Lessons to be learned In some ways the action research ignited a powder keg that had been waiting to go off.
The Middle East conflict has long been recognized as a potential powder keg.
Secondly, you also asked the very good question about what can be done about the Balkan powder keg?
Uzbekistan may not blow up today, but it remains a powder keg.
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia could well become the next powder keg.