A regional pledge of military cooperation against the Islamic state has been signed by ten Arab states – those represented by the Gulf Cooperation Council as well as Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon.
The US and others can lubricate any agreement with regional recognition, pledges of economic investment, massive public works projects and even the presence of US troops as peacekeepers or observers.
The Islamic State (IS) group has forged links with militants across North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, embracing regional franchises that have pledged allegiance to the group.
While China builds its economy and military strength at home, Japan under Abe has gone abroad, to seek regional partnerships and pledges of support.
Even a €90m ($119m) aid package to tackle regional climate change pledged earlier this year by the European Union has done little to tamp down its fears.The leaders of countries as far afield as Barbados and Grenada joined Tuvalu in raising the alarm over the issue in a series of impassioned speeches to the United Nations General Assembly last month.
President Hollande of France, who hosted the summit, said regional powers had pledged to share intelligence and co-ordinate action against the group.
President Hollande of France, who hosted the meeting, said regional powers had pledged to share intelligence and co-ordinate action against the group.
The process continued last month, at the Asia-Pacific Television Forum on Children and Youth in Seoul, where public and private broadcasters, satellite and cable networks and regional television associations pledged to work to ensure that children's concerns are given the attention they deserve - and that children's voices are truly heard.
The large local United Ways operate regional centers that process pledges made by workers at major corporations.
Despite the billions of dollars the United Nations has spent on peacekeeping, countless so-called peace treaties and pledges of regional cooperation, the eastern part of the country remains in the grip of incredibly violent criminals, some of them high-ranking officers in the national army.
