abstract:The phrase "balance of terror" is usually used in reference to the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
For the past two years Greece and its donors have held each other in a balanceof financial terror, each fearing the meltdown that would follow a Greek default and departure from the euro.
The question weighing on the minds of the ever-dwindling number of Turks who want to join the European Union is how to balance the fight against terror with the country's European aspirations.