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And it is here where China’s reliance on a civilizational discourse of mutual respect and shared history stands in stark contrast to the West’s colonial, post-colonial, and neocolonial discourse, which tends to frame local cultures as backwards or inferior.
As that view takes hold among Chinese, the US is finding China to be an increasingly reluctant partner on issues that clearly concern their mutual interests.
Every state in the region must embrace compromise and mutual respect as the basis of a lasting settlement.
The Business of Korean ReconciliationSEOUL – Can trade and commerce foster peace and mutual understanding between hostile governments?
This includes the mutual recognition agreed by the PLO and Israel, as well as the Oslo Accords.
Countries have become unavoidably interdependent, and climate change, water stress, and the loss of ecological resilience all increase the volatility of this mutual dependence.
The challenges of mutual dependence are particularly acute with respect to food.
This year, as world leaders discuss the next generation of sustainability, development, and climate frameworks, they will need to put their security and mutual dependence at the heart of the responses.
The Sino-American competition involves two significant realities that distinguish it from the Cold War: neither party is excessively ideological in its orientation; and both parties recognize that they really need mutual accommodation.
International trade is about getting access to a bigger market, and trade agreements involve mutual reduction of barriers, including all kinds of non-tariff rules that minimize competition in the provision of services.
But there is more reshaping to come, again fostered by mutual self-interest, rather than by fiat.
The toxic mix of mutual mistrust and tit-for-tat behavior has brought Sino-American ties to their lowest point since the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989.
If Europe doesn’t find a way to reactivate the continent’s economy soon, it will be doomed to years of gloom and endless mutual recrimination about “who sabotaged the European project.”
The European members of NATO responded by invoking the Article 5 mutual defense clause of the NATO charter and coming to the aid of the US in Afghanistan, where today there are 32,000 NATO troops.
Mutual accusations reached a level unworthy of the common history and the close personal, cultural and economic ties between both countries.
The eurozone’s creeping fragmentation is primarily the result of the mutual dependence of banks and governments.
The third response is to reduce sovereign risk by establishing a system of surveillance and mutual guarantees between the eurozone countries.
The Nobel laureate Kenneth Arrow made the point in economic terms almost 40 years ago: “It can be plausibly argued that much of the economic backwardness in the world can be explained by the lack of mutual confidence.”
Without mutual trust, economic activity is severely constrained.
Even within Europe, there is powerful evidence that countries where mutual trust is higher achieve higher levels of investment, particularly through venture capital investment, and are prepared to use more flexible contracts, which are also beneficial for growth and investment.
Europe’s Populist Fifth ColumnBRUSSELS – European security currently rests essentially on the NATO alliance and the principle of mutual defense, and on cooperation between national intelligence services working to prevent violence against people and national assets.
Intelligence sharing requires mutual trust, but the alliances that once provided the basis for trust are under increasing strain.
However, mutual interaction and equal partnership remain the only response – especially if they are reflected into long overdue reforms of multilateral institutions and increased global governance.
Europe’s suspicion of Islam is not new, of course, and one could say that the feeling is mutual.
On the contrary, it represents a serious provocation that reduces the level of mutual trust.”
He advocates a less antagonistic strategy: a multi-stage process of mutual accommodation to create a more stable regional power balance between the US and China.
Backed by a reasonable Arab peace plan, they will insist that there is already a worldwide consensus on restoring the 1967 borders (with mutual adjustments of equal size and quality), the need for a fair agreement on dealing with refugees, and a formula to share Jerusalem.
And, in fact, their experience cooperating around the world means that China and Italy have strong government ties, underpinned by mutual trust and respect.
Similarly, Israelis and Palestinians have both engaged in barbaric acts in a tragic interplay of mutual fear that empowers extremists in both communities.
No matter how persuasive Abbas is in convincing radical groups to put down their arms, a unilateral ceasefire will not last long if it is not mutual.
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