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Abbas, Mahmoud, 311
ABC, 57
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 263
Abedin, Huma, 287, 290–91
Abha, Saudi Arabia, 65
Abkhazia, 121–22, 155
Abu Ghraib, 41, 53, 54, 61, 68
Abuja, Nigeria, 318
academic exchanges, 37
Acheson, Dean, 280, 316
Adams, John, 31–32
Adams, Ron, 232–33
Addiopizzo, 238–39
Adenauer, Konrad, 168
adoptions, 48
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, 57
Affordable Care Act of 2010, 297
Afghanistan
corruption in, 219, 220
Czech Republic and, 249
as hardship post, 62
Richard Holbrooke and, 314
International Women of Courage award recipients from, 160–61
narcotics from, 55
NATO and, 230
need for staffing in, 50
women’s issues, 297, 300
Afghanistan War
and anti-Americanism, 38, 41
Czech Republic and, 232
Poland and, 308
Tajikistan and, 154
Uzbekistan and, 164
Geert Wilders and, 175
Afghan National Police, 161
Afghan Women’s Network, 300
African Command Biodiversity Fund, 197
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, 155
AIDS deniers, 151
AIG, 101
Ain Sifni, Iraq, 260
Albania, 64, 206
Albright, Madeleine, 284, 292, 295, 302, 310
Aleman, Arnoldo, 158–59
Alhurra (satellite television network), 43
Aliyev, Ilham, 176, 180
Al Jazeera television, 51
Alkrami, Mary, 160
Allen, Debbie, 263
Allen, Woody, 301
Al-Masjid al-Haram (mosque), 140–41
Al-Najafi, Bashir, 271
Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), 273
Al Sahat (website), 40
Amacayacu National Park, 120
Amadeus (film), 178
ambassadors, 18–19, 26–27, 62
Ameri, Goli, 264
American Academy of Diplomacy, 29
American Chamber of Commerce, 155
American Culture and Commerce festival, 65
American Foreign Service Association, 252–53
American interests, American values vs., 179–81
American popular culture, 43
American Presence Post (APP), 62
Ammazzateci Tutti, 239
Amur leopard, 185, 201
Amur tiger, 201
Angola, 228
Animals Asia Foundation, 205
animism, 138–39
Ankara, Turkey, 36–37, 172–73, 318
antelope, 188
anti-Americanism, 7, 35–70, 331–32n8; See also public diplomacy
and congressionally mandated reporting, 52–56
in Latvia, 152–53
levels of, 38–39
manifestations of, 40–47
and public diplomacy, 35–38, 47–51, 55–70
Antiques Roadshow, 193
anti-Semitism, 152
APCs (armored personnel carriers), 230–31
APP (American Presence Post), 62
AQI (Al Qaeda in Iraq), 273
Arabic language, 21, 51, 254, 264
Arab Spring, 285, 314
Arab world, 50, 59–60, 270
Araud, Gérard, 45–46
Argentina, 39, 53–54, 68, 91, 160, 161
Arias Sánchez, Óscar, 91, 96, 97, 98, 313, 337n47
Armenia, 172
armored personnel carriers (APCs), 230–31
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 58
Arndt, Richard T., 49, 69
Article 301 (Turkey), 172, 173
artistic freedom, 171–79
Arunachal Pradesh state (India), 123–24
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), 86
ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (WEN), 207
Ash, Timothy Garton, 17, 27
Ashe, Dan, 193
Ashe, Victor, 308
Ashton, Catherine, 147
Asmara, Eritrea, 65–66
Assad, Bashar al-, 314
Assange, Julian, 3, 4, 5, 25, 26, 28, 69, 116
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 87
Association of Southeast Asian Nations Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN), 200
astrology, 139–40
Atatürk, Mustafa, 173
Athens, Greece, 64
Atlantic, 57
Aung San Suu Kyi, 81, 89
Australia, 72, 106
Austria, 220
avian flu, 204
Axelrod, David, 288
Azerbaijan, 126–27, 176–77
Baghdad, Iraq, 162, 253, 259, 262, 266, 279
Baghdad University, 270
Baghdad Zoo, 206–7
Bahamas, 228
Bahrain, 40
Baise, China, 116
Baker, James, 145, 178, 284
Bakiyev family, 165
Baku, Azerbaijan, 176
Balkan region, 217, 230, 234
Baltic states, 44, 152–53, 309
Banda, Rupiah, 188
Bangkok, Thailand, 208, 311
Bangladesh, 15, 85, 124, 201, 318
Banjul, The Gambia, 151, 248
Ban Ki-moon, 87
Bank of America, 101
Barabash, Russia, 201
Bard College, 172
Barnich, Terrence, 274–75
Barták, Martin, 231–33
Bashkortostan, 227
Basrah, Iraq, 258
Batkov, Todor “Borat,” 219
Baucus, Max, 19
Bay of Pigs invasion, 68
BBC, 164
Beam, Christopher, 17
bear bile, 184
Bear Stearns, 101
Bedik people, 138
Beers, Charlotte, 57, 60
Beijing, China, 210–12, 292
Beijing Platform for Action, 295
Beijing Plus Five, 295
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, 66
Belgium, 145–48
Bell, Colleen, 19
Bell, Joshua, 66
Bellerive, Jean-Max, 78
Benedict XVI, Pope, 136–37
Benghazi, Libya, 21
Benin, 65
Benin/Lagos expressway, 114
Berdimuhamedov, Gurbanguly, 129, 242
Berlin, Germany, 147, 168, 170
Berlusconi, Silvio, 30, 148
Berzins, Gundars, 152–53
Bhutan, 124, 201
Bhutto, Benazir, 71
Biden, Joe, 288, 304, 308, 314
big cats, 198–202
big game hunting, 189, 192–95
Bila Tserkva, Ukraine, 223
birds, 202–4
“Birds of Asunción,” 63
bird-watching tours, 63
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 47
Black, Shirley Temple, 177
Black Eyed Peas, 66
black rhino, 192, 193
Blair, Tony, 147
blogs, 74
Blood, Archer, 15
blood drives, 65
Blood Telegram, 15
Blumenthal, Sidney, 288
Bogotá, Colombia, 120
Bohemia and Moravia (Nazi Protectorate), 178
Bolivia, 92, 119–20
Borneo, 208
Bosnia-Herzogovina, 240
Botswana, 150, 163
Boucher, Richard, 164, 180
Bozdag, Bekir, 173
Bozhkov, Vasil Krumov (“the Skull”), 219
Brandt, Willy, 168
Bratislava, Slovakia, 307
Brazil, 42–43, 92, 119, 203–4, 278
Bremer, Paul, 270
bribery, 228, 244, 307
Brickman, Marshall, 352n20
British Empire, 13
Broadcasting Board of Governors, 49
Brown, Gordon, 107, 108, 302
brown bears, 206
Brussels, Belgium, 63, 145, 318
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 30
Buaviratlert, Varin, 139
Buddhism, 139
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 27, 53–54, 66
