Also, the system is self fueling.

But I also am in the fueling business.

Why not a self fueling cycle in which we all can participate?

By fueling Japanese insecurity, US policy risks bringing about the very outcome a return to militarism that it aims to prevent.

For example, many projects are completed toward the end of the budgetary cycle, generating a backlog of unpaid bills in the MFF s later years. If they are not addressed through an MFF amending budget, they risk fueling a run up in debt.

In all of these cases, economic failure and a lack of opportunities and hope for the poor and young are fueling political and religious extremism, resentment of the West and, in some cases, outright terrorism.

But worries about potential deflation scenarios are unwarranted. On the contrary, by increasing Spaniards real disposable incomes, low inflation is helping to stimulate private consumption, fueling a corresponding improvement in economic sentiment indicators, including consumer trust.

Another round of bank bailouts is politically unacceptable and economically unfeasible most governments, especially in Europe, are so distressed that bailouts are unaffordable indeed, their sovereign risk is actually fueling concern about the health of Europe s banks, which hold most of the increasingly shaky government paper.

Policy asymmetry is greatest for the countries most acutely affected by the sovereign debt crisis. There, the private sector has essentially been left to fend for itself and most households and companies are struggling, thus fueling continued economic implosion.

This is fueling a massive shift from where usage trumps possessions or as Kevin Kelly, the editor of Wired magazine, puts it, where access is better than ownership.

Make no mistake China s territorial creep is contributing to Asian insecurity, fueling political tension, and turning the world s economically most vibrant continent into a potentially global hot spot.

Millions of others, however, are ill prepared for the new age. And it is their growing anxiety that is fueling the rise of identity politics, with populist leaders and movements appealing to ethnic or religious solidarity in the face of the impersonal forces of change.

In short, young Muslims in the West need to believe that democratic principles are respected abroad and applied equally at home. Only when such a belief becomes general will despair stop fueling terrorism, and suicide bombing come to be viewed as an obscene calling.

A longer term concern is the rise of China an economic and demographic powerhouse whose expanding military capacity has enabled it to take an increasingly assertive stance in territorial disputes, including with Japan in the East China Sea. China s territorial ambitions are also fueling tensions in the South China Sea, where sea lanes that are vital to Japanese trade are located.

Domestic supply disruptions are now fueling inflation and compounding the problems of a subsidy laden national budget. They have also aggravated the weakness of external finances, contributing to a sharp drop in international reserves that has been contained only by exceptional loans and deposits from abroad.

The uncertainty and disorder that have plagued Egypt for the last 18 months are fueling increasing lawlessness in Sinai. Last month, a pipeline carrying Egyptian natural gas to Israel and Jordan was bombed the 15th such attack since Mubarak s regime was toppled and remains out of commission.

In the longer term, European leaders must work together to redesign the monetary union so that it supports shared prosperity, rather than fueling mutual resentment. This is a daunting task.

Cheap money with limited investment outlets now risks fueling property bubbles and industrial overcapacity. Without fundamental change, China faces slower economic growth, inadequate job creation and innovation, and popping bubbles.

Yet the global message is also clear the world's growing population (now at 7.3 billion, but likely to reach eight billion by 2024 and nine billion by around 2040), human induced climate change, and the overuse of freshwater for irrigation and urban needs (especially when cities are built up in dry regions) are all fueling the potential for catastrophe.

With food prices rising sharply, the poor are being hit the hardest, fueling greater poverty, inequality, and resentment. But the same is true in China anti inflation protests are now roiling both countries, owing mainly to rising energy, food, and raw material prices, with food accounting for one third of household spending in China and around 45 in India.

Making matters worse, weak demand and debt overhangs are fueling concerns about deflation in the eurozone and Japan. Anticipating falling prices, households could postpone their consumption decisions, and companies could defer investment, pushing the economy into a downward spiral from which it would be very difficult to escape.

Fueling this violence is growing hopelessness in the absence of a diplomatic agreement. While international leaders fill the airwaves with talk of peace, they have failed to address the conflict boldly and resolutely.

Little did these countries know that their divergent paths would end up fueling large global imbalances, and eventually trigger a financial crisis that has shaken the prevailing international economic order to its foundations.

This brings us back to the interactions between economics, politics, and finance, which are now fueling a tailspin that is harming Egypt s citizens and threatening their children s future. Appropriate political reforms must come first when they do, Egypt s economic and financial revival will surprise many with its buoyancy and speed.

What the German government had not reckoned with is that every refugee who manages to make it to Germany immediately texts the good news back to the home country, fueling a fresh wave of migrants. The UN refugee camps in the countries surrounding Syria are thus being gradually relocated to Germany.

Some have accused Japan of fueling a global currency war. Anticipation of aggressive monetary expansion has sharply weakened the yen, which has fallen by almost 20 against the dollar in just over four months.

