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Rather than remaking the world in its image, the EU fears neighbors that export chaos rather than import values.
Now the CPA is poised to face its most vital test: the South’s referendum on independence, scheduled for January 9.Whether or not a new state is born in one of the most strategically sensitive areas of the world is of utmost concern to Sudan’s neighbors and others.
Conspicuously, Bashir’s regime has been disqualified in the eyes of its neighbors in Africa and the Arab world to a degree that makes the South’s secession a more acceptable option to the main regional stakeholders than ever before.
The country may not match up to its Asian neighbors in prosperity, but Indians have always been able to boast of the vitality of their parliamentary system.
Greece vetoed the Republic of Macedonia’s bids to join Western alliances and multilateral institutions, even as its neighbors Bulgaria and Albania were accepted into NATO and, in the case of Bulgaria, into the European Union.
And it has apparently tried to scuttle a hard-won agreement between two Balkan neighbors who are trying to overcome decades of mistrust.
A system based on sharia (Islamic law) has been imposed, human-rights abuses are legion, and cross-border movement of weapons and militants has undermined the security of Libya’s neighbors.
Israel’s immediate neighbors and other regional powers should make settling the status of Jerusalem a priority, before security in the city deteriorates further.
The global hegemon has never been loved by its neighbors.
Europeans did much better at reconciliation with their neighbors after WWII, in part because the malign and evil conditions of Nazi rule made it necessary to talk about the past in terms of moral categories rather than power politics.
Firmly anchored in the community of Western democracies, its role transcends the technical aspects of the European integration process, for it bears the responsibility of ensuring that no new barrier excludes our Eastern neighbors from taking part in this process.
No other country has a stronger interest in the successful transformation of the EU’s eastern neighbors, particularly Ukraine.
But the letter also implores the party’s opponents – 16% of Poles support the largest opposition party – “to remember that PiS voters are our mothers, brothers, neighbors, friends, and colleagues.”
That gave market power to Russia, which used it to exercise political and economic leverage over its European neighbors.
Other benefits of shale energy for US foreign policy include the diminishing ability of countries like Venezuela to use oil to purchase votes at the United Nations and in regional organizations of small Caribbean states, and Russia’s reduced ability to coerce its neighbors by threatening to cut off gas supplies.
Putin has decided to turn bitterness about Russia’s loss of control over its immediate neighbors into the centerpiece of his policies, both domestically and internationally.
But Putin’s aggressive behavior has also instilled fear among his neighbors, along with widespread concern and confusion within the international community.
Instead of developing a strategy for Russia’s long-term recovery, Putin has adopted a reactive and opportunistic approach – one that can sometimes succeed, but only in the short term – to cope with domestic insecurity, perceived external threats, and the weakness of neighbors.
The first is escalation of political and military confrontation with the West, which has turned Russia into a rogue state that threatens its neighbors.
For, ultimately, a resolution of the conflict between Israel and its neighbors can be only political.
The difference, he thought, was that Americans understood that they could not flourish unless their neighbors prospered as well.
It was “local freedom which leads a great number of citizens to value the affection of their neighbors and of their kindred, perpetually brings men together, and forces them to help one another, in spite of the propensities which sever them.”
But the mechanisms that individuals can use to join with their immediate neighbors in political action that makes a difference in their lives have become much weaker.
In fact, we recently estimated that northern European economies could lose 0.5 percentage points of annual GDP growth if they do not keep pace with their neighbors in adopting AI.
Now, with Israel’s existence under threat, peace with its Arab neighbors seems a more distant prospect than ever.
This applies not only to Israel and its neighbors, but to the US and Europe as well.
Indeed, Hollande’s strategy defies that of his European neighbors – most notably, Germany.
Another option would be an armed intervention led by Venezuela’s neighbors.
But this scenario, too, can be ruled out, owing to the regional bias against military interventions and the fact that Venezuela’s neighbors lack the means to carry one out.
This would be a way for Japan to escape its reputation for insularity, avoid the mistakes of its military history, improve its relations with Asian neighbors who still remember the 1930’s, and increase Japan’s “soft” or attractive power.
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