Arab states of the Persian gulf are

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The

countries bordering the Persian Gulf in southwest Asia,

Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab

Emirates, and Oman.
including

Greater Horn OF Africa is

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The Greater Horn of Africa, as defined by the

Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) ,
comprises eight countries (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda) . Based on the priorities
decided by the Swiss Federal Parliament (Message on International Cooperation 20132016) as well as important

Yemen but not Uganda

is conceptually also considered by Switzerland into the
Horn of Africa region, and operations in Kenya are limited to the
North and North-East only. Such a complex and big region (around
200 million people on 4.5 million km2, corresponding roughly to Western Europe) can be treated as
a single entity only through an overall political approach. To
migratory flows and regional droughts affecting the entire region,

deliver its expertise and maximize its impact with an operational concentration, the Greater Horn of Africa is
therefore treated by Switzerland through four specific Cooperation Strategies under the responsibility of several
operational structures:

Northeast asia is
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Northeast Asia' is a unique place where the notion of regional community- building has been
neglected even during the post-Cold War era. There are reasons for the uniqueness. Northeast Asia is a

heterogeneous region in terms of culture. history. politics. and social

background. Furthermore. the region has been rife with conflicts. Co-existence has not been peaceful in this stretch
of land where East Asian. Russo-Eurasian. and Western values come together. Other divisive elements. alongside

There are the former

imperialist aggressors (Russia and Japan) and their victims (China
and Korea). There is great distrust among the remain-_ ing socialist countries
(North Korea and China). former socialist countries (Mongolia and Russia). and
capitalist countries. (Japan. South Korea. and the United States). There are three longstanding
cultural diversity. have promoted contention in the region.

nuclear powers (the United States. Russia. and China) that have experienced bitter rivalries with one another, and a
recent nuclear power (North Korea) that contributes to the instability. There are two divided countries (Korea and
China). There are three widely known territorial controversies (the northern four islands dispute between Japan and
Russia. the Takeshima/Dokdo dispute between Japan and Korea, and the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands dispute between
Japan and China). Moreover, various lingering historical issues continue to divide the peoples of Northeast Asia.
Both its pronounced heterogeneity and its embittering contentiousness have discouraged Northeast Asia from any
attempt to build 21 genuine regional communitv.

Baltic states are

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northeastern region of Europe containing the

countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, on the eastern shores of the
Baltic states,
Baltic Sea.
name,

The Baltic states are bounded on the west and north by the Baltic Sea, which gives the region its