The Looming Lost Decade

The Looming Crisis with Iran

The Looming Death of Homo Economicus

What accounts for this apparent indifference also evident among European politicians to the looming political risks in Britain?

With progress come the looming threats of HIV AIDS, drug abuse, premarital sex and teenage pregnancy, to mention a few.

Reactions in the scientific community ranged from slight novelty to looming apocalypse. The former is more apt Venter s creation is evolutionary, not revolutionary.

South Korea s leaders do not have to look far to find out what will happen if they fail to address looming challenges quickly and resolutely.

Moreover, China s rulers are focused on the looming 17th Congress of the Communist Party, which could likewise be spoiled by a bloody confrontation in Burma.

These are the major questions looming before us as the president elect prepares the American people for what can only be a rough ride ahead.

Markets seem to be driven by stories, as I emphasize in my book Irrational Exuberance. There are stories of great new eras and of looming depressions.

This is no surprise for an export led economy dependent on faltering global demand. But China s looming slowdown is likely to be both manageable and welcome.

It is almost an optical illusion looming on Japan s horizon, and on Europe s and on America s, is a pensions crisis. The problem is real, though exaggerated.

Let me say that the European Community welcomes and strongly supports the initiative of President Bush concerning the looming danger of avian flu's becoming a pandemic.

The past three months, however, have seen a significant slowdown in China s exports, domestic investment, industrial output, and tax revenues. A major slowdown seems to be looming.

But today lacks leadership, and tomorrow could be far more dangerous as a result. Meanwhile, we drift downstream seemingly oblivious to the looming peril of the rapids ahead.

In such circumstances, the admittedly very real risks of synthetic biology seem decisively outweighed by the hope that it may enable us to avert a looming environmental catastrophe.

This fundamental debate is not about to abate. On the contrary, as the German election shows and with a presidential election looming in France, the debate has intensified.

He wants Jokowi to know that the Paniai people, aside from living under the looming threat of a rapacious military, wallow in destitution, with paltry education and health services.

The activists I interviewed had nothing in common, literally, except for one thing, which was that they all cited their mothers as their most looming and important activist influences.

That is why, now more than ever, we must redouble our vigilance to consolidate our stability by fighting against the threats looming over us, particularly those stemming from terrorism.

LONDON The looming bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, and the forced sale of Merrill Lynch, two of the greatest names in finance, mark the end of an era. But what will come next?

With a general election looming in the months ahead, the air is already thick with political recrimination. The Mars mission if it succeeds is one thing that can literally rise above it all.

Improving financial literacy would also help. The current obsession with government deficits and budgetary constraints should not deflect attention from the need for reforms that address the looming retirement crisis confronting many Americans.

Sarkozy has a golden opportunity to put his mark on the global financial system. Surely a French president, eager for global success with a domestic election looming, will not pass up his chance?

After initial dislocations, the eventual outcome would fulfill John Maynard Keynes dream of an international currency system in which both creditors and debtors share responsibility for maintaining stability. And Europe would avert the looming depression.

In 1996, when Japan s public debt GDP ratio reached 80 , many Japanese economists and officials worried about a looming crisis. Almost two decades later, the ratio has surpassed 200 and still no crisis has erupted.

First and foremost, the effectiveness of such operations in saving lives and material resources depends on the warning time for a looming threat and on how soon rescue operations begin when an emergency has occurred.

The foreseeable and predictable catastrophe for the Ivorian state and people, due primarily to the endless scheming of the political actors, is now staring all of us in the face and looming larger by the day.

With the world focused on Iraq, North Korea, and a possible clash with Iran over nuclear weapons, Kosovo has fallen off the radar screen. That inattention will end soon a decision about the province s fate is looming.

With potential instability looming, Monti should ensure that Italy is not defenseless in the event of another round of market instability. Unlike some months ago, now the European Central Bank can intervene and buy troubled countries debt.

TOKYO The eurozone is facing a bleak economic outlook, with growth remaining stagnant and the threat of deflation looming large. The economist Martin Feldstein, who was skeptical of the initiative from the start, now calls it a failure.

Twenty years ago, in the weeks that preceded Iraq s invasion of Kuwait, many observers saw signs of a looming crisis. But Arab and Western players somehow managed to convince themselves that things would not get out of hand.

Before even a word has been spoken, Europeans are being told that the negotiations in Brussels will be bad tempered, with vetoes by individual member states looming large. Unfortunately, such talk could well become a self fulfilling prophecy.

Bearing in mind the 2003 appeal for emergency assistance for Ethiopia, launched on 6 December 2002 by the United Nations and the Government of Ethiopia, to respond to the looming famine situation and to prevent the imminent humanitarian crisis,

With negotiations over Iran s nuclear program looming once again, understanding Iran s new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is critically important. Perhaps the best place to start is the moment the world first gained a glimpse of Ahmadinejad s character and hardline program.

So far, investors have been complacent about the risks posed by the looming budget fight. They believe that as in the past the fiscal showdown will end with a midnight compromise that avoids both default and a government shutdown.

Take Iraq, where the looming Shia crescent is often blamed for much of the chaos. Recent developments in Iraq allegedly point to a fundamental clash between Sunnis and Shiites in the region and bear witness to malevolent Iranian interferences.

Moreover, the major emerging market countries, which steered successfully through the storms of 2008 and 2009, may not cope as well with the problems looming on the horizon. Brazil s growth has already stalled, fueling anxiety among its neighbors in Latin America.

PARIS With the deepening of the economic crisis and the prospect of another recession looming large on the horizon, growing social inequality has become an increasingly urgent issue. How does one reinforce a sense of solidarity and responsibility within a country?

Civilians were again displaced from their villages, in some cases for the second or third time. Moreover, the looming threat of complete lawlessness and anarchy draws nearer, particularly in western Darfur, as warlords, bandits and militia groups grow more aggressive.

And so I want to show you a high speed video sequence of a fly shot at 7,000 frames per second in infrared lighting, and to the right, off screen, is an electronic looming predator that is going to go at the fly.

Despite the looming challenges, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been slow to implement the promised economic reforms. Indeed, although he has made some small improvements in regulation, privatization, and cash transfers to the poor, bolder land and labor market reforms remain elusive.

But the government took the view that when it comes to intelligence matters, apologies are for wimps. With elections looming in Indonesia, and nationalist sentiment there strong, Australia will be paying the diplomatic price for a long time unless it changes course.

But, while Cameron should know from grim experience what is looming, it seems that he has abandoned rational considerations. Indeed, the belief that the EU would renegotiate Britain s membership terms which assumes, further, that Germany would not object borders on magical thinking.

At a time of regional uncertainty about North Korea and China including the looming prospect of China s first aircraft carrier Japan s participation in the evolving Asian security framework is fundamental to stability. The time when Japan could remain on the sidelines is over.