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There and elsewhere, the US, motivated by the larger geopolitical goal of containing Shia Iran and its regional allies, has embraced Sunni rulers steeped in religious and political bigotry, even though they pose a transnational
threat
to the values of freedom and secularism.
Such reports have shone a spotlight on the
threat
posed by NCDs in LMICs – a spotlight that other developments have made even brighter.
And yet that same tour raised another threat, which the world has every reason to take seriously.
But it is hardly an existential
threat.
Nonetheless, one development in 2015 offers reason to hope that EU leaders will move beyond “muddling through” to implement bolder solutions in 2016: The
threat
of expulsion gained credibility.
Clearly, the
threat
worked.
The potential implications of this
threat
are disputed.
In the last few years, however, the
threat
of inflation has not been an issue.
Given that threat, Trump’s economic populism will most likely manifest itself through abstinence – avoiding pro-market measures that clearly hurt the white working class.
There are many examples of such action, such as the Montreal Protocol to help reduce the
threat
to the ozone layer.
A second, more immediate,
threat
stems from enacting large tax cuts and boosting public spending in an economy already nearing full employment, which implies accelerating inflation, higher interest rates, or probably some combination of the two.
Live Earth, Deaf to RealityThe organizers of next Saturday’s Live Earth concerts hope that the entire world will hear a crystal clear message: climate change is the most critical
threat
facing the planet.
As with all cartel managers, the EU technocrats treated genuine pan-European democracy as a
threat.
We should establish a pan-European coalition of radical, social, green, and liberal democrats to put the “demos” back into democracy, countering an EU establishment that sees people power as a
threat
to its authority.
China’s activities are endangering fish stocks, threatening marine biodiversity, and creating a long-term
threat
to some of the world’s most spectacular sea life.
This would obviously pose a much more serious threat, but even an amorphous, disorganized, and nihilistic insurgency can survive and block stability, democratization, and prosperity for many years.
Vaccination’s Lifetime of BlessingsCAPE TOWN – A world in which our children and their children grow up free from the
threat
of polio and other preventable diseases is a dream that everyone shares.
We became involved with this issue for a compelling reason: the violence and corruption associated with drug trafficking represents a major
threat
to democracy in our region.
But it is time to recognize that repressive policies towards drug users, rooted as they are in prejudice, fear, and ideology, may be no less a
threat
to liberty.
Indeed, the paradox of America’s pernicious policies in Iraq is that they have created favorable conditions for an Arab-Israeli peace, as the emergence of Iran and the
threat
of a fundamentalist tsunami have focused Arab minds on the urgency of a settlement with Israel.
The most potent
threat
to Spain’s economic recovery stems from the labor market.
Given that Xi has ruled out mobilizing the Chinese public to support his reform plans, his only means of forcing the bureaucracy to comply with his agenda is the
threat
of corruption investigations and prosecutions.
But it is also because the
threat
of a populist government in one of the EU’s founding states is, for the moment at least, a thing of the past.
But chronic stalemate has confronted many Asian democracies with the
threat
of being discredited, a potential for violence, and the prospect of economic decline.
Trump’s
threat
to politicize the justice system has received the backlash that it deserves; but, sadly, his cynicism is not unique to the United States.
Underlying the opium trade issue is a security
threat
of another kind, one overlooked since the US-led invasion toppled the Taliban regime in 2001, despite the grave risk it poses to Afghanistan’s long-term stability, and that of the region.
Russia is in long-term decline, but it still poses a very real
threat
to the international order in Europe and beyond.
But the
threat
posed by Russia extends far beyond Ukraine.
The continuing absence of such policies is the gravest
threat
to the euro.
But if the nationalist
threat
to Europe is truly to be contained, Germany will have to work with Macron to address the economic challenges that have driven so many voters to reject the European Union.
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