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In fact, it is the third component of the announcement that inspires fear in some observers: By helping to build a strong security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan could undermine the ability of some actors to advance their own interests.
It is time for the rest of the
region
to follow suit, accepting at face value Japan’s sincere apologies and working with the country to build a better future.
An agreement in this area would provide a major boost to the already warm bilateral relationship, not least by bolstering Bangladesh’s position in the
region.
Then there is the Bay of Bengal, where Chinese infrastructure investment is set to transform the backward Myanmar seaside town of Kyaukpyu and the surrounding
region
by tapping offshore gas fields and constructing a pipeline to Yunnan Province in southern China.
After centuries of isolation and colonial slumber, the
region
is now awake to the potential benefits of greater unity.
Fourth, Asian countries are now working together to ring-fence the
region.
The US views Syria mainly through the lens of Iran, seeking to depose Assad in order to deprive Iran’s leaders of an important ally in the region, one that borders Israel.
Aside from seeking to defend their own interests in the region, both countries understandably rejected the idea of US-led regime change in Syria.
The overriding idea is that the US and its close allies get to choose who governs in the
region.
A direct US attack on Syria without UN backing is far more likely to inflame the
region
than it is to resolve the crisis there – a point well appreciated in the United Kingdom, where Parliament bucked the government by rejecting British participation in a military strike.
It is widely believed in the
region
that the US frowns upon closer relations, as if more China in South Korea’s future means less America.
Many Muslims living in the West are also watching events in the
region
closely, hoping that their co-religionists will soon enjoy greater rights, freedoms, and protections under the rule of law, much as they have done for many decades.
In fact, conflict between Russia and China is possible precisely in Central Asia, given the clear differences in the two countries’ economic and political interests in that
region.
On US Interest RatesThe first US interest rate increase since June 2006 is a pivotal moment for the global economy, launching what Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Economic Adviser at Allianz, calls the “great policy divergence,” with repercussions in every
region
and financial market.
American-European cooperation in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf can contribute to longer term stability in that region, which cannot be indefinitely based on American supremacy.
Two years later, she chose to leave the region, satisfied with Ottoman concessions on Crimea.
Other countries in the
region
will have to follow suit and reform their economic systems, or face the wrath of their increasingly disgruntled citizens.
Technology is facilitating the creation and sharing of knowledge, in a
region
that has historically lagged in this area, and technology start-ups are on the rise.
This is not to say that technology is a panacea for the
region.
Still, proposals to de-escalate military tensions – perhaps accompanied by a peace treaty and a broader framework for managing relations in the
region
– represented a welcome development, especially in the eyes of the South Koreans and the Chinese.
It remains to be seen how America’s core strategic partners in the
region
will respond.
Now, anything it does in the
region
will look reasonable compared to US actions.
Indeed, the question in this
region
is not whether the war on terror can be wound down, but whether Pakistan, which in many ways has become Islamic terrorism’s nexus, is doing all that it can to fight it.
Many companies are withdrawing from the region, and large investments from China, particularly in Brazil, though promised, have failed to materialize.
But, in addition to the right legal and regulatory framework to ensure appropriate links to the national economy – which is also lacking in most of the
region
– the search for desirable investors requires an effective foreign investment promotion agency.
Moreover, most FDI promotion agencies in the
region
lack the minimum financial and human resources needed in order to be effective, owing to governments’ lack of political will to support them and to eliminate parallel processes that confuse investors.
To this end, it makes use of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but also of Lebanon, Syria, its influence in the Gulf region, and, above all, Iraq.
Still, there have already been significant changes, and the
region
is advancing – though the destination remains unknown.
Despite the backsliding in Egypt and the intolerable violence in Syria, the
region
is evolving at its own pace in a complex, changing, and unstable geopolitical context.
The first is for the US and the rest of the
region
to wholeheartedly support, and if possible reinforce, the democracy and human rights protection instruments developed over the years, given the precarious nature of democracy and respect for human rights in nations like Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia and others.
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