Tactical moves, however, can always develop into strategic shifts.

Any attempt to evacuate them could escalate into a civil war.

It could well deteriorate into that the potential is there.

Recent street demonstrations could easily turn into an outbreak of ongoing resistance to Israeli rule.

There are so many people in the world who are incapable of outgrowing the level of their stomach!

For what is happening in Belgium now could end up happening on a continental scale.

By succumbing to fear Americans are doing the terrorists' bidding unleashing a vicious cycle of violence that may result in a permanent state of war.

He claimed that the Winds of war are blowing, and that the announcement of the military agreement can transform itself into a tragedy.

This delicate situation could escalate into further currency intervention, trade protectionism, and capital controls.

Historically, protectionism has often led to economic conflict, which can rapidly turn into more serious clashes.

Now the elections in Iraq are about to be converted into a civil war between a Shi a Kurd dominated government and a Sunni insurrection.

Yet, all of these can be politicised on the day there is a clash of films, a match or a culinary competition.

But he fell ill before these measures could be fitted into a larger effort to address the Palestinian issue.

These, however, were never allowed to degenerate into the outright communal slaughter that the war in Sri Lanka has often produced.

And, with global growth weakening further in 2012, those battles could escalate into trade wars.

Similar questions surround Hezbollah s reasoning in unleashing large scale action that risked sectarian warfare and jeopardized its moral high ground. But it has largely achieved its aims.

But the danger that any conflict could escalate into a nuclear confrontation prevented reckless and dangerous behavior on both sides on more than one occasion.

Similar questions surround Hezbollah s reasoning in unleashing large scale action that risked sectarian warfare and jeopardized its moral high ground.

The new enclosures of the genetic commons or of body tissue threaten to extend the objectification and commodification of the body to both sexes.

Withdrawal is one of the riskiest military maneuvers, because it can easily degenerate into panicky retreat and chaos.

Civil unrest and political destabilization could erupt into financial and social crises that ultimately threaten the monetary union s survival.

For example, if another product safety issue involving Chinese imports makes headlines in the US, things could move quickly from disappointment to real anger.

There are economic and geopolitical rivalries between China and Japan that dwarf in importance the high profile insults to national pride that make headlines. But there are also compelling economic and political inducements toward cooperation that prevent these rivalries from developing into full blown crises.

But there are also compelling economic and political inducements toward cooperation that prevent these rivalries from developing into full blown crises.

The refusal of many Muslims to integrate into Western societies, as well as high levels of unemployment and ready access to revolutionary propaganda, can easily explode in acts of violence.

Indeed, an easily manageable financial crisis in Greece was allowed to grow into a life threatening emergency for the states on the southern periphery of the European Union and for the European project as a whole.

Finally, there is a similar risk that Asia s terrestrial and maritime territorial disagreements (starting with the disputes between China and Japan) could escalate into outright military conflict.

Yet without the legitimacy derived from the Universal Declaration and its role in promoting compliance, the nongovernmental human rights movement could not have developed into a global force.

Israelis and Palestinians need an underlying source of solidarity if they are ever to settle their large disagreements and prevent their small ones from erupting into violence.

If Europe sees its role in this crisis which might yet turn into a full blown depression as that of a free rider, it will be treated accordingly in the future.

For example, a new arms reduction agreement would improve the US Russian relationship, and that, in turn, could translate into a more constructive Russian position on Iran in the Security Council.

(This is perhaps the first indication that self sacrifice may be an intrinsic human trait!) Damaged by the sun, but not quite able to commit suicide, the mutated cell continues to proliferate at the expense of normal surrounding cells, resulting in a pre cancerous growth that can progress to a full blown squamous cell carcinoma.

Sadly, this newfound modesty, so necessary for understanding other cultures and traditions, threatens to veer into relativism and a questioning of the very idea of truth in human affairs.

The risks ahead are not just of a mild double dip recession, but of a severe contraction that could turn into Great Depression II, especially if the eurozone crisis becomes disorderly and leads to a global financial meltdown.

Damaged by the sun, but not quite able to commit suicide, the mutated cell continues to proliferate at the expense of normal surrounding cells, resulting in a pre cancerous growth that can progress to a full blown squamous cell carcinoma.

If the shocks are sharp enough and if they hit a weakened global economy that is approaching its stall speed of around 3 annual growth the relapse could turn into the dreaded double dip recession.

But Hamas s brinkmanship is a dangerous exercise, for a low intensity conflict can easily degenerate into an all out flare up if its rockets cause a politically unbearable number of casualties on the Israeli side.

Iran has threatened to leave the NPT if sanctions are imposed, and Russia and China worry that even modest targeted sanctions could escalate and ultimately legitimize an American use of force that they wish to avoid.

More than two billion people carry the TB bacterium, and at some point about 10 of them will develop the disease, which kills some 1.5 million victims per year (compared to 20,000 dead in the recent Ebola outbreak).

In that case, Syria would likely seize the opportunity to break the deadlock over the Golan Heights through a military move that could develop into a massive war of missiles targeting Israel s vulnerable home front.

A contingent of roughly 2,500 troops from 22 countries went to the DRC in mid 2003 to support United Nations troops, and provided a rapid reaction force that snuffed out disorder in Kinshasa before it could erupt into full blown mayhem.