But conflicts of interest over water can certainly poison inter-state relations, even when an imbalance of power is so great that the aggrieved party could never consider using force.

不过，因为水资源而导致的利益冲突的确会恶化国家间的关系，甚至在两国间因为实力严重不均从而利益受损方未敢诉诸武力的局面下，情形依然是如此。

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(Recording) He says the prospect of a summit depends on progress on the North Korean nuclear issue, as well as the state of inter-Korean relations.

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Professional men, merchants, lawyers, scientists and revolutionaries all sought to wrest the business of inter-state relations away from monarchs, despots, generals and a diplomatic corps heaving with aristocrats, and onto a more rational, technocratic footing.

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