Still, Lebanon more than anywhere else remains the crossroads that could derail the quest for a broader peace.
But the trend is undeniably toward a broad regional peace.
He said his primary purpose would be restore cooperation on security issues, which he described as the basis of the effort to forge a broader peace.
None of this will guarantee a broader peace.
This, the Post said, suggested "a peace much broader and deeper than the exchange of ambassadors and other formalities."
Prime Minister Blair and I are determined to move toward our vision of broader peace in that region.
We see the potential for broader peace among the peoples of this region.
Their declaration proclaimed that all had made "a strategic decision" to uphold and continue the quest for broader peace.
The pact is a temporary one, pending a broader peace between Serbia and Croatia.
He may be trying to diminish expectations, but he is on record as saying that the best prospects in decades for a broader peace now exist.