Accusing warriors of being traders and traders of being thieves, it shuns its Marxist origins.

But this threatens to become a self fulfilling prophecy.

It also welcomed the move towards results based budgeting.

Our cities risk becoming literally uninhabitable.

This change was associated with the shift from aristocratic to bureaucratic government.

Through this process, a private company transforms into a public company.

The case for a shift to manufacturing remains unproven, because it cannot be proved.

We shouldn t allow our exasperation with bankers to morph into an assault on the creation of wealth.

Moreover, it threatens to turn into a battleground for its neighbors opposing interests.

Now is the time to implement the measures that will accelerate the transition to a more consumer led economy.

But an undisciplined appeal to history risks becoming a confusing way to express opinions.

In short, Europeans will not allow Bush s Iraq war to become a war on their welfare state.

The uncertainty surrounding China s impending economic transformation muddies the growth outlook somewhat.

Americans and Chinese must avoid letting exaggerated fears create a self fulfilling prophecy.

Second, the ICC is said to have allowed itself to become a tool of national political leaders.

We should not, however, allow this sentiment to turn into an all purpose rant against personal wealth.

For them, Europe is a continent undergoing museumification a place to do, not a place to be.

In the economy s tradable sector, comparative advantage always shifts, causing structural change and creative destruction.

Yet these challenges are nothing compared to the momentous tasks of institutional transformation that await authoritarian countries.

But if a shift across America s racial divide is not truly revolutionary, then what is?

The immediate goal is to keep the courts from allowing Lina Joy or Kamariah Ali to convert.

Meanwhile, the Doha Development Round risks becoming the first post war multilateral trade negotiation to fail.

The constitution was designed to make a Europe of 25 members more efficient, not produce a strong federal state.

So, while green accounting certainly can play a role, we must not allow it to become a roadblock to development.

The situation there, predicted by every pundit around, has metastasized and threatens to become a full blown regional civil war.

The first scenario is when a real war threatens to spill over into a wider conflict, destabilizing the region and Great Power relations.

As all the possible options are bad, the situation qualifies as a veritable Greek tragedy such as those hitherto seen only on stage.

In the meantime, Iran s youthful population may become more politically active and demand democratization and improved living conditions.

Censorship has been made easier, not more difficult, by the government's decision in the 1990's to shift to a free market strategy for entertainment products.

The activities of the ICC are increasingly drawing the attention of the world at large, especially since some are now shifting from the investigatory to the judicial phase.

Demanding a full fledged democratic transition as a pre condition for normalizing US Cuban relations is both unrealistic and unpalatable to Latin America.

Already, too many of our economy s difficulties, including worrisome trends in youth joblessness and long term unemployment, risk becoming structurally embedded.

All parties need to find a formula to resolve the issue before it again threatens to erupt into conflict.

That same year, Spain's Jews were ordered to convert to Catholicism or face expulsion from Spanish territories during the Spanish Inquisition.

In common with many other developed countries, Canada is experiencing a demographic shift towards an older population, with more retirees and fewer people of working age.

So developing CCS or an alternative that allows coal to become clean energy is essential for meeting the 2050 goal.

Automobiles can be engineered for much greater mileage through hybrid technology combining battery power and gasoline. Buildings can reduce their heating needs through improved insulation, or by converting from heating oil to electricity produced by clean technology.

Accelerating the shift towards large scale, highly mechanized forms of agriculture will not solve the problem. Indeed, it will make it worse.

In such conditions, full adjustment risks becoming self defeating, or at least unreasonably painful, as illustrated by the Greek case.

Developments in these countries during the postcommunist years marked a gradual change from Russian to European influence, but that is not irreversible.

Nor can we allow the financial crisis to become a reason for neglecting other critical issues unacceptable levels of poverty and hunger, the food crisis, climate change.

A widening gap in economic performance and political dominance is such a dismal prospect for the EU that it must not be allowed to become permanent.

The US has traditionally been in the forefront of research and development in this field, but in recent years hydrogen has been elbowed aside by intense lobbying for other alternatives.

Most current projections of a shift in the global balance of power are based primarily on one factor projections of countries GDP growth.

Sadr s militia threatens to quickly become Iraq s answer to Hezbollah a well armed, politically connected private army with its own foreign policy.