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That goes a long way toward explaining (add a bit of ideology to the mix) why the current Greek government has gone to the
brink
of default before agreeing to restrain public-sector pensions, as its European Union partners demand.
The Tragedy of Trade BlindnessLONDON – The Doha Round of global free-trade negotiations is on the
brink
of collapse after ten years of talking.
Illness, divorce, or the loss of a job often is enough to push them over the
brink.
This is a proposal whose time has come because the world economy is hovering on the
brink
of deflation.
The Egyptian security forces’ subsequent failure to prevent demonstrators from storming Israel’s embassy in Cairo brought matters to the
brink
of calamity.
This has infuriated many, especially given the recent warning by the body that represents hospitals across England that underfunding has pushed the NHS to the
brink.
Now Russia is teetering on the
brink
of recession and expects capital outflows to top $70 billion during the first quarter of this year, exceeding the outflows for all of 2013.
Americans may not be entirely satisfied with their leaders, but the country is certainly not on the
brink
of an Arab Spring-style revolution.
Saudi Arabia may have fallen out with a fellow jihad-bankrolling state, Qatar, but it continues to engage in a brutal proxy war with Iran in Yemen, which has brought that country, like Iraq and Libya, to the
brink
of state failure.
Getting started now will save countless lives and prevent a further tragic downward spiral of a society that stands on the
brink
of survival.
Libya stands on the
brink
of civil war and de facto partition.
Having gone to the brink, the leaders of both China and Japan appear to have taken a direct hand in softening their countries’ rhetoric.
The European Commission recently slashed its 2012 GDP growth forecast to 0.5% – teetering on the
brink
of outright recession.
Such a financial "hit" may affect their consumption patterns, complicate their retirement plans, and even bring them to the
brink
of indigence.
The Middle East’s Arc of ProsperityPRINCETON – As Egypt trembles on the
brink
of civil war, with alarming levels of violence and hardening divisions on all sides, it is hard to find a truly bright spot anywhere in the Middle East or North Africa.
In 2009, we were pulled back from the
brink
of depression, and 2010 was supposed to be the year of transition: as the economy got back on its feet, stimulus spending could smoothly be brought down.
With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s corruption-tainted government tottering on the
brink
of collapse, there has been no official explanation of how India was caught napping in a militarily critical area where, in the recent past, China had made repeated attempts to encroach on Indian land.
However, this central pillar of international proliferation control is on the
brink
of collapse.
It would be one thing if the high incomes of those at the top were the result of greater contributions to society, but the Great Recession showed otherwise: even bankers who had led the global economy, as well as their own firms, to the
brink
of ruin, received outsize bonuses.
Indeed, it brought our economies back from the
brink.
That pragmatic and courageous approach created the necessary space for the two leaders – neither of whom actually wanted a nuclear war – to retreat from the
brink
without losing face.
However hasty these judgments may end up being, it certainly seems that the region’s oldest and last political-military organization is, at long last, on the
brink
of defeat.
By recognizing a permanent say in politics for all of the country’s mutually suspicious communities, Iraqis can pull back from the
brink
and build for themselves an Iraq worthy of their talents and their history.
Turkmenistan’s Tentative OpeningASHGABAT – Turkmenistan, a country rich in natural gas and strategically located on the borders of Iran and Afghanistan, may be on the
brink
of transformation.
Today, both countries stand on the
brink
of an historic opportunity: a new international relationship that will foster global security, stronger economies, nuclear nonproliferation, and progress in combating climate change.
It was, of course, the embrace of rational, market-driven economic policies by the former communist nations that has brought them to the
brink
of EU membership.
Therein lies the hope that, despite all the turmoil and conflict we see around us, we will ultimately avert the “dinosaur risk” and pull ourselves back from the
brink.
The only difference this time is that the Trump administration seems determined to go to the
brink
of war – or even beyond – to get its way.
The EU was established as a response to a century of war and terror that brought Europe to the
brink
of self-destruction.
Does anyone still believe that the US economy is on the
brink
of recession?
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