Region
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The US envoy to the region, Marc Grossman, has already held a series of secret meetings with the Taliban.
All of the US strikes have occurred farther north, in Pakistan’s tribal Waziristan region, although the leadership of the Afghan Taliban and of its allied groups, like the Haqqani network and the Hekmatyar band, is not holed up there.
Indeed, the
region
is “unraveling by the hour.”
The
region
needs a new security paradigm.
And it is not just the Kurds’ unity and bravery that have raised their prestige; they have increasingly become an anchor of stability and a reliable pro-Western partner in a
region
that is short on both.
The nuclear issue implicates another important hidden question, namely Iran’s relationship with Israel, at whose northern border in Lebanon stands Hezbollah, Iran’s closest partner in the
region.
The more important reasons for the unease are the negative demographic trends in Russia’s far-eastern Trans-Baikal region, and the fear – shared by all of China’s neighbors – of overweening Chinese power.
In the long term, Sino-Russian relations will depend largely on whether Russia overcomes its current stagnation and, among other steps, starts to develop the vast water and other resources of the Trans-Baikal
region.
The Trans-Baikal
region
could relatively easily expand ties with the resource-hungry Asian economies, to the benefit of all.
But the first step is to start to create conditions in the
region
that make living and working there attractive to Russians.
A growth strategy for the whole
region
is yet to come.
From Turkey’s perspective, an Israeli or American strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities would destabilize the
region
further, as Iran would undoubtedly retaliate by fueling sectarian tensions and undermining the prospects of a settlement in both Syria and Iraq.
With that, there seemed to be no reason why all countries in the hemisphere should not agree to use the tools created since 1948 to defend democracy and human rights in the region, regardless of short-term geopolitical considerations.
What additional dimension might America’s president bring on his first visit to the
region?
Most economic frameworks are among Asians only, but an American initiative could trump them and ensure that the
region
remains open and engaged with the US.
And, while Asian regionalism is messy and rife with tensions and flash points, the US has been the stabilizing power in the
region.
Obama has the opportunity to ensure that the
region
continues to see the US as the essential actor – now more open and helpful than before.
Anti-malaria efforts traditionally focus on distributing insecticide-treated bed-nets and drugs to vulnerable residents of a
region.
In banning protests, closing media organizations, and cracking down on his critics, Magufuli has shown Tanzanians, who have never had a strongman leader, that he intends to follow in the footsteps of the many the
region
has known.
But countries in the region, fearing a large number of refugees and the impact they might have on government budgets, have opposed such a move.
The post-World War I order is unraveling in much of the
region.
But it is not just the present and future of the
region
that has been affected.
All European countries probably believed at the outset that non-European newcomers could be assimilated in the same way that Polish immigrants were assimilated into Germany’s Ruhr
region
in the nineteenth century.
Brazil’s mega-scandal of payoffs by construction companies, reaching into almost every country in the region, is the latest chapter in a long and sad history.
In short, Latin America appears to be becoming a
region
of democracy by plebiscite.
The attraction of remaining in power is getting stronger across the
region.
As a result, although most countries in the
region
(with notable exceptions) aligned themselves with the West during the Cold War, they never fully embraced the US-led global order.
But, aside from these uneven successes, the
region
remains weakened by mistrust, poorly integrated, and incapable of sustained growth.
Like others in the region, Brazil resisted US influence but nonetheless played by the rules of the game.
No one in the
region
should wish for a return to the pre-1940s disorder.
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