Bad perceptions only complicate future peace efforts, making a breakthrough even less likely.

Such an approach won t prevent another crisis, but it would make one less likely and less costly if it did occur.

Perhaps Italy can survive, because most of its debt is held domestically, which makes default less likely. But the size of Italy s debt and of Belgium s is worrisome.

India has become an accepted, legitimate member of the nuclear club, the fiction of the NPT notwithstanding. It is even less likely that China or Russia would disarm for the sake of a nuclear free world.

It is even less likely that China or Russia would disarm for the sake of a nuclear free world.

But with every passing year, balancing up rapid growth in the rest of the world boosting demand for US exports has become less and less likely.

At first glance, it seems plausible.

And every month that a child is out of school makes it less likely that they will ever return.

In fact, European assurances that arms sales to China could be controlled and threats to an ally avoided do appear unconvincing. On the other hand, economic interdependence between Taiwan and mainland China has grown to such an extent that an armed conflict is increasingly unlikely.

On the other hand, economic interdependence between Taiwan and mainland China has grown to such an extent that an armed conflict is increasingly unlikely.

Neither scenario is very likely.

But, for now, a complete meltdown seems distinctly less likely than gradual stabilization followed by a tepid recovery, with soaring debt levels and lingering high unemployment.

That vision is more plausible than one might think.

Indeed, that outcome appears likely.

Containment of Iraq by intervention is the method that now seems most likely.

After the Soviet disintegration, even Russia emerged as a credible candidate for democratic reform.

At that point, international intervention would be more likely than ever.

In a country where law is the man in power, this remains probable.

And it does seem likely that such strategies will continue.

This scenario will become even more plausible following Russia's admission to the WTO.

Today, as world growth decelerates, secular stagnation seems plausible once again.

It will also make nuclear proliferation in the Middle East less likely, while strengthening the global nuclear non proliferation regime. And it will allow for the normalization of Iran s relations with the West.

States have the greatest capabilities, but non state actors are more likely to initiate a catastrophic attack.

A cyber 9 11 may be more likely than the often mentioned cyber Pearl Harbor.

While France has specialized in consumer goods such as food and pharmaceutical products, Germany is a leading exporter of investment goods.

Among the potential explanations, the dissimilar specializations of each country stand out.

Nosik also started a poll, to see which option his readers thought was most likely

The third drops, the fourth, the fifth.

But the operative word is might a headlong plunge into the abyss might prove equally likely.

Given Libya s lack of democratic experience, some view this as a likely outcome in the post Qaddafi era.

This is especially true for Ukraine and Azerbaijan, which are likely to be Moscow s next targets for intimidation.

Bar Zeev acknowledges that water will likely be a source of conflict in the Middle East in the future.

Given l Unione s razor thin majority in the upper house, the most likely outcome is paralysis.

With the advent of a digital airspace, and with appropriate research support, success would be both possible and likely.

No one believes that a formal Charter amendment to abolish or limit this right is remotely likely.

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Did you understand? More or less.

Smaller steps, however, can and should be taken.

There are a lot less expensive and less intrusive ways to do this.

The therapy was less efficient for older dogs.

Even with policy changes, it takes time for governments to restore their credibility. Until then, markets will keep pressure on sovereign spreads, making a self fulfilling crisis likely.

A continuation of today s commodity price boom seems more likely, for it has more of a new era story attached to it.

Until then, markets will keep pressure on sovereign spreads, making a self fulfilling crisis likely.

The least likely scenario is one in which Russia leads a negotiating process that produces long term peace and stability.

In his recently released book 59 Seconds, Wiseman sets out the things that you can do to make success more likely