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There are fragile states to contend with, as well as the dangers of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, authoritarian regimes, and the
threat
of extremism.
Climate change also represents a case study of how we can make a virtue out of a necessity, and an opportunity out of a
threat.
Still others, including the United States, faced no immediate
threat
but failed to make progress on longer-term issues.
But, though great strides are being made in reducing maternal deaths in poor countries, those gains could be undone by a growing
threat
to women’s health.
But we must keep the
threat
of cervical cancer firmly in our sights.
The Koran burnings are a potent symbol of that systemic
threat.
Words have consequences, and Trump’s constitute a dire and immediate
threat
to global peace, just as Bush’s words did in 2002.
Trump, like Bush, rejects negotiations, for fear of appearing weak, in favor of unilateral demands backed by the
threat
or reality of force.
In a speech to the Union for Reform Judaism in December, US President Barack Obama stated that “another
threat
to the security of Israel, the US, and the world is Iran’s nuclear program.”
In a paper published prior to the release of their much-debated book The Israel Lobby, they argued:“… Iran’s nuclear ambitions do not pose an existential
threat
to the US.
He is too busy being directly engaged in the attempt to eliminate the deadly
threat
that a nuclear-armed Iran would pose to the Jewish state.
Curiously, this has not been held against Israel, at least not so far, partly because Obama and other leaders now regard Iran as a more serious threat, and therefore feel the need to take appropriate action.
These wars are creating a new kind of
threat
to Israel, for they add to the conflicts’ strictly military dimension the domains of diplomacy, regional politics, legitimacy, and international law, in which Israel does not have the upper hand.
Contrary to what Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu believes, the main existential
threat
facing the country is not a nuclear-armed Iran.
The result is a growing
threat
of several vicious circles at once.
It is a text written 56 years ago, in a different world, where the Cold War, the
threat
of nuclear Armageddon, and the challenges faced by so many newly independent poor states dominated policymakers’ concerns.
Given the unprecedented scale of the threat, business as usual is not an option.
But the prospect of war in Europe now seems like a remote threat, and the varnish of the EU’s past success seems to have faded, even to those who have not forgotten the bloodstains beneath.
When Playboy unveiled plans for a nudity-free Indonesian edition early this year, it was denounced by politicians and conservative religious leaders as a
threat
to traditional values.
Representing a combined membership of more than sixty million Indonesians, they called directly upon the government to act against groups who engage in violence in the name of Islam, and denounced the behavior of such groups as un-Islamic, criminal, and a
threat
to national unity.
Without action, the economy faces the
threat
of declining consumption and even shrinking output.
In both cases, insecurity resulted not from an external threat, but from top policymakers’ own actions.
A long-time advocate of a softer line, he acknowledges the North Korean threat, but believes that the South has time to seek a solution by reviving economic ties and dialogue.
Calling the system a threat, the Chinese have been boycotting South Korean goods, stalling investment, and curbing what had been a booming tourist trade.
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery is a
threat
to both the NATO allies and Russia.
But Russia also must decide to view missile defense as an opportunity, rather than a
threat.
The recent scandal, however, has opened the public’s eyes to the
threat
that inaction poses to democracy itself.
In fact, models suggest that if these targets are achieved, HIV will no longer be a public-health
threat
by the year 2030.
The
threat
of North Korean aggression is real and will not be eliminated anytime soon.
This most likely reflects the consistent and credible
threat
of US retaliation.
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