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With South Africa as its only industrialized country, Sub-Saharan Africa is the least industrialized
region
in the world.
Such an outcome would be a major breakthrough for Cyprus and the
region.
Those who supported the objectives of the foundations I established in the
region
understood it better than I did, even if they were not familiar with the expression.
With the position having cycled, since 1971, through Western Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia – Ban Ki-moon, the current second-term secretary-general, hails from South Korea – only one UN
region
has yet to be represented: Eastern Europe.
Otherwise, the stability that the UN has brought to Kosovo, and the region, will not last.
The UN simply cannot solve Kosovo’s structural problems, namely the need to develop a viable economy and to begin engagement with the EU – the most powerful motor for reform and economic development in the
region.
The EU must make it clear that it is ready to support Serbia – and the
region
as a whole – in realizing its European aspirations.
Furthermore, it has introduced investment projects that use Islamic financing across the
region.
Its ability to enhance financial stability, promote financial inclusion, and drive sustainable development could spark transformative change across the
region.
Her successor will need more diplomatic acumen to stabilize relations with Japan, China, and Russia, while simultaneously working to denuclearize North Korea and thus reduce the threat Kim Jong-un’s regime poses to the
region.
Unfortunately, this is a well-worn path in this
region
whenever internal turmoil in the DRC threatens to spin out of control.
Too many observers have entirely forgotten the central role of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in fomenting almost constant crisis in the
region
since fleeing into the DRC from Rwanda after the 1994 genocide, during which its members killed more than one million ethnic Tutsis.
The reports of mass rapes, looting, and slaughter in the DRC at the hands of these unrepentant génocidaires echo with a chilling familiarity throughout the
region.
Far from enabling security, many in the
region
believe that MONUSCO has emerged as a destabilizing influence – a bureaucratic behemoth, fixated on its own survival and institutionally motivated to profit from instability.
Obama’s Asian VisionNEW YORK – Now that Barack Obama has made history by being elected President of the United States, people throughout the Asia-Pacific
region
fervently hope he will focus on Asia in a way that he did not during the election season.
Asian leaders have often complained that at a time when Asia became increasingly interconnected and China began to enlarge its sphere of influence, America was largely absent in the
region.
Now, fully aware of Obama’s claims for a presidency that will be about the future, Asians are eager to hear about his vision of the Asia-Pacific
region
and how the US will deal with Asia’s giants – China and India – while maintaining strong connections to Japan.
Now, this rising
region
is desperate to hear Obama’s thoughts about America’s role in Asia, thoughts that are commensurate with Asia’s importance – and with the scope of his vision.
Indeed, US Vice President Joe Biden recently made it clear that the resources and attention that the United States is allocating to the Asia-Pacific
region
are aimed primarily at enhancing security and stability.
Indonesia has also proposed an ASEAN Peacekeeping Centers Network and a Regional Peacekeeping Force – institutions that the
region
urgently needs and that, despite the difficulty of multilateral security cooperation, are within ASEAN’s capacity to establish.
While US efforts to enhance stability in the Asia-Pacific
region
are welcome, they are inadequate to offset rising strategic and economic uncertainty.
While South Asia is far more developed than Sub-Saharan Africa, and India (the largest country in the region) has achieved lower middle-income status, South Asia has many more poor people than Sub-Saharan Africa.
A dynamic single market would create investment opportunities for companies throughout the
region.
But today only 1.2-2% of the five Maghreb countries’ foreign trade is within the
region.
Second, regional integration would reduce “hub-and-spoke” effects between the EU and the Maghreb – effects that arise when a large “hub” country or
region
signs bilateral trade deals with several smaller countries.
Otherwise, the
region
seems destined to become a porous economic and political space buffeted by uncertainty and instability.
Development of water infrastructure is vital for the Maghreb, so if there is one issue that should unite the region, it is management and allocation of water resources.
Moreover, an “IMF stigma” remains among those countries in the
region
that were discontented with the Fund’s role during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis.
Above all, though energy dependence is a key element of US policy in the region, it is far from being the only factor.
Moreover, the Middle East’s role in the global geopolitics of energy will grow in the coming decades, making it difficult to see how a superpower like the US could simply walk away from the
region.
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