LONDON -- What have Macedonia, Israel and Northern Ireland got in common?
Answer: in all three countries there is a so-called "peace process" being held precariously in place; in all three countries huge international efforts are being exerted to prevent all-out war; and in all three countries the gap of viewpoints between the various combatants remains dangerously wide.
What one side sees as an unprovoked and unwarranted terrorist attack on its lawful statehood and civil order the other side sees as a liberating ethnic struggle.