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The rest of the
region
stands to gain, too.
These include demographic shortfalls in Europe and a population explosion in Africa; seemingly eternal political and military conflicts in the broader region; and climate change.
Financial and technical assistance to the
region
in the 1990s and 2000s was critical to its recovery from the lost decade of the 1980s.
If the
region
is to steer clear of it, two course corrections are urgently needed.
Its collapse would trigger a nuclear arms race in the world’s most unstable
region.
If anything, Trump will weaken America’s standing in the
region.
In short, as was the case more than a half-century ago, the
region
has not spoken with a single voice on these crucial issues.
Latin Americans’ lack of conviction on such grave matters – with the exception of the ALBA countries, which have the wrong convictions, but nonetheless believe in them almost religiously – has marginalized the
region
on other important international issues, such as the recent crisis in Libya, and the ongoing one in Syria.
After receiving the needed approvals, Oxitec worked with local scientists to release the modified mosquitos in the Cayman Islands and in the Juazeiro
region
of Brazil.
The establishment of a new air defense identification zone extending over the islands is its latest cabbage-style security “layer” – a unilateral power grab that US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel quickly branded “a destabilizing attempt to alter the status quo in the region.”
By contrast, vast tracts of disputed land are at stake in the resource-rich Himalayan
region.
Developments in Egypt will have uneven consequences in the
region.
Egyptian diplomats often played the most significant role in the region, but now Egypt is preoccupied with its domestic travails and will remain so for years to come.
By contrast, financial aid to Ukraine would clearly signal that the EU will not tolerate the country’s destabilization, while providing economic stimulus in Ukraine and the entire region.Equally important, if the West’s response to Russian aggression toward Ukraine is effectively limited to economic sanctions, Putin will more easily be able to blame the West and its alleged hostility toward Russia for the collapse in ordinary Russians’ living standards, thus enabling him to double down on aggressive nationalism.Learn MoreToday, the only thing needed to convert EU funds into financial aid for Ukraine is political will.
By contrast, financial aid to Ukraine would clearly signal that the EU will not tolerate the country’s destabilization, while providing economic stimulus in Ukraine and the entire
region.
When their initial gathering ends, they will host their counterparts from across the region, including US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The security issues facing the region, from the Korean peninsula to the outcome of the upcoming elections in Myanmar (Burma) this autumn, have grown more pressing – perhaps all the more so in view of reports that North Korea is assisting Myanmar’s ruling generals to develop nuclear capabilities.
But they also must acknowledge and attend to the post-crisis challenges facing the
region
as a whole.
The continuation of this violent pattern seems almost certain because the
region
remains unable to resolve internal conflicts on its own, or to create anything like a resilient framework for peace.
Nor should we forget Czarist Russia’s role in the
region.
America’s effort to maintain decisive influence in the
region
was then supplemented by its close security partnership with Israel, and finally by the two large military interventions of the two Gulf Wars against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
The idea was to topple Saddam Hussein and bring about a democratic Iraq, which would catalyze comprehensive change throughout the Middle East and transform it into a democratic and pro-Western
region.
The two global powers active in the
region
have already clearly positioned themselves in this conflict, with the US siding with Saudi Arabia and Russia with Iran.
And with Saudi Arabia and four Sunni allies imposing isolation on Qatar, in part owing to the Qataris’ close relations with Iran, this conflict has reached its first potential tipping point at the very center of the region, the Persian Gulf.
Any direct military confrontation with Iran would, of course, set the
region
ablaze, greatly surpassing all previous Middle East wars.
President Barack Obama sought to withdraw US forces from the region, which proved difficult to achieve both politically and militarily.
Obama’s successor, Donald Trump, also campaigned on a promise to withdraw from the
region.
Trump clearly faces a steep learning curve when it comes to the Middle East – a
region
that won’t wait for him to master it.
Second, were China to close itself off, it would damage its neighbors’ economic prospects, thus destabilizing its own immediate
region.
It would also harm Humala’s domestic political base and isolate him in the
region.
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