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...more realistic threat is one of terrorism backed by extremists. The U.S. government is right to point out that there have been no attacks on American soil since 911, but there have been violent incidents in Spain, the U.K., India, and a number of other countries where homeland security is not as good as it is in the U.S. The fact that as recently as 2004, terrorists could kill more than 170 people on the Madrid commuter railroad system is an extraordinary reminder that some parts of the social and business infrastructure in the developed world are still terribly vulnerable...
...growth - the continent's population is expected to grow by nearly 500 million people over the next 10 years - combined with climate change will likely mean that far more Asians will be tapping shrinking sources of water. Water wouldn't be a sole trigger for war but rather a "threat multiplier" - a factor that worsens the social instability that can lead to conflict. That can happen even inside a country - one of the most violent protests in recent Chinese history occurred in April 2005, when over 30,000 villagers in Zhejiang province clashed with police over water pollution from...
...skepticism about whether a military response is appropriate. These aren't terrorists, one argument goes, because privation, not politics, is the root of the crisis. To listen to this woolly-headed analysis, you would think piracy was the closest thing Somalis had to a workable aid program. "The threat of death," editorializes the Los Angeles Times, "isn't much of a deterrent to hopeless young Somali men who face a choice between potentially making millions on the high seas or starving on shore...
...That threat would carry more weight if the banks weren't so politically vulnerable right now. "They're trying to figure out the best way to screw the people that are bailing them out," says one Democratic leadership aide. "It's unacceptable." Even if they can't force through a bill as tough as they would like, top Democrats promise to make life painful for the banks...
...latest development in Nepal's experiment with allowing former rebels to take the helm of the nation's democratically elected government, the Maoist leadership formally retracted its threat last week to sack the chief of the formerly royalist Nepal army. The move, some say, may have saved the less-than-a-year-old government from being overthrown. The intractable dispute over assimilating the former Maoist guerrillas into the army, as per the terms of the peace accord signed in November 2006, could have led to a military coup. But while the government's reconciliatory decision succeeded in keeping power...