The only thing in doubt, as the somber-suited men and women of the Serbian evening news say repeatedly, is the eventual "international recognition of our just cause."
An example of this would be the eventual recognition of the civil rights movement in the 1960s in the United States.
It seemed designed to follow the pattern set by Poland and Hungary, which have opened interest sections as an apparent prelude to eventual formal recognition.
Genius is actually the eventual public recognition of dozens (or hundreds) of failed attempts at solving a problem.
He'll assume it's a quiet overture to establish relations with a North Korean faction for eventual diplomatic recognition.
Pushkin's work influenced many writers in the 19th century and led to his eventual recognition as Russia's greatest poet.
Mr. Abbas was an early Palestinian voice advocating negotiations with Israel and an eventual recognition of it.
He is fixated on one point on the horizon, and it is this for which he lives-the eventual recognition he will receive from mankind.
The United States and North Korea have agreed to work toward eventual diplomatic recognition and an exchange of embassies, but that seems a long way off.
It was the eventual recognition of Solidarity's legal right to exist that led to the end of the military dictatorship and the opening of the road to democratic transformation.