Whatever small hopes may rest on the "cessation of hostilities" deadline in Syria – set for this Saturday – it is unlikely to stem the migration flows in the near future.
Factor in armed hostilities to so extreme and testing an environment and you have a stage set for the highest drama, the desert itself reliably assuming its adversarial role.
Failing to take seriously East Asian political perspectives risks widening misunderstandings and setting the stage for hostilities that could have been avoided.
They, and the other leaders of their parties, set aside their hostility for the good of their society.
The series went the limit and set a Stanley Cup record for hostility, as the referees whistled 406 penalty minutes.
In the summer of 1588 the Spanish Armada set sail for England after decades of hostility between Spain's catholic King Philip II and the protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England.
The end of hostilities set the stage for Syrian-assisted drug enforcement and crop substitution programs in Lebanon's once lawless Bekaa Valley.
That early show of hostility set the tone for lasting mistrust.
While these speculations are premature and flirt with wishful thinking, it makes geostrategic sense for the two adversaries to set aside their mutual hostility to address common concerns in the Middle East.
"It's this dueling set of glances and gestures that sets up this hostility in public".
