Brittle Britain

In Syria, it seems inevitable that protest may soon crack the regime s brittle political immobility.

The other school, by contrast, worried that the existing monetary system was rigid, brittle, and prone to crisis.

The Teredo protocol includes provisions for a sunset procedure Teredo implementation should provide a way to stop using Teredo connectivity when IPv6 has matured and connectivity becomes available using a less brittle mechanism.

The Islamic Republic will not be able to get away with the Chinese option to combine political suppression at home with economic reform and greater openness to the outside world because its structures are too weak and brittle for this.

But Abe also confronts a security environment in Asia that is every bit as brittle as Japan s economy was before his government took office last December. Indeed, he confronted many of the same issues during his first administration seven years ago.