In terms of approval rating for U.S. policy in the region, Jordan's one of the lowest countries in terms of supporting U.S. policy in this region.
During the first stage of the project, this secretariat has taken on two fundamental tasks: documenting the State of the Art in teaching policy in the region, and drawing up criteria or guidelines for policy making in the field.
China and many export-dependent economies in the region could loosen fiscal policy, while Japan's central bank could boost its asset purchases, he said, adding that efforts to trim external surpluses would reduce exposure to outside risks and support global growth.
Mr Gerges has long urged America to shake up its policy in the region.
One new worry is the uncertain direction of Russian policy in the region under President Vladimir Putin.
He's got a new book coming out soon, "Descent into Chaos" that covers US policy and the region.
We'll hear the views of four people who have followed Iraq and US policy in the region for years.
His closely-watched visit could set the tone of foreign policy in the region for his second term, analysts say.
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The importance of Iraq to US foreign policy in the region was underscored in 1988 in connection with this.
The Bush Administration appears poised to take an important first step in developing such a cogent policy toward the region.
He subsequently joined the Pentagon as director for Asian and Pacific affairs, in charge of devising foreign policy for the region.
And I mean that in the language that we understand, that, yes, he will have some specific new ideas about U.S. policy towards the region.
Powell also suggested the Bush administration had much broader objectives in the Middle East, and would consult a wide range of Arab allies in the region as it develops its policy.
Jordan -- although its percentage points in terms of approval rating for the U.S. increased recently in an international opinion poll -- many Jordanians disapprove of U.S. policy in the region.
Curiously, such sentiments seem to be dominating Bush Administration policy toward the region at the very moment that State Department experts are confronting the unravelling of one of their principal theses, i.e.
Unfortunately, this confidence in the inexorable forces of "globalization" is as misplaced in the case of the so-called "pro-Western" Arab states as are the other assumptions driving American policy towards the region at the moment.
If the government shows itself able to allow genuine policy diversity from region to region, and the agencies prove that they can stimulate regional growth where central government has failed, the case for giving them more power will become strong.
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Now he has something to show, and, considering Egypt's support for other American policy objectives in the region, such as Palestinian-Israeli rapprochement, the Bush administration may be willing to cut him some slack.
Manage, coordinate and monitor the implementation of programme activities in the seven Member States of the Doha Cluster by developing strategic partnerships and mobilizing extra-budgetary resources through the design of technical support, capacity development programmes and projects in order to provide the educational planning, management and policy support to the region.
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In social policy, too, the region is better placed than in the past.
Mubarak was an anchor of U.S. policy of stability in the region.
There is also concern about what the administration hopes to achieve with Iran and what effect the policy would have in the region.
The future of U.S. policy and interests in the region will largely depend on who ends up in power, not just in Egypt but in the host of other countries on the verge of transformation.
We have a vested interest in the foreign policy in Egypt and throughout the region as it relates to our national interests.
Insurance companies use this module to assess and estimate insured losses by applying the policy conditions of those in the region to the total loss estimates.
As we have ended the wars that have dominated our foreign policy for a decade, this region will be a focus for our efforts to build a prosperous peace.
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Mr. Obama's emphasis on pursuing new pacts comes as he makes his way through an export-dependent region that has grown nervous about his trade policy, and skeptical about his willingness to use political capital at home to support free trade.
But Mr Yudhoyono's policy of severely restricting access to the region by diplomats, researchers and journalists means that such allegations cannot be completely discounted.
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