As promised, possible changes I may make to Atlasian foreign policy:
Potential changes to Atlasian Foreign Policy:
Bahrain, Kingdom of; Brunei, Sultanate of; Egypt, Arab Republic of; Kazakhstan, Republic of; Kuwait, Kingdom of *see additional note below*; Oman, Sultanate of; Pakistan, Islamic Republic of; Qatar, State of; Rwanda, Republic of; Tajikistan, Republic of; Tunisia,
Republic of; United Arab Emirates; Uzbekistan, Republic of; Yemen, Republic of.
- While these countries, indeed, have a long way to go towards democracy, geopolitical considerations may make the lifting of military and economic restrictions necessary to one degree or another. Consultations with the Senate and President suggested.
Bolivia, Republic of - While Bolivian democracy is imperfect, the support of the current moderate regime should be ensured by arms sales as needed, given the extreme-left, tyrant-in-waiting Evo Morales' threat to Bolivia.
Bosnia and Herzegovina - At the least, Atlasia should offer partial military aid to the admittedly imperfect Bosnian government in order to establish a stable balance-of-power between Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia. Imbalances in power lead to civil and international war in the 1990's. Pressure against Islamic radicals should be implemented as well as a dedicated attempt to capture the war criminals Karazdic and Mladic.
Burkina Faso, Republic of; Central African Republic; Congo, Republic of; Côte d'Ivore, Republic of; Djibouti, Republic of; Gabon, Republic of; Haiti, Republic of; Togo, Republic of.
- Change the economic restrictions to partial restrictions in an attempt to encourage improved behavior and to attempt to kick-start the regional economy. Consultations with the Senate and President suggested.
Burundi, Republic of - Military and economic sanctions shall be downgraded to partial instead of full in hopes of supporting the highly fragile democratic peace agreement.
Cameroon, Republic of - Impose partial economic sanctions against this de facto one-party regime. Possibly expanding to full sanctions if necessary.
*edit* No changes to Chad, Republic of, for geopolitical considerations.
Colombia, Republic of - The popular government of Uribe must be supported against the narco-guerrillas, who have ties to anti-American organizations such as Hezbollah. Colombia is also a bulwark against the efforts of Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro to
destabilize Latin America and drive the U.S. out. So I merely suggest that no aid to Colombia be cut at the least, and increased if possible.
El Salvador, Republic of - Lift the military restrictions as they are not needed at this point in time.
Eritrea, Republic of - Full military and partial economic sanctions are to be levied on this totalitarian one-party state. Consultation with the Senate and President suggested.*edited*
Ethiopia, Republic of - Change the military sanctions to partial, as a shaky democracy does not need a full arms embargo. But monitoring of the situation there will continue following disturbing reports on the last election.
Fiji Islands, Republic of - Impose partial military restrictions over the lack of a fair democratic system and bias against non-indiginous Fijians.
France, Republic of - If the Senate wishes to lift restrictions, they can vote to do so. I will keep the current ones on until such a vote.
Georgia, Republic of - No economic and partial military restrictions shall be the base policy towards Georgia, a staunch ally of Atlasia. Even the military restrictions may be lifted if deemed geopolitically necessary. The highly repressive ethnically-cleansed state of Abkhazia shall not be supported, and Georgia's claim shall be recognized. Consultation with the President and Senate suggested.
Ghana, Republic of - All restrictions shall be lifted on the free and democratic republic of Ghana, an Atlasian ally.
Guinea-Bissau, Republic of - Following a democratic election, restrictions shall be downgraded to partial military and no economic.
Indonesia, Republic of - All economic restrictions shall be lifted in order to improve the economy of this wild republic. Military restrictions may be lifted for geopolitical reasons - consulation with the President and Senate suggested.
Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of; Moldova, Republic of; Morocco, Kingdom of; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda, Republic of.
- Economic sanctions will be lifted for geopolitical reasons. Military sanctions are a matter of geopolitics as well - consultation with the President and Senate suggested.
Kenya, Republic of; Madagascar, Republic of; Niger, Republic of; Paraguay, Republic of; Seychelles, Republic of; Sierra Leone, Republic of; Sri Lanka, Republic of; Turkey, Republic of.
- Democracy should be supported and in recognition of the last, free election there all economic restrictions shall be lifted. Military restrictions are, yes, geopolitical in nature and consultation with the President and Senate is suggested.
Kuwait, Kingdom of - In addition to the military considerations mentioned above, geopolitics demands that all economic sanctions be lifted on Atlasia's second-strongest ally in the region (after Israel).
Kyrgyzstan, Republic of - In support of the democratic revolution, military restrictions shall be downgraded to partial and for geopolitical reasons there shall be no economic restrictions at all.
Laos, Democratic People’s Republic of; Libya, Great Socialist People's Arab Jamahiriya of; Vietnam, Republic of.
Military restrictions shall remain in place for the time being but for geopolitical reasons there shall be only partial economic restrictions.
Lebanon, Republic of - Events are in flux here so at the moment economic restrictions shall be downgraded to partial instead of full.
Liberia, Republic of - Following some tentative positive developments economic restrictions shall be downgraded to partial instead of full.
Mozambique, Republic of; Zambia, Republic of.
- Economic restrictions shall be lifted in an attempt to stabilize these fragile democracies.
Nigeria, Republic of - Economic restrictions shall be lifted for geopolitical reasons, although greater transparency is highly desired. Military restrictions may be lifted for geopolitical reasons - consultation with the President and the Senate is suggested.
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of - If the Senate wishes to change this policy, they may vote for it on the record.
Until then, for geopolitical reasons the policy remains despite the atrocious regime there.
Singapore, Republic of - Like Saudi Arabia's policy, but the regime there is not nearly so bad and they are a better ally than Saudi Arabia has been. I would keep the current policies in place for the moment.
Somalia, Republic of - *A-HEM!*
THE FREE AND DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND SHALL BE RECOGNIZED! No economic restrictions shall be in place to irritate the Arab League and their spiteful embargo on Somaliland's goods. Partial military restrictions will be the most that will be in effect, although Somaliland's cooperation in the war on radical Islamism may necessitate no military restrictions at all - consultation with the President and the Senate is suggested
on the point of military restrictions only. As for the rest of the so-called state of Somalia, no change at the moment is required although if a functioning government is set up with at least some popular support I would then back a shift to partial economic restrictions.
Timor, Democratic Republic of, AKA East Timor - All sanctions will be lifted on the free and democratic republic of Timor.
Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of - All sanctions will be lifted on the free and democratic republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Venezuela, Republic of - The increasing anti-Atlasian hostility of Hugo Chavez is worrisome, as are the large weapons purchases they have made from Russia and China. Therefore full military restrictions are in effect. For the time being the economic restrictions shall remain partial. Consultation with the President and the Senate is suggested.