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Indeed, he viewed Sanusi as a substantial enough
threat
to his prospects that he could not risk waiting until June, when Sanusi’s tenure as governor expired, to remove him.
And, in those cases, the international community has few options for mitigating the
threat.
In a time of crisis, when the facts on the ground change fast and fear clouds thinking, mitigating the nuclear
threat
is no easy feat.
The prospect of deflation is a
threat
to prosperity and financial stability, particularly for countries with low growth and high levels of public and private debt.
With the
threat
that the US House of Representatives will approve a resolution that accuses Turks of genocide against ethic Armenians nine decades ago, this is a particularly inopportune moment for the two countries to be at odds over Iraq.
Syria’s Balkan TragedyBERLIN – Pacifist doctrines may say otherwise, but combining diplomacy with the
threat
of military force is a highly effective tactic, as we have just seen in Syria.
It was the credibility of the United States’
threat
of military intervention that seems to have led Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to cut a deal brokered by his main allies, Russia and, less directly, Iran.
In Moscow, the EU’s policy of democracy promotion awakens the nightmare of ethnic and religious politics and the
threat
of the territorial disintegration of the Russian Federation.
After WWII Germany and Japan were the defeated aggressors, the Soviet Union posed a major threat, and China was engulfed in a civil war that would bring Mao's Communists to power.
The credible
threat
of war has been essential to achieving this extraordinary feat.
To make a hostile country comply the
threat
of military action must be seen as real, the will of the power seeking to deter to follow on its threats must be clear and evident.
True, Brennan has all but labeled Trump and his behavior, including his Russian connections, a national security
threat.
The unraveling of Syria, Iraq, and Libya, together with the civil war that is tearing Yemen apart, have created vast killing fields, generated waves of refugees, and spawned Islamist militants who will remain a
threat
to international security for years to come.
This cannot be attributed to the current widespread feeling among Muslims that their identity is under
threat.
Russia is no longer perceived as a military
threat.
So who is the biggest
threat
to US primacy?
The real
threat
is Trump himself, the consummate (at least in his own mind) dealmaker.
Interpretations of the “China threat” reflect diverse perspectives and opposing viewpoints in Europe, the US, and Asian.
Effective confidence-building measures are crucial to diminishing the
threat
of confrontation in the region.
The economic costs of the impasse have been catastrophic for Greece, and pose a grave
threat
to Europe.
That agreement would later develop into NATO, which, for four decades, enabled an alliance of independent democracies with shared values and market economies to withstand the Soviet
threat
– and which has safeguarded Europe to this day.
Rethinking the Twenty-First-Century EconomyGENEVA – Before the
threat
of a US-China trade war arose, surging stock markets and corporate profits had obscured the fact that the global economic system is under existential stress.
For the first time, precise reference is made to people liable to be a
threat
to US security.
The most immediate regional
threat
is North Korea, whose unpredictable dictatorship has invested its meager economic resources in nuclear and missile technology.
The
threat
of censure marks a vital turning point in the relationship between the Parliament and the Member States in the Council of Ministers.
Similarly, the
threat
of US military strikes did little to concentrate Kim’s mind: even Western analysts do not find that
threat
credible.
In short, the country is becoming a direct security
threat
to the US.
If this were correct, the United States was right to wage war on Iraq on the basis of the
threat
posed by Saddam Hussein’s regime.
The edict against Rushdie is still hanging out there, even if Iran says that it won’t commission or pay anyone to carry out the
threat.
Its
threat
to enact other laws forced President Clinton to issue an executive order forbidding American oil companies from doing business with Iran.
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