Brucellosis Malta to the point of it being referred to as "Maltese fever". Since 2005, due to a strict regimen of certification of milk animals and widespread use of pasteurization, the illness has been eradicated from Malta. Ireland was declared free of brucellosis on 1 July 2009. The disease had troubled the country's farmers and veterinarians for several decades. The Irish government submitted an application to the European Commission, which verified that Ireland had been liberated. Brendan Smith, Ireland's then Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, said the elimination of brucellosis was "a landmark in the history of disease eradication
Balance of threat Balance of threat The balance of threat (BoT) theory was proposed by Stephen M. Walt first in an article titled ""Alliance Formation and the Balance of World Power"" published in the journal "International Security" in 1985 and later further elaborated in his book ""The Origins of Alliances"" (1987). The balance of threat theory modified the popular balance of power theory in the neorealist school of international relations. According to balance of threat theory, states' alliance behavior is determined by the threat they perceive from other states. Walt contends that states will generally balance by allying against a perceived threat, although