The current test of wills and ratcheting up the saber rattling is a dangerous dead-end.
The recent "saber rattling"2 of Chavez towards the banking sector might be understood in light of this dilemma.
India's saber rattling is in direct response to the transfer of Chinese missile technology to India's neighbor, Pakistan.
The league, he thinks, is walking a fine line between making its case aggressively and saber rattling to the point of irreparably damaging its relationship with its players.
Unrest in North Africa and an escalation of hostilities in Syria, saber rattling in Egypt, and the ever present Iranian antagonism indicate the threat of broader conflict is growing.
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Rather, it was another aggressive Korean icon, the Young General Kim Jong-un, whose latest saber rattling got the attention of a lot of people inured to the belligerent bleating of his DPRK state.
My take: all this saber rattling about high royalties and windfall profits taxes is designed to scare the minnows out of the water and clear the way for the government to make a development deal with the big guys who have the balance sheet and know-how to get the job done.
To be sure, this kind of saber-rattling happens every time the Guild's contract comes up for renegotiation.
India's saber-rattling is in direct response to the transfer of Chinese missile technology to India's neighbor, Pakistan.
Investors with a long-term view have often regarded saber-rattling as an opportunity to snap up shares at lower prices.
The saber-rattling from Tehran has come in response to moves toward new sanctions by Western nations aimed at Iran's nuclear program.
Arbitron officials suggest that Hogan's public saber-rattling is reminiscent of the game of chicken the company played with the Infinity radio chain last year.
China's saber-rattling, however much its neighbors might identify with its aspirations to protect its territorial integrity, is deeply disturbing and destabilizing to the entire region.
Iran is doing more saber-rattling and has threatened Saudi Arabia if it acts to ramp up its oil production if the EU halts Iranian oil purchases.
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Tensions in the Middle East have been high as saber-rattling between Iran and Israel remains heated and Western nations keep sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
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The elimination of a single Arab producer--say, Iraq (which, despite all the saber-rattling from the White House, still exports about 500, 000 barrels a day to the U.S.)--could make PDVSA a critical fallback supplier.
The elimination of a single Arab producer--Iraq, say (which despite all the saber-rattling from the White House, still exports half a million barrels a day to the U.S.)--could make PDVSA a critical fallback supplier.
"You have a 28-year-old leader who is trying to prove himself to the military, and the military is eager to have a saber-rattling for their own self-interest, " said Rep. Mike Rogers, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
Those who see weaker prices next week said, while gold might be oversold in the short-term, the medium-term technical picture has turned negative and that could lead to weaker prices, even as geopolitical worries heat up, such as saber-rattling by Iran over possibly closing the Straits of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for oil transportation.
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Here's a look at the precarious balance of power that has kept the Korean Peninsula so close to conflict since the three-year war ended in 1953, and some of the strategic calculus behind why, despite the shrill rhetoric and seemingly reckless saber-rattling, leaders on both sides of the Demilitarized Zone have carefully avoided going back over the brink.
Now it's rattling its rocket saber in the hopes of more payoff money.
Michael Attree was quick to dismiss Olsen's claim as little more than "a rattling of the saber" to garner attention ahead of the contest.
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