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But the sheer complexity of conditions in Syria means that the regime’s endgame could trigger a transition unlike any other in the Arab Spring, different in both its domestic course and in its effects on the
region.
It may be no coincidence that Lebanon, one of the first countries in the
region
to boost literacy rates, was also the first to tumble into civil war.
Revaluation of its currency is necessary in part because the undervalued renminbi has become yet another a source of friction in Asia, as many in the
region
now believe the Chinese are using their currency as a “policy weapon.”
By contrast, India’s most important national security concerns – the unsettled border between the two countries, and Beijing’s ties with Pakistan, which often operates as a Chinese surrogate – are closely connected to China: Both factors are directly linked to China’s perceived threat to India’s Himalayan territory and its rapid development of strategic infrastructure in that
region.
States in the
region
already have harsh legal codes; governments should enforce them more effectively against those who finance terror.
But the United States alone cannot bring peace to the
region.
The US has a unique opportunity to assist in finding the correct balance in the
region.
Similarly, in Sudan’s Darfur region, there has been no genuine peace process to disrupt, as attacks on civilians continue to be reported, even after the United Nations Security Council referred the matter to the ICC in 2005.
Now perhaps Hollywood will use films like “Crazy Rich Asians” to illustrate key concepts about a
region
that is the biggest economic success story of the last several decades.
These parties have shifted the regional balance of power away from secular governments, and Putin blames the United States for empowering them through its attempts to impose democracy on the
region.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free-trade agreement spearheaded by the US, is set to be a game-changer in the Asia-Pacific region, with decisive advances this year putting it on course to be concluded in 2015.
Similar prohibitions on veils operate all around the region, and for much the same political reason - ie, to stave off Muslim political rule.
This model of maintaining US forces in Central Europe should be developed further, because it is a symbolic confirmation of America’s commitment to the
region.
The paradox of Latin America’s food crisis is that, although the
region
is a major food producer, it sometimes needs to rely on imports to prevent sporadic shortages.
The only way to begin to turn this tide is for the US to reverse its primarily unilateral approach to the
region'
s problems.
To many Arabs across the region, American reliance on overwhelming military force to achieve its stated goal of spreading democracy is an inherent contradiction.
If America misses these opportunities and continues on its current course, it risks exacerbating the issues and conflicts in the
region
and destabilizing friends like Jordan.
This would inevitably have caused other countries in the region, probably beginning with Saudi Arabia, to go the same way.
The
region
has been badly hit by the economic crisis, made all the worse by internal political turmoil and serious security dangers.
The new initiative is exclusively for the
region
to the Union’s east – Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan – and is designed to complement the European Neighborhood Policy.
The idea is that the EaP will provide a positive signal to these countries, change the climate in which the
region
is discussed in the EU, and slowly help pull it into the EU’s orbit.
And those who agreed to come are not a good advertisement for the
region.
By an accident of bureaucratic timing, the EaP is seen by many in the east as merely the EU’s response to the global economic crisis, not as a strategy tailored for the
region.
To be sure, the EU’s technocratic focus on structural reforms is having some effect in the
region.
If anything, the
region
has been moving in the wrong direction, with security tensions and even war (in Georgia last summer) increasingly frequent.
Russia has managed to revamp the way it operates in the
region
since it got its fingers burned by interfering so crudely in Ukraine in 2004.
As these economies grow, so will others throughout the
region
and beyond.
Iran’s acquisition of the bomb, on the other hand, could bring increased stability to the region, as the doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction demonstrated in the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
If the Syria situation is ignored, its consequences could provoke Israeli or Iranian action, setting the
region
aflame and triggering a global depression.
Putin’s goal in the
region
is not to have long-term or positive influence.
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