Not all the leaks are part of deep clashes between rival interests.
For years Elizabeth had cannily played a complex diplomatic game with the rival interests of France and Spain, a game comparable to her domestic manipulation of rival factions.
But the novelty of rival interests clashing in a body that is freely elected (though not free to form political parties) appears to have done little to inspire.
The study examines the contest between rival interests following the Treasury's decision to explore the potential of "the mercantile system of double entry" bookkeeping as the basis for recording and reporting the financial affairs of British central government.
Experts say that the integration is still far from complete, and that even oversight of the China Coast Guard is split between different authorities, each with its own rival interests.
Instead, danger looms for deepening tensions in hot spots such as Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen countries where the United States and Iran have rival interests.
It is balanced in the sense that it is not an opening bid – so the White House insists, and I hope they mean it – but a genuine attempt to reconcile rival interests in the national interest.
Over the decades, rival interests — the government's legitimate responsibility to keep some things secret, the press's constitutional freedom to ferret out information and report it — have coexisted through informal understandings.
The size of the ruling al-Saud family (at least 5,000 hold princely rank), and the accumulated privileges of its leading princes are such that kings must take care to balance rival interests.
So, each fall, managers and record labels dive into a mosh pit of monster egos, clashing tastes and rival interests in the industry, all in the hope of placing their artists among the royalty of rock.
