Relations between countries can follow a curve. This curve can be shaped by the domestic conditions and policies of the countries and international conditions. An appropriate conjuncture may facilitate decision-making and action, while inappropriate international conditions may create great difficulties and even impede international action.[1][2]
The word conjuncture is derived from the Italian "congiuntura". An extensive usage of the word is found in French as "conjoncture". The Dictionnaire des Dictionnaires defines it as "the meeting, by coincidence, of different things at the same place". The Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Quillet characterises it as a situation created as a result of some events or interests meeting at the same time and place". Kathleen Christison, in her book on Palestine, interprets this term as a "unique constellation of forces".[citation needed]