Crisis

::For other uses of the word, see the disambiguation page.

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A crisis is a turning point or decisive moment in events. Typically, it is the moment from which an illness may go on to death or recovery.

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More loosely, it is a term meaning 'a testing time' or 'emergency event'. It is a concept in economics (discussed elsewhere) and in international relations, discussed below.

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For information about crises as a field of study in international relations, see crisis management and international crisis. In this context, a crisis can be loosely defined as a situation where there is a perception of threat, heightened anxiety, expectation of possible violence and the belief that any actions will have far-reaching consequences (Lebow, 7-10).

International relations: :Foreign affairs redirects here. For other things named Foreign Affairs, see Foreign affairs (disambiguation)....

Crisis management: Crisis management involves identifying a crisis, planning a response to the crisis and confronting and resolving the crisis. Crisis management can be applied in almost any field of endeavor, but it is most commonly used in international relations, political science and management. For more about cri...

International crisis: An International Crisis is a crisis between nations. There are many definitions of an international crisis. Snyder defines an international crisis a "...a sequence of interactions between the governments of two or more sovereign states in severe conflict, short of actual war, but involving the perc...

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