Front=Prem​ise and Threat=The​me?

Caveat: probably painfully obvious to everyone else or I might just be way off-base, but…

Front = Premise?

Threat = Theme?

Or at least I like the idea of Fronts being the broad question(s) posed, and Threats being the individual unifying ideas for each question.

Not to say that Scarcity isn’t the overall Premise!

Hmmm. It's hard to game toward a theme, from the GM's end, in AW. I've tried it and it's never really worked out. I'd get to tied to my plans, not enough toward the PCs.

That said, I think you're on, but it's... organic. So front /=/ premise and threat/=/ theme, but later, after, you might see theme and meaning.

I don't know.