It was my destiny to witness over many events in our region during the years of war and peace.
And, under Abdullah (a member of the royal family long known for his hostility towards the United States), Saudi Arabia has constrained our ability to use American assets in the region as part of the war on terrorism's Phase I (Afghanistan), to say nothing of Phase II (Iraq).
In the city of Karlovac, the capital of the Karlovac region and the former front line of the war, many of the buildings remain pockmarked by bullets, and the damage intensifies as you reach the outlying villages that had been taken by Serbian forces.
Lack of a coherent U.S. strategy toward the region since the end of the Cold War, no less so since 2001, has allowed other actors to enter and dominate the scene.
In its write-up of South Korea's statement, The Los Angeles Times assessed that South Korea's acknowledgment of North Korea's murderous aggression will return the region to the days of the Cold War.
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The Indian division of Cadbury-Schweppes, a venerable confectionery company, has incensed large swathes of Hindu society by running a newspaper advertisement comparing its Temptations chocolate to the war-torn region of Kashmir.
Given the dangers of terrorism in the region, and the political instabilities and risks of war, it would be very irresponsible to deploy those troops as symbols.
International pressure had been applied to Macedonia's leaders not to destabilise the region by declaring a state of war.
But tensions on the military front are having an increasing impact on policy making in Washington and Beijing as China's growing military power starts to challenge the supremacy that the U.S. has enjoyed in the Asia-Pacific region since the end of World War II.
The group also urged the killing of Western embassy workers in the region as part of an "all-out war on crusaders".
But this slice of paradise exists cheek by jowl with the war-torn, lawless border region of Somalia, and last month the two worlds collided, with deadly consequences.
It turned out that the children, said to be orphans from Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur, were mostly from Chad and had families of their own.
Combined with the menacing words toward the neighboring island and the stoking of popular nationalism at home, this buildup invites concern that Beijing might actually have the unthinkable in mind--an act of war that would undo decades of progress in the region.
From the countries of the war-ravaged Great Lakes region, such as Congo and Rwanda, Nairobi appears an oasis of calm.
Syria is accused of trying to develop nuclear weapons (Israel bombed a suspected reactor in 2007) and of sabotaging Western efforts to steady the region in the wake of America's launch of its war on terror, by sponsoring serial assassinations in Lebanon and encouraging insurgents in Iraq.
And when it comes to our military and Chinese security, part of the reason that we were able to pivot to the Asia Pacific region after having ended the war in Iraq and transitioning out of Afghanistan is precisely because this is going to be a massive growth area in the future.
Second, while a larger number of American forces were removed from the region in just seven months after the first Gulf War, part of that redeployment was effected through ports in Saudi Arabia and possibly in Kuwait that would not be available this time around.
The long-promised road map for Israeli-Palestinian peace, which Syria condemns as inadequate, is likely to be endorsed by the rest of the war-weary region.
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With Pakistan descending into chaos, Murrin says the danger is rising that Hindu nationalists will grab control of India and push the region into war.
Rwanda's foreign minister threatened to withdraw the country's peacekeepers from the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur if the report were to be published in its current form.
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Yet the war in the western region of Darfur, which reached its most violent stage as the CPA was being finalised, has eaten up most of the foreign diplomatic and financial resources that were promised to bolster the north-south agreement.
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Jeremy Bowen travelled the region piecing together personal stories, hearing allegations of war crimes and the targeting of civilians.
Furthermore, we need to join hands in cleansing this region of the remaining shadows of the Second World War and the Cold War.
U.S. demands that the Islamic republic stop such traffic, coupled with long-standing tensions over Iran's nuclear program, has fueled fears of a wider war in the region.
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But in a region with vivid memories of Japan's World War II atrocities, rife with ancient animosities and modern rivalries, any assertions of Japan's military might have been met with fierce opposition.
But in a region with vivid memories of Japan's World War II atrocities, rife with ancient animosities and modern rivalries, moves by Japan to reassert itself militarily have met with fierce opposition in the past.
At a recent meeting at the White House with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, Obama was blunt about the ongoing threat in a region where some of the leaders believe the drug war is failing.
But a whole variety of factors - the call-up of certain types of reservists, the chartering of commercial shipping, the reported movement of pre-positioned equipment both to and within the Gulf region - all suggests that if war comes, it could begin with far fewer signs of obvious preparation than many people have argued.
South Sudan's seizure of the region and the resulting border clashes raised fear among the international community of renewed full-scale war.
However, the creation of a host of new Osama bin Ladens is some way down the list of war-related worries for the region's rulers.
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