America s Perilous Pivot

The Perilous Politics of the Euro

The Perilous Fantasy of Energy Independence

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

If we live without sufficiently caring for our environment, we will find ourselves in a very perilous situation one day.

This is a photograph that shows a hatchling about to taste saltwater for the very first time beginning this long and perilous journey.

There are drug traffickers, politicians, businesspeople, journalists suspected of being on the payroll of the government or the cartels, a catalog of villains who make the job of covering Mexico's chaos perilous.

Politicians advocate them when they are in opposition, but rarely embrace and sustain them when in government. The reason is simple front loaded costs and back loaded benefits make structural reforms politically perilous.

Most historians place leadership in the foreground of human history, with structural variables having conditional, not causal, value. Beneath even the richest soil, Dangerfield wrote, may lie the most perilous residue of discord and destruction.

In sum, while there was a perilous turn back to the abyss in the past month or so, there have been some glimmers, particularly in the last week, that may point to a new beginning.

There can be no doubting that some who undertook the perilous journey did so simply to search for better paying jobs. But the origins of those attempting the trip indicate that many are political refugees, not economic migrants.

But the next few years will be especially perilous, because newness itself creates dangers as rules and red lines are redefined. This took at least ten years in the first nuclear age, and this time may be no different.

BERLIN In the coming months, several serious regional economic and political crises could combine into one mega watershed, fueling an intense global upheaval. In the course of the summer, the prospect of a perilous fall has become only more likely.

Comprehensive reform is the only way out. Unless China commits to greater political openness, allowing the poor and disadvantaged to voice their concerns, represent themselves, and monitor policy implementation, it will continue to be jeopardized by a false and perilous prosperity.

More than half of Iraqis surveyed said that they would not welcome Turks, Jordanians, Iranians, or Kuwaitis as neighbors. These feelings, it appears, are directly related to the violence gripping Iraq, and the role of foreigners in the country s perilous security situation.

China and the US need to talk. Despite their economic interdependence and some 90 inter governmental channels for bilateral dialogue, the two superpowers are caught in a perilous tug of war over interests in the East and South China Seas and the western Pacific.

In some cases, such a course can be so perilous that it should not be wished upon any society. The gap is simply too large between what is needed to restore competitiveness and what citizens can stomach if they remain part of the monetary union.

Some of those who brought the world to this perilous point with their toxic financial instruments and unscrupulous speculation may even turn out to profit from these reforms. So be it a moral, and perhaps legal, reckoning must await the return of economic growth.

While the situation in the Middle East currently looks hopeless, a new attempt that focuses on the essential points, not on minor ones, deserves support. The alternative is the loss of the two state solution and the perpetuation of a terrible and terribly perilous conflict.

Ultimately, change will not come unless and until Sweden s leaders address these problems. Officials and opinion shapers must understand that this perilous state of affairs will worsen if they fail to take their responsibilities more seriously, tone down their rhetoric, and adopt a balanced approach to Israel.

Ukrainians hope that Poroshenko, with his moderate approach and willingness to negotiate, will be better equipped to resolve the country s perilous security situation than his more ardent rivals. While Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently toned down his rhetoric, violence persists a clear indication of the challenge that lies ahead.

Vatican officials catch their share of criticism, not least from Francis himself. But their ranks include intelligent top rank officials led by the Pope s chief adviser, Cardinal Pietro Parolin who are experienced at working quietly for peace and social justice in some of the most perilous parts of the world.

They've come thousands of miles on a perilous trip, risked life, health and property, spent months of the most arduous labor a man can perform and at length with expectations raised to the highest pitch have reached the coveted goal only to discover the fact that there is nothing here for them.

The Fed must always remember that no matter how calm and rational its analysis may be, it is dealing with markets that can be anything but calm and rational. Precisely because so much emotion has been invested in QE, the psychological effects of returning to normalcy are going to be perilous and unpredictable.

NEW YORK Human sexual behavior can be perilous, as the ghastly rape of a 23 year old woman by six men on a Delhi bus in December once again showed. After going to the cinema, she and her boyfriend were beaten, before she was brutally assaulted and attacked with an iron rod for more than an hour.

Signs of the American economy s perilous condition are everywhere from yawning fiscal and current account deficits to plummeting home prices and a feeble dollar. But something that shows up in none of the economic indicators may be driving many of them the deterioration of American management, which is undermining not only many of America s great enterprises, but also its legendary spirit of enterprise.

NEW YORK Afghanistan s security and political situation remains plagued by uncertainty, stemming from the withdrawal of United States and NATO combat troops, the upcoming presidential election, and the stalled peace negotiations with the Taliban. Recognizing that continued economic insecurity will exacerbate this perilous situation, the government has announced a new package of economic incentives aimed at attracting foreign direct investment.

The fact that the circle of terrorism is widening throughout the world today, despite the years of international collaboration aimed at dealing with this perilous scourge, strengthens our conviction that the effective handling of terrorism requires a unified international approach and avoidance of the fragmentation of efforts and disparity of views that reduce the capacity of the international community to prevent terrorism and curb its rampant spread.

The other prong, promoting the rule of law, international cooperation, and the principles of open society has to be pursued indirectly, by reforming the international financial system and by paying special attention to Russia s near abroad. Ukraine, in particular, is in a perilous state, but financing public works that would create jobs in eastern Ukraine, where the steel industry is in distress, could make a major difference both politically and economically.