Beyond the above - mentioned areas, local conflicts with small - scale or conflicts associated with criminal activity, are common. (globaleducationmagazine.com)
Some of them may be improved regionally, especially if they are not in local conflict with other competing problems. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Nevertheless, Russia sees itself as a «helpless hostage» of local conflicts across the former USSR. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)