Bulgaria, 172, 217–20, 228
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 294
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), 56, 264, 265
Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP), 56, 57
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), 185
Bureau of Public Affairs (PA), 56–57
Burma
and Cyclone Nargis, 74, 81–89
nomenclature, 336n15
political opening in, 111, 286, 316
Rohingya people in, 285
wildlife in, 183, 185, 196, 201, 203
Burns, Nicholas, 29, 58, 104, 322
Burns, William, 58, 322
burqa debate, 53, 54
Burundi, 186
Bush, George W., and administration; See also Rice, Condoleezza
and anti-Americanism, 49
assassination prediction about, 40
Hugo Chávez and, 42
“crusade” comment of, 44, 55
and Karen Hughes, 36, 293
and Iceland, 106
and Iraq, 275
Iraq diplomatic offensive of, 251
and missile defense, 303
public diplomacy under, 59–61
and Condoleezza Rice, 253
and under secretaries, 57
transition to Obama from, 285
and women’s issues, 295
Bushnell, Prudence, 20–21
Cabaniss, William, 232
Cairo, Egypt, 36
Cairo speech (Obama), 129
Calabria, Italy, 233, 234, 237–39
Calcutta, India, 113
Calderón, Felipe, 158, 159
Cambodia, 201, 209
Cameroon, 197, 198, 203, 227
Camorra clan, 234–37
Campania, Italy, 234
Campbell, John, 30
Camp Lejeune, 258
Canada, 40, 43, 46, 55, 62
Cape buffalo, 188
CARE, 88
career diplomats, 18–19
Carter Center, 221
Castro, Fidel, 92, 93, 155
Castro, Raúl, 90
Catanzaro, Italy, 238
Catcher in the Rye (Salinger), 298
Catholicism, 136–37, 238
Cato Institute, 96
Censis, 233
Center for Economic and Policy Research, 94
Center for National Security Law, 32
Centers for Disease Control, 76
Central African Republic, 70
Central Bank (Iceland), 107–9
ceremonial tasks, 301–2
Cerny, David, 171–72
Chamber of Commerce, 271
Chase, 101
Chávez, Hugo, 40, 42, 44, 90, 92, 94, 98, 155, 157–59, 313
Chee Soon Juan, 175
Cheetah Conservation Fund, 192
cheetahs, 192, 206
Chengdu, China, 205
Cherney, Michael, 219
Chiang Mai, Thailand, 139, 206–9
Chile, 72, 73–74
China
ambassadors to, 19
border dispute with India, 123–25
and Cyclone Nargis, 85–86
earthquakes in, 72
and global financial crisis, 246
human rights issues in, 53, 292
Henry Kissinger’s secret trip to, 310
pets in, 211–13
religious repression in, 137–38
and Russia, 103
and transformational diplomacy, 278
wildlife in, 183–84, 191, 195, 196, 201, 204, 205–6
Xilin region of, 116–18
Zimbabwe and, 227
Chinese language, 254
Chitwan National Park (Nepal), 194–95
cholera, 76
Chrétien, Jean, 46
Christian Democratic Union (Germany), 168
Christianity, 116, 138–39
Christian Social Union (Germany), 168
Church of Scientology, 137
CITES, See Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
Citigroup, 101
classified cables, 24–25
Clinton, Bill, and administration, 46, 57, 295, 302, 316
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 283–319
and Burma, 81, 88–89
as communicator, 310–13
and donkey bloggers, 177
email correspondence of, 284, 287–91
and Haiti earthquake, 78–79, 156
and Honduran coup, 90–94, 97
and Iceland, 108
Internet Freedom Initiative of, 33
legacy of, 284–88, 313–19
and missile defense, 301–10
as Obama administration outsider, 286
on release of diplomatic cables, 9
smart power concept of, 277
and transformational diplomacy, 21
and Wikileaks release, 31
and women’s rights, 286, 292–301
and Zimbabwe, 163
Clinton Global Initiative, 316
CNN, 26, 135
code breaking, 14
Cold War, 16, 38, 48, 103
Colombia, 72, 119, 120, 234
Columbia University, 172
Come and Join Us (talk show), 312
congressionally mandated reports, 52–56
Congressional Quarterly, 60
consulates, 62
consuls general, 62
Container Security Initiative, 237
Contras, 155
Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, 228–29
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), 186–88, 192, 194, 204, 207–8
copper mining, 130–31
Correa, Rafael, 92
corruption, 217–50, 314
in Bulgaria, 217–20
in Czech Republic, 229–33
election fraud, 221–28
government, 240–49
organized crime, 233–40
procurement scandals, 228–33
as security threat, 249–50
Corruption Perceptions Index, 153, 220
Cosa Nostra, 234, 237
Costa Rica, 91, 97, 313
Cotonou, Benin, 65
Council for National Security (Thailand), 139
Council of Europe, 154
Council on Foreign Relations, 30
CPVPV, 213
Crimea, 222, 223, 309
crises, 71–111
Cyclone Nargis, 82–89
Haiti earthquake, 71, 74–81
Honduras coup, 89–101
Iceland economic crisis, 101–10
Croatia, 202
Crocker, Ryan, 254, 257–58, 266–67
Cross River gorilla, 197–98
Crowley, P. J., 28
“crusade” against terrorism, 44, 55
Cuba, 42, 64, 286
cultural ambassadors, 262–63
cultural programming, 38, 171
culture, 143
Cyclone Nargis, 74, 82–89
Czechoslovakia, 177–78
Czech Republic
corruption in, 229–33, 241–42, 249
and Entropa sculpture, 171–72
Václav Havel and, 178–79
and Human Rights Report, 53
and missile defense, 303–9
Dagestan, 23
Dallas Safari Club, 193
Damascus, Syria, 166
Danish cartoon controversy, 174
Darling, Alistair, 107
“Day of Change, A” (photo contest), 206
decision-making process, 68, 322
deforestation, 191
de Hoop Scheffer, Jaap, 303
Dell, Christopher, 22
DeLong, Victoria, 76
DeMint, Jim, 96
Democratic Party, 290
Denmark, 106, 172, 174
Department of..., U.S., See under “U.S. Department”
deputy chief of mission (DCM), 11
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 50
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 15, 318
Dhi Qar province (Iraq), 269
Dink, Hrant, 172, 173
diplomacy, 16–17, 24–27
diplomatic dispatches, 13
diplomatic missions, 62–63
Diplomatic Readiness Initiative (DRI), 50
Diplomats in Residence, 1
DipNote, 74
directed assignments, 251–52
disarmament, 314
disasters, See crises
Discovery Channel, 57
