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The Georgia war demonstrated how quickly relations with the US could deteriorate, almost to the point of reviving the Cold War, leaving Russia isolated and in a generally weak position.
Moreover, the Obama administration, by having reset US foreign policy, removed the principal irritants in Russia-Western relations, such as the prospect of NATO enlargement to Ukraine and Georgia; close relations with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, and plans for the deployment of US defensive missiles in Central Europe.
Russian foreign policy’s new central task is to channel those resources to Russia’s modernization drive, for which improved relations with the US are essential.
Time for America to Turn SouthWhatever John Kerry does about Latin America if he is elected President of the United States in November, the election could initiate a sea-change in US-Latin American relations - even or perhaps mainly if George W. Bush is reelected.
But the unlikely nature of a shift in relations does not make it any less necessary.
But the most significant issue coming to the fore in hemispheric relations is immigration.
In the long term, the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP), the EU’s blueprint for relations with states on its periphery, offers the best chance for nurturing this relationship.
But Khatami indicates that he will not deviate from the regime’s longtime positions, so don’t look for improved relations with America.
The agenda of US-Russian relations includes issues such as treaties on the reduction of strategic weapons and on nuclear non-proliferation, NATO, Afghanistan, Iran, Central Asia, North Korea, and the post-Soviet space.
A significant group of Latin American countries with leftist governments have created new mechanisms for integration among themselves, as well as more autonomous relations with the US.
While the recent redefinition of relations with the US is widely welcome in the region, hardly anyone is willing to risk a confrontation.
To be sure, many of us had hoped that the agreement would noticeably improve Iran’s relations with its neighbors and the US, and that has not happened.
Shinzo Abe’s Pivot To AsiaLONDON – Over the past year, relations among East Asia’s three most successful economies – Japan, South Korea, and China – have been slowly but steadily improving.
But these countries’ relations with the US are ambiguous.
To be sure, on issues arising from interstate military relations, understanding how to form alliances and balance power will remain crucial.
Indeed, in the broader context of Sino-American relations, even “victory” in such an encounter might be costly, because it could trigger a Chinese military buildup designed to ensure a different outcome in any subsequent skirmish.
When a new government came to power in Japan in 2009 and tried to break the postwar mold by initiating better relations with China and seeking to reduce its dependence on the US, the Obama administration sought to undermine this effort.
Greater political polarization has also resulted in an increasingly confrontational approach in international relations.
In a well-rehearsed, self-assured manner reminiscent of his late father, Bashar al-Assad aimed a provocative lecture at his colleagues, supporting the Palestinians' "right of resistance," calling upon Arab countries to sever their relations with Israel, urging an Iraqi-Kuwaiti reconciliation, and endorsing Saudi Crown Prince Abdallah's peace initiative.
Indeed, the Chinese authorities only recently showed what they think of treaty obligations and of the “golden age” of Sino-British relations (much advertised by British ministers), by abducting a British citizen (and four other Hong Kong residents) on the city’s streets.
Turkey is also worried about the conflict’s possible repercussions for its Kurdish population, among whom aspirations for independence are resurfacing, and for its relations with the Kurdish populations of Iraq and Syria, which are woven into a complex balance.
Although the complex situation in Egypt suggests that its leaders will be preoccupied with domestic politics for some time, the new government will also try to redefine its relations with neighboring countries.
With international politics becoming a game of competitive credibility, exchange programs that develop personal relations among students and young leaders are often far more effective generators of soft power.
Despite Beijing’s improved relations with Taipei, Chinese strategists largely maintain that as long as the US remains the predominant power in the Western Pacific, China will not escape the threat of naval coercion.
We seek effective and constructive diplomatic relations and a focus on mutual confidence-building with our neighbors and other regional and international actors, thereby enabling us to orient our foreign policy toward economic development at home.
To this end, we will work to eliminate tensions in our foreign relations and strengthen our ties with traditional and new partners alike.
We are also considering how to rebuild and improve our bilateral and multilateral relations with European and North American countries on the basis of mutual respect.
We can begin by avoiding any new strain in relations between Iran and the United States and, at the same time, endeavoring to eliminate inherited tensions that continue to mar relations between our countries.
Consider how rapidly normal diplomatic relations with China were restored in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989.
Second, Zoellick should ask why the Bank spends only 2.5% of its budget on the “knowledge bank” research function that it trumpets so proudly in its external relations materials, while it spends three times that amount on maintaining its executive board.
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