Sino Japanese relations are particularly fraught, with two decades of economic stagnation in Japan and rapid growth in China fueling nationalist overreaction on both sides. Having become accustomed to outsourcing its security to the US, and despite having the world s third largest economy, Japan neglected to develop its own constructive diplomatic vision.

In 1979, the United States embassy was also attacked by angry students, fueling enmity between the two countries that continues to this day. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was not aware of the students plan in 1979.

As it stands, the British, like their counterparts elsewhere in Europe, feel overtaxed for spotty public services that are constantly being cut, and are angry that their incomes have been falling for the last five years. As a result, many resent welfare recipients and fear competition for jobs a sentiment that is fueling the rise of populist, anti EU, and anti immigrant parties across Europe.

Indeed, it was Erdoğan s divide and rule strategy fueling religious populism and nationalist sentiment, and inflaming ethnic tension with the Kurds that carried the AKP to victory. Arguably, it was the only strategy that could work.

Israel, the occupying Power, continues to use excessive, indiscriminate and lethal force against the Palestinian civilian population under its occupation, causing more civilian deaths and trauma and constantly fueling the vicious cycle of violence and tensions.

On the other hand, in some places, a speculative bubble is fueling today s boom in vacation home prices. The vacation home boom appears psychologically tied to the urban home price bubble in many of the world s glamour cities, and prices of these vacation homes are similarly vulnerable to a significant drop in coming years.

Today s emerging intifada demonstrates the profound danger implied by this approach. Fueling Israelis fear and resentment of Palestinians does not only undermine the chances of a political solution it also exacerbates Palestinians frustration and anger with Israelis.

Although Greece was bailed out a year ago, Plan A has now clearly failed. Greece will require another official bailout or a bail in of private creditors, an option that is fueling heated disagreement among European policymakers.

I was in Congo in February, dancing and celebrating with women who've survived the destruction of their selves in literally unthinkable ways destroyed because other brutalized, psychopathic selves all over that beautiful land are fueling our selves' addiction to iPods, Pads, and bling, which further disconnect ourselves from ever feeling their pain, their suffering, their death.

Not only have they failed repeatedly to get the inflation forecast right they now risk fueling renewed financial instability and sparking another crisis. Just as a few of us warned of impending crisis in the 2003 2006 period, some including the Bank of International Settlements and the IMF are sounding the alarm today, but to no avail.

Such diplomatic realism need not lead to zero sum outcomes, as the example of European integration demonstrates. Just as the European Coal and Steel Community preceded today s European Union, all of Asia would benefit from embracing shared development (without any renunciation of sovereignty claims) of the rich maritime resources that, in several cases, are fueling the sovereignty disputes.

Third, faced with chronic economic disorder and political instability, Egyptians increasingly lament the hijacking of the revolution, fueling mistrust of the country s governing elites. Empowered by their success in ousting former President Hosni Mubarak, and then sending the country s armed forces back to the barracks, many are readily returning to the streets to hold leaders accountable.

I was in Congo in February, dancing and celebrating with women who've survived the destruction of their selves in literally unthinkable ways destroyed because other brutalized, psychopathic selves all over that beautiful land are fueling our selves' addiction to iPods, Pads, and bling, which further disconnect ourselves from ever feeling their pain, their suffering, their death.

Some member states are touting their sovereign right to embrace unilateral action, even as they request financial assistance, while others are acting as mere creditors, ignoring the social suffering that the current debt crisis has caused. To return to the path of innovative integration, the EU needs a new framework for public debate that underpins effective cooperation among partners and friends, instead of fueling conflict among seemingly irreconcilable rivals.

Furthermore, the decline in the working age cohort would squeeze labor supply, fueling wage growth and eroding the country s economic competitiveness. Already, in the Yangtze and Pearl River Deltas, where manufacturing activity is the densest, labor shortages have appeared.

Sweden accumulated a current account surplus of 53 of GDP, in contrast to America s 48 of GDP deficit. Employment rose by 11 , and blue collar workers wages increased by 24 , fueling a more than 30 surge in private consumption.

Irresponsible risk taking and excessive greed outpaced prudential regulation and supervision. The banking system ended up fueling massive speculation, including a huge run up in real estate prices, only to be brought to its knees when the bubbles popped.

But the policy failures fueling this stock market fiasco go back further, to the massive government fueled surge in credit since the global financial crisis. Without that, brokerages would not have had all of that liquidity to lend for margin trading.

The myth of sovereignty has been perpetuated for far too long in the EU, fueling dangerous nationalist sentiment and fear of the other. Member countries, beginning with Greece, must acknowledge that interdependency is unavoidable and, indeed, desirable, if managed properly.