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China’s Baby StepWhatever the ultimate economic effects of China’s first modest step towards floating its currency, one has to admire its strategic brilliance.
But, betraying its strategic objectives, China has also sent warships to visit the Maldives.
If China, which has stepped up military pressure on India along their Himalayan frontier, turned one of the Maldivian islands into a naval base, it would effectively open a maritime front against India – a milestone in China’s strategic encirclement of its neighbor.
Will India intervene militarily, as Nasheed and other Maldivian opposition leaders have requested, or will it allow Yameen to continue to enable China to pursue its strategic objectives in the region?
The Powell doctrine stipulates that the US should use military force only when a vital national-security interest is at stake; the strategic objective is clear and attainable; the benefits are likely to outweigh the costs; adverse consequences can be limited; broad international and domestic support has been obtained; and a plausible exit strategy is in place.
Instead of constantly fearing for their livelihoods, self-employed people, such as small-scale producers and vendors, could engage in more strategic decision-making, taking advantage of their enhanced bargaining power against traders, middlemen, creditors, and landlords.
Their intent was not to replace the many economic dialogues already taking place, but to create a senior-level forum that was both comprehensive and strategic.
To turn back would jeopardize the long-term strategic interests of both countries for short-term political expediency.
They also aspire to increase the Continent’s strategic power.
The strategic shift is also a deliberate effort by Chinese policymakers to avoid the dreaded “middle-income trap” – a mid-stage slowdown that has ensnared most emerging economies when per capita income nears the $17,000 threshold (in constant international prices).
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, in a meeting with US National Security Adviser Susan Rice and others, explained that Israel could not antagonize Russia for fear that it would provide Syria with sophisticated weapons systems (primarily S-300 anti-aircraft missiles) – a move that would upend the status quo in Israel’s strategic environment.
But Israel must not play fast and loose with its most important strategic relationship.
But he understood instinctively that daily events were shaped by powerful trends and forces: the strategic competition between East and West, the evolving international financial system in the age of global interdependence, and the consequences of decolonization.
But it was informed by his careful and sober reading of the evolving strategic landscape.
His thinking had a strong normative foundation, but his keen understanding of the world led him to approach foreign policy with a sense of humility and strategic patience.
Indeed, Israel is now in a strategic trap, owing not only to the Arab Spring, but also to its own diplomatic blunders, particularly the disintegration of its alliance with Turkey.
Unfortunately, Israeli leaders are unable to summon the statesmanship required to manage the strategic readjustment occurring in the region.
Indeed, some of Putin’s supporters within Russia welcome the sanctions as a means to compel Russian autarky – and thus strategic independence from the West.
Power stems not just from size, strategic location, a strong economy, able diplomacy, and military capacity.
The strategic context of the Iraq insurgency is also new.
America’s biggest strategic blunder in the Middle East arguably concerns the emergence of Iranian power.
America offered Iran on a silver platter strategic assets that Khomeini’s revolution failed to acquire either in eight years of war against Saddam or in its abortive attempts to export the Islamic revolution throughout the region.
Set to become the world’s third or fourth largest economy by 2030, India could become America’s most important strategic partner.
Ultimately, a strong US-Indian partnership is in both countries’ strategic interest.
Aside from the Annapolis talks, which seem to be going nowhere because of the parties’ irreconcilable differences over the core issues, all the other peace efforts are more tactical than strategic.
Tactical moves, however, can always develop into strategic shifts.
For Khamenei, nuclear capability is not a goal but rather a means to force the West and its regional allies to recognize the regime’s strategic interests.
This may have been a strategic consideration, or simply a decision made in ignorance.
In attempting to execute its strategic pivot, the US is haunted at virtually every turn by its status as a historical hegemon, a military power, and the guarantor of its Asian allies’ security.
Europe, the Middle East’s experienced neighbor, could be China’s strategic partner in this endeavor.
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