Discovery Communications, 57
disinformation, 48
Djerejian, Edward, 51
Dobbins, James, 316
dogs, 211–14, 212–13
Dominican Republic, 77, 79, 91, 100
Dongguan, China, 246
donkey bloggers, 176–77, 180
Donolo, Peter, 46
Donyi Polo, 113, 124
Douala, Cameroon, 203
DRI (Diplomatic Readiness Initiative), 50
Dritabiki, Suriname, 118
drone strikes, 54, 68
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), 42, 164
Duke, Donald, 197–98
dumping, illegal, 236
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 240
earthquakes, 72, 73–74
ECA, See Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
ECA program, 61
“eco-guards,” 197
economic crises, 72
ecotourism, 119, 120
Ecuador, 42, 91, 92, 119
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 177
Egypt, 36, 39, 49, 59, 262, 278, 293, 314
Eisenhower, Dwight, 271
Elbaraf, Somalia, 202
ELECAM, 227
election fraud, 221–28
election observers, 221–22
elections, 236–37
elephants, 187–91, 193, 195–97, 208
Ellison, Keith, 35–37
El Salvador, 72, 91, 155
embassies, 62
encryption, 14
Endangered Species Act, 192
English Teaching Forum, 266
Entropa (sculpture), 171–72
Erbil, Iraq, 258, 267, 268
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, 173–74
Ereli, Adam, 264
Eritrea, 65–66
Euromaidan, 223
European Council, 145–46
European Economic Area, 103
European Free Trade Association, 103
European Parliament, 147–48
European Union (EU)
Burma and, 81, 87
Germany and, 168
and global financial crisis, 102
and Honduras coup, 92, 97
Iceland and, 103
presidency of, 171–72, 306
Ukraine and, 222–23
U.S. Mission to, 63
Herman Van Rompuy and, 145–48
and women’s rights, 292, 300
eurozone, 72
Evangelical Lutherans, 137
Ewol, Senegal, 138
exotic locales, See remote locales
Expert Roundup (Council on Foreign Relations), 30
expired products, recycling of, 235–36
extortion, 246–47
extraordinary rendition, 54
Exxon, 132
Eyjafjallajökull (volcano), 110
Facebook, 272–73
“fair share assignments” rule, 252
“family voting,” 225
Farage, Nigel, 147–48
Farap border crossing, 128–29
FARC, 234
Faribundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), 158
Fayyad, Salam, 311
FDP (Free Democratic Party) (Germany), 168–70
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 234–35, 247
Federal Reserve, 105–6
Felipe, Crown Prince, 158
Fico, Robert, 229
film, 175–76
financial crisis of 2008, 72, 101–10
Fischer, Jan, 231, 307–8
Fitch (rating agency), 104
Fitna (film), 174–75
Fleck, Béla, 66
Florence, Italy, 233
Flournoy, Michèle, 299, 307
FLTA (Fulbright Language Teaching Assistantship), 266
FMLN (Faribundo Martí National Liberation Front), 158
FOIA (Freedom of Information Act), 290
food, wildlife as, 204–5
Food for Peace, 79
food security, 316, 335n3
Forbes magazine, 131
Fore, Henrietta, 85
Foreign Affairs, 16
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 228
foreign language deficit, 51
Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS), 2
Foreign Service Journal, 60, 253
foreign service officers (FSOs), 17–19, 329
forest mafia, 201–2
Forman, Milo, 178
Fortuyn, Pim, 174
Fourteen Points (Wilson), 30
Fourth of July reception (Cuba), 64
Fourth World Conference on Women, 292
France, 12, 44, 45–46, 53, 54
Francis Seow: The Interview (film), 176
Frankfurter Allgemeine, 147
Franklin, Benjamin, 13
Frattini, Franco, 4
Free Democratic Party (FDP) (Germany), 168–70
freedom of expression, 171–79
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 290
Freedom Party (Netherlands), 174–75
Freeport-McMoRan, 130–31
FRUS (Foreign Relations of the United States), 2
FSB (Russia), 243–45
FSLN (Sandinista National Liberation Front), 155–57, 159
FSOs (foreign service officers), 17–19, 329
Fulbright, William J., 264
Fulbright Language Teaching Assistantship (FLTA), 266
Fulbright program, 37, 59, 177, 264–66, 268
Future of Babylon Project, 266
Gaddafi, Muammar, 21, 32, 149, 155
Gali, Georgia, 121
Gallup polls, 38
Gambia, The, 151–52, 248–49
GAO (U.S. Government Accountability Office), 62
Garm, Tajikistan, 116, 122
Gates, Robert, 31–32, 232, 286, 304
Gaza ceasefire (2012), 316
Geithner, Timothy, 101–2
General Dynamics, 230–31
Genscher, Hans-Dietrich, 168, 169
Genscherism, 168–69
Georgetown University, 278, 318
George Washington University, 61
Georgia, 71, 121–22, 224, 309
Germany
America’s approval rating in, 38
and global financial crisis, 105
and International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 55
and International Religious Freedom Report, 54
and Romania, 154
and Scientologists, 137
State Department personnel in, 251, 278
U.S. relationship with, 167–71, 180–81
and Herman Van Rompuy, 147
in World Cup, 218
in World War I, 14–15
Gibbs, Robert, 31, 288
Gioia Tauro, Italy, 237–38
giraffes, 191
Giraldi, Philip, 60
Gir National Park (India), 198–99
Gísladóttir, Ingibjörg, 110
Glassman, James, 35, 57, 61, 67
global financial crisis (2008), 246
globalization, 24, 279
Global Tiger Initiative (GTI), 200
Globovision, 313
gold mining, 119, 131
Gordon, Philip, 44
gorillas, 197–98
Gourma region (Mali), 196–97
Government Accountability Office (GAO), 50–51
government corruption, 240–49
Graham, Lindsey, 28
Gratteri, Nicola, 238–39
great apes, 197–98
greater hardship posts, 252
Greece, 38, 64, 72, 105
Green Zone (Baghdad), 206
Grossman, Marc, 58
GTI (Global Tiger Initiative), 200
Guangzhou, China, 183, 212–13, 246
Guantanamo, 41, 68
Guardian, 5, 17, 26, 148
Guatemala, 274
Guayaramerín, Bolivia, 120
Guilin, China, 183–84
Guinea, 71
Gujarat state (India), 198–200
Gunnlaugsson, Sigmundur Davið, 105
Gutman, Howard, 145–46, 149–50
Haarde, Geir, 110
Hadley, Stephen, 29
Hagel, Chuck, 299
Haiti, 72, 111, 156, 316
Haiti earthquake, 23, 74–81, 336n14
Hajj, 116, 140–41
