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In Asia, the US articulated a new policy of heightened involvement (the so-called strategic “pivot” to the region), but then did little to make it a reality.
Moreover, Georgia's reward for providing a strategic export route to the West for Azeri oil was not dollars, but a diplomatic insurance policy - i.e., Western, especially US, concern for the safety of the pipelines.
A Georgian Marshall Plan, with a strategic economic development plan and specified milestones, holds promise because the government would be able and willing to design and implement a viable program.
Because China's role is rising, it is crucial that the US and China restore their strategic dialogue and cooperate by decoupling the North Korean missile issue from the fractious issue of missile defense.
Policymakers have an option that addresses the root cause of the crisis, at once upholding Ukrainian sovereignty and assuaging Russia’s strategic insecurity.
If Europe and its companies are to remain competitive and attain the strategic objective of “Europe 2020” – a Europe that uses its resources efficiently – the Mediterranean rail transport infrastructure is vital.
The main strategic assessment on both sides of the Berlin Wall was that if either side made a wrong move, all of us might end up consumed in the flames of a nuclear holocaust.
But just where the dividing line is remains unclear, because Russian President Vladimir Putin may yet attempt to capture the strategic port of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov, thereby enabling the Kremlin to create a land bridge between Russia and the Crimea peninsula.
She no longer defines her policies in terms of “small steps"; now she takes strategic threats seriously and confronts them head-on.
Without an Israelis-Palestinian peace settlement, such strategic cooperation would not be palatable to the Arab public.
That discontent will likely gather momentum as elections near, which may be enough to stop the federal authorities from meeting their strategic goal of winning an unchallengeable majority of seats in the new Duma.
The next government would likely be anti-UN, anti-western, anti-American, and anti-secular--and form its political and strategic alliances accordingly.
A strategic lack of transparency is the bread and butter of shrewd politicians who want to please a lobby by hiding the costs of the public's largesse from the majority of citizens.
Chinese leaders worry that the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system will undermine its security and disrupt the regional strategic balance, by monitoring flights and missile launches in Chinese territory.
Indeed, none of the region’s key strategic players – China, the United States, and South Korea – seem to be adequately prepared for such a scenario.
After the Soviet Union collapsed, the system served as a strategic means for integrating former communist countries into the international capitalist economy.
It is that it seems unconvinced that buttressing the global system serves US strategic interests.
A Silk Glove for China’s Iron FistNEW DELHI – For years, China has sought to encircle South Asia with a “string of pearls": a network of ports connecting its eastern coast to the Middle East that would boost its strategic clout and maritime access.
But friendly rhetoric can scarcely allay concern in Asia and beyond that China's strategic goal is to dominate the region.
The strategic dimension of the maritime Silk Road is underscored by the fact that the People's Liberation Army has led the debate on the subject.
Though China is employing ostensibly peaceful tactics to advance the initiative, its primary goal is not mutually beneficial cooperation; it is strategic supremacy.
Already, China is constructing ports, railroads, highways, and pipelines in the region's littoral states, not only to facilitate mineral-resource imports and exports of Chinese manufactured goods, but also to advance its strategic military goals.
For example, China concluded a multi-billion dollar deal with Pakistan to develop the port at Gwadar, owing to its strategic location at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz, which more than offsets the port's limited commercial potential.
The aim is not only to help calm a suspicious neighbor, but also to slow the development of India's strategic ties with the US and Japan.
China's plans for the Silk Road combine economic, diplomatic, energy, and security objectives in an effort to create an expansive network of linked facilities to boost trade, aid strategic penetration, and permit an increasingly potent and active submarine force to play an expanded role.
But it is worth remembering that Turkey’s integration into the West has long conferred significant strategic benefits on Europe and the US.
Its leaders’ apparent inability to think in strategic terms, and their indifference to the tribunal of global public opinion, is resulting in growing frustration among its citizens and, what may be more dangerous, deepening international isolation.
To make of their country a pariah is a political, strategic, and moral failure for the leaders of Israel.
Those leaders’ strategic decisions over the last few years, if not longer, have been rather consistently poor, or at least imprudent.
The strategic dimension of Chinese-German relations, therefore, can only be strengthened, not weakened.”
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