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If they fail, the momentum behind regional integration – which has brought peace, prosperity, and hope to hundreds of millions of people – will weaken considerably, to the detriment of all.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) concluded by Iran and the US, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China, plus Germany and the European Union, was not intended only to prevent a regional nuclear-arms race or a military confrontation.
It was also supposed to be the first step toward creating a new, more stable regional order that would include Iran.
Instead, the most important regional players – Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey – have all been vying for influence in the war in Syria, and collectively sliding toward a hopeless conflict for mastery of the entire region.
The deal was meant to reintegrate Iran into the international order, thereby encouraging it to play a more responsible regional role.
In the event, the EU would have to lead on finding a negotiated solution that addresses both the hegemonic intentions of regional players and the issue of nuclear- and conventional-arms control.
The lesson since then has been clear: only reconciliation and cooperation can ensure a peaceful regional order.
Given that both countries have almost perfectly aligned regional security interests, there should be plenty of scope for the two to act in tandem to improve regional security and mutual prosperity.
Of course, such a system would require China to set aside its goal of regional hegemony.
Now is the moment for China to anchor its rise within a stable and mutually acceptable Asian regional order.
The country’s urban areas often lack adequate regional transport networks, for example.
At the end of the summit of Central American presidents, El Salvador’s President Antonio Saca talked about a regional prevention plan.
Moreover, China is engaging in far-reaching economic projects – such as the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, which entails the construction of infrastructure linking Asia to Europe – that will strengthen its presence in, and influence over, a number of countries, thereby recasting regional geopolitics in its image.
Specifically, it has stepped up military cooperation with other Asia-Pacific countries, encouraged other claimants to territory in the South China Sea to shore up their defenses, and supported a more active role in regional security for democratic powers like Australia, India, and even Japan.
Advocates for expanding the Alliance’s extra-regional activities stress that, while NATO is a regional alliance, it faces global threats that can be countered only by broad international cooperation.
The Alliance could also offer to new partners some of the tools for security-sector reform that it has applied in former Soviet countries and, more recently, in the Middle East, aimed at ensuring that regional militaries respect human rights and civilian authority.
But the role of external regional forces is almost as important in fueling the domestic bloodshed as what is happening internally.
If Syria could break free of the negative influences of regional politics, genuine change without continued violence might become possible.
To the east looms Iran, with its anti-American, anti-Western rhetoric and vast regional ambitions.
Likewise, efforts to weaken Iran's disruptive influence in the region must be maintained, while Turkey's regional ambitions must be kept in mind.
And that requires a national dialogue, overseen by the international community, aimed at bolstering internal unity – and thus at protecting the country from regional interference.
Uganda is securing investors for a new oil refinery and is spearheading the development of regional infrastructure for information and communications technology, which will lead to the elimination of cellular roaming charges among our countries.
Kenya is tasked with developing a regional commodity exchange, improving human resources through education and consultancy services, and building both crude and refined oil pipelines.
Other coordination duties include regional security (through the East African Standby Force), coordinated airspace management, as well as joint tourism marketing.
Within Asia, a key factor shaping China’s economic prospects is progress on Chinese-led regional trade and investment agreements.
In particular, investments in regional development via the “one belt, one road” initiative and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank may produce expanded trade and growth in Asia (and beyond), though the effects will not be immediate.
China’s behavior clearly shows its determination to become a regional power – indeed, the only military power in the region.
For China, it is a symbol of recognition and respect as a regional military power.
But the JCPOA is clearly – and deliberately – focused on curbing Iran’s nuclear-weapons development, not its missile programs, regional ambitions, or animus toward Israel.
In any case, the key to preventing recidivism after the JCPOA sunset provisions expire will be to move Iran toward good-neighbor polices, and to ensure that its economic interests supersede its ambition to become a regional hegemon.
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