Region
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For those of us who lived and worked in the
region
during that turbulent decade, the post-Yugoslav wars remain fresh wounds.
Of course, the old “domino theory” in international relations was only a crude way of emphasizing that different parts of any
region
are linked to each other.
The regime must appreciate that, despite its best efforts, Syrians have been watching events in the
region
with as much interest as the rest of the world.
For example, Oracle is experiencing a slowdown in the Asia-Pacific region, where its main competitor, the German company SAP, is thriving.
The Bush administration, having proclaimed a war on terror, invaded and occupied countries, and yet failed to see that these events were being linked in the eyes of people in the
region.
They know that the rigid dictatorships of the
region
have paralyzed their populations.
So when America called for democracy, the hearts of many in the
region
soared with the hope that reform would come at last.
So the effort to democratize Iraq – indeed, the entire American project to democratize the
region
– has fallen under deep suspicion by even the most moderate of Muslims.
With democracy in most of the
region
still a long way off – indeed, perhaps a more distant prospect now than five years ago – US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice repeats her mantra that the dead civilians of Beirut, Sidon, Tyre, and Gaza represent the “birth pangs” of a new Middle East.
In a
region
that reveres the elderly, Zuma’s attachment to his rural traditions must be matched by an equal openness to the appetites of the country’s youth.
That NATO and the EU may lack the will to change is indicated by the fact that, even after Russian troops invaded Crimea and eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, only part of the West was ready to admit that President Vladimir Putin was intent on restoring Russia as an aggressive global power.
In any case, Egypt is not the only country in this troubled
region
that is now embarking on the road of democracy.
Moreover, Europe neither has the means nor the political cohesion to make up for shortfalls in one
region
by massive fiscal transfers from other regions (nor would such large transfers generally be a good idea).
There is also a good chance that the new European Central Bank (ECB) will be stymied in carrying out that role for the
region
as a whole.
But friendly rhetoric can scarcely allay concern in Asia and beyond that China's strategic goal is to dominate the
region.
Simply put, the Silk Road initiative is designed to make China the hub of a new order in Asia and the Indian Ocean
region.
Already, China is constructing ports, railroads, highways, and pipelines in the
region'
s littoral states, not only to facilitate mineral-resource imports and exports of Chinese manufactured goods, but also to advance its strategic military goals.
Consider the divide between the London region, which increasingly resembles a glittering global super-metropolis, and the rest of the country.
To be successful, Asia’s leaders must not allow diplomatic distractions – including territorial disputes in the region, which intensified in 2012 – to destabilize further an already uncertain economic and geopolitical environment.
Over the last two decades, Asia’s economic boom was largely driven by intra-regional manufacturing linkages, in which intermediate goods and parts were sourced from within Asia to be assembled into final goods for export to developed markets – earning the
region
the moniker “factory Asia.”
Yet they are surrounded by a sea of angry and frustrated people, and cannot escape the logic of the
region
they inhabit.
West African cocoa is an important part of Hershey’s unique flavor, but in that region, cocoa trees are aging and becoming less productive.
The proxy competition among rival monarchies, which led some of them to withdraw their ambassadors from Qatar in March, is intensifying violence and instability throughout the
region.
In doing so, Qatar is destabilizing several countries and threatening the security of secular democracies far beyond the
region.
In fact, according to one Nigerian survey, Nigeria has some of the world’s highest rates of early marriage, with 48% of girls married by 15, and 78% by 18, in the Northwest
region
of the country.
Latin America is the only world
region
where inequality has declined since the early 1990s.
Both events reinforce Obama’s message to the Asia-Pacific
region
that the US intends to remain an engaged power.
In Donilon’s words, “by elevating this dynamic
region
to one of our top strategic priorities, Obama is showing his determination not to let our ship of state be pushed off course by prevailing crises.”
The Obama administration also announced that, whatever the outcome of the defense-budget debates, “we are going to make sure that we protect the capabilities that we need to maintain our presence in the Asia-Pacific”
region.
If China becomes a bully in the Asia-Pacific region, other countries will join the US to confront it.
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