Sentence examples for chance of war from inspiring English sources

The outside chance of war with Iran as well.

There is a chance of war in Iraq.

China denounced the measure, saying it would increase the chance of war between Taiwan and the mainland.

Officials cautioned that while they gauge the chance of war as substantial, they do not see it as inescapable.

At a private lunch in Islamabad on May 25th, Smith asked the Pakistani Army officers at his table about the chance of war; they rated it fifty-fifty.

Of those sampled, 71percentthoughththerere was a chance of war with India; 47percentt expected the war to go nuclear.

Indeed, he agrees with the view that increasing globalization leads to decreasing chances of war.

The economic argument claims that free trade leads to increasing levels of interdependence between states, thus decreasing the chances of war.

WASHINGTON — After a winter of alarm over the possibility that a military conflict over the Iranian nuclear program might be imminent, American officials and outside analysts now believe that the chances of war in the near future have significantly decreased.

The chances of war breaking out over the Iranians' nuclear program were higher in the Obama administration than they were during the George W. Bush administration that preceded it, if the public and private accounts of dozens of officials who served in one or the other — and a few in both — are to be believed.

That's a fine sentiment for an after-dinner speech, but it doesn't help the policymaker who has to figure out what to do about, for example, the Pakistani army: keep funding it, knowing that the money is going to increase the chances of war with India, or cut off the aid and risk the collapse of the only institution that holds the country together while the Taliban takes over more territory?