Sentence examples for rising confrontation from inspiring English sources

Auguries of a rising confrontation between Russia and the west are not hard to find.

And depending on Ms Fernández's reaction, it could usher in either more business-friendly economic policies, or two years of rising confrontation.

For all the resurgence of sectarian identity, many of the region's Muslims, including many deeply religious ones, disdain the rising confrontation.

It reflects the rising tone of confrontation between the West and Iran over the country's uranium enrichment program, as well as what vocal opponents of Iran have called its support for international terrorism and repressive tactics at home.

They say that any cuts would be irresponsible given the extent of America's commitments and the unpredictability of the threats the nation faces, not least military competition from a rising China, nuclear confrontation with Iran or the implosion of Pakistan.

Hamas, whose popularity rises during confrontations with Israel, seeks to portray itself as the sole defender of the Palestinian people, scorning figures such as Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for taking part in past conciliation efforts.

The best hope for avoiding a confrontation between rising and established powers is to be creative in developing fresh institutions.

The combination of increasingly frequent confrontations and rising casualties during them "underlines how the situation is escalating," said Stephanie Brigden, the director of Free Tibet.

Despite more than a decade of terrorist killing, kidnapping, a rising crime rate, and confrontations in the streets between bands of armed political extremists, the first reaction to the attack on the Pope was incredulity.

People have been gathering since April, but as hundreds more poured in over the past two weeks, confrontations began rising among protesters, sheriff's officers and construction workers with the pipeline company.

But a rising tide of violent confrontations and political bickering makes it seem like the country is slipping back to the year 1420, in the Gregorian calendar.