Region
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Democratization in the Arab world is not only about toppling dictators; it is also about redressing the politico-ethnic map of the region, which has kept too many minority groups dissatisfied.
The fall of Muammar el-Qaddafi opened a Pandora’s box of old rivalries, with Cyrenaica developing into a semi-autonomous
region
known as Barqa.
Other states in the
region
have been teetering on the brink of failure from the outset.
A multifaceted
region
has yet to crystallize into more definitive political constructions.
External crises have a long history in the
region.
A single country or
region
consolidating or deleveraging in a thriving global economy can expect that its lower interest rates will translate into a weaker currency and an improved trade position.
A time-out needs to be called so that the players, including President-elect Barack Obama, can negotiate a new bargain for the
region.
Securing Afghanistan and its
region
will require an international presence for many years.
This is why Obama must adopt a bold diplomatic initiative that encompasses the entire
region
and help resolve longstanding disputes between Afghanistan’s neighbors.
Instead, the new US administration should help to create a broad multilateral framework for the region, one aimed at building a genuine consensus on the goal of achieving Afghan stability by addressing the legitimate sources of Pakistan’s insecurity while strengthening opposition to disruptive Pakistani behavior.
A first step could be establishing a contact group for the region, authorized by the United Nations Security Council.
Today, such suggestions may seem audacious, naive, or impossible; but, without such audacity, there is little hope for Afghanistan, Pakistan, or the
region
as a whole.
The rise – and rapprochement – of illiberal forces in Russia and Turkey mean that the EU is no longer the only pole of attraction in the
region.
The next moment Putin balks at removing Russia’s military garrison from Moldova’s secessionist Transdniester
region
while prosecutors talk ominously of putting more oligarchs in the dock.
Cameroon is expected to attract $10 billion over the next few years to develop some of the most promising new mineral reserves in the region, while Equatorial Guinea is pushing infrastructure development.
The report mentions other ruling dynasties in the region, including Gabon’s Bongo clan, which is also accused of abusing public funds.
Political interference in the private sector throughout the
region
means that most large business projects are carried out as joint-ventures with state-controlled companies (sometimes covertly headed by members of the ruling elites).
Such changes have been fairly rare in a
region
long dominated by “big men” such as Omar Bongo, Obiang, and Cameroon’s President Paul Biya.
But there is a strong belief across the
region
that the costs of removing autocracies, as high as they might be, are low compared to the damage inflicted by the current rulers.
In fact, unemployment in much of the
region
has continued climbing during the last seven quarters.
If the “capacity glut” hypothesis bears out for Latin America as a whole, the
region
can breathe easy, because the higher unemployment and lower levels of investment accompanying the current recovery would be finite trends.
As economic activity in the
region
picks up, and the slack in capacity utilization begins to shrink, the relationship between growth, unemployment, and investment should return to normal.
I noted to him that the
region
urgently requires a development strategy, not a military approach.
Third, the
region
is already living in extreme poverty, so adverse shocks push it toward calamity.
Six countries in the
region
with large dryland zones – Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti, and South Sudan – have joined together in a Drylands Initiative to use best practices and cutting-edge technologies to support their pastoralist communities’ effort to escape the scourges of extreme poverty and famine.
With such a hurdle to hiring workers, no wonder industry is reluctant to locate in the East and the
region
is supported by subsidies equal to 45% of its gross product.
Because of these destructive incentives, Eastern Germany, Sinn argues, will remain a
region
of chronic unemployment, much like Italy's Mezzogiorno, which has been a drain on Italian finances for decades.
Politically, the EU and the UK will benefit from maintaining close cooperation because neither side is spared from the problems afflicting the
region
today.
Yet afew facts are incontestable:Srebrenica was a UN protected zone, a Muslim enclave in a Serb-held region;When the Bosnian Serbs, under General Ratko Mladic, occupied the town, the Dutch Battalion, though obviously outnumbered, did not oppose the military Serb action: such opposition was also not in its formal mandate -- after all, the Dutch were supposed to be "neutral";Dutch officers were present when the Serbs gathered together the Muslim civilian population of Srebrenica and separated the men from women and children, taking the men away; the Dutch did not object, nor did they try to confront the Serb forces with the idea that what they were doing is unacceptable;It is obvious that the Dutch Battalion could not militarily stop the Serbs from doing what they were doing; yet there are always other options besides shooting -- or washing your hands and doing nothing.
Chinese policies in the region, together with the Chinese delegation leader’s behavior at the event itself, drove the president of Nauru – the world’s smallest republic, with just 11,000 inhabitants – to condemn China’s “arrogant” presence in the South Pacific.
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