And now, AP reports that the Gaza phone network is on the brink of collapse.

The most recent Greek rescue, put in place barely six weeks ago, is on the brink of collapse.

Finally, long term mismanagement and international sanctions have pushed the North Korean economy to the brink of collapse.

The resulting political tensions led to a second Thirty Years War that brought Western civilization to the brink of collapse.

In fact, China already experienced the impact of deleveraging late last year, when the European financial system seemed on the brink of collapse.

It is very difficult for a central government to sit on the sidelines when the economy s key players are on the brink of collapse.

The Arab Spring exposed the fragile foundations upon which the entire Axis of Resistance was built, and has pushed it to the brink of collapse.

The most recent Greek rescue, put in place barely six weeks ago, is on the brink of collapse. The crisis of confidence has infected the eurozone s big countries.

In 1992, as the emerging Russian Federation teetered on the brink of economic and monetary collapse, he opted for radical reform, prompting a backlash from vested interest groups.

LONDON It seems to have become a ritual for United Nations climate negotiations to reach the brink of collapse before an intense, contentious compromise is achieved after the deadline.

But I learned something more profound than that, which is that the leaders the managers of Ghana's economy were making breathtakingly bad decisions that had brought our economy to the brink of collapse.

Water, electricity and healthcare facilities are being deliberately targeted. These war crimes have brought essential and life saving services to the brink of collapse. Critical shortages of medical supplies and physicians leave little help for the daily wounded.

Northeast Asia on the Brink

A Year on the Brink

Indeed, Lebanon, following the collapse of Najib Mikati s government, is already on the brink of civil war, as direct intervention in Syria by Hezbollah, Iran s Lebanese proxy, to prevent Assad s overthrow has exacerbated the country s own longstanding sectarian tensions.

Yet, as I look at the world economy, I see a very different picture one in which markets trust in the quality of government liabilities of the global North s core economies most certainly is not on the brink of collapse.

Back to the Brink in Ukraine

Is the world economy on the brink of recession?

In a universe where humans have spread out and colonized planets in the Solar System, an event known as the Collapse saw the mysterious dissolution of these colonies, the end of the Golden Age, and mankind teetering on the brink of extinction.

To the Brink and Back with Iran

Some large EU countries are on the brink of recession.

Finally, long term mismanagement and international sanctions have pushed the North Korean economy to the brink of collapse. As a result, the regime may be trying to divert people s attention from internal difficulties and push them to unite behind the emerging new leader.

On previous occasions, whenever the financial system came to the brink of a breakdown, the authorities got their act together and pulled it back from the brink.

It also brought both countries to the brink of economic disaster.

History In 1961, India was on the brink of mass famine.

Europeans might usefully look back 60 years, to a time when their own countries, perched on the brink of a similar collapse, received the help that they needed to recover help that has put them in a position to do something similar for Greece today.

In fact, China already experienced the impact of deleveraging late last year, when the European financial system seemed on the brink of collapse. With European banks hunkering down, the renminbi s exchange rate fell for 11 consecutive days, even though China was running a current account surplus.

With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh s corruption tainted government tottering on the brink of collapse, there has been no official explanation of how India was caught napping in a militarily critical area where, in the recent past, China had made repeated attempts to encroach on Indian land.

For countries on the brink, a merciless logic follows.

The world seemed to be teetering on the brink of nuclear catastrophe.

We could be on the brink of losing this huge humanitarian operation.

Collapse

WASHINGTON, DC American foreign policy stands on the brink of substantial belt tightening.

Political commentators suggested that Ukraine was on the brink of a civil war.

We urge the Assembly to step back from the brink.

We are on the brink of a historic opportunity, and therefore of a challenge.

Guinea, with a nasty military junta in power, is on the brink of disaster.

LONDON Syria is a living nightmare. Egypt hovers on the brink.

The worst drought in 60 years has left millions of people at the brink of starvation.

I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly.

Other states in the region have been teetering on the brink of failure from the outset.

Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river

Cantareira System on the verge of collapse

The problem with brinkmanship is that, sometimes, one does go over the brink.

Rather, the banking system is at the brink of insolvency, with a permanent loss in equity capital.