I'm not sure about whether Ukraine will ever be joining. As long as there's a frozen conflict on Ukrainian territory, they can't possibly join. And that's probably one of the reasons why Vladimir Putin is interested in having a frozen conflict there, so that there is no border security.
Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development is the best form of conflict prevention.
Vladimir Putin would like to have more influence in Ukraine. He would like to have Ukraine always knocked slightly off balance so that they don't know what he might do next. He would like to demonstrate that he has more power than the Ukrainians do. And so certainly by making a frozen conflict situation where Ukraine never really has a definitive sense of sovereignty over its own territory, that's in Putin's interest.
You can't get away from violence in drama. If you do not have conflict, you do not have drama.
We do have an obligation to deter conflict and to prepare for it should it occur.
The president is exempt from the conflict of interest rules that all other administrations must - administration officials must abide by.
I never had the chance to decide; I was drafted to serve my nation. While I received a deferment to attend school, I ultimately served in the United States Army in the years following the Korean conflict.
I do not love strife, because I have always found that in the end each remains of the same opinion.
The 'divide & conquer' principle has been successfully implemented on our planet and is being used very effectively to keep us under control and in a perpetual state of conflict.
Conflict is the place where character and plot intersect.
Where was it ever promised us that life on this earth can ever be easy, free from conflict and uncertainty, devoid of anguish and wonder and pain? … The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.
And it is through conflict that God induces the believer to seek and to grasp total triumph in Christ.
Wars don't bring lasting peace, only lasting death.
If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.
The loudest voices we hear are those who advocate conflict, divisiveness.
The weak sinews become strong by their conflict with difficulties.
Only the truth can set us free from the fear, the drama and the conflict of our lives.
You can do nothing that is in conflict with your own image of what you really are.
If we are not in conflict with Palestine than why are they so afraid of us presenting Palestinian voices? Of course the answer is obvious, and we see it throughout the U. S. and the world, controlling the master narrative of Israel means vigilantly controlling the narrative about Palestine.
Dramatically, I like darkness, I like conflict - but I don't see the world as defined by them.