Hamas, 316
Hana Women’s Group, 166
Hannahan, Mike, 261–62
Hanoi, Vietnam, 204
Harare, Zimbabwe, 41
Hard Choices (H. Clinton), 295–96
hardship posts, 62, 252
Harper, Stephen, 46
Harry S Truman Building (Main State), 3
Havel, Václav, 145, 177–79, 302, 310
Head Over Heels (play), 177
health policy, 288, 316
Hejazis, 133–34
Helms, Jesse, 48
Hendrickson, Hank, 176
Heydrich, Reinhard, 178
Hezbollah, 71
Hidalgo, Juan Carlos, 96
higher education, 241–42, 268–69
Hill, Christopher, 29, 254–57, 265
Hines, Richard T., 248, 249
Hitz, Frederick, 32–33
HIV/AIDS, 150–52
Ho Chin Minh City, Vietnam, 205
Holbrooke, Richard, 314, 315
Holy See, 136–37
Homeland (television show), 289
homophobia, 151–52
Honduras, 71, 74, 89–101, 111, 313
H1N1 (swine flu) virus, 140
Hormats, Robert, 344n2
Horsey, Outerbridge, 10
Huckabee, Mike, 28
Hughes, Karen, 36–37, 57, 59–61, 293
human trafficking, 161, 166
“hunger banquets,” 63–64, 67
Hunt, Swanee, 292
Hurriyet, 37
Hussein, Saddam, 206, 251, 267, 269
Hussein, Uday, 206
ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization), 62
Iceland, 52, 72, 74, 101–11
iftar dinners, 64–66
Ignatieff, Michael, 46
Ignatius, David, 285–86
IIP (Bureau of International Information Programs), 56, 57
illegal drugs, 55
illegal dumping, 236
illegal logging, 202
illiteracy, 269–70
IMF (International Monetary Fund), 106, 110
imperialism, 156
India
border dispute with China, 123–25
Donyi Polo in, 113, 124
political corruption in, 153
State Department personnel in, 251, 278
wildlife in, 194–96, 198–200
women’s issues in, 300–301
IndiaIyan-Tama (Hamisu Lamido), 176
indigenous people, 142
Indonesia, 36, 59, 130–32, 201, 209, 278
Indyk, Martin, 286
Inner Line Permits, 124
Inter-American Development Bank, 92, 292
interfaith dialogues, 136–37
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), 62
International Committee of the Red Cross, 88
International Crisis Group, 57
International Fund for Animal Welfare, 193
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 106, 110
International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 22
International Religious Freedom Report, 22, 52–54, 135
International Republican Institute, 221
International Tiger Coalition, 200
International Visitor Leadership Program, 160, 266
International Women of Courage Award, 66, 159–67, 180, 299
International Women’s Day, 312
International Women’s Media Foundation, 57
Internet Freedom Initiative, 33
Iran
and anti-Americanism, 44
France and, 46
Kashgai people in, 126–28
missile defense and, 303
Nicaragua and, 155
Russia and, 304
travel warning for, 72
and Turkmenistan truck stops, 128–29
Yellow Dogs band from, 134–35
Zimbabwe and, 227
Iran nuclear deal, 286
Iraq, 251–81
anti-Americanism in, 49
approaches to diplomacy in, 277–81
Joe Biden and, 314
consequences of service in, 255
corruption in, 219
costs of serving in, 274–76
dissatisfaction of FSOs in, 252–54
forced assignments to, 251–52
foreign service women in, 297
FSOs volunteering for service in, 256
as hardship post, 62
Saddam Hussein’s exotic animals in, 206
and International Women of Courage award, 162
International Women of Courage award recipients from, 160
nation-building in, 254, 257
NATO and, 230
need for staffing in, 50
press coverage of FSOs in, 255
public diplomacy in, 258–67
U.S. mission in, 254–55
U.S. policy in, 37
war of ideas in, 267–74
and anti-Americanism, 38, 44
Canada and, 46
Czech Republic and, 249
France and, 46
Poland and, 308
and United States as “indispensable nation,” 310
Ireland, 136
Irrawaddy River, 82, 83, 203
irrigation wells, 199
Islam
and Hajj, 140–41
in Nigeria, 176
perceptions of United States “at war” with, 35–36
in Senegal, 138
Shia, 40, 127–28
in Southeast Asia, 116
Wahhabi, 133–34
Geert Wilders’ attack on, 174–75
Islamabad, Pakistan, 23
Islamic countries
anti-Americanism in, 40–41, 49–51
iftar dinners in, 64–66
pets in, 213–14
plight of women in, 180
Islamic fundamentalism, 135
Islamic State, 261, 276, 285
Israel, 55, 71, 72, 136–37, 318
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 285, 316
Istanbul, Turkey, 44
Italy, 4, 7, 63–64, 72, 105, 233–40
Ivanov, Nikola “the Beaver,” 219
Ivanov, Zlatomir “the Beret,” 219
ivory, 188, 189, 195
J. Walter Thompson (firm), 57
Jagland, Thorbjørn, 154
Jakarta, Indonesia, 209–10
Jamaica, 220
Jammeh, Yahya, 151–52
Japan, 74, 301
Japanese language, 254
Jaysh al-Mahdsi (JAM), 162
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 40, 50, 65, 72, 177
Jefferson, Thomas, 13, 35
Jehovah’s Witnesses, 137
Johnson, Joe, 51
Jones, James, 302
Jordan, 262
Ka’aba, 140–41
Kabul, Afghanistan, 160, 300
Kachin State (Burma), 203
Kaczynski, Lech, 302
Kaliningrad, Russia, 303–10
Kalousek, Miroslav, 231
Kamen, Al, 61
Karampour, Siavash, 135
Karenni people, 125
“Karen’s Rules,” 60
Kashgai people, 126–27
Kathmandu, Nepal, 117
Keating, Timothy, 85
Kédougou region (Senegal), 138
Keflavik Naval Air Station, 103
Keller, Bill, 4–5, 17
Kelly, Craig, 99
Kennan, George, 15–16
Kennard, William, 146
Kennedy, Edward, 15
Kennedy, Patrick, 58, 323
Kenya, 20–21, 207
Kerry, John, 59, 88–89
Khobar, Saudi Arabia, 40–41
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 127
Kirkuk, Iraq, 258
Kissinger, Henry, 15, 147, 310, 316, 318
“Kissinger question,” 147
knowledge gap, 297
Kohl, Helmut, 168
Kohut, Andrew, 39
Kolshorn, Peter, 74–75
Korean language, 254
Kornblum, John, 288
Kosovo, 40
Krasniy Yar, Russia, 117
krysha system, 243–45
Kubais, Jensila, 163
Kuno-Palpul sanctuary (India), 200
Kurdistan and Kurds, 172, 261, 267–68
Kuwait, 70
Kwalik, Kelly, 131
Kyiv, Ukraine, 222, 223
Kyrgyzstan, 47, 165
Labutta, Burma, 84
La Croix, 53
Lagos, Nigeria, 113
Lamido, Hamisu (Iyan-Tama), 176
land reform, 190
