The visit was significant because Benedict's resignation has raised concerns about potential power conflicts emerging from the peculiar situation of having a reigning pope and a retired one.
The dispute settlement mechanism recently established at the WTO should be given far more power to resolve conflicts.
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He said there were some "alarming scenarios" that could weaken the power of states to resolve conflicts.
His government's hold on power has been tenuous in recent months amid conflicts between members of the three-party coalition.
The great powers could now, as Wilson had hoped, form a "community of power" to manage and resolve these remaining conflicts.
And Mr Erdogan's foes in the army fear that rapprochement with Europe will reduce their power and see in Turkey's internal conflicts a chance to restore that influence.
Separately, the SEC intends to ask Judge Arthur Gonzalez of the U.S. bankruptcy court in New York to appoint an independent examiner with wider power to investigate Enron's downfall and the potential conflicts of interest between investment banks--some of the largest creditors of the company--and its other creditors.
The 19th century was notable for two stretches of great-power peace of roughly four decades each, punctuated by major conflicts.
Conflicts erupt as a result of fluctuations in the delicate power equation.
Instead, companies fare better when they examine what conflicts are really present in their brand, and then use those to power their characters.
Conflicts like this keep women fighting each other rather than using our collective power to push for systemic changes in the workplace, changes that can open up choices for us and generations to come.
But as long as those living in and around the region watch its conflicts from starkly opposing viewpoints, the old powder-keg will retain every speck of its explosive power.
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