Defusing Iran

Defusing Iran s Oil Weapon

Defusing Russia s Energy Weapon

Defusing the Syrian Time Bomb

Foteyuldine Mohamad Al Khouli

The bomb has not been defused.

It was a glass bottle filled with flammable liquids, with a simple hand lit fuse.

It is a very long, linear molecule, a coded version of how to make another copy of you. It's your blueprint.

Ma has created the necessary conditions for deactivating the trigger.

I am writing for the sake of history, so we remember Bouazizi, fuse of the Tunisian revolution, who was the first drop of rain and the beginning of hope

UNMIS remains in contact with the parties involved, and is taking steps to defuse the situation.

Security is an obvious priority, and that means being able to defuse tensions by economic rather than military means.

Georgia has tried to defuse tensions over Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but Russia accuses Georgia of aggression and ethnic cleansing.

One can well understand a Turkish policy of trying to defuse tensions with Iran over that country s nuclear program.

Many robots do jobs that are hazardous to people such as defusing bombs, mines and exploring shipwrecks.

Perhaps we should defuse the threats posed by a surveillance society by having an annual day of amnesty.

The strategy worked well, and helped defuse Islamic opposition to the wrenching changes that accompanied the country s rapid economic modernization.

This would be different from applying sanctions, which would risk triggering a Masada Complex that might push Israel to further extremes.

A country that seeks to focus on its own enormous development challenges should do everything it can to defuse hostility on its borders.

But, with 90 days left to bridge the ideological and partisan divide before another crisis erupts, the fuse on America s debt bomb is getting shorter and shorter.

If detected early enough, solutions can be found to diffuse tempestuous crowds before they inundate fragile new institutions.

Defusing the crises in Darfur and elsewhere will be among the greatest challenges facing the new Secretary General.

Behind the scenes, the Asian powers can help to defuse the crises in Darfur, North Korea, Myanmar, and elsewhere.

Since the region is so rich in resources, change could be readily achieved in a more regionally integrative and tension defused environment.

Instead of waiting passively for sanctions, Iran s leaders decided to start a Middle East crisis by organizing attacks against Israel.

It was hoped that the report would defuse the hostilities between Japan and China and would thus help maintain peace and stability in the Far East.

Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson! He broke the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.

Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

And if Clapton came to Pyongyang at the government s guest, he might not have enough street cred left to light the fuse of rebellion.

The bloody conflict between these young men and the security authorities has been defused, security and stability have prevailed, and a large number of those who took part in the discussions have been set at liberty.

There, and in the volatile Caucasus, a significant improvement in Europe s relations with Russia is crucial to defusing tensions.

None of the three countries has yet found a stable institutional solution that can defuse intensifying internal tensions and respond effectively to popular demands.

We see this in the higher profile that China has taken in defusing the North Korean nuclear crisis and in drafting the recent Security Council resolution on Darfur.

In previous reports, I have made it clear that I welcome these initiatives as a means of seeking settlement of past conflicts and of defusing tensions that may lead to future conflicts.

Indeed, he warns that the South China Sea could evolve into another Palestine, unless countries try harder to defuse rather than inflame tensions.

Moreover, with a real prospect of joining Europe, Turkey would be better placed to defuse actual and potential tensions between Europe and the Middle East.

His effort to create a political scarecrow out of the article, has added fuel to antagonism concerning Beijing s interventions into Hong Kong affairs, pushing localist groups towards radical politics.

Current U.S. President Barack Obama's position towards North Korea has been to resist making deals with North Korea for the sake of defusing tension, a policy known as strategic patience.

Not until the great Powers are able to establish a higher cause of peace and common prosperity in the global order will the tension between power and higher cause be defused.

It does not look good for Obama and his Middle East policy. But if he succeeds in defusing the situation there, he would more than deserve his Nobel Peace Prize.

Turkey was able not only to defuse the international tensions surrounding its Arab neighbor, but also to engineer the start of direct talks between Syria and Israel.

Representatives of non governmental organizations and civil society called on the private sector to assume its responsibility in the arms trade and in the exploitation of natural and mineral resources, which often triggered conflict.

But it makes little sense to insist on it as long as losses by banks that remain too big to fail could trigger a renewed financial crisis.

The first actor was Mikhail Gorbachev, who approved the act the opening of the border between Austria and Hungary that triggered the chain of events leading to reunification.

Unfortunately, the only two countries that could play a role in reforming the inter American system and defusing the growing tensions between Colombia and Venezuela will, for different reasons, remain passive.