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But neither sweet talk nor trade deals will secure reliable
allies
for China, especially in a contest against the US.
But if the US and China were to engage in direct strategic conflict – an increasingly likely prospect – it is the US that would gain the most support, especially from
allies
like Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam.
Politically, the Trump administration has already done serious damage to America’s international standing by justifying tariffs against allies’ exports on the grounds of “national security.”
Of course, that is not what the Brexiteers or their
allies
elsewhere are seeking.
But he also hired old friends and political
allies
– many of whom did not have experience in development – and sealed himself off from his staff, alienating the very people whose support he needed.
Had Cameron brought an economic-growth agenda to the summit, he would have been fighting for something real, and would not have lacked
allies.
But, to avoid a cataclysm, the US and its
allies
must defuse the bomb by enforcing the provisions of the 2005 CPA, which they all endorsed.
Amid rising Islamist influence and shifting political allegiances among the handful of powerful families that dominate the Maldives’ economy and politics, finding reliable
allies
committed to – much less capable of – protecting democratic freedoms would prove a daunting challenge.
There and elsewhere, the US, motivated by the larger geopolitical goal of containing Shia Iran and its regional allies, has embraced Sunni rulers steeped in religious and political bigotry, even though they pose a transnational threat to the values of freedom and secularism.
America has also come to recognize the need to forgive Iraq's debts, which will require rapprochement and cooperation with traditional US
allies
that opposed the war.
Israel’s Ukraine DilemmaTEL AVIV – As if relations between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government and US President Barack Obama’s administration were not strained enough, Israel has refused to join the United States and its other
allies
in condemning Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
Rhetoric aside, Israel – like other US
allies
in the Middle East – is worried about America’s gradual withdrawal from the region, a policy shift that has allowed Russia to regain lost influence there.
If Russia has created a linkage between Eastern Europe and the Middle East, America’s
allies
in the region expect their superpower friend to make it work in their favor, not to allow it to undermine further an already-delicate regional security balance.
Defending a Divided IraqOXFORD – The United States and its
allies
are facing another major policy challenge in Iraq.
Moreover, China fears that Hong Kong, with a population of less than eight million, might present a systemic problem as an alternative form of government, even though many Communists and their
allies
hold key positions in Hong Kong’s private and public sectors.
Popular elections do not translate into representation in a system designed by China to ensure that its
allies
win a majority every time.
We should, for example, want to prevent the militarization of nuclear energy in Iran precisely because of our concern as Europeans, not because we are
allies
of the US.
A major disruption such as a war or terrorist attack that stopped the flow of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz would drive prices to very high levels in America and among our
allies
in Europe and Japan.
Kurdish Peshmerga have been Western democracies’ staunchest
allies
in the fight against the Islamic State.
For the first time in history, terrorism gives insurgents the ability to strike directly at their enemies’ external
allies.
Best remembered for his commitment to Realpolitik (the view, as Lord Palmerston put it, that “nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests”), Bismarck had to address whether unified Germany should be big or small – with or without Austria, and led jointly or by Prussia alone.
In 2003, America went to war without its trans-Atlantic
allies
after manipulating false assertions.
With Iraq probably becoming the first Arab country to be ruled by Shiites, and hence integrated into an expanding Shiite Iranian empire, America’s Sunni
allies
in the region now view the US as unreliable.
Nor is the gospel of democracy especially dear to America’s Arab allies, for the call to democratize has only emboldened the Islamists to challenge the incumbent elites for power.
But America’s misbegotten democratic message has ended up alienating both its conservative regional allies, as it gave a new lease on life to political Islam, which can use the ballot box as a route to power, and the Islamists, whose electoral gains are then rejected by the US.
By destroying Iraq as a counterbalancing regional force, the US dealt a major blow to its traditional Gulf allies, for whom Iraq served as a barrier against Iran’s ambitions.
As the talks move ahead, the United States and its
allies
must stick to a dual-track policy: intensifying political pressure and economic sanctions, while negotiating seriously.
For Khamenei, nuclear capability is not a goal but rather a means to force the West and its regional
allies
to recognize the regime’s strategic interests.
In attempting to execute its strategic pivot, the US is haunted at virtually every turn by its status as a historical hegemon, a military power, and the guarantor of its Asian allies’ security.
When the United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, Australia, and others unexpectedly decided in March to join the AIIB, it was widely reported (partly because of missteps by US policymakers) as a mass defection of US
allies
to a rival’s party.
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