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In the past, it might have made sense to protect the nascent industries in the coastal
regions
from foreign competition.
They will expand their pool of thinkers to include scientists from necessarily innovative
regions.
The Ukrainian parliament’s endorsement, despite strong international opposition, of autonomy for the pro-Russia separatist
regions
– a solution initially proposed by Putin – is exactly the kind of concession that is needed to restore peace.
Peasant farmers in Africa, Haiti, and other impoverished
regions
currently plant their crops without the benefit of high-yield seed varieties and fertilizers.
I have been saying and writing for years that the dryland
regions
stretching West to East – from Senegal to Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan – are a growing tinder box, where climate change, drought, hunger, and population growth are creating ever greater instability.
Many state and local governments in poorer
regions
of the country are at risk of bankruptcy unless the federal government undertakes a massive bailout of their finances.
Similarly, domestic US politics is gravitating to the country's south and west,
regions
that look towards Latin America and Asia, not Europe.
Peurifoy’s statements have rightly raised concerns about the security of nuclear weapons stockpiled in insecure
regions.
The lesson from Turkey is not that the bombs of Incirlik – not to mention other nuclear weapons in unstable
regions
– are safe.
STANFORD – Economic forecasts for 2017 project continued frailty in the global economy, and subpar growth for most countries and
regions.
This uncertainty extends beyond countries and
regions.
While the gap varies considerably among regions, it is particularly wide in Africa and Asia.
High prices and future discoveries will generate money flows so vast that, if properly managed, they could transform desperately poor parts of Africa into
regions
of prosperity.
If the G-20 is to be effective as a development instrument, it should begin to tackle the single most important financial flow that Africa and other low-income
regions
will attract in this new decade.
Most fundamentally, America’s excessive focus on the Middle East will now need to be tempered by a shift to other
regions
of vital national interest.
Countries in most developing regions, such as Latin America, North Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia, may be able to absorb their armies of potential workers into productive employment and benefit appreciably from the ensuing economic boost.
As a result, these regions’ share of the global economy would increase.
Other regions, however, are likely to be unable to provide productive employment.
Migration from Africa and other developing
regions
to Europe is already increasing; as populations in poor countries grow, the number of would-be migrants will multiply.
Recognition of the growing power of
regions
with more favorable demographic structures, for example, will encourage political and economic alliances that help the EU preserve its own global status.
To understand what would happen if they left the EU, Poles need look no farther than neighboring Ukraine, which lost Crimea in 2014, and now lives with Russian-backed separatists in its eastern
regions.
Of course, Russia’s formal institutions of democracy remain in place; but, in the absence of a free press, an independent judiciary and free elections in the
regions
– where Kremlin cronies, like Ramzan Kadyrov in Chechnya, now hold sway – they have been hollowed out.
Whatever ultimately happens in Iraq’s western and northern regions, much of which are now under the control of the Sunni Islamic State, southern and eastern Iraq will remain Shia.
And, here, Europe’s vision should center on the challenges confronting its three neighboring
regions.
In contrast, GiveWell estimates that the cost of saving a life by distributing bed nets in
regions
where malaria is a major killer is $3,400.
In many
regions
of Africa, for example, young people are disillusioned with politics, convinced that wealthy older people will always prevail and advance their own interests, often at the expense of younger generations.
There is a lesson in Croatia's seemingly precipitous changes for the Balkans and other troubled
regions
in post-communist Europe.
There also must be limits on the power of the central government and the presidency, a degree of
regions
autonomy, and rule of law – in short, the rudiments of a modern state and democracy.
High energy prices are a boon to Russia’s economy, but, as is often the case in the Middle East and other oil- and gas-rich regions, they can be a burden as well, feeding corruption and discouraging real economic activity.
Some countries and
regions
that were previously self-sufficient in food now import large quantities of it.
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