Region
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This also reflects the fact that central features in many governments’ domestic and regional agendas are not even of their own making, but were imposed from outside the
region.
The
region
is facing problems that are simply too complex and deep-rooted to be addressed with isolated, top-down solutions.
The need for broad cooperation is apparent across the region, where problems are deep-seated and, therefore, cannot be resolved with simple, quick fixes.
To help the
region
meet the myriad challenges it faces, the international community should pursue a three-pronged approach: first by strengthening Middle Eastern countries’ governing institutions and putting them on a path toward self-sufficiency; second, by committing unconditionally to preserve and respect the region’s nation-state system; and third, by launching a concerted effort to end the violence in the
region
and create the conditions for new political processes to get off the ground.
The radical polarization of the Andean
region
between those two countries will create difficulties in building regional consensus and security problems in the Amazon, as well as weakening the Brazilian project for South American political and economic integration.
The agreement revived the perception that US diplomacy lacks sensitivity where the
region
is concerned.
But an important dimension of the policy debate within the
region
risks being overlooked: The Gulf States’ large foreign populations are not just workers; they are also consumers.
Moreover, public and private investment in the
region
– in infrastructure, education, health, and other services – has been geared toward the existing consumer base, inflated by the expat population.
Larger consumer markets have sufficient economies of scale and diversity to make the introduction of new products and services into the
region
economically viable.
In health care, total spending in the
region
is expected to increase to $133 billion per year by 2018.
The GCC’s expat dividend could grow much bigger – but only if governments in the
region
establish the necessary mechanisms.
During that period, the US also deployed a strike group, including the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, to the region, saying that it would counter “reckless acts of aggression” with “whatever methods the US wants to take.”
After all, the recent military escalation in the
region
is at least partly due to that strategy.
Since the failed Arab Spring revolutions – of which Tunisia is the only success story – citizens across the
region
have found themselves with a stark choice between radical Islamist regimes and military rule.
A better approach – more feasible than Germany’s and more effective than America’s – would be a push by both countries for Steinmeier-style arms control in just one European region: the Baltic rim.
Since Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, mistrust between NATO and non-NATO members in the Baltic
region
has intensified, making that
region
particularly vulnerable to conflict.
In this sense, the Baltic Sea
region
could become a proving ground for political strategies to ease tensions between NATO and Russia.
For this reason, re-launching arms control for the Baltic Sea
region
not need affect existing deterrence measures, including the rotating presence of four NATO battalions in the Baltic states and Poland.
Fortunately, NATO, as an actor with a defensive conventional-force posture in the Baltic region, has plenty of reason to support transparency.
Given Russia’s conventional superiority in the Baltic region, NATO would not have to worry that such an effort would inadvertently end up weakening the region’s security.
And they urge NATO members to take Russia up on its proposal of an agreement on the activation of aircraft transponders, particularly during flights over the Baltic
region.
What works in the Baltic
region
could be adjusted and applied on a larger scale.
Instead, what formed was a
region
of entities that have largely failed to cohere as nations.
For example, carmakers, which employ hundreds of thousands of people across the region, are rapidly deploying robots that are more efficient and precise than humans.
For a
region
that arrived late to the Industrial Revolution, this is not a trivial question – especially at a time when many Latin American economies are facing daunting challenges, stemming from the end of the commodities boom.
As it stands, companies in the
region
devote about 0.4% of their sales, on average, to R&D – far less than the 1.9% average in OECD countries.
GFI estimates that, if nothing is done, the
region
will be losing $14 billion a year by 2018.
As the reform process got underway, all leaders in the
region
knew three fixed things: that formal democratic procedures had to be adhered to; that human rights must be guaranteed and respected; and that anti-liberal economic policies were not acceptable in the new Europe.
I want to see – and I’m sure Blair does, too – a peaceful Palestinian state next door to a secure Israel in a
region
united in prosperity and stability.
Escaping the Poverty TrapThe elimination of poverty must remain at the top of the policy agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean, where inequality is higher than in any other
region
and one in five people survive on little more than two dollars per day (as measured by the 1993 purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rate).
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