Likewise, the appeal of war has ruled out the prospect of serious negotiations between Israel, Syria, and Lebanon.

But the prospect of a jihadist style ethnic war that extends throughout the Levant is not especially attractive, either.

Drawn from traditional just war theory, R2P rests not only on right intentions, but also on the existence of a reasonable prospect of success.

Much of the western part of the country has been ceded to insurgents, the prospect of holding free and fair elections in January is fast receding, civil war looms.

Their motivating fear is the prospect of inflation.

They are not terrified of the prospect of intervention.

For all of their substantial disagreements, both sides dismiss this prospect as a twentieth century fantasy that was only temporarily realized in Northern Europe for a few decades after World War II.

They also designed Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

But the prospect of war in Europe now seems like a remote threat, and the varnish of the EU s past success seems to have faded, even to those who have not forgotten the bloodstains beneath.

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As a result, the prospect of closer cooperation remains distant.

Moreover, if unmanaged, risk destroys the prospect of economic growth.

Many protracted situations remain, with little prospect of early solutions.

Many protracted situations remain, with little prospect of early solutions.

Generals ordered to use chemical weapons would have to reckon with the prospect that the regime could, actually, fall, and that they then might find themselves on trial for war crimes.

The momentum of debates around the world was considered an encouraging prospect.

The Chiefs of Staff Committee now reported There remained the prospect of American assistance.

It is the prospect of a proxy war that makes all the unsettled issues the division of oil revenue, the demarcation of the border, and the fate of the adjoining Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile region so potentially explosive.

Not surprisingly, that prospect offers scant comfort to China.

The new Chechen authorities seem to welcome this prospect.

That prospect holds both great opportunity and serious risks.

That prospect has already sparked renewed financial market volatility.

But there seems little prospect for a European revival.

At best, it offers the prospect of several years more of sub normal activity.

Merkel and Sarkozy, no doubt, find this prospect highly unattractive.

Zimbabwe is not the only country facing that dire prospect.

Despite the Bush campaign's efforts at spin control, the situation in Iraq is dire. Much of the western part of the country has been ceded to insurgents, the prospect of holding free and fair elections in January is fast receding, civil war looms.

Should Iran acquire nuclear weapons, the prospect of a regional arms race (starting with Saudi Arabia) and thus heightened risk of nuclear war by accident, design, or miscalculation is very much greater than is the risk of further proliferation in Northeast Asia.

The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.

A sense of what was in prospect was provided by a recitation of planned missions.

The prospect of using the genome as a universal diagnostic is upon us today.

Moreover, there is no prospect of anything like a rapid return to normal levels.

But they might be radicalized by the prospect of inheriting a badly damaged ecosystem.

But the prospect of Arab democracy has now become a nightmare for Israeli leaders.

He lost because US unemployment remains near 10 , with no prospect of rapid improvement.

As a result, domestic non financial sectors do not face the prospect of deleveraging.

States possessing weapons should take special steps to reduce the prospect of their use.

The prospect that weapons of mass destruction will once again be used is terrifying.

We recognize that the prospect of reform seems more within reach than ever before.

As Duke University s Peter Feaver, an expert on public opinion who is now serving as a White House advisor, recently pointed out, Americans will tolerate casualties when they believe that a war is just and has a reasonable prospect of success.

But the lesson of the last two decades is that attacks stop, and intifadas do not start, when there is a prospect of peace and that, when there is no such prospect, Palestinian militancy is uncontainable.

Libya, of course, can survive the gloomy prospect of post authoritarian civil war. But this requires containing tribal and regional polarization, as well as the rivalries between the Interim National Council (INC) and the Military Council (MC), and between senior military commanders.

For Russia and China, too, that cannot be a happy prospect.

For some countries, this long run prospect might be uncomfortably close.

Such a prospect would be even less acceptable to developing countries.