language proficiency, 51
Laos, 23, 138–39, 201
L’Aquila, Italy, 73
Latin America
and drug legalization in United States, 55
anti-Americanism in, 40, 42, 51
left-wing leaders in, 92, 93
legacy of coups in, 89, 90
U.S. corporate presence in, 132
Latvia, 152–53
Lavrov, Sergei, 305, 310
Lean In (Sandberg), 298
Leavitt, Michael, 158
Lebanon, 71
Lehman Brothers, 101
leopards, 185, 186, 201
LGBT rights, 316
Liberal Party (Canada), 46
Libeskind, Daniel, 263
Libya, 21, 155
Lieberman, Evelyn, 57
Lieberman, Joe, 28
lions, 198–200, 206
literacy, 269–70
Llorens, Hugo, 94–96
Lobo Sosa, Porfirio, 91, 94, 100
locally employed staff, 17–18
logging, illegal, 202
Loka Loka, Suriname, 118
Lokomotiv Plovdiv (team), 218
Lombardo, Antonio, 238
London, United Kingdom, 65
Long Telegram (Kennan), 15–16
Loomis, Burdett, 262
looting, 77
Louis, Michele, 77
Louisiana Purchase, 13
Lugar, Richard, 94
Lula da Silva, Luis Inácio, 92
Luzhkov, Yuri, 243–46
Lynch, Marc, 61
Ma, Yo-Yo, 263
Mack, Connie, 94
Madhya Pradesh state (India), 200
Mae Hong Son province (Thailand), 125
Mafia, 236, 238
Main State (Harry S Truman Building), 3
Makkah, Saudi Arabia, 213
Malaysia, 201, 208, 301
Mali, 138, 186, 196–97
Maliki, Nouri al-, 275, 276
Malta, 301
Managua, Nicaragua, 155–59
Manama, Bahrain, 40
Mandarin Chinese, 254
mandatory reporting, 20
Mandela, Nelson, 58, 149, 302
Mani, Hadizatou, 167
Manlobi, Suriname, 118
Manning, Chelsea, 6, 28, 33
Maoists, 194–95
Maputo, Mozambique, 318
Marie Claire, 298
Marie-Claude, Sister (Clauda Isaiah Naddaf), 166
Marinov, Krasimir “Big Margin,” 218–19
Marinov, Nikolay “Small Margin,” 218–19
Marowijne River, 119
Marsalis, Wynton, 263
Marshall Islands, 303
Mauritania, 44, 65
Mayawati, Kumari, 153
Mbeki, Thabo, 151
McConnell, Mitch, 28
McCormack, Sean, 60
McCourt, Frank, 263
McCurry, Michael, 46
McDonough, Denis, 285
McHale, Judith, 57, 61
Mead, Walter Russell, 262
Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 140–41
Medvedev, Dimitri, 148, 226, 245–46, 303–10, 304
Mercer, Rick, 43
Merkel, Angela, 148, 168, 288, 302
Merrill Lynch, 101
Metzner, Helmut, 170, 171
Mexico, 14–15, 19, 72, 91, 318
Meyerowitz, Joel, 263
Micheletti, Roberto, 90, 92, 94, 95, 97–100
Milan, Italy, 233
military procurements, 229–33
Mills, Cheryl, 287–88, 290–91
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) (France), 53
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) (Russia), 52
MINUSTAH, 76–77
“misrah” marriages, 177
missile defense, 301–10
Mitchell, George, 314, 315
Mohammed, Prophet, 174
Monde, Le, 5
Mons, Belgium, 146
Moody’s, 104
Morales, Evo, 92, 159
Morgan Stanley, 101
Mormons, 137–38
Morocco, 57
Moscow, Russia, 52, 121, 211, 243–46, 306
Mothers of Invention (band), 177–78
Mozambique, 193, 318
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 178
Mud House (Iraqi sitcom), 259–60
Mugabe, Robert, 22, 41, 149, 190, 194, 227
Mukoko, Jestina, 162–63
Mulroney, Brian, 46
Mumbai, India, 199
Munich Security Conference, 304
Murphy Report, 136
Murrow, Edward R., 68
Muslim countries, See Islamic countries
Muthanna, Iraq, 275
mutri culture, 217–18
MVD (Russia), 243–46
Myanmar, See Burma
My Year in Iraq (Bremer), 270
Naddaf, Clauda Isaiah (Sister Marie-Claude), 166
Nairobi, Kenya, 20–21
Najaf, Iraq, 271–72
Najat Shakir Munshid al-Hameedawi, 162
Nakaoka, Nozumu, 312
Namibia, 192, 193
Namibian Game Product Trust Fund, 193
Namugala, Catherine, 187
Naples, Italy, 233–35, 239
Narcotics Affairs Sections, 79
Nation, The, 60
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, 221
National Institutes of Health, 201
nationalism, 172–73
National League for Democracy, 81
National Security Council, 58
nation-building, 254, 257, 276
NATO, See North Atlantic Treaty Organization
natural disasters, 71–72
Cyclone Nargis, 82–89
Haiti earthquake, 71, 74–81
Nature Conservancy, 186
Nay Pyi Taw, Burma, 83
Nazif, Ahmed, 36
Nazi Germany, 48, 178
‘Ndrangheta, 237–39
Nepal, 117, 124, 185, 194–95, 201
Netherlands, 107, 174–75
Neumann, Ronald, 29
New Delhi, India, 300–301
New Economic School (Moscow), 45, 306
New Republic, 57, 94
Newseum, 33
New York Stock Exchange, 61
New York Times
Julian Assange in, 69
on Richard Hines, 249
on Honduras coup, 94
and Karen Hughes, 36
on NATO, 306–7
on Tadjibayeva case, 164
Wikileaks cables reporting in, 1–2, 4–5, 17, 26, 28, 33, 148
New York University, 177
NGOs, See nongovernmental organizations
Nicaragua, 42, 70, 90, 91, 92, 155–59, 227
Niger, 167, 186
Nigeria, 113–14, 176, 197–98, 203, 219, 318
Nightline, 57
Night Safari (Chiang Mai, Thailand), 206–9
Ninewa province (Iraq), 260
Nixon, Richard, 15
Njuka Maroons, 118
Nobel Committee, 154
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
and elections, 221
FSOs and, 18
and Palestine, 311
proliferation of, 316–17
reporting by, 55
Vital Voices Global Partnership and, 294
wildlife-focused, 185–86, 189, 192, 196–97, 199, 205, 207–9, 214–16
nonhardship posts, 252
No One Knows About Persian Cats (film), 135
Nordic Council of Ministers, 292
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Azerbaijan and, 176
Czech Republic and, 230, 309
Robert Gates’ speech to, 304
Germany and, 169
Iceland and, 103
New York Times on, 306–7
and post-Communist countries, 229
and Russia, 303
U.S. ambassador to, 146
U.S. Mission to, 63
Geert Wilders and, 175
Northern Distribution Network, 154
North Korea, 72, 165–66, 220, 309
North Rhine–Westphalia state (Germany), 154
Norway, 35–36, 106, 154
Nouakchott, Maruitania, 44
Nova Iguaçu state (Brazil), 203
NPR, 29
nursing mothers, 297–98
Nye, Joseph, 277
OAS (Organization of American States), 91, 92
Obama, Barack, and administration; See also Clinton, Hillary Rodham
and Albania, 206
and anti-Americanism, 49
