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Russia’s first step in fulfilling this plan in the South Caucasus was directed against Armenia, its strategic partner in the region.
There has been pressure to impose targeted sanctions aimed at impeding the financial operations of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, which holds a virtual monopoly over strategic industries such as banking, defense and construction.
China’s strategic “Made in China 2025” plan is a high-tech industrial policy aimed at transforming China into a dominant global leader in the industries of the future.
However, in a world of strategic competition, international commerce can be, and usually is, an instrument of policy, and its use in that context should not be denied simply because it breaches the sacred principle of free trade.
Vast lies and strategic amnesia have hollowed out the heart of Europe since 1945.
In the past week, Abe created for himself considerably more political space to act as a strategic partner, not only to India, but also to Japan’s other allies, particularly the United States.
Modi’s victory and Abe’s increased ability to stand by Japan’s allies can help to forge deeper bilateral ties and, if properly understood by China, foster a greater strategic equilibrium in the region.
On the contrary, it reflects European politicians’ lack of sufficient strategic vision and courage in dealing with the eurozone crisis – and also in regulating the markets.
A country’s struggle for identity can shape its strategic behavior.
Given the South China Sea’s strategic importance, disorder there threatens to destabilize the entire region.
Looking forward, I am convinced that if we have the wisdom, courage, and strength to adjust long-standing strategic arrangements, embrace new partners, and, above all, persevere in the face of adversity and difficulty, we will see a similar victory in this “long war” against violence extremism and the other threats that may emerge in an uncertain new century.
The Permanent Structured Cooperation in the field of defense – agreed by the European Council last December – is a good place to start, with countries increasing, for example, joint strategic planning at the European level.
Despite its resistance to a strategic military dialogue with the US, it seems to crave America’s attention to its growing military might.
Putting strategic military dialogue on the US-Sino agenda benefits both sides.
Since1974, when Libya took strategic control of its oil industry from Western companies, daily output has never topped two million barrels.
Add to that the unsurprising exclusion of Shia-governed Iran and Iraq, along with Alawite-ruled Syria, and it is clear that Saudi Arabia has merely crafted another predominantly Sunni grouping to advance its sectarian and strategic objectives.
But beyond Saudi Arabia’s strategic manipulations lies the fundamental problem with which we started: the Kingdom’s official ideology forms the heart of the terrorist creed.
But while Europe is Macron’s strategic priority, he will need to address other issues as well, such as France’s relationship with Russia.
The key lesson of the last half-century is that policymakers must be strategic, rather than comprehensive.
Its leaders will again suggest that a policy of containment is being pursued, and that this Cold War strategic concept is inimical to peaceful development in the Western Pacific.
While the historical background is important, the West’s strategic position depends on today’s actions.
Questions, justified or not, about America's ability to retain its dominant position in Asia's security architecture in the medium to long term – together with the rise of isolationist sentiment within the US – have spurred its regional allies and partners, including stalwart friends like Australia, to hedge their strategic bets.
There can no longer be any doubt that the occupation of Iraq was a huge strategic defeat for the US, because it ultimately served only to strengthen Iran.
Contrary to what one might think, he does not have a real strategic vision of the world – a shortcoming reflected in his quick capitulation in the face of opposition to his proposals.
This was compounded by strategic uncertainty related to how markets, investors and consumers would react to the replacement of national currencies with the Euro.
Rather than moving into the twenty-first century, Russia seems determined to revert to nineteenth-century strategic thinking.
NATO has also finally started engaging in defense planning and other forms of strategic reassurance for its allies in Central and Eastern Europe, which are unsettled by Russia’s new assertiveness.
The moral and strategic vision of the 1990’s has exhausted itself and come to a grinding halt after the shock of the Russo-Georgian war and the recent Ukrainian election.
If we still believe that today, we need an updated moral and strategic vision for such countries, and to back it up with a real strategy.
These bilateral relationships constitute much of the strategic undercurrent of East Asian security at a time when the region’s long-term geostrategic stability has come into question.
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