Faced with the threat of financial sanctions, Iran s political elite is increasingly realizing the price of its confrontational course.

The future's in the air

It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.

And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

Inequality on the Horizon of Need

Change, however, was in the air.

A major slowdown seems to be looming.

The Shi a threat to the Saudi government is ideological.

Sadly, there doesn't seem to be an answer in the horizon.

Nor does a global solution to the challenge of climate change appear any closer.

And Europe would avert the looming depression.

Photographs floating online show us a snowman waving the IS flag

The Threat to the Central Bank Brand

Alas, that prospect is not yet even a glimmer on the horizon.

Islam is a threat.

The Joblessness Threat

There may be light at the end of the tunnel no depression and financial meltdown.

So I do not believe that a lasting rift looms.

China s Threat to Russia

Any threat to one State must be treated as a threat to all such threats call for a collective response by the entire international community.

But, at least in the short term, there seems to be no alternative to Calderón s strategy.

Indeed, the long dreaded impact of climate change is already upon us.

Indeed, the threat of fascism is real.

KB What I didn't show you was you got that swinging thing going?

That inattention will end soon a decision about the province s fate is looming.

But China s looming slowdown is likely to be both manageable and welcome.

A seismic shift is at hand, and America s recent fiscal follies may well be the tipping point.

Today, another planetary threat has emerged.

Humans are their biggest threat.

GENEVA As post revolution Libya looks ahead, Iraq looms as a perilous example.

A sea change in drug policy seems to be in the making.

So, what is a nuclear terror threat?

Even as the risk of recession looms, the country has been forced to implement a drastic austerity program.

True, there is no inflation problem in the short run, but the ECB s monetary policy focuses on the medium term.

Terrorism is a pernicious threat to peace and security.

No continent is safe from the threat of terror.

Sanctions should not be applied as a punitive measure or used as a means of ousting the legitimate authorities of a Member State.

Markets seem to believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel for the economy and for the battered profits of corporations and financial firms.

No actual threat need be made.

But none of us is safe from the threat of terror.

Our nuclear weapons are not intended to threaten or strike others.

But, while Cameron should know from grim experience what is looming, it seems that he has abandoned rational considerations.

In this sense, the looming prospect of a full blown Italian debt crisis could prove beneficial by focusing European minds.

America s fiscal and external deficits will not disappear just because the chief magician at the Federal Reserve waves his wand and says abracadabra.

Most Europeans prefer to ignore the looming challenge of radical policy reform, owing to the decline in living standards that it implies.