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The US should have developed a coherent strategy, one based on careful selection of
allies
and more direct US involvement.
Its editors argued that while the decision to publicize secret material is always difficult, these documents were of “significant public interest” and “illuminate the extraordinary difficulty of what the United States and its
allies
have undertaken in a way that other accounts have not.”
It desperately needs
allies
whose populations accept what it is and respect what it does.
Senator John Kerry, the Democratic candidate, has accused President George W. Bush of neglecting and offending America's allies, particularly in Europe.
America doesn't need permanent
allies
and institutions, they say, because a coalition of the willing will suffice.
The Bush administration's impatience with institutions and
allies
thus undercuts its own objectives.
The key criterion by which its
allies
and partners should judge Russia is predictability, and, in this respect, Russia is increasingly falling short.
After the 2008 financial crisis, many Chinese expressed the mistaken belief that the US was in terminal decline, and that China should be more assertive – particularly in pursuing its maritime claims in the South China Sea – at the expense of America’s
allies
and friends.
France, Germany, and the United Kingdom – America’s principal European allies, none of which is likely to re-impose sanctions without good reason – also participated.
RAMALLAH – Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election has stunned the world, with many – particularly US
allies
– feeling more than a little concerned about what his leadership may bring.
But the main reason for Palestinians’ hopeful response is the same as for US allies’ anxiety: Trump is a political outsider, with few ties to the United States’ foreign-policy tradition or the interest groups that have shaped it.
The danger of a major confrontation has been heightened further by a series of factors: persistent high oil prices, which have created new financial and political opportunities for Iran; the defeat of the West and its regional
allies
in proxy wars in Gaza and Lebanon; and the United Nations Security Council’s failure to induce Iran to accept even a temporary freeze of its nuclear program.
This shrewdness not only keeps opponents off balance; it also undercuts the relevance of US security assurances to
allies
and the value of building countervailing strategic partnerships in Asia.
While Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki should devote more effort to negotiating and compromising with the Sunni community than he has to cracking down on its leaders and activists, he nonetheless has before him the daunting task of consolidating a Shia-led Iraqi state with no natural
allies
in the rest of the Arab world.
The two countries may not be allies, but neither are they adversaries in a global struggle, bent on the other's destruction.
Depending on their range, these missiles could threaten US troops in critical regions, American
allies
or US territory.
He advocated a defense designed "to protect all 50 states and our friends and
allies
and deployed forces overseas from missile attacks by rogue nations or accidental launches."
Instead, the US should undertake three things: aggressive testing of various architectures for a missile defense system, including sea-based systems that could intercept missiles in the immediate post-launch, boost phase before warheads and decoys can be released; careful study of the consequences of moving to various mixes of offensive and defensive systems; and intense consultations with Russia, China and America's
allies
in Europe and Asia about how to maintain strategic stability in the post-Cold War era.
Never before has an American presidential inauguration been met with so many hosannas from the United States’ oldest foe, Russia, and with such nervous anguish from its closest
allies.
The US-backed insurgency of the 1980s, launched under the banner of jihad against the occupying Soviet Union, transformed two close American
allies
– Pakistan and Saudi Arabia – into strategic threats.
And with Saudi Arabia and four Sunni
allies
imposing isolation on Qatar, in part owing to the Qataris’ close relations with Iran, this conflict has reached its first potential tipping point at the very center of the region, the Persian Gulf.
If we really want it, if we all are prepared to express the desire to preserve community and identity by taking part in elections and by making the right choices, an open international environment and the advanced democratic cultures of our neighbors, friends and
allies
constitutes the best ground for advancing a people’s uniqueness.
Unlike in 2013, the strategy of Ryan and his
allies
this time around is unlikely to include a threat to default directly on federal government debt.
In the past week, Abe created for himself considerably more political space to act as a strategic partner, not only to India, but also to Japan’s other allies, particularly the United States.
For the first time since the Pacific War’s end in 1945, Japan’s Self-Defense Forces would be able to participate in “collective self-defense” – meaning that Japan could come to the aid of its
allies
should they come under attack.
Modi’s victory and Abe’s increased ability to stand by Japan’s
allies
can help to forge deeper bilateral ties and, if properly understood by China, foster a greater strategic equilibrium in the region.
Given this, Trump’s domestic opponents should be careful what they wish for, and America’s
allies
should try to find a way to engage with his administration more effectively.
Improved Greek-Turkish ties would be welcomed not only by foreign investors and European Union officials, but also by Greece’s NATO
allies
– above all the United States.
These incidents could lead to inadvertent military conflict between the two NATO
allies.
Without such introspection, the US and its European
allies
will probably continue to depend on economic sanctions to deter Russian aggression.
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