The dramatic transfer of power brought to a head weeks of confrontation that killed more than 100 people and hurt tourism and foreign investment.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

"Our effort here in writing this letter is just urging caution because we're hoping that with the new administration, we will have an administration that will lend itself more to diplomacy and working through other means rather than always military confrontation,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

Six years later, on October 14, 2011, when he was serving as US Treasury Secretary, Geithner greeted the prosecution of several hedge fund managers for various trading infractions in a much more confrontation tone.

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Charlemagne would choose a more obscure confrontation as his memory of the outgoing Polish government.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

The good news is that contrary to widely held belief, cooperation is more frequent than confrontation over water.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES