Abbas, Mahmoud (Abu Mazen):
as Arafat’s successor, 309, 472
and cease-fire, 482–83
Chris Stevens remembered by, 406
and Goldstone Report, 318
and Palestinian statehood, 311, 326, 328, 482–83
and peace process, 301–2, 309–11, 312, 313, 316, 318–19, 322, 323–28
and settlement construction, 316, 318, 319, 328
Abbaszadeh, Nima, 599
Abdelfattah, Ragaei Said, 384
Abdullah, King of Saudi Arabia, 314, 315, 334, 353–54, 453
Abdullah II, King of Jordan, 323, 333, 350–51
Abe, Shinzo, 571
Abedin, Huma, 2, 11, 15, 49, 348–49, 354, 355, 597
Abedin, Saleha, 354
Aboul Gheit, Ahmed, 341–42, 344
Acheson, Eldie, 20
Action Group on Syria, 457–59
Adams, Dave, 599
Adams, Gerry, 224
Adams, Henry, 13
Adams, Tom, 599
Adler, Caroline, 598
Afghan High Peace Council, 168
Afghanistan:
and al Qaeda, 146, 148, 153, 175, 188, 461
Bush Administration focus on, 43, 132, 137, 142
Coalition forces in, 159, 199, 374
COIN in, 138
Constitution of, 151, 152, 153, 158, 167
economic development in, 149, 155–56, 167
ending war in, 150–51, 162, 164–67
geography of, 130
international conferences on, 153, 166
international contact group in, 140
nation-building in, 138
NATO forces in, 133, 140, 159, 198, 213, 422
Northern Alliance in, 131, 154
Northern Distribution Network, 237–39
Pakistani border with, 131–32, 146, 155–56, 171, 198, 199, 233, 237
Soviet withdrawal from (1989), 21, 131, 147, 178, 186, 233, 461, 537
Special Operations in, 193
supply lines to, 231, 233, 237–39, 243
Taliban in, 130–32, 133, 138, 141, 143, 145, 148, 152, 153–55, 163–64, 175, 537
trade with Pakistan, 155–58
training local soldiers in, 462, 463
transition in, 45, 145, 147, 159, 166, 167
troops coming home from, 148–49, 199, 237
troop surges in, 129–30, 131–35, 138, 140, 147, 153, 159
USAID in, 141
U.S.–led invasion of, 131, 175
U.S. security interests in, 137
war in, 25, 73, 129, 142, 145, 147, 150–51, 156, 162, 164–67, 364
women’s rights sought in, 152–53, 158, 562, 569
Afghan National Security Forces, 132, 146, 166
AFL-CIO, 517
Af-Pak, 132; see also Afghanistan; Pakistan
Africa, 269–99
agriculture in, 278–79
conflict and chaos in, 279
corruption in, 272, 276, 277, 281
economic growth in, 269–70
natural resources in, 270–71
U.S. relationship with, 269–72, 277–78
wildlife trafficking in, 467, 468, 469
women’s work in, 568
see also specific nations
African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), 276
African Union, 200, 271, 272, 296
and South Sudan, 283
surveillance drones of, 289
Agha-Soltan, Neda, 548
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, 419, 421, 422, 424, 428, 431, 441, 442, 580
Aiken, Monique, 600
Ai Weiwei, 63
Akihito, Emperor of Japan, 47
Alaska:
and global warming, 502, 503, 506
purchase of, 14
Albright, Madeleine, 31, 55, 63, 68, 104, 419, 560, 567
Ali, Nujood, 336
Aliyev, Ilham, 240
Alliance of Small Island States, 497
Al-Nahyan, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, 335
Al-Nahyan, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ), 357, 358–59, 368, 373, 376
and Afghanistan, 146, 148, 153, 175, 188, 461
counterterrorism against, 188–90
drone strikes against, 183–84
and Islamist extremists, 473
kidnapping for ransom, 200
in Pakistan, 138, 148, 164, 171, 183, 186–87
and propaganda, 201
and September 11 attacks, 132, 148, 163, 171, 172–74, 175, 183, 197
and “Sunni Awakening,” 136
and Taliban, 131, 151, 158, 163, 164
U.S. embassies bombed (1998) by, 131, 171, 383, 406
U.S. intelligence about, 199
Al Shabaab, 175, 199, 278, 286–89, 290, 467
al-Zawahiri, Ayman, 200
Amado, Luís, 372
Amendolara, Paula, 598
American Airlines, 516
American Israel Public Affairs Committee, 320
Americans with Disabilities Act, 560
Amr, Mohamed, 477–78, 484, 486
Annan, Kofi, 447, 452, 454–59, 470
APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), 44, 112, 243
Aquino, Benigno III, 60
Arab Human Development Report, 332
Arab-Israeli War (1948), 325
Arab League, 314
and Libya, 213, 357, 367–68, 370, 371, 376
Arab Peace Initiative (2002), 314, 315
Arab Spring, 49, 121, 200, 227, 272, 331–62, 472, 475
and Persian Gulf nations, 351–60
protests in Egypt, 338, 339–46, 347–49, 355, 364, 386
protests in Tunisia, 334, 337, 338, 355, 360, 364
and transitions to democracy, 360–62
U.S. policy debates in, 339, 360
Arafat, Yasser, 303, 304, 309, 311, 312, 324, 338, 472, 482
Arctic Circle:
protection of, 503
Arctic Council, 502–3
Arias, Óscar, 266–67
Aris, Michael, 103
Armenia:
independence of, 219
and Turkey, 218–20
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), 44, 46, 52, 76, 78, 121
U.S.–ASEAN Leaders Meeting, 113
ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, 113
Ashton, Cathy, 222–23, 241, 483
Asia-Pacific region:
and democracy, 60, 62, 63–64, 99
India’s role in, 59–60
nationalism in, 111–12
pivot in, 39, 45–64, 79, 99, 112, 121
territorial disputes in, 74–76, 78–79
U.S. leadership role in, 43–44, 46, 52, 60, 61, 67, 73, 79
see also specific nations
Asia Society, New York, 46–47, 70, 163–64, 166
Aso, Taro, 48
Assad, Bashar al-, 470, 472, 546
and Arab League, 449–50
and chemical weapons, 465–66, 469
Iranian support for, 442, 453, 460
Russian support for, 236, 243, 449, 450–51, 455, 459–61
street protests against, 447–48, 450–52
and transition, 453, 454, 455, 456, 458–59, 461–62, 463
Assange, Julian, 552
Astor, Jacob and Ava, 81
Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal, 214, 215
Aung San, 102–3, 104, 105, 109, 119
and China, 43
U.S. alliance with, 44
Bader, Jeff, 45
Baer, Dan, 549, 579, 580, 582, 598
Bagley, Elizabeth, 599
Bahrain, 351, 352, 373, 434, 442
and Arab Spring, 355–60
and Qatar, 476
Balenger, De’Ara, 598
Balkans, 220–23, 240, 369, 374
Ballou-Aares, Daniella, 599
Banda, Joyce, 279
Bangladesh:
and climate change, 501
technology in, 546
worker rights in, 519–20
Ban Ki-moon, 457, 458, 464, 540
Barak, Ehud, 81, 304, 318, 321, 327, 472, 476
Barnett, Bob, 598
Barnich, Terry, 384
Barr, Joyce, 599
Barroso, José Manuel, 500
Bartholomew, Patriarch, 217
Barton, Rick, 599
Bash, Jeremy, 598
Bashe, Philip, 598
Bashir, Omar al-, 271
Bass, John, 599
Bayh, Evan, 134
BBC World Service, 108
Beale, Courtney, 599
Beauvoir, Max, 528–29
Bedouin tribes, in Sinai, 473
Begin, Menachem, 323
Bellerive, Jean-Max, 536
Ben Ali, Zine el Abidine, 334, 338, 346, 361, 368, 555
Benghazi, see Libya
Benaim, Dan, 598
Bergdahl, Bowe, 158
Berlin Wall, fall of, 206
Berlusconi, Silvio, 373–74, 554
Daughter of Destiny, 177
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali, 177
Biden, Joe, 55, 192, 196, 444, 600
and Afghanistan, 129, 130, 138, 146
and Middle East, 319–20, 340, 341, 405, 433
and Vice Presidency, 10, 22–23
Bildt, Carl, 552
bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Prince Saud al-Faisal, 352, 353, 358, 452, 453
bin Laden, Osama:
CIA’s location of, 191–92, 195
death of, 164, 165, 196–97, 199
and drone strikes, 183
SEAL operation against, 170–71, 193–97
search for, 131, 171, 174, 187, 191, 195
and September 11 attacks, 171, 174, 351
Bishop, Christopher, 599
Blair, Tony, 30, 207, 208, 323, 329, 483
Blake, Bob, 599
Blanc, Jarrett, 598
Boehner, John, 94
Boeing Aviation, 516
Bolkiah, Sultan Hassanal, 592
Bombardier, 516
Borisov, Boyko, 212–13
Bosnia, 138, 150, 164, 213, 220–21
Boswell, Eric, 599
Botswana, 277
Bouazizi, Mohamed, 334
Bouteflika, Abdelaziz, 508
Boxer, Barbara, 279
Brazil:
biofuels in, 255
and climate change, 495, 498, 499
economic growth in, 255, 259–61, 430, 495
financial crisis in, 247
and Iran, 427–33
middle class in, 526
Brimmer, Esther, 599
Britain, see United Kingdom
Brothers to the Rescue, 258
Brown, Gordon, 207–8, 223, 425, 498, 500
Brownfield, Bill, 599
Bryson, John, 512
Burk, Susan, 599
Burma, 101–26
and democracy, 60–61, 80, 102, 104, 112, 114, 117, 122, 125–26
foreign investment in, 124
geography of, 103
government reforms in, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 121, 123–24
Hillary Clinton’s travel to, 114–21, 591, 592
and India, 116
Irrawaddy River in, 110–12
Myitsone Dam project in, 110–12
nationalism in, 111
and North Korea, 104, 107, 120
President Obama’s visit to, 124–25
progress in, 79–80, 121–22, 123–24, 126
religious discrimination in, 575
sanctions against, 105, 109, 112
U.S. relationship with, 108, 109–10, 121–22
in World War II, 103–4
Burns, Bill, 598
and Gaza cease-fire, 477
and Iran, 425, 426, 436, 442, 444
and Russia, 231
Bush, George H. W., 3, 286, 315, 535
Bush, George W., 184, 228, 297
and Afghanistan, 43, 132, 137, 142
and compassionate conservatism, 537
and Haiti, 540
and September 11 attacks, 173
Bush Administration (W.), 24, 41, 131–32, 139, 433, 573
and development programs, 537
Iraq as focus of, 43, 131, 134–35, 148, 205, 207, 419, 424, 425
and Latin America, 247–48, 250, 253, 254
and “Pathways to Prosperity,” 254
and terrorism, 131, 174–75, 178, 419
Bush Doctrine, 25
Byrd, Robert, 173
Cairo (dog), 193
Calderón, Felipe, 247, 249–50, 252
Cambodia:
Hillary Clinton’s visit to, 61
human trafficking in, 517–18
restrictions in, 61
working conditions in, 517
Cameroon, 577
and Burma, 108, 109, 114, 118, 123, 124–25
and Chen, 86, 87–88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94–97, 99, 100
Campbell, Piper, 599
Camp David Accords, 338
Canada:
and electricity, 256
and NATO, 211
and Pacific Alliance, 254
Caplan, Ffej, 598
Cardoso, Fernando Henrique, 255, 260, 261
Carson, Johnnie, 273, 279–80, 287, 288, 598
Carter, Ashton, 411
Carter, Philip, 599
Carter, Rosalynn, 10
Caspian Sea, natural gas in, 240–41
Castro, Fidel, 257, 258, 262, 264, 265
Castro, Raul, 258, 262, 264, 265
Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, 189, 200
Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 541
Central African Republic, coup in, 272
Chavez, Hugo, 257, 258–59, 263–64
Chechnya, 229
Chemical Weapons Convention (1993), 466
Chen Guangcheng, 79, 83–100, 480
Chiang Kai-shek, 96
Children’s Defense Fund, 3, 559–60, 563
Chile:
and Cuba, 261–62
democracy in, 261
earthquake in, 544
economic growth in, 255
and electricity, 256
and Pacific Alliance, 254
China, 65–82
and AIDS, 69
antidemocratic movement in, 63
antipollution protests in, 111
and Arctic research, 503
assertiveness of, 73–74, 78–80
and climate change, 491–92, 494–95, 496, 498, 499, 500, 504–5
demographic crisis in, 550
economic growth of, 495, 508, 513, 521
Hillary Clinton’s travel to, 66–73, 432
investments in developing nations, 537–38
investments in U.S., 514
and Iran, 424–25, 427–29, 431, 433, 440
labor issues in, 519
and Laos, 61
and Libya, 370
middle class in, 526
National Museum, 96
Nixon in, 65, 68, 69, 93, 121, 313
and North Korea, 54, 55, 56, 58
and pollution, 504–5
postal laws of, 511–12
religious discrimination in, 575
rise of, 42, 47, 52, 60, 64, 67, 70, 73, 94, 100
and South China Sea, 74–76, 78–79, 113–14
sovereignty of, 88
state capitalism in, 510, 512–13
Strategic and Economic Dialogue with, 72–73, 75–76, 84–85, 89, 92, 93–94, 97, 99
and Tibet, 68
trade with, 42–44, 510, 511–12, 513, 515
USA Pavilion in, 71
U.S. relationship with, 46, 47, 65–66, 68, 72–73, 80, 88, 92, 95, 97–100, 432, 554
U.S. students in, 97
and women’s rights, 66, 68–69, 104
Christopher, Warren M., 23, 31, 41
Churchill, Winston, 228
CIA:
and Benghazi attacks, 382, 389–92, 395–98, 404, 409, 413
and counterterrorism, 184, 187–90
officers’ deaths in line of duty, 187–88
Clark, Wesley, 367
Climate Action Plan, 505
Climate and Clean Air Coalition, 500–501
climate change, 491–506
cap-and-trade, 493–94
and consumption levels, 526
Copenhagen conference on (2009), 491–92, 494, 496–500, 504, 506
denying, 504
and emerging powers, 495, 496, 498
and energy generation, 504–5
and greenhouse gas emissions, 521
and island nations, 496, 497, 506
Paris conference (2015), 505
and quality of life, 526
and rising sea levels, 497
super pollutants, 500–501, 504–5
U.S. leadership in, 496–98, 504, 505–6
Clinton, Bill, 600
and Africa, 276, 277, 286, 292, 297
and “building back better,” 535–36
and campaigns, 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 47, 591–92
and Colombia, 253
and development programs, 535–36, 537
and Haiti, 540
and Holbrooke, 162
and Hillary Clinton’s speeches, 5, 6
and Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, 16, 34
and Hurricane Katrina, 3
and Kyoto Accord, 494
and McGovern campaign (1972), 249
and Middle East, 302–3, 304, 329, 338
and national security, 137
and Northern Ireland, 224–25
and North Korea, 55–56
reelection of, 187
and September 11 attacks, 173
statue in Kosovo, 222
and Suu Kyi, 105
and Vietnam, 77
wedding of Hillary Clinton and, 80
Clinton, Chelsea, 6, 9, 16, 58, 66, 173, 467, 600
gay rights speech of, 586
work ethic of, 525
Clinton, Hillary Rodham:
“America’s Pacific Century,” 45–46
and Democratic Conventions, 9, 10–11, 591–92
as First Lady, 10, 27, 39, 49, 131, 137, 138, 152, 176, 177, 260, 303, 560–62, 563
and Gaza cease-fire, 471, 478–87
and grandparenthood, 595
in individual negotiations, see specific names
major speeches by, see Clinton, Hillary Rodham, speeches
and McGovern campaign (1972), 249
and nuclear arms treaty, 234–35
and presidential races (2008), 3–5, 8–9, 42; (2016), 595–96
and primaries (2008), 1–2, 3–4, 5–7, 8, 10, 15, 420
as Secretary of State, see Secretary of State, U.S.
as Senator, 3, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 39, 42, 131, 136, 137, 143, 152, 172, 174, 420, 551
and September 11 attacks, 172–74
travels of, see specific nations
wedding of Bill and, 80
and wildlife trafficking, 467, 468–69
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, speeches:
on Afghan peace prospects, 162–64, 166
in Africa, 272, 273–74, 277, 296
at Asia Society, 46–47, 70, 163–64, 166
on Benghazi attack, 400, 412–13
on counterterrorism, 200
on democracy, 575
“Globalization into the Next Millennium,” 519
on internet freedom, 556–57
on Israel/Palestine, 320–21, 329
on Latin America, 254–55
on LGBT, 579–84
on Middle East challenges, 337, 360, 434
at Munich Security Conference, 344–45
in Northern Ireland, 225
to primary campaign staff (2008), 5–7
at World Conference on Women, Beijing, 560–62, 581, 583
at World Economic Forum, Davos (1998), 49
Clinton Administration:
and al Qaeda, 131
economic plan of, 187
and gun control, 250
and Latin America, 247, 252–53, 258
and NATO, 211
and North Korea, 53
see also Clinton, Bill
Clinton Foundation, 16, 253, 467, 584–85
Clinton Global Initiative, 16, 285, 524, 584
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), 290–91, 292
Cohen, David, 439
Cohen, Jared, 548
Cold War, 32, 85, 163, 214, 231, 262, 340, 417, 420, 449, 565
domino theory in, 267
end of, 206, 207, 211, 213, 537
ideological struggle of, 559
nonaligned movement in, 440
Coleman, Claire, 599
Colombia, 252–53
mass transit in, 255
and Pacific Alliance, 254
and pollution, 501
trade agreement with, 254, 515
Community of Democracies, 63
Congo (DRC), 279–82
Congress, U.S.:
and children with disabilities, 560
and climate change, 493–94, 500, 504, 505
and counterterrorism, 183
and debt default, 513–15
and immigration laws, 550
and land bomb removal, 61
oversight role of, 411–14
political brinksmanship in, 514, 515
Connelly, Maura, 599
cookstoves, 523–25
Corbin, Michael, 599
Corker, Bob, 466–67
Corning, 511
Costa Rica, hydropower in, 255
Countryman, Tom, 599
Craig, Brynne, 600
Crebo-Rediker, Heidi, 599
Cretz, Gene, 368, 369, 380, 387, 555
Crimea, Russian invasion of, 212, 227, 230, 236, 239–42, 363
Crouse, Timothy, 8
Crowley, Joe, 105
Crowley, PJ, 599
Damas de Blanco (“Ladies in White”) in, 265
embargo against, 265
U.S. relationship with, 248, 264–65
Cui Tiankai, 88–90, 92, 93, 95, 97
Daalder, Ivo, 599
Dačić, Ivica, 223
Dai Bingguo, 69–70, 72, 79, 82, 515
Dalai Lama, 68
Daniel, Josh, 599
Daris, Chuck, 598
Davey, Sarah, 598
Davies, Glyn, 599
Davies, Glyn, 599
Davis, Jen, 599
Davutoğlu, Ahmet, 217, 218, 219–20, 321–22, 373, 376–77, 457, 463
Dayton Peace Accords, 138
de Klerk, F. W., 293–94
DeLong, Victoria, 529
Democratic National Conventions:
(1996), 9
(2004), 2
(2012), 591–92
Democratic Party: party unity in, 5, 8, 9, 10
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 279–82
Dempsey, Martin, 392, 407, 476–77
Denmark, 502
Dewan, Linda, 599
DiMascia, Gina, 598
Diplomatic Security Service, 35, 394
Direct Line, 516
disabilities, people with, 559–60
Djerassi, Alex, 598
Dlamini-Zuma, Nkosazana, 296
Doctors Without Borders, 125, 208
Doe, Samuel, 275
Doherty, Glen, 382, 398, 404–5, 415
Dole, Bob, 560
Dolo, Adolphus (“General Peanut Butter”), 274
Donahoe-Chamberlain, Eileen, 599
and Gaza, 480
and Latin America, 265
and National Security Council, 45, 192, 436
and Omani back channel, 436
Dorsey, Jack, 548
Dougherty, Jill, 7
Dowd, Katie, 600
Duvalier, “Baby Doc,” 529
Dyson, Sheila, 599
Eagleburger, Lawrence, 31
East Africa, U.S. embassies bombed in (1998), 131, 171, 383, 406
Edelman, Marian Wright, 559
Egypt:
Coptic Christians in, 348, 349, 575
disorganization in, 346
Hillary Clinton’s travels to, 346–48, 484–87
Innocence of Muslims aired in, 386–88, 399, 401–3, 405, 412, 574
and Israel/Palestine, 322, 325, 349, 477, 481, 484–87
military rule in, 350
and Muslim Brotherhood, 341, 345, 346, 347–49, 351, 386, 472–73, 477, 481, 484–86
peaceful protests in, 200–201, 447
and terrorism, 474
transition sought for, 344–45, 347–50, 379, 455, 460
U.S. relationship with, 340
violent protests in, 338, 339–46, 347–49, 355, 364, 386
Eisenhower Administration, 417
Ekho Moskvy, 229–30
Elbegdorj, Tsakhiagiin, 62
Elizabeth II, queen of England, 226
El-Keib, Abdurrahim, 388
Ellsberg, Daniel, 552
Emanuel, Rahm, 17, 23, 138, 316, 320
energy, 520–23
and cookstoves, 523–25
and economics, 508–9
extraction practices, 522–23
and jobs, 515–20
Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas, 255–56
Engole, John Robert, 293
Enriquez, Lesley, 250
Entebbe raid (1976), 307
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 493, 501
Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip, 215, 216–18, 322, 374, 375, 430–31, 463, 478
Erwin, Lisa, 598
Espinosa, Patricia, 250, 251, 252, 266
Eurasian Union, 239
and Afghanistan, 140
and Balkans, 223
energy sources for, 240–42
and financial crisis, 210, 213
and Iran, 439
Nobel Peace Prize to, 214
and the Quartet, 323
and Turkey, 219
U.S. relationship with, 205–7
Evans, Jonathan, 598
Export-Import Bank, 539
Fahy, Alden, 598
Fair Labor Association, 519
Fallows, James, 121
Fang Lizhi, 85
FARC, 252–53
Farmer, Paul, 540
Fayyad, Salam, 310
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 530
FedEx, 511–12
Feed the Future, 279
Feltman, Jeff, 331, 356–57, 598
Fernandez, Jose, 599
FEST (Foreign Emergency Support Team), 393–94
Finland, 502
Finny, Clarence, 598
First Amendment, 557
Fitzgerald, Lance, 598
Fleming, Sue, 598
Flores, Oscar, 600
Florio, Marie, 598
Fogarty, Dan, 599
Foley, Tom, 30
Ford, Betty, 10
Ford, Gerald R., 566
Ford, Robert, 448–49
Foreign Policy (magazine), 45
Forum for the Future, 331, 337
Fox, Vicente, 247
France:
and Iran, 424–25
and Syria, 463
and Turkey, 219
U.S. soldiers buried in, 206
Franklin, Benjamin, 556
Friends of the Syrian People, 452, 459–60, 464
Froman, Mike, 498
Fu, Bob, 95
Fulgham, Alonzo, 599
Funes, Mauricio, 256
G-7, 363
Gandhi, Sonia, 59
Gao Yaojie, 69
García Márquez, Gabriel, 252
Gates, Robert M.:
and Afghanistan, 129, 130, 133, 147, 148, 155
and bin Laden operation, 170, 171, 191, 192
and counterterrorism, 190
as Defense Secretary, 24–25
cease-fire negotiated in, 304–5, 306, 471, 477–87
elections in, 472
ground invasion threatened, 481, 482, 484, 487
Hamas in, 310, 313, 421, 438, 472–74, 475, 477–79, 481–83, 487
humanitarian aid in, 485
Israeli air strikes into, 476–77, 485
Israeli siege of, 305, 321, 472, 473, 474, 481, 484
rockets fired from, 304–5, 312, 471, 472, 476, 477–79, 480, 484, 485, 487
weapons smuggling into, 485–86
Gbowee, Leymah, 274
Gehry, Frank, 33
Geithner, Tim, 72–73, 84, 94, 97–98
Gelber, Ethan, 597
General Electric (GE), 494, 507–8, 516
Geneva Protocol (1925), 466
Genghis Khan, 62
Georgia:
Russian invasion of, 229, 231, 236, 239, 451
terrorism in, 442
Germany:
Berlin Wall in, 206
and global financial crisis, 210
and Syria, 463
U.S. relationship with, 205
Ghana:
and climate change, 501
President Obama’s trip to, 270
Ghattas, Kim, 358
Gilani, Yousaf Raza, 155
Giuliani, Rudy, 172
GLIFAA (Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies), 578–79
Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, 524–25
Global Counterterrorism Forum, 189, 200
global economy:
dollar as reserve currency, 514
in emerging economies, 513
and energy, 508–9
free markets in, 512–13
international trade, 233, 235, 242, 509–11, 513, 515–17, 525
middle class, 525–26
and U.S. debt default, 513–15
U.S. exports, 516–17
and workers’ rights, 518–20
Global Security Contingency Fund, 389
Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World (NIC), 25
global warming, see climate change
Glynn, Pat, 598
Godani, Behar, 598
Goldberg, Phil, 599
Goldstein, Cary, 598
Goldstone, Richard, 318–19
Goldwyn, David, 599
Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 13
Google, 556
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 212
Gore, Tipper, 8
Greeley, Horace, 13
Greene, Nicholas, 598
Gross, Alan, 264
Grossman, Marc, 163, 165, 166, 599
Guantánamo Bay, 22, 158, 165, 573
Guinea-Bissau, coup in, 272
Gulf Cooperation Council, 352, 358–60, 438–39
Gulf War (1991), 351, 438, 477
Habib, Bubaker, 376
Hackett, John, 598
Haddad, Essam al-, 486
Haiti, 527–44
Caracol project in, 541–42, 544
and democracy, 247
development plan for, 535–41, 544
earthquake in, 208, 527–32, 535–36
elections in, 542–43
Hillary Clinton’s travel to, 542–44
refugees from, 535
sovereignty of, 531
voodoo in, 528–29
Hale, David, 598
Hamas, 304–5, 309–10, 313, 315, 421, 438, 472–74, 476–79, 481–83, 487
Hammer, Michael, 599
Haniya, Ismail, 474
Hanley, Monica, 600
Hanssen, Robert, 41
Hariton, Lorraine, 599
Harney, Kenneth, 375–76
Harper, Stephen, 503
Harris, Harry, 577
Haughey, Sharon, 226
Hayes, Jeff, 158
HEAL Africa, 282
Heaney, Seamus, 224
Helms, Jesse, 537
Helsinki Accords, 566–67
Henley, William Ernest, “Invictus,” 296
Heumann, Judy, 599
Hezbollah:
Israel attacked by, 312, 331, 421
in Lebanon, 312, 313, 333, 383, 418, 421, 453
Hilburn, Paul, 598
Hill, Christopher, 599
Hillman, David, 598
Hirschhorn, Ellie, 598
Hochstein, Amos, 598
Hof, Fred, 598
Holbrooke, Richard, 40, 231, 342
and Afghanistan/Pakistan, 28, 29, 132, 139–42, 143, 149, 150–51, 155, 157–59, 169, 175, 182, 189
and Dayton Peace Accords, 138