and Arab Spring, 314
and Burma, 81
Cairo speech of, 129
Camp Lejeune speech of, 258
and donkey bloggers, 177
and European Council, 145
and Honduran coup, 93, 94, 97
and interfaith day of volunteer service, 65
and Kurdistan, 262
and missile defense, 305, 308–10
outsiders in, 286
and Russia, 45, 304, 306–9
and under secretaries, 57
George Soros and, 288
at state funerals, 302
Strasbourg town hall meeting of, 67–68
and U.S. world standing, 285
and Wikileaks release, 28, 31
Obama, Michele, 163
Obando y Bravo, Miguel, 158–59
Oddsson, Davið, 109
OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), 228–29
OES (Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs), 185
Office of Foreign Assets Control, 81
Office of Global Women’s Issues, 294–95
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 51
Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA), 257–58
official visits, 36
Ogilvy & Mather, 57
O’Grady, Mary Anastasia, 93–94
Okomu National Park (Nigeria), 114
OMB (Office of Management and Budget), 51
One Nation Under Lee (film), 175–76
OPA (Office of Provincial Affairs), 257–58
Open Secrets (Keller), 4
opium, 42
orangutans, 208–10
O’Reilly, Bill, 30
O’Reilly, Patrick, 307
organizational chart, State Department, 58
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 228–29
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), 62, 221, 224
Organization of American States (OAS), 91, 92
Organization of American States to the African Union, 221
Organization of the Islamic Conference, 141
organized crime, 189, 201–2, 218–19, 220, 233–40
organ transplant tourism, 48
Ortega, Daniel, 90, 92, 93, 155–59
OSCE, See Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Oslo, Norway, 35–36
Ottawa, Canada, 43
Otunbayeva, Roza, 165
Oudomxay province (Laos), 138
Ozomatli, 66
PA (Bureau of Public Affairs), 56–57
Pact (relief organization), 88
Padaung people, 125–26
Pais, El, 5
Pakistan, 15, 39, 49, 62, 71, 297, 298, 314
Palermo, Italy, 239
Palestine, 41, 285, 311, 316
Pamuk, Orhan, 172–74
panchayat, 124
pandas, 205
PAOs (Public Affairs Officers), 63
Papua New Guinea, 130–32
Paraguay, 63, 91
Paramaribo, Suriname, 66, 118–19
Parkanová, Vlasta, 231
parrots, 203
Paul, Ron, 28
PBS NewHour, 29, 193
Peace Corps, 18, 41
People’s Action Party (Singapore), 176
People’s Party (Latvia), 152
PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), 22
Perot, Ross, 27
Perry, Rick, 30
Perry, William, 302
personalities, 148
Peru, 70, 119
Petraeus, David, 254
Petrov, Aleksi “the Tractor,” 219
pets, 210–14
Pew Research Center Global Attitudes Project, 38–39, 331n8
Philippines, 72, 318
Picathartes oreas, 113
Pickering, Thomas, 16–17, 58
Pinckney, Charles, 13
pink form, 11
Pius XII, Pope, 137
PKK, 44
Plastic People of the Universe (band), 178
PLP (Progressive Liberal Party) (Bahamas), 228
Plze
, Czech Republic, 241
poaching, 186–91, 193, 195, 196, 198, 199, 203–5
Poland, 44, 232, 301–5, 307–9
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 23
post-Communist countries, 229, 233, 293
posttraumatic stress, 255
Potemkin villages, 242–43
Powell, Colin, 253, 284, 318
Pozzuoli, Italy, 236
Praga (company), 232
Prague, Czech Republic, 9–10, 178, 230, 231, 304
Prague Castle, 178
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), 22
President’s Interagency Council of Women, 295
press corps, 255
Préval, René, 78
procurement scandals, 228–33
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) (Bahamas), 228
Progressive Party (Iceland), 106
propaganda, 48
“protected” wildlife, 186–88
Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs), 253, 257–61, 269–71, 275, 276
proxy voting, 225
Public Affairs Officers (PAOs), 63
public diplomacy, 322–23
and anti-Americanism, 35–37, 47–51, 66–70
and disconnects between Washington and the field, 56–62
domestic support for, 38
funding for, 66
in Iraq, 258–67
programs/events related to, 63–66
role of Public Affairs Officer in, 63
and “soft power” programs, 37–38
public tenders, 229
public works projects, 220
Putin, Vladimir, 30, 45, 106, 148, 220, 222, 226, 302–10
Qahtani, Sheikh al-, 41
Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), 286, 317–19
Quainton, Anthony, 69–70
Quayle, Dan, 169
Quraishi, Shafiqa, 161
Qur’an, 141, 151, 174, 213
racism, 154
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 49, 176
Radio Marti, 49
Rahmon, Emomali, 153–54, 240–41
Ramadan, 64, 65
Ramallah, 311
Rangoon, Burma, 84, 86, 139–40, 183
Rasht Valley, 122
rating agencies, 104
Reagan, Ronald, and administration, 155
recycling, of expired products, 235–36
redacted information, 5
refugee camps, 78
Reines, Phillippe, 287
Reinke, David K., 193
religion, 135–36; See also specific religions
religious minorities, 137–40
in Burma, 139–40
in China, 137–38
in Germany, 137
in Laos, 138–39
in Russia, 137
in Senegal, 138
in Thailand, 139
religious police (Saudi Arabia), 213
remote locales, 113–32
Azerbaijan-Iran border, 126–28
in former Soviet republics, 121–23
Hejaz province (Saudi Arabia), 133–34
in Latin America, 119–20
Mae Hong Son province (Thailand), 125–26
Papua New Guinea, 130–32
Sino-India border, 123–25
in Suriname, 118–19
traveling to, 116–17
Turkmenistan truck stops, 128–29
Xilin, China, 117–18
reporting, 20–24, 36
congressionally mandated reports, 52–56
on Vital Voices programs, 294
Restrepo, Daniel, 99
Revolutionary Guard, 127
Reykjavik, Iceland, 52, 103
rhinoceros, 186, 191–95, 193–95
Rice, Condoleezza
academic background, 284
and International Women of Courage Award, 159, 299
and “Karen’s Rules,” 60
as manager, 287
and missile defense, 303, 304
on State Department personnel in Germany vs. India, 251
and transformational diplomacy, 21
transformational diplomacy of, 277–80
