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But China’s development and acquisition of advanced weapons, including precision anti-ship missiles, makes it implausible that the US can maintain its forces’ decades-long invulnerability in the region, including the ability to operate with impunity near China’s shores.
Continued US engagement in the
region
requires it to heed the lesson of the Cold War: No technological fix will provide complete invulnerability.
But if Japan, America’s main ally in the region, were “much more powerful and much less dependent on the United States for its security,” it, too, should not be trusted.
But if any
region
would benefit from the Obama doctrine, which promises to shift from military to more political approaches to regional problems, it is East Asia.
Ignited by the violence of the Chechen wars, Islamic-sponsored terrorism has spread widely in the region, as Russian policies, similar to those during the Chechen war, increase the number of Islamists.
It is important to understand what is at stake in this gruesome episode, not only for Kenya but for the
region
and beyond.
The disturbances in Syria have already weakened some of Iran’s traditional alliances in the
region.
Reaching an agreement on a post-Assad scenario will not be easy, but no alternative is more promising for Syria and the
region.
But every variation has provoked others in the region, by signaling China’s willingness to encroach on perceived fishing rights (as with Indonesia), rights to exploit resources (as with Vietnam), or their own rights to the land-features in questionThe PCA’s decision punctures any notion that international law now recognizes “traditional” or “historic” maritime claims not directly associated with recognized sovereign ownership of relevant types of land.
Expelling Greece into such an unstable international environment would leave the
region
more vulnerable to those – particularly Russia’s current leaders – who believe they would benefit from a weaker, less unified Europe.
But international overreaction – with responses that raise rather than lower the temperature, and push the
region
closer to a nuclear arms race – would make bad news even worse.
It is the
region
to which the world’s economic center of gravity is shifting.
The best way to ensure that the IMF’s management is accountable to all of its governmental shareholders is to prevent the top job from becoming the sinecure of any region, whether Europe or Asia.
In our view, cooperating on issues of mutual interest and concern would contribute to easing tensions in our
region
as well.
This means countering those in the US and our
region
who seek to distract international attention from issues in which they are directly involved and prevent Iran from enhancing its regional status.
Our
region
is grappling more than ever with sectarianism, group enmities, and potential new breeding grounds for extremism and terrorism.
We believe that, under such circumstances, a voice of moderation in the
region
could affect the course of events in a constructive and positive way.
So those who portray Iran as a threat and thus seek to undermine its regional and global credibility should cease – in the interest of peace and tranquility in the
region
and beyond.
Unfortunately, this could mean more trouble for the
region
than for China itself.
Instead, it is pursuing an incremental approach to shaping the
region
according to its interests.
On the contrary, China could now double down on its defiance, by establishing an ADIZ in the South China Sea – a move that would effectively prohibit flights through the
region
without Chinese permission.
After all, the broadening of the NATO-led mission from a limited, humanitarian goal to an all-out assault on Libya’s military signals to some Arabs that this war is really about ensuring that the
region
does not slip out of Western control.
If a cheaper dollar leads to an invasion of US exports to the Middle East and rising living standards in the region, all parties will be far better served.
Even with the prevalence of dollar indexation across the region, exchange-rate appreciation would still help promote cheaper imports and higher living standards.
But flexible exchange rates are still the right way for the
region
to develop a more balanced economic and financial base.
And what does this paradox reveal about the state of politics in Chile and the
region?
And the left in the region, like the United Kingdom’s Labour Party in the 1980s, does not seem well equipped to produce them.
After searching for six years, a team of scientists have not been able to find any sign of the monkey, leading them to conclude that heavy logging in the
region
killed off the last member of the species.
In the coming decades, this burgeoning demographic segment will serve as a keystone for economic and political development in the region, with significant implications for the rest of the world.
Already, demand for consumer durables has increased in the region, with China becoming the world’s largest market for automobiles and mobile phones.
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