The worst case scenario is street clashes between pro and anti Morsi hardliners.

Even in a worst case scenario, some degree of intra European cooperation will surely survive.

For Iran, this development would be tantamount to a strategic worst case scenario, bringing about its definitive isolation.

The worst case scenario that I am willing to envisage would be political deadlock at the time of the October deadline.

This worst case scenario is not inevitable, but there is only a short window of opportunity for policies to address the situation.

In a worst case scenario, Europe s sovereign debt crisis could cause the eurozone to implode, with immediate negative effects for the EU itself.

This may sound like a worst case scenario, but in my view it is the most likely one woe unto our children and our parents.

In the worst case scenario, the very concept of global climate policy would lose all value, with decades of climate alarmism giving way to fatalism.

And this is the best case scenario.

In a worst case scenario, falling property prices or diminishing faith in implicit government guarantees would compound the risks generated by the shadow banking system, severely undermining China s financial stability.

And they regard this outcome as the worst case scenario, one that implies a delay of any further economic measures, deep policy uncertainty, and the risk of an even less favorable electoral outcome.

The international community must come to our aid, as it is doing with the deployment of some 10,000 French and United Nations troops on our territory, in order to avert the worst case scenario.

Sheikh Jarrah is far from the worst case.

And this, my gentle readers, would be the best case scenario.

Because of course, sometimes we do make decisions that have irrevocable and terrible consequences, either for our own or for other people's health and happiness and livelihoods, and in the very worst case scenario, even their lives.

The projected year end revenues and expenditures constitute a most likely case' scenario.

But a best case scenario provides a poor policy framework in our imperfect world.

In the best case scenario, this expenditure would reduce the at risk population by only 3 .

A worst case outcome there could set back the fight against polio by decades.

So if you think about it, this is an extreme case scenario, because in the real world, whenever you are taking passenger's seat, very often the driver is going to be someone you trust, an expert, etc. So this is an extreme case scenario.

I am proud that Romania was able, together with the 14 colleagues in the Security Council, to spearhead, as Chairman of 1540 Committee, global efforts against the worst case security scenario, that of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) or related materials and technology falling into terrorists' hands.

Now, analysts predict that the economy will barely grow 1 this year, and that is the best case scenario.

If Europe could show in the worst possible scenario of sovereign default how such a process might operate, uncertainty would be reduced and markets would be reassured.

The exercise focuses on a real case scenario and aims at enhancing our collective ability to respond to unforeseen events.

In the worst case, images of violent protests in one EU country might incite others to violence.

In the worst case, the human genetic lineage itself could be wiped out by inter species conflict.

Worst case estimates have China s real GDP growing at around 7 per year over the next decade.

While suggesting that it would be prudent for countries to hedge against the worst case scenario, Rudd made clear that he is an optimist provided the rest of the world maintains a policy of cooperative engagement with China, incoming President Xi Jinping and his team will choose a non confrontational path.

What, exactly, has changed? Perhaps most importantly, the worst case assumptions for safety planning have been radically revised.

For Russia, this could mean (in the best case) tens of thousands of refugees or (in the worst case) the arrival of armed militias on its territory.

But there is also a best case scenario, where Greek debt is restructured in a way that doesn t threaten the banking system.

Israel s tragedy lies in its obsession with taking (or avoiding) decisions only on the basis of worst case scenarios.

Furthermore, under most customs, the mother is granted custody of her sons until the age of puberty and her daughters until they marry however, quite often, mothers may, at best, have custody of the children only until they are seven years old. In the worst case scenario, custody is denied regardless of the child's age.

But, worst case scenarios aside, a Turkish invasion of northern Iraq can only serve the interests of Turkey s Kurdish separatists.

That might not be the worst scenario a country could face, but it is not the most pleasant prospect for Russians, given their deeply ingrained sense of their status as a great power.

Biden, while reaffirming that the US does not view China as an enemy, implied that Fu s worries are not fanciful, saying that the worst scenario is a misunderstanding that leads to an unintended conflict.

A remote scenario?

SEXUAL OBSESSION SCENARIO

Israel, as the territorial answer to the old Jewish fears , tends to take decisions only on the basis of worst case scenarios.

Complete American withdrawal could lead to suspicion, arms races, and, in the worst case, wars among the countries of Europe and Asia.

One can only hope that the spill will be contained soon, and that the ever darkening worst case scenarios will not materialize.

Following the arrival of Europeans, La Hispaniola's indigenous population suffered near extinction, in possibly the worst case of depopulation in the Americas.

Even in the best case scenario, in which the euro remains intact, Europe will be bogged down with the demanding task of rebuilding its frayed union.

THE REAL DEAL SCENARIO

ANOTHER SCENARIO WORTH CONSIDERING