TedTest

From the Ted Talk by Stefan Wolff: The path to ending ethnic conflicts

Unscramble the Blue Letters

A fnial example: Kosovo. The failure to achieve a ntgtiaeeod solution for Kosovo and the violence, tension and de facto partition that resulted from it have their reasons in many, many different factors. Central among them are three. First, the intransigence of local leaders to settle for nothing less than their maximum ddamens. Second, an international diplomatic effort that was hmpeeard from the beginning by Western support for Kosovo's independence. And third, a lack of imagination when it came to designing institutions that could have addressed the cenrcnos of Serbs and anainlabs alike. By the same toekn — and here we have some good news again — the very fact that there is a high-level, well-resourced international presence in Kosovo and the Balkans region more genlleary and the fact that local ldeaers on both sides have showed relative restraint, explains why things have not been worse over the past two years since 2008.

Open Cloze

A _____ example: Kosovo. The failure to achieve a __________ solution for Kosovo and the violence, tension and de facto partition that resulted from it have their reasons in many, many different factors. Central among them are three. First, the intransigence of local leaders to settle for nothing less than their maximum _______. Second, an international diplomatic effort that was ________ from the beginning by Western support for Kosovo's independence. And third, a lack of imagination when it came to designing institutions that could have addressed the ________ of Serbs and _________ alike. By the same _____ — and here we have some good news again — the very fact that there is a high-level, well-resourced international presence in Kosovo and the Balkans region more _________ and the fact that local _______ on both sides have showed relative restraint, explains why things have not been worse over the past two years since 2008.

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Original Text

A final example: Kosovo. The failure to achieve a negotiated solution for Kosovo and the violence, tension and de facto partition that resulted from it have their reasons in many, many different factors. Central among them are three. First, the intransigence of local leaders to settle for nothing less than their maximum demands. Second, an international diplomatic effort that was hampered from the beginning by Western support for Kosovo's independence. And third, a lack of imagination when it came to designing institutions that could have addressed the concerns of Serbs and Albanians alike. By the same token — and here we have some good news again — the very fact that there is a high-level, well-resourced international presence in Kosovo and the Balkans region more generally and the fact that local leaders on both sides have showed relative restraint, explains why things have not been worse over the past two years since 2008.

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