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And yet, even as trade relations become increasingly politicized, our leaders continue to urge us to gear up to meet the “challenges of globalization,” and few question the benefits of cost-cutting through automation.
The government’s assiduous public relations – which portrays people’s difficulties as a small sacrifice needed for the good of the country – seems to have done its job.
Civilian casualties caused by the US have been a major source of difficulties in US-Pakistan relations as well.
One important part of his strategy has been to encourage intra-African economic relations.
Its political stability, open economy, and balanced international relations are increasingly aligned with the regional interests of the US and Europe.
In the words of a recent Brookings Institution book, Obama had an “activist vision of his role in history,” intending to “refurbish America’s image abroad, especially in the Muslim world; end its involvement in two wars; offer an outstretched hand to Iran; reset relations with Russia as a step toward ridding the world of nuclear weapons; develop significant cooperation with China on both regional and global issues; and make peace in the Middle East.”
Despite the unique status of Libya’s economy and political system today, scrutinizing the process of investment in foreign companies, as well as defining the nature of the relationships between the Libyan regime and fund management, is necessary to ensure healthy commercial relations between sovereigns and their portfolio investments.
Large allocations based on pragmatic political concerns, such as Libya-Italy relations, or cronyism should be reevaluated in the light of better and stronger governance practices.
Europeans are long-standing champions of the United Nations and international cooperation, and continually seek to ensure that stability, freedom, democracy, and justice prevail as cornerstones of international relations.
The decision on Kosovo may not imply the prospect of renewed large-scale conflict, but it does raise serious questions for Europe’s relations with Russia and the United States, as well as for stability throughout the Balkans.
The EU’s handling of relations with Serbia in the past only encouraged intransigence.
Many believe that Russia will not risk its relations with Europe and the US, ultimately abstaining if Western countries hold firm.
First, the US should consider establishing diplomatic relations with Iran and putting diplomats on the ground.
A balance of energy imports and exports does not produce pure independence, but it does alter the power relations involved in energy interdependence.
For example, Israel has reached out to those Arab countries that are willing to subordinate the Palestinian problem to discreet bilateral relations, essentially on security matters.
And countries’ desire to maintain good relations with China, owing to its rising economic power, cannot be discounted.
Troubled relations between Burma’s government and its ethnic minorities constitute a serious obstacle in the country’s path to stability and prosperity.
That underscores the main concern among development economists and observers of international relations as the AIIB’s birth approaches.
In Darfur, recurrent drought has poisoned relations between farmers and nomadic herdsmen, and the war we are helplessly witnessing today follows years of escalating conflict.
Unless the constitution and the political system is reformed, kleptocracy checked, and relations with the West mended, Tudjman-era themes may continue.
To be sure, monarchs – and especially their spouses, heirs, and relations – often carve out niches for themselves, from wildlife protection to sports and charities.
Smart Partnerships for Smart DefenseWASHINGTON, DC – When NATO leaders gather in Chicago next week, they will have an historic opportunity to bring the Alliance’s relations with non-member states into alignment with twenty-first-century realities.
The Asian SleepwalkersSEOUL – Whether East Asia’s politicians and pundits like it or not, the region’s current international relations are more akin to nineteenth-century European balance-of-power politics than to the stable Europe of today.
While economic interdependence among China, Japan, South Korea, and the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations continues to deepen, their diplomatic relations are as burdened by rivalry and mistrust as relations among European countries were in the decades prior to World War I.
Indeed, poor management of international relations at such critical junctures has often led to major wars.
After Wilhelm II stopped engaging Russia in the 1890’s, bilateral relations worsened, which provided his ally, Austria, diplomatic carte blanche in dealing with Serbia – and, more important, Serbia’s Russian patron.
If Abe does so, Japan’s relations with South Korea and China will suffer serious damage.
Countries that benefited most from European solidarity over the past twenty years are thus the least eager to share with their poor Eastern relations.
This new agreement makes the world safer, and it will give impetus to cooperation with Russia in other fields, particularly NATO-Russia relations.
Indeed, this vision of international relations clearly rests on building influence through military power.
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