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An emerging economy poised to become a regional power, it has exchanged fire with its neighbor to the south, Syria, and has called on its NATO allies to bolster its security.
Despite the EU’s need to focus inward while weathering the global economic crisis, the Union must not abandon its neighbors to the
south.
The
South
African bill’s proponents argue that it will replace the country’s obsolete, apartheid-era espionage law, and that it will allow officials to classify certain kinds of information as “secret” in order to combat national-security threats.
The central government’s weakness, continued insurgent violence, growing Iranian influence in Baghdad and with Shiite powerbrokers in the south, and the natural progression of sectarian politics suggest that the new Iraq will be markedly less stable as the year draws to a close.
In this context, the French are understandably worried about the fate of their soldiers – soldiers charged with supporting the Lebanese government in its efforts to establish control over the Hezbollah-controlled
south.
Lebanon’s infrastructure – especially in the
south
– has been decimated.
He has not brought the matter before the
South
African Parliament, which ratified the original decision to join the ICC and should participate in any decision to withdraw; and he has not given the
South
African public an opportunity to debate the issue or influence an eventual legislative decision.
While the country’s status as an ICC member state would end, the government would still be bound to cooperate with the ICC in accordance with the Implementation Act that the
South
African Parliament adopted in 2002.
It would be very unfortunate if other African states chose to follow the Burundian and
South
African governments’ lead.
The introduction of the euro was supposed to spur the less dynamic and competitive European economies, mostly in the
south
of the continent, to drive down their costs and increase their competitiveness.
Similarly, after North Korean shells killed innocent
South
Korean civilians in November 2010, China remained essentially silent.
For Europe, democratization immediately to its
south
is a vital interest.
But the US should also keep the door open to diplomatic talks with North Korea, not least to avoid the anti-American turn in
South
Korean public opinion that occurred when the George W. Bush administration, during its first term, failed to show any interest in negotiation.
The meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bankers in the
South
Korean city of Kyeongju on October 22 produced some noteworthy achievements, such as shifting 6% of the IMF’s voting quota from overrepresented Europe to underrepresented emerging countries, doubling members’ quotas, and reducing Europe’s representation on the Fund’s executive board by two seats.
It has asked Trevor Manuel, a long-time
South
African cabinet minister, to lead a commission to look into the matter.
Moreover, given that nationalism in China often serves as a proxy for popular frustration with the authorities, one can see why the government, not wishing to be outflanked, has not placed Japanese, Filipino,
South
Korean, or Vietnamese sensitivities among its top priorities.
The first to arrive was
South
Korean President Park Geun-hye.
Achieving an internal Asian balance of power will require India, Japan, and
South
Korea to build a tripartite security arrangement, which can be achieved only if Japanese and
South
Korean leaders overcome their historical animosities.
The Lega Nord’s latest provocation is its proposal that state employees receive different salaries for the same job, depending on whether they live in the north or the
south.
Agriculture Minister Luca Zaia has gone so far as to argue that relating salaries to the cost of living in different regions will force the
south
to be self-sufficient and stop relying on help from the north.
But frequent changes in US policy toward Northeast Asia in recent years have disoriented
South
Korean policymakers, while Chinese policy, though consistent, confronts
South
Korea’s leaders with choices that they appear unprepared to make.
SEOUL –
South
Korean officials have recently realized that the United States is likely to try to forbid them from enriching uranium and expanding their country’s missile range, rather than leave these issues on the diplomatic back burner.
Indeed, recent discreet talks, in which the US has disregarded
South
Korean efforts to supplement the controversial US-South Korea Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, which expires in March 2014, suggest that there are reasons to be deeply worried about the alliance’s future.
While
South
Korean officials rarely say in public what they really think, it is widely believed that US policymakers have little motivation to reconcile with
South
Korea’s government right now – they would prefer to stifle
South
Korea’s increasingly loud demands.
This belief does not imply
South
Korean cynicism about nonproliferation.
Given
South
Korea’s status as one of the world’s top five nuclear-power producers, Chun argued, the
South
Korean public would not tolerate the perception that Japan was receiving preferential treatment.
Despite their hawkish approach to North Korea’s nuclear threats,
South
Korean officials know that uranium enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing remains only a distant possibility.
Indeed,
South
Korean negotiators appear convinced that they will not be able to make any headway with the US on the issue.
(To be sure, this failure may not matter much, given
South
Korean scientists’ past declaration that they will not contribute to any nuclear program that could be used for military purposes.)
Large African (excluding
South
African) firms’ average annual revenue of $2 billion is half that of large firms in Brazil, India, Mexico, and Russia.
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