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On the contrary, the
region
is notable for a lack of meaningful regional agreements and institutions, particularly in the political-military and security spheres.
These developments both reflect and reinforce heightened nationalism throughout the
region.
This will require that successive US administrations emphasize free trade, increase America’s air and naval presence, and invest in diplomacy designed to promote China’s integration within the
region
on terms consistent with the interests of the US, its allies (Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Australia), and its many friends.
Many countries in the
region
already have policies aimed at increasing the birth rate.
For example, Abramovich, a former governor of the Arctic
region
of Chukotka, Mikhail Prokhorov, who ran as an independent candidate in the 2012 Russian presidential election, or Alexander Lebedev, the long-time financial backer of Novaya Gazeta, have sold nearly all of their assets in Russia and pursued legal and transparent businesses in the US and the UK.
With almost 30% of city dwellers in the Asia-Pacific
region
living in slums, one of our greatest tests will be to improve their living conditions without wreaking havoc on the environment.
This engagement policy has paid off in several ways, in the process raising Turkey’s profile in the
region.
Turkey’s stable democracy, growing economy, and proactive foreign policy have generated growing appreciation of the country’s achievements, which has augmented its “soft power” in the
region.
After all, they are now part of the emerging political order in the Arab world,A democratic and prosperous Arab world will make Turkey’s standing in the
region
stronger, not weaker.
The
region
accounts for 6.3% of the world’s population but only 1.4% of its renewable fresh water.
Twelve of the world’s 15 most water-scarce countries – Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Israel, and Palestine – are in the region, and in eight, available fresh water amounts annually to less than 250 cubic meters per person.
Water consumption in the
region
is linked overwhelmingly to industrial agriculture.
Concerted investments in health, education, and citizens' rights, especially for women, are the key tools for alleviating population growth in the
region
and diversifying its economies.
The worst economic outcomes in the
region
are found in countries that have diverged from democracy.
With the exception of a few guerrilla groups, organized crime is the only strategic actor in the
region
that has the capacity to dispute the state’s claim to a monopoly on the legitimate use of force.
In other words, Ukraine is merely a breakaway
region
of historical Russia.
The vast
region
(45% of the earth’s total surface) with next to no governance or rule of law is the high seas – nearly two-thirds of the global ocean that lies outside of any country’s jurisdiction.
But it was not inevitable that King Abdullah’s demise – and the emergence of Crown Prince Salman as his heir to the throne – should come at a time of peak instability in a
region
already buffeted by the type of change that the House of Saud welcomes least of all.
Syria’s civil war has crystallized the complex geopolitical problem that has long characterized the region: the Sunni-Shia cleavage.
The consequences of this radicalization are spreading throughout the
region
and worldwide.
The
region
is in turmoil, and the presence of groups affiliated with Al Qaeda is an enormous risk for everyone.
Second, US military strikes on Syria have the potential to engulf the entire
region
– and perhaps the US – in a broader war.
Third, with the regional Sunni-Shia conflict intensifying, the prospect of tens of billions of petrodollars backing terrorist extremists has already destabilized the
region.
Turkey has an important role to play in its
region
and the world – one that is undermined by its continued denial of the Armenian genocide.
Indeed, the violence in Syria demonstrates that Turkey’s capacity for autonomous action in its
region
has diminished over the course of the Arab Spring and following the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.
Turkey’s real strengths are its flourishing economy, secular democratic system, and ability to mediate between its Western allies and a
region
that is struggling to join the mainstream of the twenty-first century.
In terms of China’s behavior in the region, quite a lot.
Facing escalating geopolitical competition with the US, China is scrambling to win friends in the
region.
And it sustains widespread support in East Asia for the US to act as a strategic counterweight in the
region.
Unfortunately, the two policies have often worked at cross purposes, diminishing America’s long-term influence in the
region
and at times hurting its ability to conduct the war.
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