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In fact, not everything that happens in Iraq reflects the presence – or absence – of US troops.
As things stand, the US is likely to reduce its presence before Afghanistan is pacified and the mineral resources developed.
European Defense Integration NowMADRID – During the European Union’s recent Bratislava summit, the first to take place without a British presence, several proposals to improve European security were made.
And social media is also a key vector for a Russian strategy that relies on historical revisionism (the claim that Russia alone won World War II is a staple of this approach); on conspiracy theories, promoted among European and American nationalist movements, which blame the West for, say, inciting the war in Ukraine; and denial of reality, such as the presence of Russian troops in Crimea and Ukraine.
Japan, India, Vietnam, and other countries do not want to be dominated by China, and thus welcome a US presence in the region.
Moreover, the US is increasing its troop presence in the Pacific at a time when it already has more military force in the region than all other countries combined.
But it is hard to imagine the Taliban using force to prevent their al-Qaeda allies from reestablishing a military presence in Afghanistan and exploiting that presence to organize additional terrorist attacks in other countries.
If NATO’s forces work sufficiently well, they might weaken the insurgency enough that the Afghan military could prove adequate to overcoming the remaining hard-liners, even after foreign troops reverse their current surge and scale down their presence during the next few years.
In addition, Putin and other Russian officials are demanding that Russia receive a permanent presence at the BMD facilities to monitor their operations.
Lavrov has publicly stated that Russia would insist on having a permanent military presence at the planned BMD sites in Poland and the Czech Republic in order to monitor events at the facilities “second-by-second.”
Czech and Polish leaders, recalling past periods of Russian and Soviet occupation, categorically reject hosting a permanent Russian presence.
A day after the Sochi summit, Poland’s deputy foreign minister, Witold Waszczykowski, warned that a “Russian presence in Poland is out of the question.
On June 5, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski reaffirmed that Poland was prepared to allow Russian government representatives “regular access to the bases for inspections” but not the “permanent presence” sought by Moscow.
New visa requirements and other obstacles to travel, more intimate data collected by governments, and the presence of video cameras everywhere – at once benign and intrusive – remind one more of George Orwell’s Big Brother than of John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty.
Besides the lawyers legitimating the deeds, psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors (whose presence was mandatory at any session), and scholars also regularly provided moral, legal, or philosophical justifications.
And, while males inflicted torture, degradation in the presence of women enhanced the humiliation.
The turn away from isolation and the beginning of the “American century” in world politics was marked by President Harry Truman’s decisions after WWII, which led to permanent alliances and a military presence abroad.
Foreign observers were present when the voting took place in Zimbabwe on March 29, and their presence helped to ensure that the election itself was peaceful.
Their presence and ability to provide objective information might prevent continuation or further escalation of the violence of the last few weeks to the point where it would require military intervention.
Two other external powers, Russia and China, have established a strategic presence in the region, but their pursuit of their interests, which are chiefly economic, is not destabilizing and has nothing to do with democracy promotion.
As a consequence, governments often require that they meet in the presence of labor associations, so that employees also get a voice.
In recent years, “biomarkers,” such as certain DNA sequences or the presence of a particular drug receptor, have become increasingly important indicators for determining eligibility for clinical trials.
I have visited Poland many times, always accompanied by the presence of the Jewish absence.
The sectarian nature of Syrian society all but guarantees that the presence of troops from other countries would be both prolonged and difficult.
In Zambia, Chinese mining firms’ indifference to the death of their African employees provoked large protests against China’s presence.
The only threat of violence was against the Nazis themselves, which, given advance notice of the event, could have been managed by an adequate police presence.
The daily adjournments have also taken place on many occasions in the presence of bemused visiting members of other countries’ legislatures, which does India’s international reputation little good.
Obama’s Quiet OffensiveWASHINGTON, DC – The most significant outcome of US President Barack Obama’s visit to Europe last week was his announcement that the United States and its European allies would establish a “regular NATO presence” in the Eastern and Central European NATO member countries.
The physical presence of US military personnel is at least as important as the system’s technical capabilities, which provide protection against short- and intermediate-range missiles from Iran.
For starters, when the American troop presence in Europe was cut from four Brigade Combat Teams to two in 2012, a US-based rapid reaction force – which would rotate across the Atlantic for joint training, without perpetuating unnecessary Cold War infrastructure – was added.
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