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Measures to reduce the prevalence of iron deficiency, anemia, and vitamin A, iodine, and zinc deficiencies – which remain significant in some countries of the
region
– would have a positive impact.
Poverty rates in the
region
have fallen slightly in the last two decades, but to reduce the drastic levels of inequality, there needs to be a serious commitment to policies that encourage the poor to acquire the means to escape poverty in the future.
Moreover, because Turkey borders on such countries as Iran, Iraq and Syria, it will bring to the EU a disturbing neighborhood: a part of the world incapable of developing a regional order on its own, a cockpit of Islamic radicalism and terrorism, a collection of fragile states imbued with nationalism, a field of competition for arms, even nuclear arms, a
region
where the US will remain strategically involved and where Israel will continue to provide a rallying point for anti-Western sentiments.
With Turkey as a member, the EU will be part of the troubled and troubling wider Middle East, the most challenging
region
in today's world.
Finally, with the opportunities that Turkey's Islamic traditions, regional contacts, resources, and geography provide, the EU will be much better placed to exert a stabilizing influence on a
region
that will affect Europe's security in any case.
Unlike the “war on terrorism,” European integration can serve as a model for resolving the underlying crises of the Middle East and addressing the roots of violence in the wider
region.
It wasn’t long ago that Turkey appeared to be a bright beacon of democracy and moderation in a
region
accustomed to autocracy and radicalism.
Turkey’s promise in the
region
hinges on its consistent pursuit of democratization at home and a rules-based foreign policy.
Moreover, the benefits of Turkey’s influence in its immediate neighborhood can be realized only if the EU proceeds in a more honest and robust way with the accession process, and if the US begins to treat Turkey as an indispensable partner in the
region.
Turkey’s improved standing in the Middle East can also help the US with democracy assistance in the
region.
Latin America, the
region
that tried hardest to implement the "Washington Consensus" recipes--free trade, price deregulation, and privatization--has experienced low and volatile growth, with widening inequalities.
But he paid little heed to these issues in office, dismissing concerns about human rights and democracy throughout the
region
and elsewhere, particularly in Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran.
In the highly unlikely prospect that the US were to withdraw from the East Asian region, Japan might join a Chinese bandwagon, but Japan is more likely to maintain its American alliance to preserve its independence from China.
In the Piedmont region, for example, those with savings of at least €350,000 ($461,000) are 66 years old, on average.
Indeed, Asia has had more female heads of state than any other
region
in the world, which, together with economic success for some, creates an impetus for change in perceptions of women’s role, status, and capabilities.
Empowering Asia’s women will benefit them and enrich the entire
region.
If the
region
is to be stabilized, Ethiopia will need to play a key part.
Whether it will ripple throughout the
region
is another question.
Bashir will also no doubt try to stop the oil-rich devolved
region
of South Sudan from declaring independence.
Regional rivalries and past history mean that Ethiopia has few natural allies in the
region.
He will probably be more aggressive in responding to neighboring Venezuela’s challenges, both on the border and throughout the
region.
The result of his broad approach to the Middle East has been to empower military hardliners throughout the
region.
The
region
needs low-carbon green growth strategies that use less land, water, and energy.
While reconstruction – both literal and figurative – is commencing in some parts of the region, countries like Syria are aflame.
This is part of the changing panorama that new world leaders will inherit in the Middle East – a
region
in which the United States has been deeply involved.
After years of relying on America’s presence in the region, playing an advantageous waiting game, China’s next leaders may embrace a more active role.
And, because China’s reputation in the
region
is untainted by a legacy of imperialism, they may be in a rather advantageous position to do so.
It is crucial to engage with the southern Mediterranean
region
as a critical meeting point – a place of political, economic, and energy cooperation.
While the big players remain preoccupied with their internal changes, the
region
continues to smolder.
The health minister turned to me and said that he had never before heard such a conversation in that region: that the father would not only ask the daughter, but happily heed her decision!
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