Word: regionally
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Containment could also spark a trade war, in which the U.S. and China might close their markets to each other, with ripples spreading to other countries in the Pacific. Equally important, a hard-line policy toward Beijing would put stress on U.S. alliances in the region. "Not a single friend and ally would join us in such a strategy," suggests a ranking Administration official. "We'd be all alone, and that would cause severe strains with Japan, South Korea, Australia and in Southeast Asia." Singapore Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, an astute analyst of the region, takes the point...
...soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, of whom 100,000 are "forward deployed" in South Korea, Japan and at sea. As long as there is a danger of war on the Korean peninsula, a drawdown of U.S. forces is unlikely; in the meantime, they help stabilize the entire region. The presence of 47,000 U.S. troops in Japan, for example, reassures not only Tokyo, which is carefully monitoring its great neighbor's rise to power, but even China, which along with other Asian countries is worried about Japan's rearming. "We are concerned about what kind of China will emerge," says...
Though they share many organs, including a single large liver, a bladder, intestines and a reproductive tract, their nervous systems are distinct. Tickle Abby on her side anywhere from head to toe, and Britty can't feel it--except along a narrow region on their back where they seem to share sensation. The girls experience separate hungers and separate urges to urinate and sleep...
...chief of the U.S. Central Command said Tuesday. General Binford Peay III appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee to request that the lawmakers not reduce U.S. military forces or decrease their overseas presence. Peay described Iraq's army as the most modernized and most powerful in the region, despite the fact that it has less than half the 51 divisions it had before the Persian Gulf War. "What we have in Iraq is a downsized force significantly upgraded," Peay said, "weak in air, strong in army, that is significantly more capable than the other neighboring states are able...
...city of Atlanta proves the folly of underestimating the potential of the South. The capital of this region of "abject backwardness" refuses to fit the stereotype. The Olympics are coming. Conventions continue to pour in, and companies such as Coca-Cola ad IBM continue to locate their headquarters in this booming city. Atlanta's regional theater, under the artistic direction of an African-American, was recently hailed nationally as the model for diversifying its audience. The Symphony is first-rate, the film and music industries are growing and the theatrical production is explosive. Historically, the South has produced such artists...