death of, 161–62
heart attack of, 159–61
To End a War, 150
Hollande, François, 208
Honduras:
Hillary Clinton’s travel to, 256, 259–60, 263
ouster of Zelaya in, 265–68
Hong Kong:
and international trade, 512–13, 514, 515
and internet communication, 556
Hoover, Judith, 598
Hormats, Bob, 599
and U.S.–China relationship, 73, 95
human rights, 558–89
and Helsinki Accords, 566–67
human trafficking, 517–18, 547, 573
and “invisibles,” 576
LGBT, 576–84
people with disabilities, 559–60
religious freedom, 574–75
State Department reports on, 574–75, 577–78
and UN, 111, 364–65, 557, 564–65, 567, 573–74, 575–76, 580
Universal Declaration, 557, 564–65, 567, 573, 580
women’s rights, 66, 68–69, 152–53, 158, 560–64, 567–73, 584–85
Human Rights Campaign, 586
Human Rights Watch, 557
Hungarian Revolution, 566
Huntsman, Jon, 511
Hurwitz, Sarah, 598
Hussain, Rashad, 599
Hussein, Saddam, 134, 191, 352, 367, 421, 457, 462, 477
Hussein bin Talal, King of Jordan, 323
Ibrahim, Hafez, 354
İhsanogğlu, Ekmeleddin, 574
immigration laws, 550
India:
and Burma, 116
and climate change, 495–96, 498, 499
economic growth in, 440, 495, 521
Hillary Clinton’s travel to, 440–41
and Iran, 440
middle class in, 526
and Pakistan, 59, 140, 156, 171, 178, 185, 186
strategic autonomy of, 440
U.S. relationship with, 58–60
Indonesia:
East Asia Summit in, 113–14
economic growth in, 495
Hillary Clinton’s travel to, 51–52, 113
U.S.–ASEAN meeting in, 113
U.S. relationship with, 46
Innocence of Muslims (video), 386–88, 399, 401–3, 405, 412, 574
Insulza, José Miguel, 259
Inter-American Development Bank, 541
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 419, 424–26, 428, 430
International Criminal Court (ICC), 278, 364
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 112, 563, 569
International Red Cross, 304, 532
internet, 546–57
and First Amendment, 557
multistakeholder approach to, 557
networking via, 550–52
“Texts from Hillary” on, 378
Twitter, 423, 546, 548–49, 551–52
as value-neutral, 546
“Invictus” (Henley), 296
Iran, 416–46
and Afghanistan, 140, 419, 422
in Axis of Evil, 419
and Egypt, 344
Green Movement in, 422–24
hikers imprisoned by, 435–36
hostage rescue attempt in (1980), 170, 192, 195
hostages taken in (1979), 383, 393, 417–18
and internet, 423, 548–49, 557
and Israel, 307, 308, 312, 314, 417
nuclear program of, 217, 218, 233, 260, 332, 340, 351, 354, 416–17, 418–19, 420–21, 424–34, 436, 438, 442, 443, 444–46
Quds Force, 453
Revolutionary Guard, 418, 420, 421, 442, 443, 453, 549
Revolution in, 418, 419, 443, 446
sanctions against, 231, 233, 235, 243, 420, 425–34, 438, 439–42, 444–46
smart power applied in, 34
and Sultan of Oman, 416–17, 419, 434–48, 442, 444–45
and Syria, 314, 442, 452–53, 456, 460
Tehran Research Reactor, 425, 439
and terrorism, 351, 417–18, 437, 438, 442, 446, 472, 476
Iraq:
in Axis of Evil, 419
Bush Administration focus on, 43, 131, 134–35, 148, 205, 207, 419, 424, 425
“Clear, hold, and build” policy in, 136
COIN in, 135
Hillary Clinton’s vote on, 134–35, 136–37
and Israel, 417
lessons learned in, 134, 137, 138, 455, 457, 462
Special Operations in, 193
“Sunni Awakening” in, 136, 138, 352
and terrorism, 418
training local soldiers in, 462
U.S. diplomat killed in, 384
U.S. invasion of, 205, 207, 421
war in, 25, 45, 73, 136, 148, 229, 364, 461, 464, 466
Iraq Resolution (2002), 136–37
Iraq Study Group, 134
Ireland:
Good Friday Agreement, 224–25, 226, 313
Northern, 224–26
Irish Republican Army, 224
Islam:
and extremists, 313, 473, 475–76
and restrictions on women, 130–31, 352–53, 354–55
split within, 352
Israel:
Arab-Israeli War (1948), 325
and Arab Peace Initiative (2002), 314, 315
birth rate in, 312
and Camp David Accords, 338, 473, 484
and cease-fire, 349
establishment of (1948), 304
