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Evolutionary Theory’s Welcome CrisisEXETER – Those who believe that a supernatural being created the universe have never posed an intellectual challenge to evolutionary theory.
While various remote contingencies are sometimes invoked, the fundamental ethical choice posed by stem cell research is more circumscribed: whether human embryos, which will ultimately be legally discarded, should be used to create potentially life-saving therapies for those in need.
But these measures largely ignore the problems posed by tax havens, and do little to help poor countries claim their fair share of taxes.
But no self-respecting realist would exaggerate the threat posed by Iran, or allow a flurry of compliments from Kim Jong-un to cloud their vision regarding North Korea.
Hedging instruments such as so-called catastrophe bonds can help insure against the increasing risk posed by natural disasters.
And, on top of it all, the problem posed by Iran’s nuclear program remains unresolved.
Readers who go to On What Matters seeking an answer to the question posed by its title might be disappointed.
The contemporary Sino-American relationship was born nearly a half-century ago on a foundation of shared concern about the threat posed to both countries by the Soviet Union.
This is certainly the case with the analogy that Israeli leaders insist on drawing between the destruction of European Jewry in the Holocaust and the threat posed to the Jewish state by a nuclear-armed Iran.
As American politics becomes more polarized, and as Obama struggles to manage the challenges posed by epochal global developments, large domestic programs to address rising income inequality are probably beyond his administration’s reach.
Taming North KoreaThe fires of the Middle East must not be allowed to distract the world’s attention from the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, which it demonstrated by its recent test of a long-range missile.
But, at a time when business is more powerful than ever, with multinational corporations stretching around the world, the private sector must work with governments and NGOs to help address the short-term and long-term challenges posed by the massive refugee inflows.
Their approach, a concept called “Air-Sea Battle,” implies a mix of defensive and offensive tools to address the new challenges posed by the proliferation of precision-strike weaponry.
Like any landmark event, they have posed new and difficult questions.
And EU membership virtually guarantees cooperation against the tactical threat posed by the Islamic State.
Justification, if it exists, rests on the danger Saddam's regime posed.
Bush and Blair must show that any weapons of mass destruction that are recovered posed a grave and urgent threat.
Whether they posed any real threat outside Iraq's borders, or would have been used in the absence of the current war, must still be assessed.
Looking ahead, some efforts to address the risks posed by AGI can piggyback on policy initiatives already put in place for narrow AI, such as the new bipartisan AI Caucus launched by John Delaney, a Democratic congressman from Maryland.
Moreover, in a world of increasing inequality, violence within and between countries, and climate change, the pressures posed by immigration are more likely to worsen than fade away.
Back in the real world, the desperation and aspiration driving people to flee outweigh the risks posed by the crossing – meaning that the closure of Mare Nostrum will do nothing to reduce the number of people attempting the journey to Europe.
Because no social system can survive for long without a moral basis, the issues posed by anti-globalization campaigners are urgent – all the more so in the midst of the current economic crisis.
I see work to achieve a peaceful resolution to the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program.
For years, foreign governments complained about American hedge funds, arguing that their non-transparent behavior posed unacceptable risks to stability.
The details may have changed, but many of the core issues – from the threat posed by Russia to the strategic benefits of European integration – remain the same.
And the group that launched the initial attacks, Al Qaeda, never posed the kind of massive threat that America’s great Cold War adversary, the Soviet Union, once did.
Perhaps the best analogy is an old puzzle posed by the classical economists three centuries ago: why is there such a difference between the price of water and the price of diamonds?
China is a long way from posing the kind of challenge to American preponderance that the Kaiser’s Germany posed when it surpassed Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century.
The Long Mystery of Low Interest RatesCAMBRIDGE – As policymakers and investors continue to fret over the risks posed by today’s ultra-low global interest rates, academic economists continue to debate the underlying causes.
Of course, today the threat posed by globalization extends precisely to these “new” jobs.
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