The Republican leadership is making threats that are not credible.

However, the glass is half empty view shows that those situations confront the international community with constantly growing threats.

We were successful in defeating the terrorist threat, not by the use of conventional military force alone, but also by winning the hearts and minds of the people.

In many Western countries, policies are increasingly being wrapped in promises of greater energy security rather than in threats of climate catastrophes.

Some have to do with a political goal in mind. Some have to do with violation of human rights. Some have to do with threat of violence, not actual violence.

Mr. Wirajuda (Indonesia) We live in an age of unpredictable threats, against which there may be no airtight security measures.

Interpol routinely issues colour coded notices to law enforcement agencies throughout the world to advise them of persons wanted for criminal activity or other possible threats.

The prevailing perception in Israel is that of being surrounded by formidable non nuclear threats, and dangerously weakened by the poor capacity of the state s domestic front to sustain a long conventional war.

Although the United Nations has not suffered another catastrophic attack such as that which took place in Baghdad on 19 August 2003, the past year has again been one of significant threats and risk.

In cases where bellicose leaders make public threats to bury another country (remember Khrushchev?) or to wipe it off the map, the courts should wait, it was said, until some harm occurs.

As Obama said in his 2014 State of the Union address, in a world of complex threats, our security depends on all elements of our power including strong and principled diplomacy.

In many Western countries, policies are increasingly being wrapped in promises of greater energy security rather than in threats of climate catastrophes. But, because energy security is such a vague concept, these policies are seldom subjected to rigorous scrutiny to determine whether they will live up to politicians claims.

If Barack Obama s administration plays its hand well, the result will be a last minute extension of the debt ceiling with no significant concessions. It is unclear how Boehner or anyone else would be able to portray that as a political victory.