There are no frayed edges.

And now... before tempers get frayed...

Mostly, he's as white as a frayed sheet.

But I do say, in all honesty, our patience is really frayed at this stage.

The consensus underlying the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is badly frayed.

This model became frayed from the 1980 s on, and now appears to have broken down. The reason can be expressed in one word globalization.

This model became frayed from the 1980 s on, and now appears to have broken down. The reason can be expressed in one word globalization. 160

The security situation has also frayed the economic fabric of the region, with significantly reduced agricultural activities and livestock assets and diminished commercial exchange of goods and cattle.

What is needed today is nothing less than a new consensus between alliances that are frayed, between wealthy nations and poor, and among peoples mired in mistrust across an apparently widening cultural abyss.

The world economy is hard wired to the assumption of a strong America, and Americans benefit from this. But the more their politicians argue over the debt ceiling, the greater the risk that the wiring will become irreparably frayed.

But the new member states in central and eastern Europe are deeply embedded in the economic, social, and cultural development of our Continent. The ties that bind us together were frayed by forty years of Soviet domination, but this did not fundamentally change these states European character.

Its relations with the West and with the United States in particular have frayed in the turmoil unleashed in the Middle East and North Africa by the Arab Spring. Meanwhile, a group of women provided the latest sign of domestic restiveness by defying the Kingdom s prohibition against women drivers.

Regardless of how they handle their current difficulties, Europe and America will emerge with high debt, low growth rates, and contentious domestic politics. Even in the best case scenario, in which the euro remains intact, Europe will be bogged down with the demanding task of rebuilding its frayed union.

The social contract in the US has frayed badly, and this is likely to play an important role in the upcoming presidential election, as voters express anger that the American Dream is increasingly out of reach. No economic recovery can sustain itself without rising wages and higher consumer spending power.

This is difficult and smacks of protectionism, but it is neither impossible nor necessarily inimical to healthy globalization. As I argue in my book The Globalization Paradox, expanding the scope for national governments to maintain regulatory diversity and rebuild frayed social bargains would enhance the functioning of the global economy.

With his popularity reaffirmed, Erdoğan could still move in a different direction. Aware of the dangers of extreme polarization and reassured by the level of support obtained by the AKP in the local elections, Erdoğan may opt to lower the political temperature at home in the hope of repairing Turkey s frayed relations abroad.