Oil, he suggests, has become a drug, lulling governments into a false illusion of comfortable immobility.Other chapters deal with security, border disputes and Iran's military capabilities.
Moreover, Dr Inglesby went on, focusing on those strains which are known to be dangerous may shift attention away from unknown ones which may be even more so, lulling monitors into a sense of false security.
And the numbers are expected to continue to mount, at least for the next few years.Even in the richer world, which knows about preventive measures, complacency brought on by the availability of life-prolonging drugs may be lulling people back into bad habits.
Perversely, a continued stockmarket rally could undermine the chances of more aid, lulling some in Washington to believe enough has been done.Tim Geithner, the treasury secretary, understands that.
Low interest rates have fuelled a property boom, lulling consumers into thinking that there is no need to save and persuading politicians that it is possible to have both guns and butter.Some might argue that these weaknesses seem a small price to pay for holding up the world economy in the face of unprecedent thrift shifts.
But rather than lulling the audience into a false sense that all is well in the oceans, it catches the viewer's attention with meditative camerawork and lush, dramatic music and then reveals the inconvenient truth about the impact of over-fishing on the oceans.
Meanwhile, the banks are operating with a capital regime that does not work as intended, but may be lulling regulators into a false sense of security.In determining regulatory capital, Basel 2 would give an important role to credit-rating agencies such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's.
Repetitious, monotonous, lulling, and entrancing, "Autobahn" became an unlikely hit in Europe and the United States (where it was played on commercial radio stations in severely edited form).
I've seen you do it before on QT, lulling the crowd into a false sense of security with that measured, almost soothing tone of yours before shocking them back to reality with a sudden outburst in the middle of a spiel.
It does, however, include sequences of contemplative tranquillity, which must have been lulling for those colleagues who were still exhausted by Clash of the Titans.
Packed with smugglers and secret passages, rum-toting sailors, romance, and adventures in exotic parts, She Rises sings to its reader with the dulcet hypnotising tones of its true heroine, the sea; luring you in, then lulling you into its rolling pace.
