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For a broadly representative sub-sample of 55 companies that could be tracked since 1997, the proportion of revenue generated in the home
region
has fallen sharply on average, from 50.2% to 36.9%.
For example, units of the People’s Liberation Army are engaged in dam and other strategic projects in the restive, Shia-majority
region
of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan-held Kashmir.
Georgians today hardly feel supportive of their president, Mikheil Saakashvili, who, in a foolish attempt to regain control over South Ossetia, provoked Russia to drop its peacekeeping mission in the
region
and turn its full military might to pushing Georgian troops out of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and then to occupying much of Georgia.
People of different nationalities and ethnicities have been living in this
region
side by side for centuries, sharing customs, traditions, bread and wine, and mutual respect for each another’s cultures and languages.
There have been action calls and statements circulated on the Web calling on the people of the
region
to unite and not allow governments to build bigger walls between them.
Women’s rights activists in the
region
should not fall into a brainwashing trap of nationalism and territorial disputes, becoming another tool in the hands of politicians.
The men and women stationed there – and, indeed, all US soldiers in the Asia-Pacific
region
– have been working to secure regional stability for much of the last century.
Today, the US Army has a lot on its plate outside the
region.
Yet we also continue to play a critical role in maintaining peace and security in the Asia-Pacific
region.
At a time when six of the world’s ten largest armies are located in the Pacific theater of operations, and 22 of the region’s 27 countries have army officers as their defense chiefs, the need to invest in the US Army’s mission in the
region
is clear.
In this sense, these soldiers are also serving as important ambassadors in the
region.
Another way the US Army is maintaining flexibility, resiliency, and depth in the Asia-Pacific
region
is by placing pre-positioned stocks – strategic stockpiles of critical combat equipment – on allies’ territory.
A final element of our involvement in the Asia-Pacific
region
is the effort to improve our capabilities in difficult tactical environments.
We engage in exercises in Alaska that develop our capabilities in extreme climates – capabilities that will help us to ensure that the Arctic does not become a contested
region.
From Hawaii through Guam, to Northeast Asia and the Alaskan frontier, it is pursuing a crucial one: providing a foundation for security in a dynamic
region
– and for America’s future there.
With its functioning democracy, booming market economy, and rich cultural history, Turkey seemed to offer an attractive economic, social, and political model for the
region.
To sustain Europe’s international influence, while supporting continued peace and prosperity across the region, the EU needs to address its current crisis of confidence.
Together, in peace with our neighbors, we can create a
region
of hope, development, and success.
For us, peace is both a moral imperative and a national-security strategy, because resolving the conflict would help to stabilize the
region
by neutralizing the extremists who seek to manipulate today’s popular movements to advance their radical agenda.
Of course, there are those in Beijing who worry day and night about North Korean refugees; but there are also many in Beijing, Shanghai, and elsewhere who worry about the chronic crisis that North Korea’s periodic outbursts cause in an otherwise stable
region
of the world.
As President Xi Jinping eloquently put it at the annual Boao business forum on Hainan Island earlier this month: “No one should be allowed to throw a
region
and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gain.”
Regional exports have declined by more 20% since last July; investment from the
region
into China has fallen too.
Any further decline of the regional market for Chinese exports and/or in investment from the
region
will worry Chinese policymakers.
The Presidents also, through a new security agreement with Japan, served notice to the
region
that America would remain a major factor in the Pacific.
And, rather than promoting caution and stability in the region, Iran or Israel could be tempted to strike first in a crisis.
But, as the recent United Nations Security Council debates on the Arab Spring have shown, it is not the major emerging countries that will influence events in the
region.
At the same time, we need to promote the progress of other regimes in the
region
toward inclusive democracy.
Although many Arab states have been opening new schools and universities, and are allowing more private educational institutions to flourish, the quality of education in the
region
still leaves much to be desired.
In any case, Europe’s spending on education in the
region
is scattered among inter-regional, national, and thematic programs, which makes it difficult to see how these funds’ effectiveness might be measured.
Infrastructural investment and economic reform are crucial for the Mediterranean region’s future development, but they cannot transform the
region
without a parallel emphasis on democracy, the rule of law, human rights, and education.
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