For starters, political risks could derail progress.

But they are unlikely to derail his government.

A failure on this front would derail their strengthening domestic and regional growth dynamics.

A dangerous situation may well emerge, as this report threatens to derail the whole process.

While the odds still favor a relatively smooth transition, many uncertainties could derail the reform process.

Unfortunately, a recent decision on one key digital issue data privacy threatens to derail that effort.

Hamas refuses all direct peace negotiations with Israel, and has vowed to derail the current talks through violence.

While the obstacles are not yet sufficiently serious to derail the ongoing recovery, only a fool would gloss over them.

Perhaps al Qaeda's motive in targeting Turkey is to derail a Muslim nation from its progress toward joining the European Union?

But the realization this autumn of even some of the risks described here could derail the global economy s still wobbly recovery.

When peace appears to be close at hand, radicals on one side of the conflict or the other provoke an explosion to derail it.

Western governments have been accused of interference, but it is unlikely that any want to derail their relations with China, especially during an economic crisis.

Only then will monetary authorities gain a better understanding of when and how bubbles can derail an economy, and what can be done to prevent that outcome.

For their part, Russia and China have blocked three resolutions condemning the Syrian regime, and Russia has worked hard with evident success to derail any military intervention in Syria.

On the anti torture protocol, the US sought to derail the creation of a universal system of visits to places of detention, under an optional protocol to the Convention Against Torture.

After enormous difficulties, uncertainties, and constant attempts to derail the process, Venezuelans will vote on August 15th to decide whether President Hugo Chávez should be recalled and new presidential elections held.

Yet, an offensive one word tweet threatened to derail Jamaicans' joy over one of their medal winning track athletes, raising issues about the appropriate use of social media by corporate entities.

For all our sakes, I hope that the future does not derail China s economic progress, though it will be a surprise if it does not challenge its arthritic and adamantine political system.

We have learned in the past decade that even when businesses are internationally competitive, a macroeconomic crisis can derail economic growth, as it did in most of Asia in the late 1990s.

Experts can disagree about whether the move was premature, but no one agrees with the many political leaders who have argued that the tiny hike will derail the timid resumption of economic growth.

I hope that this issue does not derail the Chinese effort to use the Olympics as an opportunity to show the world that their country has emerged again as one of the world s leaders.

We can only hope that the American public will reject not just the insistent calls to derail the construction of the Park 51 project, but also the contested assumptions that underpin opposition to it.

Attempts at obfuscation whether by talking about an economic peace, or insisting that Arabs recognize the Jewishness of the state of Israel should not be allowed to derail the goal of ending the inadmissible occupation.

Not only was his rhetorical style effective, but after inflammatory comments by his pastor threatened to derail his campaign, he produced one of the best speeches on race in America since the days of King.

The other scenario is when the two sides have already engaged in bilateral peace talks, paid the domestic political price, and reached agreement on most issues, though some matters remain unresolved and threaten to derail the process.

Inevitably inadequate one idea being toyed with is recognition of a Palestinian state in provisional borders that might encompass around 50 of the West Bank it will nonetheless occupy the attention of the international community, and perhaps even derail the new Palestinian strategy.

Its leaders will now have to take much more resolute steps on the way to peace if the argument that they used to derail the Goldstone Report that it should be seen as hindering the peace process is to have any credibility at all.

We have learned in the past decade that even when businesses are internationally competitive, a macroeconomic crisis can derail economic growth, as it did in most of Asia in the late 1990s. Singapore, Ireland, and Switzerland are the three top ranked countries in macroeconomic stability.

While the obstacles are not yet sufficiently serious to derail the ongoing recovery, only a fool would gloss over them. I can think of four major issues ranked by immediacy and relevance to the well being of the global economy that are looming larger in importance and becoming more threatening in character.

After enormous difficulties, uncertainties, and constant attempts to derail the process, Venezuelans will vote on August 15th to decide whether President Hugo Chávez should be recalled and new presidential elections held. This plebiscite marks the latest stage in a bitter campaign to unseat a president who has already survived a coup, a two month general strike, and a previous attempt to force a vote on his leadership.