Ministerial guidance calls on universities to "consider carefully" whether visiting speakers are likely to express views "that risk drawing people into terrorist groups".
They could just withdraw their troops from the region and let new borders be formed in new wars which would risk drawing in Greece and Turkey.
American military operations against Syria, officials reiterated on Tuesday, would risk drawing in Syria's patrons, principally Iran and Russia, at a much greater level than they already are involved.
There are too many former players, coaches and staff — let alone sports writers and fans — to risk drawing a line in the sand and then having to walk backwards from it.
But not doing so would risk drawing the wrath of Vladimir Putin, Russia's president.The conversation, which is said to have taken place in July, ended with the executives agreeing to discuss the matter with Mr Putin.
The new guidance adds: "When deciding whether or not to host a particular speaker, [higher education institutions] should consider carefully whether the views being expressed, or likely to be expressed, constitute extremist views that risk drawing people into terrorism or shared by terrorist groups.
For the incoming Obama administration, a first priority will be to weigh which is the greater risk: drawing down American forces too quickly in Iraq, potentially jeopardizing the gains there; or not building up troops quickly enough in Afghanistan, where the war effort hangs in the balance as security worsens.
If Mr Bush were to emphasise No Child Left Behind, he would risk drawing attention to its deficiencies.The voters, too, have not made education a priority in their choice of president: after all, as the Republicans point out, education is a state, local and family responsibility, not a federal obligation.
JAMES SUROWIECKI, discussing Joe Nocera's long New York Times piece on Value at Risk, draws our attention to one of the great quotes of all time, from Citigroup's Chuck Prince:When the music stops, in terms of liquidity, things will be complicated.
Saddam Hussein abided by the terms of a no-fly zone and grounded his planes, rather than risk drawing the west into a deeper conflict that might unseat him.That said, a no-fly zone is by itself unlikely to deliver a rapid denouement, or achieve a cessation of violence.
