RELATIONS between Islam Karimov, president of Uzbekistan, and his counterpart in Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, have long been soured by their tussle for regional primacy in Central Asia.
Regardless of the policy course Trump ultimately chooses, he will face a difficult struggle to implement his campaign promises, appease neoconservatives in the GOP and adopt a nuanced position in the Iran-Saudi Arabia struggle for regional primacy.
This particular sanction would have the effect, among others, of quickly shutting off Cuba's trade with several Latin American countries that have used their support of Cuba as a metaphorical slap at U.S. claims of regional primacy - even as these countries are themselves critically dependent on access to America's vast market.
Since then, there has been a great deal of speculation about which governments may join, and considerable discussion about the AIIB's true intent, with some quarters speculating that the ultimate purpose is to challenge Japan's regional financial primacy through its leadership of and large shareholding in the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The Iranian arms transfers have fueled worries among Sunni Arab states about losing a step to Tehran in what has become a regional contest for primacy in Syria between Sunni Arabs and the Iran-backed Assad government and Hezbollah of Lebanon.
That, plus its military modernisation and the testing of America's primacy, could give China's regional neighbours "cause for concern".In this section How fierce will the Maoists be now?
And in the longer run, the hope is that the Chinese system will of itself adapt from one-party rule to some more liberal polity that, by its nature, is more comfortable with the world as it now is.Drawing China into a strengthened regional framework would not be to cede primacy to it.
The paper initially provides a succinct overview of physical growth and socio-cultural distinctiveness of Dhaka (the capital city of Bangladesh) - shaped by its primacy in the national and regional hierarchy for more than 400 years.
More significant than regional rivalries in China, even bigger than Chinese or Taiwanese primacy, was the future of the Grand Street subway station, one of two major stops that serves Chinatown.
Far from being the prelude to a regional nuclear arms race, this framework deal, by explicitly upholding the primacy of the UN's international inspections agency and the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, is the best news for global disarmament since Muammar Gaddafi gave up Libya's WMD in 2003.
This recognises the importance of such regional trade initiatives and their potential to promote further trade liberalisation, while strengthening the primacy of the multilateral trading system.PATRICIO GRANEGenevaIntelligence mattersSIR My doubts about the CIA ("Don't blame the CIA", May 23rd) began as a result of a back-packing trip through Afghanistan in 1966.
