Word: regionality
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...issue, they drive a bargain nevertheless," says Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian-American Council in Washington. With a new Administration coming to Washington, too, there is a chance of a more conciliatory mood between the two rivals. "Iran and the U.S. have many common interests in the region. Our position should not be one of opposition but friendly competition," says Qalibaf. Translated from words into policy, that sort of sentiment would mark a sea change in the world's most dangerous interstate contest...
...With their main opponent gone, the Chinese followed the Stalinist puppet state model: They installed a loyal, ethnic Tibetan in charge of the administration and a Han Chinese in the powerful position of secretary of the regional Communist Party. The Chinese constitution technically allows for a “Tibet Autonomous Region,” but Lhasa’s policy decisions are made in Beijing. Slowly but surely, China has asserted absolute power in the last forty years through economic investments, political control, and Han migration, seeking to silence Tibetans forever...
...their oppressor has. As host of the upcoming Olympics, China is in the spotlight. Quickly, Beijing blamed the protests on the Dalai Lama, oddly accused the Tibetans of “reactionary separatism” and of trying to ruin the Olympics, and cut off access to the region, where The Economist was the only foreign media outlet with a correspondent. Silence and government-sponsored news are all we can get from Tibet, so the extent of the repression is left to the imagination...
...issue. However, it is clear that we could have used better means of conveying this to the West and the rest of the world. It is clear that the U.S. doesn't want the progress of this country because that wouldn't fit in with its interests in the region. But we must do our best with the help of the [International Atomic Energy] agency, the E.U. and other international bodies to resolve this issue, and abstain from unnecessary rhetoric. We need to proceed with reason and with a more suitable rhetoric...
...accuses Iran of supporting terrorism in the region. What's your view of Iran's role in the Middle East? I think Iran's role in the Middle East is a unique one. Friend and foe accept this. And that's because of our geopolitical advantage, because of the special position that the Islamic Republic and our people have. After all, we have an open-minded and educated people, great revolutionary and economic potential, belong to the region's progressive countries, and are unique in our democracy. Right now, the U.S. is supporting powers in this region...