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What the
region
needs are policies aimed at generating new livelihoods rather than reinforcing dependency; public-health campaigns that address the lifestyle issues (smoking and drinking) that undermine health across the former Soviet Union; and community development initiatives that promote self-reliance and a return to normalcy.
After all, the global center of gravity is steadily shifting toward the Asia-Pacific, tying America’s future prosperity and security ever more closely to this fast-growing
region.
This is part of a broad effort directed by President Barack Obama to deepen our diplomatic, development, economic, security, and cultural engagement across the
region.
For the Department of Defense, the rebalance is about helping to ensure that the US and all countries in the
region
continue to benefit from a secure and prosperous Asia-Pacific – as we have for nearly 70 years.
This effort rests on four pillars.The first is America’s longstanding commitment to a set of principles that helped to advance peace and security in the
region
in the twentieth century.
These principles can and should underpin strong economic, diplomatic, and military relationships throughout the
region
today.
The second pillar is a special priority of mine: modernizing and strengthening America’s alliances and partnerships in the region, and developing new ones.
It has led us to devote more resources and effort to building our partners’ capabilities and improving interoperability between the US military and forces in the
region.
During 2012, the US increased both the size and the number of bilateral and multilateral exercises across the Asia-Pacific
region.
The US military is also rebalancing within the Asia-Pacific
region
to place more emphasis on new partnerships in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean.
Finally, we agreed with Singapore to deploy up to four Littoral Combat Ships there on a rotational basis to join it and other countries in the
region
for exercises, training, and responses to challenges.
These four pillars reflect the Department of Defense’s comprehensive approach to contributing to a peaceful and prosperous Asia-Pacific
region
in the twenty-first century.
As the US seeks stronger defense ties with China and countries throughout the region, we expect and welcome other countries’ efforts to build ties with China and the US alike.
Even as we rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific region, we will retain a significant presence in the Middle East to deter aggression and promote stability.
But budgets are about priorities, and we have clearly made the Asia-Pacific
region
a priority.
The role that institutions play in shaping economic growth was a key finding of the landmark 1993 World Bank study, The East Asian Miracle, which examined how eight countries in the
region
achieved “high growth and declining inequality” from 1965 to 1990.
More important, by making business cheaper to do, they will spur growth in the
region.
The on-and-off fighting in Ukraine’s Donbas
region
since the Minsk deal was signed in February has made one thing clear.
Such a mission could begin the process of rehabilitating the region, allow those displaced by the violence to return, and facilitate the reintegration of the Donbas into Ukraine with appropriate safeguards and devolved powers.
But there were also lingering conflicts in Croatia, notably in the Eastern Slavonia region, adjacent to Serbia.
As this becomes apparent, Russia’s leaders could start to envisage a UNTAES-type solution for the
region.
Throughout the region, newly mobilized (and thus empowered) Arab youth are trying to move their countries towards reform and liberalization.
If Iran did this, it would not only add to the dangers in an unstable region, but would likely begin a process of unravelling the non-proliferation regime worldwide.
And, finally, because Germany’s starting fiscal position is fundamentally strong, an increase in German imports would have positive spillover effects for the
region.
The Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between China and Taiwan has enabled farmers and fishermen in southern Taiwan to prosper by selling agricultural and fisheries products to the enormous Chinese market, and the Kuomintang received higher support in the
region
than in past elections.
Engaging Iran is also the only way to stave off a nuclear apocalypse in the
region.
Unlike East Asia, the Middle East remains a
region
in turmoil, the complexity of which defies analytical consensus.
The Obama administration needs to do a far better job in its second term when it comes to defining the issues and setting the scope of a reenergized US diplomatic effort in the
region.
In Obama’s first term, mediators were dispatched to the
region
within days of his inauguration.
In the absence of international leadership in forging a political end-state, Syria’s conflict has tragically become a sectarian civil war – one that is rapidly metastasizing, with far-reaching consequences for US interests in the
region
and for prior US political investments in projects like Iraq.
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