ABC News on terrorist threat in United States, (i)
Abu Ghraib detainees, treatment of, (i)
Adams, John Quincy, (i)
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), (i)
AEI (American Enterprise Institute), (i)
Affordable Care Act. See Obamacare
Afghanistan: cell phone interconnectivity in, (i); CIA black sites in, (i); Muslim travel ban, effect on migrants from, (i); occupation mistakes of United States in, (i), (ii); ongoing military operations in, (i); polity score of, (i); Soviet invasion (1979), (i), (ii), (iii); spending to invade, occupy, and rebuild, (i), (ii), (iii); terrorist incidents in, (i), (ii), (iii); U.S. loss of interest in, (i)
Afghanistan War: allies supporting United States in, (i); counterinsurgency strategy in, (i); long-term costs and effects of, (i), (ii), (iii); Obama’s drawdown of troops from, (i); private contractors in, (i); U.S. Army reserves’ role in, (i); U.S. troops in, (i)n46
Africa: HIV/AIDS in, (i); peacekeeping operations in, (i); terrorism emanating from, (i). See also specific regions and countries
African National Congress, (i)
Agency for International Development. See USAID
The Agency (television show), (i)
AIDS/HIV, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
AIPAC (American Israel Political Action Committee), (i)
airline security, (i)
Alexander, Keith, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Alias (television show), (i)
Allard, Kenneth, (i)
Allen, John, (i)
Alps Electronic Company, (i)
al-Qaeda, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii). See also September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
al-Shabaab, (i)
Alston, Philip, (i)
American Enterprise Institute (AEI), (i)
American Israel Political Action Committee (AIPAC), (i)
American Red Cross, (i)
American Sniper (Kyle), (i)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), (i), (ii)
America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity (Logevall & Campbell), (i)
Angolan civil war, (i)
Annals of Internal Medicine (2014), (i)
Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) technology, (i)
Anti-Defamation League, (i)
anti-immigration policies. See immigration fears
Apple’s iPhone, (i)
Argentina, (i)
Army National Guard, (i)
Army Reserve, (i)
ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency), (i)
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers), (i), (ii)
Asia, (i). See also specific countries
Association of South Eastern Asian Nations (ASEAN), (i)
authoritarianism, (i), (ii), (iii)
Azerbaijan, (i)
BAE Systems, (i)
Balkan countries, (i)
Banfield, Ashleigh, (i)
Ban Ki-moon, (i)
Beckner, Michael Frost, (i)
Beirut attack (1983), (i), (ii)
Berlin Christmas market attack (2016), (i)
Berlin Wall, fall of, (i)
Bilmes, Linda, (i)
bin Laden, Osama, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Black Lives Matter movement, (i), (ii)
Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin (Snyder), (i)
Blumenthal, Sidney, (i)
Bosch (German firm), (i)
Bradley, Omar, (i)
Brezhnev, Leonid, (i)
Brookings Institution, (i)
Brussels bombing (March 2016), (i)
budget sequestration, (i)
bully pulpit of U.S. presidents, (i), (ii), (iii)
Bush, George H. W., (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Bush, George W., (i); “axis of evil” speech (2002), (i); democracy promotion and, (i); foreign policy, (i); justifying Iraq War, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); solidarity with American Muslim community, (i), (ii); threat inflation and, (i), (ii), (iii); West Point commencement speech (2002), (i)
Campbell, Craig, (i)
carbon monoxide poisoning, (i)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, (i)
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, (i)
Carter, Jimmy, (i)
Carter Center, (i)
Carter Doctrine, (i)
Case, Anne, (i)
Center for American Seapower, (i)
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), (i)
Center for Systematic Peace, (i)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (i), (ii)
Central America, (i). See also specific countries
Century Foundation, (i)
Chait, Jonathan, (i)
Chamberlain, Neville, (i)
chemical weapons, (i)
child mortality: in conflict-affected countries, (i); health care improvements, effect of, (i); life expectancy improvements, effect of, (i), (ii); MDG goals for, (i); subsidies to improve nutrition, effect of, (i); in United States, (i)
children: access to guns, (i), (ii), (iii); child poverty rate in United States, (i); in conflict-affected countries, (i); hunger and, (i), (ii). See also child mortality; education
Chile, (i)
China: American fear of military power of, (i), (ii), (iii); autocratic gains in, (i), (ii); communist takeover of, (i); economic development in, (i), (ii), (iii); famine in, (i); in great-power competition, (i); Nixon reestablishing relations with, (i); People’s Liberation Army, (i); poverty level reductions in, (i); smartphones in, (i); South China Seas and, (i); submarine fleet of, (i); Trump and, (i); UNCLOS and, (i)
Christie, Chris, (i), (ii), (iii)
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency): on Cambodian bombings, (i)n34; on estimates of Soviet military strength, (i), (ii); improved communications with other intelligence agencies, (i); Nicaraguan operations (1983), (i); relationship with entertainment industry, (i); secret rendition, interrogation, and torture program of, (i); on Soviet economic failure and internal discontent, (i)
cigarette smoking, (i), (ii), (iii)
Citizens for a Nuclear Free Iran, (i)
civil society organizations, (i). See also nongovernmental organizations
Clear and Present Danger (film), (i)
climate change, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Clinton, Bill, (i)
Cold War: Berlin Wall, fall of, (i); end of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); Johnson and, (i); mass killings during, (i), (ii); misremembered as era of relative quiet, (i); missile gap in, (i); Nixon’s détente policy, (i), (ii), (iii); nuclear threat level in, (i), (ii); protectionist policies, end of, (i); start of, (i); Truman and, (i). See also Korean War; Vietnam War; specific U.S. presidents
USS Cole bombing (2000), (i), (ii)
Commission on Presidential Debates, (i)
