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Against this background, a stalemate in the Donbas seems more likely than an outright offensive aimed at occupying the remainder of the
region
and establishing a land corridor to Crimea – the outcome that many in the West initially feared.
Everybody's "basket case" of 1989, Poland, became the
region'
s dynamo.
By contrast, military lobbying now deeply influences foreign and defense policies – witness China’s double-digit increase in defense spending and rising US arms sales in the
region.
It is this ideological divide that is undermining the development in East Asia of institutions that establish principles, rules, and decision-making procedures for the
region.
While much of the West is bound together by institutions like the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe and NATO, East Asia’s main body, the ASEAN Regional Forum, is too weak to play an analogous role, leaving the
region
beset with unregulated rivalries.
What is clear is that the
region
remains an explosive and confused reality, one capable of threatening Europe’s stability, already on a knife’s edge following Russia’s adventurism in Ukraine.
The
region
is a volatile mix of rising nationalism, deep economic frustration, and disillusionment about progress toward membership in the European Union.
In particular, China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea have divided ASEAN member countries, forcing Indonesia to perform a difficult balancing act as it seeks to maintain stable relations with China while addressing the rift within the
region.
Indonesia’s activist approach, whereby it assumes a leadership role both in the
region
and globally, has been driven simultaneously by supply (domestic popular sentiment) and demand (the country’s international partners).
So, while Indonesians may court the global spotlight, their chief concerns should be fostering strong and stable economic growth, stemming domestic religious intolerance, and preserving ASEAN unity in the face of China’s increasingly assertive policy in the
region.
Cypriots must seize this chance to build a healthy, reunited country that can make the most of its economic potential in the region, and play its part in world affairs with confidence and security.
Continual restructuring and consolidation will be needed to create a balanced regional geopolitical architecture, which must broaden beyond ASEAN members to meet the needs of Japan, the US, Australia, India, China, and Russia – all of which have vital interests in the
region.
I believe that Japan’s strategic role in the
region
will only increase, because its economy and industrial production chains have been regionally integrated.
Nevertheless, ASEAN is constantly demonstrating its determination to create a
region
where no member is left behind, even as we collectively pursue prosperity and an equitable distribution of our burgeoning wealth.
There will be many more innovative breakthroughs as ASEAN develops into an integrated, open, peaceful, and outward-looking
region.
In Lebanon in 2006, Hezbollah fought Israel through well-trained cells that combined propaganda, conventional military tactics, and rockets launched from densely populated civilian areas, achieving what many in the
region
considered a political victory.
Obviously, there will be no peace in Palestine unless we start to talk to Hamas – a point that President Barack Obama’s special envoy to the region, Senator George Mitchell, will surely appreciate after his experiences as a successful mediator in Northern Ireland.
But, while the 2003 invasion was a profoundly misguided policy, both in form and in substance, the chaos that consumed Iraq and the rest of the
region
stem from additional mistakes made by US policymakers after Saddam had been removed from power.
Japan is already focusing on giving women in the
region
the skills they need to earn a living.
All of this is nothing other than an expression of Japan’s determination to spare no effort for the sake of peace, security, and wider prosperity in the Asia-Pacific
region.
Resistance to reform could for a time be justified, so long as: 1 firms in the state sector retained a profitable position in a
region'
s economy; 2. the mobility of state employees remained low; and 3, the non-state sector was not strong enough in both financial terms and entrepreneurial capability to take over the vast state sector.
TNC and CT members are largely unified in their desire to end Qaddafi’s 41-year rule and redistribute the country’s wealth to the country’s long-neglected eastern
region.
In the Middle East, the US confronts Iran, which seeks to expand its power by any means it can, to oust neighboring countries’ governments in favor of ideologically sympathetic forces, and ultimately to evict America from the
region.
Rule III: Raise the Gasoline TaxIran’s quest to dominate the Middle East threatens the world because the
region
accounts for so much of the oil on which the global economy depends.
A new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, to be based in Beijing, will help to fund infrastructure projects (roads, power, and rail, among others) throughout the
region.
But to tell the story of Latin America as one of foreign pillage is to ignore the benefits that the
region
has gained from foreign efforts, especially in Venezuela.
One privately-funded initiative spearheaded by the State Department will send 300 dogwood trees to Japan this spring, to be planted in the tsunami-affected
region
and in Tokyo to express the American people’s support for the Japanese people; another will send English teachers throughout Southeast Asia.
But no country in the
region
was strategically more important, more fragile politically, or worse hit economically than Ukraine.
Arabs seem increasingly willing to accept – and even applaud – the Obama administration’s policy toward the
region.
The problem for the Kingdom is that simply “correcting” the Qatari position cannot change the political trajectory within the
region
– particularly in Syria and Egypt.
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