Recent terrorist attacks have traumatized civilians to a degree unseen since the country was on the brink of civil war at the end of the 1970s. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
Is Turkey on the brink of civil war, given the recent violence against the country's Kurdish population? (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
«At the start of 2014, Iraq was on the brink of civil war. (politics.co.uk)