Why is the US concerned about some of the countries around the world? (please give examples)

America's interest in a country usually involves economic or military considerations.

In Iraq, for example, the United States has a strategic military interest. Iraq shares a long border with Iran, a country that has shown significant hostility toward the United States (we've all seen the burning flags and heard the “death to America” chants). As an example of how fluid international relations can be, Iraq's importance has changed since our invasion in 2003. The development and rise of ISIS in Syria and Iraq has made Iraq more important than ever. As long as ISIS can operate as a quasi-state in the Middle East, it can continue to recruit and perpetrate terrorist attacks. A strong Iraq would have made ISIS's territorial gains impossible. So the U.S. continues to support Iraq militarily, and at least one of the reasons is ISIS.

The U.S. also has many economic interests throughout the world. Economies improve with trade with other countries. Robust trade boosts a country's export business while making it possible to import products for which there is a market. To this end, establishing trading partnerships with growing economies can benefit the U.S. economy. Brazil is a good example of an important U.S. trading partner. Most people would probably be surprised to find out that Brazil is the world's seventh largest economy. That's a lot of economic clout. The office of the United States Trade Representative reported the following export statistics:

U.S. goods exports to Brazil in 2015 were $32 billion, down 25% ($11 billion) from 2014 but up 106% from 2005. U.S. exports to Brazil account for 2.1% of overall U.S. exports in 2015.

A lot of U.S. jobs are made possible by this much trade.

The office also reported the following import statistics:

The top import categories (2-digit HS) in 2015 were: mineral fuels ($4.5 billion), aircraft ($3.0 billion), iron and steel ($2.9 billion), special other (articles for repair and returns) ($2.6 billion), and machinery ($1.7 billion).

When this much money and product is changing hands, the economic impact on both countries is significant. For it's own economic well-being, the U.S. has to pay attention to what is going in countries like Brazil.

Is there a word/phrase for "unperformant"?

As a software engineer, I need to sometimes describe a piece of code as something that lacks performance or was not written with performance in mind. Example: This kind of coding style leads to unmaintainable and unperformant code. Based on my Google searches, this isn't a real word. What is the correct way to describe this? EDIT My usage of "performance" here is in regard to speed and efficiency. For example, the better the performance of code the faster the application runs. My question and example target the negative definition, which is in reference to preventing inefficient coding practices. Answer This kind of coding style leads to unmaintainable and unperformant code. In my opinion, reads more easily as: This coding style leads to unmaintainable and poorly performing code. The key to well-written documentation and reports lies in ease of understanding. Adding poorly understood words such as performant decreases that ease. In addressing the use of such a poorly ...

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Is 'efficate' a word in English?

I routinely hear the word "efficate" being used. For example, "The most powerful way to efficate a change in the system is to participate." I do not find entries for this word in common English dictionaries, but I do not have an unabridged dictionary. I have checked the OED (I'm not sure if it is considered unabridged), and it has no entry for "efficate". It does have an entry for "efficiate", which is used in the same way. Wordnik has an entry for "efficate" with over 1800 hits, thus providing some evidence for the frequency of use. I personally like the word and find the meaning very clear and obvious when others use it. If it's not currently an "officially documented" word, perhaps its continued use will result in it being better documented.

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