Last but not least, we would like to dispel the misapprehension that Security Council members represent the interests of the regions from which they come.

To judge by Tsipras s belligerence, he firmly believes that Europe needs Greece as desperately as Greece needs Europe. This is the true absurdity in the present negotiations, and Tsipras misapprehension of his bargaining power now risks catastrophe for his country, humiliation for his Syriza party, or both.

The conclusion is that Thailand cannot allege that she was under any misapprehension in accepting the Annex I line, for this is wholly inconsistent with the reason she gives for her acts on the ground, namely that she believed herself to possess sovereignty in this area.

Studies that show an association between a factor and a health effect should be regarded as no more than a preliminary result that points researchers toward further research and analysis. But even professional regulators, who should know better, sometimes get sidetracked by this sort of misapprehension, and overreact.