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That would give financial markets – and the citizens of the
region
– a genuine reason to cheer.
America must withdraw, but the price – for the US, its allies in the region, and for the West – remains an open question.
Indeed, the strategy for “Afghanization” of the conflict by training local security forces – agreed upon at the beginning of this year at a conference in London – is based mainly on the US and European timetable for withdrawal, not on the situation within the country and in the
region.
Through it all, efforts to build mutual security in the Euro-Atlantic
region
have lacked urgency and creativity.
Countries that are active in the Baltic Sea region, for starters, should exchange “due regard” regulations – the national operating procedures that state aircraft must follow when in the proximity of civilians.
Thus, the West Bank should be viewed as “an integrated urban
region
of independent but connected cities.”Anyone who spends nine minutes watching the video presentation of the Arc will see that its potential is nothing short of breathtaking.
Whereas the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has long been an island of violence and turmoil in a relatively stable (if oppressed) region, now the tables are turned.
A major realignment of forces in the
region
is looming, and, with it, a new round of Asia’s old Great Game.
In opposing how the war against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban is fought, many in Pakistan's minuscule middle class find themselves aligned with people they abhor: extremists whose distorted religiosity violates the tolerant version of Islam prevalent in this
region.
Sharing a mountainous - and porous - border with Afghanistan, this
region
includes many Taliban sympathizers among their fellow Pashtuns.
Since then, the
region
has never looked back.
As the
region
moved from hard exchange-rate pegs to floating rates, Asian currencies plunged – with drops against the dollar ranging from 28% in South Korea and roughly 37% in Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines to almost 80% in Indonesia.
Today’s Israeli and Palestinian leaders are far weaker than their predecessors;Hamas controls Gaza;Iran is more influential; additional settlements and a fence have been built; and the US is bogged down in Iraq and has lost standing throughout the
region.
It will be interpreted as a stab in the back of US efforts to maintain stability in the
region.
The
region
needs to find its way back not only to rapid growth, but also to safer, more sustainable growth.
Moreover, the
region
had relied excessively on foreign savings to support growth, with many countries running large long-term current-account deficits.
There are no shortcuts to progress on addressing these problems, but lessons from the
region
should inspire emulation.
The Fund, by delivering financial and technical assistance to people and places that need it the most, has helped create more than nine million hectares of new protected areas – a
region
larger than Portugal.
Geographical proximity, an intense and bloody history of conflict with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, religious and emotional connections to Shi'a Iraq, and concerns about the United States and its policies in the
region
are all threads that tie Iran to its western neighbor.
According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the
region
is home to an estimated 1.7 billion people living on less than $2 per day, and roughly 700 million surviving on less than $1 per day.
Whether or not one agrees, there is far more to a country, region, or market than its Gini coefficient.
Indeed, although Asia’s unprecedented economic growth has brought with it rising inequality, it has also enabled the
region
to overcome the financial crisis of the late 1990’s, and to play a crucial role in leading the world out of the current global slump.
It is asserting maritime claims in the East and South China Seas that conflict with claims by other countries in the
region
(including Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam).
The US characterizes China’s policy as “anti-access area denial”: an effort to keep the US Navy far from the Chinese mainland and therefore from the coasts of America’s allies in the
region.
But the bigger issue in the
region
is the conflict between Shia and Sunni Muslims, a divide that has persisted for more than a thousand years.
Known as Depsang, the plateau lies astride an ancient silk route connecting Yarkand in Xinjiang to India’s Ladakh
region
through the Karakoram Pass.
The PLA intrusion, by threatening that Indian base, may have been intended to foreclose India’s ability to choke off supplies to Chinese troops and workers in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region, where China has expanded its military footprint and strategic projects.
To guard those projects, several thousand Chinese troops reportedly have been deployed in the rebellious, predominantly Shia region, which is closed to the outside world.
The gradual improvement of its labor force in terms of skills and productivity, together with its relatively strong capacity to absorb high-value foreign investment, will drive economic development; and MNCs’ shift in strategic focus from Western markets to those in the Asia-Pacific
region
will transform the global value chain.
Saudi Arabia is also challenging Iran, in an attempt to curb the country’s growing influence in the
region.
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