Tim makes his living writing books, but he tells people how to promote their books books that could be in direct competition with his and threaten his position on bestseller lists.
For all nations, global problems that threaten the future of mankind ought to be addressed with vigor and determination.
That may be because poor, angry countries hesitate to threaten their relationship with powerful partners and aid donors by taunting them over human rights.
As long as an entity with zero assets and nothing to lose can hire a firm on a contingency to threaten another entity with everything to lose, the scales will be tipped in their favor.
Gorbachev went so far as to threaten in an interview Sunday with Rupert Murdoch that the world could be plunged into a "cold" or "semi-cold" war.
In fact, the result may be to make research even less useful, if companies threaten to sue whenever they disagree with an analyst.
United Breweries wants a partner that will not threaten Kingfisher in its domestic market and some say Interbrew, which is reported to be in talks with the Indian brewery at present, is the prime candidate.
Assuming, no doubt correctly, that Mrs Merkel would be appalled by the prospect of Mr Monti's departure, several Italian commentators concluded he would threaten her with it to get what he needed.
If President Kenyatta wins in a violence-free election accepted by Mr. Odinga, would the West really be willing to go as far as to pursue his arrest and threaten sanctions on Kenya as it has done with President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan?
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The intervention in Kosovo, for example, worsened relations with China and Russia, because the doctrine there of interfering in national sovereignty could easily be deemed to threaten China's rule in Tibet or Russia's in the Caucasus.
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