in the countryside, get an education or just survive may have parlayed sexual relations in which they were largely unwilling participants into advantage – a gray area when the power relationship is so unequal.
Such are the basics of diplomacy in the twilight zone of international relations, in which small states and nations must manoeuvre to secure their best interests.(Picture credit: Tim Judah).
The Afghan official described the downgrading in relations, in which the ambassador to Qatar has been recalled from Doha to Kabul and replaced with a chargé d'affaires, as a temporary measure.
In August 1968 he became minister of foreign relations, in which capacity he formed closer cultural and commercial ties with the Soviet Union and worked for better relations with other Latin American countries.
The Trade Disputes Act sustained a system of labour-employer relations in which the role of the law and the courts was kept to a minimum, and it was not repealed until 1971.
In each of his six chapters, Standage uses a "glass" of something or other to draw attention to the social, political, and economic relations in which it is embedded.