and Gaza, see Gaza Strip
and Golan Heights, 314
and Goldstone Report, 318
Hezbollah attacks on, 312, 331, 421
Hillary Clinton’s travels to, 302–3, 305–6, 319, 480–82, 483
and intifada, 301, 308, 407, 472
and Iran, 307, 308, 312, 314, 417
Iron Dome defense system in, 306, 438, 478–79, 480, 487
and Jerusalem, 317–19, 320, 321, 328, 330
as Jewish homeland, 304, 306, 487
and Jordan Valley, 325–26
MDA in, 303–4
natural gas reserves in, 350–51
and Oslo Peace Accords, 301, 303, 305, 307
and Palestine, 301–30
public image of, 478
and self-defense, 477–78, 479, 486, 487
and settlement construction, 315–23, 327–28
and Sudan, 476
and Syria, 312, 313, 314, 417, 468
and terrorism, 303, 308, 340, 473, 483
and two-state solution, 305–6, 307, 311, 320, 325, 338, 487
and West Bank settlements, 308–11, 317–18, 482
and Yom Kippur War, 338
Italy:
and Libya, 373–74
U.S. relationship with, 554–55
U.S. soldiers buried in, 554
Jabari, Ahmed, 477
Jackson, Lisa, 501
Jacobs, Janice, 599
Jacobson, Roberta, 599
Jahjaga, Atifete, 223
Jalil, Mustafa Abdul, 379
Japan:
and climate change, 494
Clintons’ first visit to, 47–49
Fukushima nuclear plant in, 48, 440, 533
Hillary Clinton’s town hall meetings in, 49–50
and Iran, 440
Maritime Self-Defense Force, 48
U.S. alliance with, 44, 46, 75
“womenomics” in, 571
Jarrett, Valerie, 125
Jassim al-Thani, Hamad bin (HBJ), 457, 474, 475, 479
Jefferson, Thomas, 31
Jenkins, Bonnie, 599
Jibril, Mahmoud, 363, 364, 365, 369–70, 379
Jiloty, Lauren, 599
Jo, Yerka, 600
jobs, 515–20
and developing economies, 520, 542
and energy production, 522–23
and foreign investment, 516
and international trade, 507–8, 515–17
and working conditions, 517–20
Johnson, Brock, 599
Johnson, Lady Bird, 10
Johnson Cook, Suzan, 599
Johnson Sirleaf, Ellen, 275
Joint Special Operations Command, 191
Jonathan, Goodluck, 577
Jones, Beth, 599
Jones, Don, 558
Jones, James, 23, 45, 129, 138, 148, 265, 425
Jones, Kerri-Ann, 599
Jones, Paul, 599
Jones, Stephanie Tubbs, 5
Jordan:
and energy sources, 350–51
and Israel/Palestine, 310, 322, 325–26, 350–51
and Libya, 371
reforms in, 355
Judeh, Nasser, 351
Kabila, Joseph, 280–81
Kansi, Mir Aimal, 188
Kantor, Mickey, 30
Karp, Jonathan, 598
Karzai, Hamid, 16, 142–46, 147, 152–55, 160, 162
and elections, 143–45
and Taliban, 145, 153–55, 164–66
and transition, 167–69
Kayani, Ashfaq Parvez, 346
Keen, Ken, 530
Kelly, Declan, 599
Kelly, Ian, 599
Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier, 10
Kennedy, John F., 163–64, 534, 541
Kennedy, Laura, 599
Kennedy, Pat, 392–93, 553, 599
Kennedy, Ted, 5
Kenya:
elections in, 278
Hillary Clinton’s travel to, 276–79
LGBT in, 577
technology in, 546
U.S. embassy bombed in, 131, 383, 406
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 278
Kenyatta, Uhuru, 278
Kerry, John, 21, 77, 167, 466, 593
and Afghanistan, 144
and Iran, 445
and New START, 234
Key, John, 44
Khalifa, Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al, 356
Khalifa al-Thani, Sheikh Hamad bin, 474
Khama, Seretse, 277
Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali Hojatolislam, 421, 424, 443–44, 446
Khar, Hina Rabbani, 199
Khatami, Mohammad, 419
Kheradi, Irene, 598
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruholla, 417, 421
Khrushchev, Nikita, 207
Khyber Pass, 156
Kibaki, Mwai, 278
Kikwete, Jakaya, 279
Kim Il-sung, 55
Kim Jong Il, 55–56
Kim Jong Un, 61
King, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., 558–59
King, Robert, 599
Kipling, Rudyard, 103
Kirk, Ron, 276
Kissinger, Henry A., 31, 65, 69, 93, 322
Koh, Harold, 87, 89, 91, 99, 183, 581, 598
Kohl, Helmut, 209
Kommareddi, Madhuri, 600
Kony, Joseph, 290
Korean War, 214
Kouchner, Bernard, 208
Krishna, S. M., 441
Kurtz-Phelan, Dan, 598
Kuwait, 351