Region
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Yes, many countries in the region, though not all, are already seeing significant declines in their crime rates, and there are many reasons to expect a steady but slow decline in the crime rate for a long time to come.
In short, there are overwhelming reasons to expect a steady decrease in the crime rate in all democracies in the
region
with sufficiently far-reaching reforms.
Instead, his successor, Naoto Kan, continues to believe that Japan can somehow opt out of history and a turbulent
region.
In the Kurdish
region
of northern Iraq, however, the situation is completely different: in the last ten years, under the protection of the Allies' no-fly zone, and even more so since the toppling of Saddam, the Kurdish regional government has been able to establish and sustain a relatively orderly administration.
Confronted with the debacle in the rest of (Arab) Iraq, the question has to be asked why the US-led coalition should not hold a referendum in the Kurdish region, asking the population how they would like to be ruled.
Why should the one
region
- and people - who run an orderly government, are not involved in murder, attacks on mosques, and suicide bombing of schoolchildren, be penalized?
Perhaps to assuage political fears - and considerations of international law - any plebiscite in the Kurdish
region
should, initially, have only a consultative status.
While seeking to protect its military freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, the US has turned a blind eye to China’s stealthy but aggressive assault on the freedom of the seas, including restricting the rights of other countries in the
region.
The South China Sea has been and will remain central to the contest for influence in the larger Indo-Pacific
region.
All of the discussion focused on the
region
that stretches from Libya to Iran.
This leaves everyone in the
region
at the mercy of the Middle East’s oppressive regimes and proliferating terrorists.
Syria’s aid to Saddam in maneuvering around the United Nations’ oil-for food program brought Iraqi money to inhabitants of the border region, who have always been closer in customs, dialect, and outlook to their Iraqi neighbors than to their fellow Syrians.
Still, to read the well-known names of commentators and policymakers who are recommending engaging Syria and/or Iran is a testament to how inconsequential and cut off the Western powers have become from the realities on the ground in the world’s most turbulent
region.
To make matters worse, most of the
region
– Czechoslovakia being a notable exception – was plagued by unsustainable external debt and soaring inflation.
Standards of living in the
region
have improved dramatically – even if full convergence with Western Europe is far from achieved.
As elsewhere in the world, growth in the
region
has slowed sharply since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008.
In the first, the
region
risks a cycle of weak growth, retreat from market-oriented policies, and increasing disillusionment.
It stands ready to help countries in the
region
make the next quarter-century just as impressive.
Richard Haass, Director of Policy Planning in the US State Department, offers his road map to the entire Middle East
region.
An open, market_oriented, and peaceful Iraq could also advance reform and growth across the entire
region.
What happens in Iraq will obviously have an impact on the wider
region.
A more general issue is the relative lack of openness in the
region'
s political systems and economies.
The latest International Monetary Fund forecast projects 1.7% growth for the eurozone as a whole in 2017, and 1.6% growth in 2018 – a remarkable improvement from a few years ago, when the
region
struggled to break 1%.
As for the threat from the right, anyone hoping for peace in the
region
and reduced tensions within India between religious communities is relieved by the defeat of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Within Israel’s right wing, many worry that Trump is merely trying to appease Israel with rhetoric, and views Saudi Arabia as the mainstay of US interests in the
region.
Needless to say, my country, Turkey, has always been at the forefront of the international community’s efforts to secure peace, stability, and cooperation in the region, and I contributed to some of them as a member of parliament, prime minister, foreign minister, and finally as President.
Moreover, other powers in the
region
that have or are believed to have a nuclear arsenal will have no excuse to oppose disarmament.
The KRG’s decision not to insist on holding a referendum on independence augurs well for stability in Iraq and the
region.
Asian economies should also work to promote trade liberalization within their own
region.
China, of course, is the
region'
s most recent traveler along this well-trodden path.
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