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And, like the US, Russia attended last November s East Asia Summit (EAS).

The US must ultimately accept an East Timor style solution for Iraq.

The US has been absent from Middle East peacemaking for too long.

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The US is not alone in shifting its security focus to East Asia.

For us, this means working closely with our neighbors in the East African Community.

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The situation in the Middle East today remains a major challenge for us all.

Moreover, cultural differences between the US and Germany were not as great as those between the US and the Middle East.

The Middle East, North Korea, Darfur, Central and East Africa, the Caucasus in none of these places can the US still act successfully on its own.

Indeed, successful US policy in the Middle East has usually included a serious Russian track.

China s exports to the Middle East are already more than twice those of the US.

The US froze Japanese assets, an example followed by Britain and the Dutch East Indies.

It is something special for us as Muslims and even for Christians who are living with us in Syria and the Middle East.

The countries of North Africa and the Middle East should learn from East Asia and Northern Europe, and take pains to avoid the failures of the US.

Farther east, the US and Russia are not cooperating as expected on Afghanistan s post war transition.

The East Asian balance of power rested on the triangle of China, Japan, and the US.

To many Middle East states, what China wants is now just as important as US interests.

Eastern Washington is the portion of the US state of Washington east of the Cascade Range.

Some argue that instability and turmoil in the Middle East will prevent us from implementing the rebalance.

The US backed order in the Middle East is breaking down, yet no new order is emerging.

Indeed, Hatoyama has announced his rudimentary vision of building an East Asian community that excludes the US.

The latest developments in the Middle East allow us to maintain a certain level of reserved optimism.

Moreover, desperate to recover its relevance in Middle East politics, the US has now radically changed its attitude and agreed to a meeting between US Undersecretary of State for Near East Affairs David Welch and Riad Daoudi, Syria s chief negotiator with Israel.

Virtually all the toys and shoes sold in the US are made in the Far East. China alone accounts for 86 of the US bicycle market.

Recent events in the Middle East and Central Asia, for example, clearly reflect the decline of US influence.

Those internal differences are what have kept the US on the sidelines during the latest Middle East upheavals.

Scientists in Europe, the US, Asia, and the Middle East need to deepen their contacts and work together.

Now the US Egyptian alliance is under threat, and with it American policy for the entire Middle East.

Turkey s improved standing in the Middle East can also help the US with democracy assistance in the region.

Were the US to succeed in using its military strength, it would create a new, democratic Middle East.

With the Iraq war, the US has lost its unilateral power position in the Middle East, and elsewhere.

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Finally, we affirm that we, particularly those of us in the Middle East, now stand at a crossroads.

The US regards a triangular Japan China US relationship as the basis of stability in East Asia, and wants good relations between all three of its legs.

The US has also opposed Israel s unilateral annexation of East Jerusalem, and along with every country on the planet refused to recognize the application of Israeli law to residents of East Jerusalem.

Tensions in the Middle East, and growing rivalry between the US and Venezuela, will make Brazil an attractive supplier.

But there is another problem with the US taking a leading role in political revolts in the Middle East.

With the war in Iraq, the US also wanted to initiate a democratic transformation of the entire Middle East.

This pattern seems to be holding true for next week s US sponsored Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland.

In the future, various global powers will be active in the Middle East primarily the US, Russia, China, India.

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