TORN between an allegiance to his modernist mentor and an affinity for the Romantic tradition, the Viennese composer Alban Berg produced some of the most complex, conflicted — yet lyrical — music ever written.
WASHINGTON — The American military has started withdrawing some equipment, but not yet troops, from Syria as part of President Trump's order to wind down that battleground against the Islamic State, two Defense Department officials said on Friday amid continuing confusion over plans to disengage from one of the Middle East's most complex conflicts.
The deal is thought to be the first overtly commercial venture involving two of the countries in one of Africa's most complex conflicts.
The trip provided field research experience, an opportunity to engage with foreign leaders, and finally, a well-rounded policy proposal on one of today's most complex conflicts.
Like Obama, Richardson understands and has practiced a style of diplomacy and leadership that begins with listening, and that is grounded in the view that even as disparate parties may have widely differing agendas, the most complex and intractable conflicts can be addressed if differences are acknowledged and respected, as a first step toward identifying and achieving common goals.
She is a trustee of the German Marshall Fund, the International Crisis Group, and the Friends of Inter Mediate, a UK-based non-profit focused on the most complex and dangerous world conflicts.
Perhaps one of the most complex aspects of the conflict has been the blurring of boundaries between development and military occupation.
Conservation and deforestation are some of the most complex environmental problems linked to conflict and peace.
"This is the most complex and the most violent conflict in our times," EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said at the conference in Brussels.
The Syrian conflict is one of the most complex and dangerous situations in one of the most complex and dangerous regions in the world today.
