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While transatlantic relations are a high priority, so is defending multilateralism – and all of its milestones – from reckless and unjustifiable attacks.
Trump’s withdrawal from the JCPOA has come at a particularly sensitive moment for international relations.
With Turkey’s accession process stalled and the conflict in Eastern Ukraine still raging, the EU is beholden to countries with which it has increasingly complex political relations.
In addition to restoring diplomatic relations with Cuba, the Obama administration concluded the nuclear deal with Iran and signed the Paris climate agreement.
This is no small order at the level of international relations and cooperation.
Many are now eagerly offering their views as to whether the UK should look again at the “Norway model” of relations with the EU, or some other scheme that maintains UK participation in the single market.
Such hopes were revived, to some extent, with the reestablishment of diplomatic relations and, later, the reform era.
The “reset” of relations with Russia can succeed only if it is reciprocal.
But interdependence does not in itself ensure control of the way relations develop between states, much less developments within them.
The tasks confronting NATO require redefining the essence of transatlantic relations in order to answer some fundamental questions.
What kind of relations should NATO have with its partners?
Race relations in the US have been for decades - and remain - at the center of political debate, to the point that racial cleavages are as important as income, if not more, as determinants of political preferences and attitudes.
This does not mean that the answer is to eliminate heterogeneity and create racially homogenous communities, but an acknowledgment of the reality of these issues is needed in order to start constructing solid public policies toward race relations.
Policy analysis and debates about race relations lag terribly behind in Europe.
What has happened in recent weeks, from Paris to Amsterdam, shows that the race problem in Europe is much deeper and, as in the US, stems from the sad truth that race relations are inherently difficult and trust and cooperative behavior does not travel well across racial lines.
It seems that Sirisena’s increasingly strained relations with Wickremesinghe, whose pro-democracy United National Party is the SLFP’s main opponent in the upcoming election, together with growing factionalism within the SLFP, left the president little choice but to accommodate Rajapaksa.
Given that the Doha Round has failed to address the main problems that the US and Europe have encountered in trade relations with China – non-compliance with intellectual-property rules, subsidies for state-owned enterprises, closed government-procurement markets, and limits on access to the services market – both are now emphasizing bilateral trade agreements.
After a few months during which Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi ostensibly sought to improve his country’s relations with China, his fifth visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine has again raised tempers.
For now, South Korea will need to rely on lionhearted tolerance in its relations with the North, because there is simply no other viable option at hand.
Others, such as Robert Dahl, argue that democracy requires smaller communities based on shared interests and personal relations.
But creating a structure of international relations that will make a more stable and enduring world order is not a task to be completed within one year.
Likewise, America’s “reset button” policy with Russia has certainly improved relations with the Kremlin, but it remains highly improbable that the Russians would endanger their privileged relations with Iran by joining an economic siege.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) remains intact, as do trade relations with China and other major US partners.
It encompasses the relations between state, society, and market.
As a result, this upheaval will have a massive impact on Europe and its relations with Russia, for it will determine whether Europeans live by twenty-first-century rules.
Piketty is very good at bringing these abstract relations to life by hanging real numbers on them and tracing their evolution over history.
Ever since the Harmel Report, which redefined NATO strategy back in 1967, the West has followed a two-track approach to its relations with Russia: deterrence and détente.
It’s not certain that such an undertaking can succeed at a time when world order is eroding and relations with Russia are strained.
International relations in northeast Asia will become more subtle and unstable as the Kim Jong-il era ends.
The generals know that another coup would further weaken the military’s popular standing – as well as Pakistan’s relations with the US – at a moment when Bhutto and Sharif have raised expectations at home and abroad for a permanent return to civilian rule.
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