unpopularity of, among FSOs, 253
Rice, Susan, 21
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 36, 50, 66, 213
Rodriguez, Oscar Andrew, 92
Roghun (hydroelectric dam), 240–41
Rohingya people, 285
Rolling Stone, 135
Roma people, 53, 236
Rome, Italy, 63, 233
Rugh, William, 50
Rusbridger, Alan, 5
Russia
and anti-Americanism, 44–45
Joe Biden on, 288
corruption in, 220, 226–27, 243–46
and Georgia, 121
and Greece, 38
and Iceland, 103, 106, 108–9
and International Religious Freedom Report, 52–53
Krasniy Yar site in, 117
and missile defense, 303–10
pets in, 211
religious repression in, 137
and Tajikistan, 42
and Ukraine, 34, 222, 223
wildlife in, 185, 201
Russia-Georgia war, 71
Russian “reset,” 44, 239–40, 285, 286, 303–7, 309, 310
Rüttgers, Jürgen, 154
Ryan Report, 136
Ryazan, Russia, 226–27
Saakashvili, Mikheil, 224
Safari World (Bangkok, Thailand), 208–10
Safire, William, 352n20
Saint Petersburg, Russia, 121
Salerno–Reggio Calabria highway, 237
Salih, Barham, 265
Sandberg, Sheryl, 298
Sanders, Bernie, 290
Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), 155–57, 159
Sandino, Augusto, 159
Sanger, David, 17
San Jose Accords, 97
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 302
SARS, 204, 212
Saudi Arabia
anti-Americanism in, 40–41
artistic license in, 177
flooding in, 72
and Hajj, 140–41
Hejazis in, 133–34
Karen Hughes in, 36, 59, 293
pets in, 213–14
public affairs efforts in, 262
public diplomacy in, 50–51, 65, 66
Save the Children, 88
Save the Valley Conservancy (SVC), 194
Scandinavian countries, 220
Schmidt, Helmut, 168
Schröder, Gerhard, 168
Schwarzenberg, Karel, 304, 305
Scientology, 54, 137
SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility), 10
search-and-rescue operations, 80
secrecy, 13, 24–27
security threat, corruption as, 249–50
security upgrades, 21
Senate confirmation hearings, 22
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 19
Senegal, 138
Senior Coordinator for International Women’s Issues, 294
Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), 10
separation of church and state, 55
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, 38, 40, 49
Serbia, 40
Seventh-Day Adventists, 139
sex abuse scandals, Catholic Church, 136
sexual trafficking, 166
SFA (Strategic Framework Agreement), 263–64
Shanghai, China, 137–38, 301
Shannon, Thomas, 99
sheikhs, 275–76
Shia Islam, 40, 127, 128
Shinawatra, Thaksin, 207, 208
Shultz, George, 25, 284, 318
Siberian cranes, 183
Sichuan, China, 73
Siddiqui, Aziza, 160
Sigonella, Italy, 234
Sigurdsson, Gretar Mar, 110
Sikorski, Radoslaw, 303
Singapore, 86, 175–76, 207
Sino-Indian War, 124
Sister Cities International, 271
situation reports (sitreps), 23, 76, 329
Skarphédinsson, Össur, 106
Slate, 17
Slaughter, Anne-Marie, 298–99
slavery, 167
Slovak Atlantic Council, 307
Slovakia, 178, 226, 229, 235, 247–48, 307, 309
Slovak National Party (SNS), 229
Small Business Development Center, 271
smart power, 277, 287, 317
Smith-Mundt Act of 1948, 48
Smithsonian National Zoo, 192
Snowden, Edward, 34
SNS (Slovak National Party), 229
Sobaihi, Maisah, 177
soccer, 218
Sochi Winter Olympics, 220
Social Democratic Party (Germany), 154, 168
Social Democratic Party (Kyrgyzstan), 165
social media, 272–73, 310–11
Sofia, Bulgaria, 217–18, 217–19
soft power, 37–38, 277
Soir, Le (Belgium), 146
Somalia, 202, 220
Somoza, Anastasio, 155
Sonenshine, Tara, 57
Soros, George, 288
“Sources of Soviet Conduct, The” (Kennan), 16
South Africa, 150–51, 192, 278
South Ossetia, 121, 155
Spain, 105
Special 301 Report, 22
Spiegel, Der, 5
Sri Lanka, 160, 163
Stalin, Joseph, 243
Standard & Poor’s, 104
START treaty, 308–10
State Department, See U.S. Department of State
State Department inspector general, 23
State Department travel warnings, 72
STE (Supreme Electoral Tribunal) (Honduras), 100
Steinmeier, Frank-Walter, 154
Stengel, Richard, 57–58
Stephens, Kathleen, 57–58, 165
Stevens, J. Christopher, 21
Steyr, 230, 231
Stinnett, Caskie, 17
Stoelmanseiland, Suriname, 118
storks, 203
Strasbourg, France, 67
Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA), 263–64
stray animals, 211
subgroups, 37
Submission (film), 174
Sucre, Bolivia, 119
Suharto, 130
Sullivan, Jake, 288
Sumatra, 208
Sunday Times (Johannesburg), 150, 151
Supreme Electoral Tribunal (STE) (Honduras), 100
Suriname, 66, 117–19
Suthep-Pui National Park (Thailand), 208
Sutton, Willie, 230
SVC (Save the Valley Conservancy), 194
Svoboda, Jan, 178
Sweden, 106, 172
swine flu virus, 140
Switzerland, 47
Syria, 72, 166–67, 285, 314
Tadjibayeva, Mutabar, 164–65, 180
Tahrir Square, 314
Taiwan, 159
Tajikistan, 41–42, 116, 122–23, 153–54, 240–41
Taliban, 54
“Talking to Americans” (feature), 43
Tanden, Neera, 288
Tanzania, 187
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, 188
Tapanahoni River, 119
Tarimo, Erasmus, 188
Tatra, 231–33
Tauscher, Ellen, 307
technology, 14
Tel Aviv, Israel, 318
telegrams, 12–16
Terex, 231
terrorism, 44, 55, 162, 220–21
Thailand, 71, 86, 116, 125, 139–40, 185, 201, 206–9, 311
Thanksgiving, 63
Than Shwe, 84, 85, 87, 139
Thatcher, Margaret, 302
Thein Sein, 81, 85
Thessaloniki, Greece, 64–65
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (television show), 43
Thomas, Harry K., Jr., 251, 252
tigers, 200–201, 204
tiger wine, 183, 184
Time magazine, 17, 58
Timeout Moscow (magazine), 173
Tinguá Natural Reserve, 203
Tirana, Albania, 206
Topolánek, Mirek, 53
Toronto, Canada, 46
torture, 54, 162, 163
Toto, 66
Trafficking in Persons Report, 22, 55
transformational diplomacy, 21, 277–80, 287
Transparency International, 153, 219–20, 244
travel warnings, State Department, 72
Triple Canopy, 131
truck stops (Turkmenistan), 128–29
Truman, Harry S, 316
