As Mr. Jenkins wrote in The Guardian, "two great forces are now in fierce but unresolved contention".
These two great forces, Islam and democracy, must find some accommodation; and how they do so will shape the future of the Middle East.
Industrialisation and urbanization the two great forces of economic progress in this century—have made making a living in developed countries virtually climate-proof.
We have two great forces before us, he says: rampant cynicism about politics and an Internet system that undermines any checks on individual sovereignty.
"A fight between two great forces is taking place," said Ricardo Cantú García, a Workers Partyy deputy from Nuevo León, who was guarding the dais on Friday.
Baathism and Nasserism, two great forces that for better or often worse swept through the streets of the Middle East, are scarcely mentioned.
Passing through the gap we were witness to one of the two great forces at play on this vast and wild environment: the summer monsoon.
The debate, according to scout leaders and parents, was shaped by two great forces that have defined scouting for decades: The huge role played by churches in sponsoring scout troops, and the tradition of local control, which can differ greatly from urban downtowns to rural farm country.
"These two great forces of rationalism and romanticism were rubbing up against each other in the 1800s," says Chavkin, and that begged a pertinent question, applicable to both nations: "Are we backwards-looking or forwards-looking?" Anything That Gives Off Light distils that question into its central story.
Manegold covered the landmark legal battle over Faulkner for The New York Times; "In Glory's Shadow" takes us inside the Citadel as two great forces maneuvered inexorably toward each other, and asks on which side of the gate danger really lies.
