Such an outcome would make a mockery of democracy.

But such an outcome remains in doubt.

Such an outcome would be a major breakthrough for Cyprus and the region.

China has no interest in such an outcome.

The EU does not want to be held responsible for this.

Realistically, however, the potential for achieving such an outcome is limited.

Negating this outcome through a moratorium is clearly no unmitigated good.

Fortunately, this has not been the case.

But the China model has given the authorities the tools to avoid such an outcome.

What perverse reason could Abe have for pursuing such an outcome?

And it is even more unusual to have two distinct developments leading to such an outcome.

Neither side, nor the rest of the world, wants that.

Would that have been an unacceptable outcome? Not at all.

But the danger of a fundamental disintegration has increased over time, and today such an outcome cannot be excluded.

Iran s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had eagerly and publicly anticipated such an outcome.

But such an institutional outcome is not inevitable (and it probably no longer endures even in contemporary Britain).

Such an outcome cannot be ruled out, but the prospects are uncertain at best.

But whatever the outcome, it is urgent that doubts about the safety of these drugs are resolved.

In the absence of assurances of such an outcome, a presidential level meeting should not be tried.

Constitutional provisions alone cannot ensure such an outcome, for those in power can easily override them.

But this is the end result.

Such an outcome, however, would also leave the South with most of Sudan s oil reserves.

This is the result that has been replicated over and over again.

China might not be happy with the result.

Perhaps that outcome was foreordained.

Indeed, that outcome appears likely.

The numbers seem to bear that out.

China finds this outcome regrettable.

Such an outcome could not arrive soon enough, especially given the unprecedented chaos on Israel s borders.

Given the improbability of such an outcome, Europeans must brace themselves for another bout of political and legal turmoil.

That would be a grave mistake, for such an outcome would most likely pave the way for extreme alternatives.

At first glance, this was a rational and predictable outcome.

Few doubt that they will be.

This is a serious consequence for nations like Kiribati, you know, where the average elevation is about a little over a meter above sea level.

Needless to say, such an outcome would spell serious trouble for America s already contentious deficit and debt debate.

To avoid such an outcome, Brazil s leaders must increase the efficiency of government spending and use the freed up resources to clear infrastructure bottlenecks.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who became Iran s president after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini s death in 1989, sought such an outcome.

But such an outcome would be to repeat the thinking of the past, when the main need was to broker influence between Europe and the US.

But this is not the only consequence of financial Dutch Disease.

What went wrong?

This result should come as no surprise.

As a result, communication on these issues has improved.

I think that is the first conclusion that emerges from this debate.

The result is the stable region that the world sees today.

There is no need for an election to determine that.