Tshabalala-Msimang, Manto, 150
Tsintsiya (film), 176
Turkey
anti-Americanism in, 38, 44, 332n8
Hillary Clinton in, 312
Karen Hughes in, 36–37, 59, 293
nationalism and free speech in, 172–74
public affairs efforts in, 262
Turkmenistan, 122, 128–29, 210, 242
Tutweiler, Margaret, 57, 61
TV Martí, 49
Tymoshenko, Yulia, 222
UK Independence Party, 147
Ukraine, 222–24, 247–48, 309
under secretaries, 57–59, 58
for Political Affairs, 58–59
for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, 56, 59–61
UN Development Programme (UNDP), 76, 335n2
unemployment, 72, 235
UNESCO, 63, 194
UNHCR, 126
United Fruit, 132
United Kingdom (UK), 12, 45–46, 55, 64, 65, 107, 147
United Nations (UN); See also World Food Programme (WFP)
and Beijing Platform for Action, 295
and global financial crisis, 109
and Haiti, 76, 156
and Honduras coup, 91
and Iraq War, 253, 263
Colin Powell at, 253
spying on, 32
U.S. representation at, 62, 63
and Vital Voices Democracy Initiative, 292
and wildlife conservation, 185, 207
United Nations Climate Change Conference (Copenhagen), 146
United States; See also anti-Americanism
Madeleine Albright on, 310
Julian Assange on, 69
James Baker on doing business with, 178
on Corruption Perceptions Index, 220
motivation for other countries to deal with, 31
values vs. interests of, 179–81
and World War I, 15
University of Kurdistan–Hawker, 261
University of Massachusetts (Amherst), 261
Uribe, Álvaro, 158
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
and Burma, 85
Hillary Clinton’s policy goals and, 316
and ecotourism, 120
and Expo Najaf, 271
Food for Peace program, 79
and Haiti earthquake, 336n14
and Iraq, 276
State Department and, 17, 58
and wildlife conservation, 197
U.S. Congress, 22, 28, 38, 61, 228, 248, 249, 317, 318
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 17, 59
U.S. Department of Commerce, 17, 59
U.S. Department of Defense, 59, 197
U.S. Department of Energy, 59
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 237
U.S. Department of Justice, 33, 247
U.S. Department of State
changes in security procedures, 11
directed assignments by, 251–52
dissent channel of, 15
foreign service officers of, 17–19
organizational chart published by, 58
public criticism of, 30
USIA and, 48–49
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 192, 193, 195, 197
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 62
U.S. Great Apes Conservation Fund, 197
U.S. Humane Society, 193
U.S. Information Agency (USIA), 47–49, 58, 61, 68
U.S. Institute of Peace, 57, 315
U.S. Navy, 79
U.S. News and World Report, 57
U.S. Supreme Court, 262
U.S. Treasury Department, 107
USAID, See U.S. Agency for International Development
USEU Mission, 300
USIA, See U.S. Information Agency
U.S.–Middle East Partnership Initiative, 266
USS Carl Vinson, 79–80
USS Comfort, 79–80
Uttar Pradesh state (India), 153
Uzbekistan, 122, 128, 164, 224–26
Van Daele, Frans, 145, 146
Van Gogh, Theo, 174, 175
Van Rompuy, Herman, 145–48, 150
Vatican City, 63, 136–37, 233
Velvet Revolution, 177
Venezuela, 40, 90, 91, 92, 94, 98, 227, 313; See also Chávez, Hugo
Verhofstadt, Guy, 148
Veron, Marita, 161
Veron, Susana Trimarco de, 161
Vershbow, Alexander, 307
Verveer, Melanne, 295
Vienna, Austria, 292
Vietnam, 201, 204–5, 208–9
visas, 266–67
visionaries, 149
Vital Voices Democracy Initiative, 292
Vital Voices Global Partnership, 292–95
Vladivostok, Russia, 117, 201
Voice of America, 49
Vondra, Alexandr, 309
vote buying, 228
Wahhabi Islam, 133–34
Walesa, Lech, 310
Wall Street Journal, 93
Warsaw, Poland, 301–5
Washington, D.C., 115
Washington Post, 5, 36, 60, 61, 285
Wasit province (Iraq), 259
waste disposal, illegal, 236
Webb, Jim, 88–89
Weisbrot, Mark, 94
WEN (ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network), 208
Western Europe, 19
Westerwelle, Guido, 168–71, 180–81
West Side Story (film), 176
WFP (World Food Programme), 79, 85
White Oak Conservation Center, 192
WHO (World Health Organization), 236, 335n3
“Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” (Slaughter), 298–99
WikiLeaks, 4, 6
WikiLeaks cables, 1–7
precursors to release of, 14
titles of, 329
Wilbert, Jacque, 77
Wilders, Geert, 174–75
wildlife, 183–215
big cats, 198–202
birds, 202–4
elephants, 195–97
as food, 204–5
great apes, 197–98
hunting of, 188–204
and NGOs, 214–16
and pets, 210–14
“protected,” 186–88
rhinos, 193–95
Zimbabwe, 189–91
in zoos, 205–10
wildlife smuggling, 203–5; See also poaching
Williamson, Richard, 137
Wilson, Woodrow, 30
Wisin and Yandel, 66
Wolfe, Tom, 66, 263
Women of Courage Award, See International Women of Courage Award
Women’s Federation (China), 301
World Air Leasing, 248
World Bank, 88, 92, 197, 200, 220, 292
World Cup, 218
World Food Programme (WFP), 79, 85
World Food Summit, 335n3
World Health Organization (WHO), 236, 335n3
World War I, 14–15
World War II, 308
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), 195, 201, 202
Wotton, Henry, 16
W.R. Grace, 132
writers, diplomats as, 17, 18
WWF, See World Wildlife Fund
Xiamen, China, 247
Xilin, China, 116–18
Ya’an Panda Breeding Center, 205
Yad Vashem, 136–37
Yanukovych, Viktor, 222–23
Yellow Dogs (band), 134–35
Yezidis, 261
Young Leaders Exchange program, 266
YouTube, 136, 148, 176, 246, 272–73
Zagreb, Croatia, 202
Zahari, Said, 175–76
Zahari’s 17 Years (film), 175
Zakaria, Fareed, 17, 26
Zaman (Turkish daily), 312
Zambia, 187–88
Zappa, Frank, 145, 177–78
Zatlers, Valdis, 153
zebras, 191
Zelaya, Manuel, 90–100
Zeller, Shawn, 60
Zhirinovskiy, Vladimir, 245
Zimbabwe, 22, 40, 41, 68, 149, 160, 162–63, 189–91, 193–94, 227
Zimbabwe Peace Project, 162–63
Zimmermann, Arthur, 14
Zimmermann Telegram, 14
Zing, Tajikistan, 123
Zogby polls, 38
zoos, 205–10