But Colombia's internal strife is also giving Panama some unlooked-for economic benefits.
This is because much of the internal strife between minority and majority populations within states today is financed and often directed from outside the country.
That body was a byword for bad management and internal strife.
Macedonia also has suffered internal strife since its departure from Yugoslavia in 1991, much of it related to a rights struggle by the country's large Albanian minority.
He has also dismissed reports of internal strife within WikiLeaks.
Some Arab analysts have sounded more informed warnings, fretting that a truncated northern Sudan could become an Islamist police state and that the impoverished South may soon relapse into internal strife.
In a wide-ranging interview, Rogers revealed the internal strife he went through when trying to reconcile his love of playing football for a living with his desire to be honest with those closest to him.
This was more than just a matter of presentation: Mr Zander had just taken the helm of a sprawling company racked by internal strife and strategic paralysis, and everyone wanted to know what he planned to do.
They still seek to project their influence through Europe, but will have difficulty doing this while they are so consumed by internal strife at home, and while they still struggle to come to terms with Europe's internal market.
It offers a liberal model for other Gulf states, but faces increasing internal political strife and an uncertain future.
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