"The key is going to be whether this cut sparks risk appetite," said Binky Chadha, chief United States equity strategist at Deutsche Bank in New York.
As bouts of uncertainty about the smoothness of China's growth slowdown and policy changes often spark global risk aversion episodes, financial spillovers extend way beyond those economies that have developed deeper financial links with China.
The question of the succession is highly controversial and risks sparking dissent within the Tibetan community.
In short, deliberately undermining the nuclear deal risks sparking a confrontation.
One could also argue that accepting such a proposal risks sparking a trend toward spurned Olympic sports making forced transitions to winter (softball on snow, anyone?).
Slashing fuel subsidies might help save money and cut demand but risks sparking unrest if the cuts are not made in a way that cushions the poorest.
David Cameron risks sparking a bitter Conservative party row after adopting a "my way or the highway" approach towards ministers who want to campaign to leave the EU, David Davis has said.
It argues that volatility in food prices has made it harder for producers to plan what to grow, pushed up prices for British consumers and in poorer countries risks sparking civil unrest, like the food riots seen in Mexico and Haiti in 2008.
ReprintsMore pressingly, the Houthis' tactic risks sparking clashes in the capital, and perhaps all-out mayhem on a scale not seen since Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's president of three decades, stepped down in November 2011 after a year of mass protests and street battles (and the near-assassination of Mr Saleh).
Iran has warned that any foreign intervention risks sparking a regional war.
High-definition closed-circuit television (CCTV) risks sparking a public backlash, according to the UK government's surveillance commissioner.
