脅きょう威い論ろん

noun, noun, used as a suffix

threat theory; view that something is a threat

Used in political and security discourse to describe the argument that a particular state, entity, or phenomenon poses a threat. Often appears as a suffix in compounds like 中国脅威論 (China threat theory).

• 中ちゅう国ごく脅きょう威い論ろんは、近きん年ねんの軍ぐん事じ拡かく張ちょうを背はい景けいに再ふたたび注ちゅう目もくされている。

  The China threat theory has been drawing attention again against the backdrop of recent military expansion.

• 彼かれの論ろん文ぶんは、いわゆる「脅きょう威い論ろん」の歴れき史し的てき変へん遷せんを分ぶん析せきしている。

  His paper analyzes the historical changes of the so-called 'threat theory'.