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Iran’s policy toward its western neighbor appears to have two main goals: preservation of influence there, and prevention of any spillover of Iraq’s ethnic
conflicts
into its own multi-ethnic and multi-confessional society.
Across the Islamic world – from North Africa to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan – we see fragile relationships, unhappy transitions, unresolved conflicts, and outright attacks on the United States, despite Obama’s case for a new beginning, movingly articulated in his June 2009 speech in Cairo.
China may have joined Russia in opposing the West’s embrace of “humanitarian intervention” in other countries’ internal conflicts, but the Cold War premise that ideological affinity is an adequate basis for military alliance would not work for China today.
The impact that the mere threat of terrorism has on voters may also explain why some
conflicts
endure.
Moreover, an increased focus on long-term investment will help resolve the
conflicts
traditionally associated with addressing climate change and building infrastructure.
The security interests of Georgia and the EU coincide least when it comes to the so-called “frozen conflicts” in the Kremlin-backed breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia – it is no accident that “Promoting Peaceful Resolution of Internal Conflicts” ranks only sixth among the ENP Action Plan’s priorities.
The Georgian government views the Abkhazian and Ossetian
conflicts
as the country’s principal security threat and impediment to development.
Fatal ThawsMOSCOW – During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and, in a milder way, the United States imposed external limits on the activities of states and societies, causing longstanding
conflicts
among smaller countries to be “frozen.”
Following the Soviet Union’s collapse in the 1990’s, those
conflicts
began to “unfreeze.”
While some
conflicts
were addressed – the West finally intervened militarily in the former Yugoslavia; and Russia fought in Chechnya for almost a decade, and imposed peace in Transdniestria – others, such as that between Armenia and Azerbaijan, were simply frozen again.
Fortunately, not all potential
conflicts
erupted.
Overlapping spheres of influence and frozen
conflicts
could again cause major conflict.
It is over-extended, dependent upon massive daily imports of dollars and oil, and its armed forces are engaged in demanding
conflicts
in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Sensible macroeconomic policies, coupled with non-violent resolution of political or racial conflicts, as in, say, Namibia, Botswana, or South Africa, can set the groundwork for highly constructive partnerships.
Putting in place a code that sets out clear standards for identifying
conflicts
of interest and robust methods for dealing with complaints about a leader’s behavior is crucial.
Ethnic
conflicts
in that part of the world are at the basis of political instability, and of many economic failures: given that it is now possible to be small and prosper, one of the principal costs of secessions has been removed.
So it may be better to have smaller countries than larger countries subject to unresolved (and perhaps insoluble) ethnic
conflicts.
Trump’s Assault on RefugeesLONDON – The decision by US President Donald Trump’s administration to stop funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has politicized humanitarian aid, threatens to add yet more fuel to one of the world’s most combustible conflicts, and jeopardizes the futures of a half-million Palestinian children and young people.
Likewise, in Europe, populist leaders have capitalized on the influx of refugees fleeing
conflicts
in the Middle East to convince people that EU-imposed policies threaten not just Europeans’ security, but also their culture.
Along with more mouths to feed, stresses on food supplies will include conflicts, economic volatility, extreme weather events, and climate change.
During its nearly 55 years of independence, Sudan has experienced a succession of violent conflicts, in the South, the West (Darfur), and the East.
It is commonly accepted that what lay at the root of these
conflicts
was the failure of independent Sudan – one of Africa’s most racially, ethnically, religiously, and culturally diverse countries – to construct a polity informed by the principle and practice of unity in diversity.
Virtually all civil wars and other violent
conflicts
in post-colonial Africa have occurred because of the failure to manage properly the diversity that characterizes these countries.
These
conflicts
have taught Africa that, in order to contain the centrifugal pressures that encourage fragmentation within our relatively new states, a conscious effort must be made to nurture and entrench national unity, which must include democratic practices.
Unfortunately, failure to implement policies based on genuine respect for this perspective plunged Sudan into its second costly North-South war, fueled the violent
conflicts
in Western and Eastern Sudan, and created the possibility of the South’s secession.
European leaders gravely miscalculated at the start of Turkey’s EU accession talks, believing that close ties would make the Middle East’s
conflicts
Europe’s problem.
Here, we are brought back to the central issue in this process: technical questions, though important, are still only an expression of the underlying political
conflicts
and animosities.
If there is one lesson to be learned from all of this, it is that well-executed, tenacious diplomacy still holds extraordinary power to resolve
conflicts.
So far, the EU has been singularly ineffectual in deploying aid, diplomacy, and boots on the ground to address
conflicts
in Africa and the Middle East.
Europeans should watch the Irish issue closely, because there is even more potential for a return of such
conflicts
on the continent.
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