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To advance both objectives, the EU must link its investment and aid programs to concrete progress on democratization, and press for much greater accountability and improvement in reforming educational systems throughout the
region.
At a time when even a long-standing EU member state like Greece is facing deadly street riots, some European governments worry that withdrawing hope from a
region
with a recent history of violent conflict could be dangerous.
European leaders should use the Sarajevo summit to announce an intention to boost the EU’s engagement in the
region
by beginning the so-called “screening” process for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, and Montenegro within the next year, and to undertake a similar process for Kosovo.
By the summer of 2011, screening should start for all countries of the
region.
Most notably, the decline in prices is creating serious challenges for Iran, the Kingdom's main rival in the region, as well as for the unstable, oil-dependent economies of Russia and Venezuela.
A Way Out for Ukraine and RussiaLONDON – The leaders of Russia and Ukraine will meet in Astana, Kazakstan, on January 15 to discuss, once again, an end to the fighting that has roiled eastern Ukraine’s Donbas
region
since last spring.
On November 25, 2003, India and Pakistan agreed to a cease-fire along the Line of Control (LoC), the international border that divides Indian Kashmir from Pakistani Kashmir, as well as the actual ground control (AGPL) in strategic Siachen
region.
The third issue on Obama’s mind is bound to be China’s asserted goal of dominating Asia and excluding the US from the
region.
In Chicago, NATO will agree on a major political declaration offering further support for the region, on the condition that the region’s countries request it.
It is not just that the US has become a debtor nation; it is that large pools of capital and liquidity now reside in places like the Gulf
region
and China, with no sign of that trend reversing.
Most oil production increases are expected to come from just a few countries – mainly in the Middle East, but also Canada with its vast oil-sands reserves, the Caspian region, and Brazil.
Though a Shiite country in an overwhelmingly Sunni region, Iran’s radical Islamism resonates with the politicized Islamism that is energizing most Arab opposition movements, and its militant opposition to the US and support for groups that engage Israel in battle is very popular on the Arab street and in the Arab media.
If Iran does not properly manage its growing power, it could unwittingly trigger a drawn out sectarian war throughout the region, a nuclear arms race with Saudi Arabia and Egypt, and war with Israel, the US, or both.
It could also draw in major Sunni powers, such as Egypt and Turkey, which have at times been dominant in the region, but lately have been disengaged.
Likewise, while Iran supports Hezbollah, it has also held Hezbollah back from outright rebellion, which might trigger a further Sunni backlash in the
region.
If Iran and the Arab countries – and alongside them the US and the international community – do not manage today’s tensions wisely, the
region
could enter a period of protracted warfare.
But there is a way forward, because all players in the
region
share an interest in security and stability.
The three countries that served as pillars of regional stability for the past several years – Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa – are now too pre-occupied with political troubles of their own to provide the peacekeepers, reconstruction funds, and political pressure that often limit the damage from conflicts elsewhere in the
region.
Militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta
region
have at times shut down as much as 30% of the country’s oil exports, a vital source of state revenue.
In any case, it seems that the potential for US-India security cooperation in the region, while only hinted at in Trump’s speech, has already been discussed by the two governments.
But as the
region
struggles to feed and nourish a booming population, they could become a painful fact of life again.
Owing to its expanding middle class, the
region
will likely account for half of the global increase in annual beef and poultry consumption and over three quarters of the rise in fish consumption between now and 2030.
Although a warming planet could boost agricultural output in a few areas, it will severely limit production, and possibly trigger prolonged food crises, throughout the rest of the
region.
This would drive up the price for cereals, soybeans, and wheat by 70%, causing the number of malnourished children in the
region
to rise by 11 million.
By using less labor, and more capital and technology, Asia’s future farms can grow enough food to feed everyone in the
region.
Kenya has installed a client regime in Kismayo, and has supported the new government in its quest to make Jubaland a semi-autonomous region, along the lines of Puntland, Somaliland, and the many other self-declared proto-states that have emerged as Somalia has unraveled.
Indeed, the last thing the government in Mogadishu wants is another semi-autonomous
region
challenging its authority – or another country annexing southern Somalia for its own purposes.
In Sunni eyes, the Shia not only dominate the oil-rich areas of Iran, Iraq, and the eastern
region
of Saudi Arabia, but are – through the actions of Hezbollah – attempting to usurp the role of “protector” of the central dream of all Arabs, the Palestinian cause.
Such condemnations can only sharpen sectarian divisions within Saudi Arabia and the
region.
That means putting flesh on the bones of the Bali Process cooperation framework, which was agreed in 2011 by ministers representing all of the relevant source, transit, and target countries in the
region
and beyond, including – crucially – Indonesia and Malaysia (the key transit countries en route to Australia).
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