Region
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In the past 18 months, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, joined by South Sudan and more recently Ethiopia, have launched 14 joint projects that will integrate East Africa more closely and make our
region
a better, easier place to do business.
While neither side is likely to change its current position significantly, a new subject will probably arise at the meeting: China’s growing military power, and its influence on the Asian and Pacific
region.
China’s behavior clearly shows its determination to become a regional power – indeed, the only military power in the
region.
Given the strength and depth of America’s alliances within the Asia-Pacific region, tension between US and Chinese military forces has risen.
China, the Asia-Pacific region, and the world would suffer greatly as a result.
Obama Goes SouthMEXICO CITY – US President Barack Obama’s current swing through Latin America will probably be short on substance, long on rhetorical flourishes and symbolism, and may include a few announcements affecting American business in the
region.
With a few minor exceptions, migration is internal to the region, and a modus vivendi has been reached with the drug trade, mainly coca leaf and cocaine in Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia.
The New Thirty Years’ WarNEW YORK – It is a
region
wracked by religious struggle between competing traditions of the faith.
In the Middle East in 2011, change came after a humiliated Tunisian fruit vendor set himself alight in protest; in a matter of weeks, the
region
was aflame.
The
region
is ripe for unrest.
Europe’s Middle East MissionLONDON – America’s gradual withdrawal from the Middle East puts increasing pressure on Europe to help foster peace in the
region.
At least two-thirds of Israelis, recognizing the benefits that lasting peace would bring to the region, would prefer a two-state solution.
Catalonia’s Dangerous IllusionsBARCELONA – Catalonia’s upcoming parliamentary election could turn Spain’s wealthy northeastern
region
into the European Union’s first secessionist state.
This situation is not new for the
region.
And technology-intensive activity in the
region
is fast approaching that of North America and Western Europe.
A declaration of independence by Kosovo will likely bring a similar declaration from Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region, which Russia could well recognize.
The secular, center-left Republican People’s Party, for example, opposes interference in the internal affairs of any country, advocating instead that Turkey re-establish good relations with the countries of the region, including Syria.
The EU is Turkey’s leading trade partner and one of its largest investors, and has long considered Turkey to be a stable ally in a volatile
region.
Fourth, the collapse of Asian lending has had a "multiplier effect" within the
region.
The downturn in Southeast Asia has meant a decline of Japan’s exports to the
region.
But there is also a social-democratic strain to Latin American politics – a historical novelty in the
region
– that is gaining strength.
An important trade deal advanced, and no issue was made of the new Abbott government’s embarrassingly fulsome embrace of US leadership in the region, and its rookie mistake in describing Japan as “our best friend in Asia” (the right formula in these cases being “We have no better friend than…”).
It is not quite as naive as it may seem to think that the peace and security of the whole Indo-Pacific region, not to mention other equally volatile parts of the world, might be better advanced by devoting far more resources and effort to common security strategies rather than traditional military ones.
Toward a Peaceful PacificMELBOURNE – The Western Pacific is currently facing a difficult problem – how to accommodate China’s rising aspirations in a
region
where the United States has held primacy since the Cold War’s end.
Is the US determined to maintain dominance in the Asia-Pacific
region?
It is difficult to see the stationing of 2,500 US Marines in Darwin, Australia – a decision announced by US President Barack Obama on his recent tour of Asia – as anything more than a symbolic gesture, a provocative reminder that the US is determined to stay in the
region.
Across the Asia-Pacific region, China’s rise is viewed as a welcome development, but one that requires China to play within internationally accepted rules.
It is difficult to predict how America role in the
region
will evolve.
In any case, China will invariably respond harshly to US efforts to step up its military presence in the
region.
To reduce tensions in the region, perhaps the US should initiate long-avoided direct talks with North Korea, which could help to resolve the security issues posed by that country’s regime.
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