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There is another motivation at play – one that poses an even more serious threat to Israeli democracy.
I argued at Davos that central bankers also got it wrong by misjudging the threat of a downturn and failing to provide sufficient regulation.
And then, even if all firms are paying the same wage, the threat to fire a worker will be effective, because a worker who loses a job will face the risk of remaining unemployed.
They are not yet a serious threat to Megawati, only because they are not backed by Indonesia's powerful Islamic political parties.
And any resumption of large refugee inflows could pose an existential threat to European unity.
To be sure, the threat of US sanctions against European companies operating in Iran leaves the EU with an unenviable choice.
The threat that Ebola poses in all three countries extends beyond health care.
Self defense is permitted under Article 51 of the UN Charter, and pre-emptive self defense may be necessary when a terrorist organization presents a strong or imminent threat.
Discord between Russia and the West over the conflict in Ukraine was perceived as the most likely threat to collaboration.
But how serious was the threat?
While much of the world was distracted by the putative threat of currency wars, China may have found a way to sneak its way into the SDR basket.
Soon afterwards, the newly created UN, established with the express purpose “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war,” took the threat posed by nuclear arms as its first priority.
Through the UN General Assembly, they asked the International Court of Justice to rule on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons.
First, “the threat or use of nuclear weapons would generally be contrary to the rules of international law applicable in armed conflict, and in particular the principles and rules of humanitarian law.”
Trump has already shown his willingness to target firms’ foreign operations with the threat of import levies, public accusations of price gouging, and immigration restrictions (which make it harder to attract talent).
Obasanjo has called on Muslim farmers in the area to cull their birds, a key source of protein in a region where malnutrition is a constant threat.
Though it probably wasn’t, as North Korean media claimed, a hydrogen bomb, whatever it was – probably a fission bomb – had more than enough explosive power to constitute a serious threat.
The first threat is rooted in North Korea’s pursuit of enhanced military capabilities through a ballistic-missile program and the development of weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, chemical, and biological).
This final motivation highlights the second major threat to the Peninsula’s stability: the specter of a failed state.
The mutable source, nature, and character of the North Korean security threat has hampered the ability of South Korean defense strategists to minimize the risks and anticipate the costs of potential confrontations, spillovers, or crises.
Their debt would diminish in real terms and, if they issued Eurobonds, the threat of default would disappear.
Another looming threat is a scenario in which the Assad regime’s stockpiles of missiles and chemical weapons fall into – or are actually transferred to – the wrong hands.
Climate change amounts to an existential threat to the entire global economy as we know it.
As I have written previously, the Review issued Ten Commandments for confronting the AMR threat.
In that case, the threat led to the arrest of its issuer – an outcome that many hope will discourage future such threats from social-media misogynists.
They pose a direct threat to the post-war international order that has underpinned prosperity and stability for 73 years.
All that matters is the threat posed by Islam.
By treating all the varied segments of Islam as nothing more than parts of a unified threat to the West, they make it harder for Muslims to stand out and criticize their own block thinkers – people like Osama bin Laden, who are building their own unified enemy, composed of “Christians and Jews.”
Germany is regarded by the Trump administration as an economic rival, and by Poland as a potential security threat, owing to its energy alliance with Russia.
With so many lives at stake – and such clear evidence of the threat – Big Oil, like Big Tobacco before it, should be treated for what it is: Big Trouble.
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