communism: best policies to counter, (i); Chinese, (i), (ii); economic failure of, (i), (ii); in State Department, (i); Trump invoking fear of, (i); Vietnam War and, (i). See also Cold War
Community Mental Health Services Improvement Act (proposed), (i)
conflicts of interest, (i), (ii)
Congo civil war, (i)
Congress, role in shaping foreign policy perspectives, (i)
Congressional Budget Office, (i)
Contras (Nicaragua), (i)
Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), (i)
cooperative spirit, need for, (i)
Cotton, Tom, (i)
counterterrorism. See terrorism; war on terror
coup attempts, decrease in, (i)
Crawford, Neta, (i)
Crimea annexation, (i)
Crowdstrike (cybersecurity firm), (i), (ii)n64
Cruz, Ted, (i)
CSBA (Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments), (i)
Cuban Missile Crisis, (i), (ii)
Cyber Squirrel I (database), (i)
cyberterrorism: as critical threat in United States, (i), (ii). See also cybersecurity
Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do about It (Clarke), (i)
Cyber War Will Not Take Place (Rid), (i)
Damon, Matt, (i)
The Day After (film), (i)
deaths. See child mortality; mortality
Deaton, Angus, (i)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), (i)
defense contractors, (i), (ii)
Defense Department (DoD). See Pentagon
defense spending. See military defense spending
Democratic National Committee, (i)
Democratic Party: Chinese nationalists blaming for China becoming communist, (i); Cold War stance of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); on human rights, (i). See also presidential debates
democratization: benefits of, (i); global increase in, (i), (ii), (iii); Trump’s effect on, (i); U.S. support to promote internationally, (i), (ii)
Department of ___. See name of specific department
development assistance to developing countries, (i)
Director of National Intelligence (DNI), (i)
disconnect between reality and discourse, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
displacement of civilians, (i)
diversion of public funds from domestic needs to military defense spending, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Dole, Bob, (i)
Doomsday Clock, (i)
doomsday predictions, (i)
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, (i)
drones and drone strikes, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)n1
drownings, (i)
drug use and addiction, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv). See also opioid epidemic
drug war, (i)
Dukakis, Michael, (i)
Duterte, Rodrigo, (i)
eastern Europe, (i)
Eastwood, Clint, (i)
Ebola virus, (i)
economic development: in China, (i), (ii), (iii); democratization’s effect on, (i), (ii); domestic investments to stimulate, (i); end of Cold War and, (i); failure of communist regimes, (i), (ii); foreign direct investment, increase in, (i); gun violence’s costs in America, (i); immigration policy and, (i); in India, (i); infrastructure decay, effect of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); military defense spending diverting funds from, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); private capital, increase in, (i); U.S. support to promote internationally, (i); wars’ long-term effects on, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); women’s opportunities and, (i)
education: children not attending, (i); community colleges, (i); global increase in, (i), (ii); Head Start enrollment, (i); MDG goals on, (i); Pell Grants for college education, (i); recommendations to improve, (i); retraining of workers, (i); shortcomings in educational system, (i), (ii); tablets and cell phones, use in, (i); women’s improved access to education, (i), (ii)
Egypt, (i)
Einstein, Albert, (i)
Eisenhower, Dwight D., (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
elections: electoral fraud, (i); presidential debates (2016), (i), (ii), (iii)n50; voter registration via cell phone, (i)
El Salvador, (i)
enemy combatants, (i)
environmental policies, (i); Trump’s regulatory changes, (i). See also climate change
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), (i), (ii)
Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip, (i)
Ethiopia, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Europe and European Union, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Export-Import Bank, (i)
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), (i)
Fair Labor Association, (i)
Falkland Islands invasion (1982), (i)
family separation policies applied to migrants, (i)
famine. See hunger
Far East, (i)
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), (i), (ii)
fear mongering, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi). See also immigration fears; threat inflation
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), (i)
federal budget. See governmental spending
federal deficit, (i)
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, (i)
Federal Reserve data on household income, (i)
Feinstein, Dianne, (i)
fighter jets, (i)
Finland, (i)
Flint, Michigan, water crisis, (i)
Flynn, Michael, (i)
Forbes, Randy, (i)
Ford, Gerald, (i)
foreign direct investment, (i), (ii), (iii)
foreign policy: for better world and safer America, (i); as essential part of America’s defense, (i); media news and depictions, effect of, (i); opportunity costs, (i). See also specific U.S. presidents
Foxconn phone assembly plant, (i), (ii)
freedom, global increase in, (i). See also democratization
Freedom House Index, (i), (ii)
Freschi, Laura, (i)
future of next generation of Americans, (i)
G-20 trade policies, (i)
Gaither Report (1957), (i), (ii)
gang-related violence, (i)
Gapminder, (i)
Gates, Robert, (i)
Gaza elections (2006), (i)
Geneva Convention protections, (i)
genocide, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Georgi, David, (i)
Gibson, Charles, (i)
Gillibrand, Kirsten, (i)
Gingrich, Newt, (i)
Giuliani, Rudy, (i)
global commons, U.S. role in regulation of, (i)
global interconnectivity, (i)
Global Terrorism Database, (i)
Gorbachev, Mikhail, (i)
governmental spending: counterterrorism spending after 9/11, (i), (ii); cuts to social insurance programs, (i); development assistance to developing countries, (i); drug-control spending, (i); federal deficit, (i); gridlock’s effect on, (i); PEPFAR program, (i); threat inflation’s costs, (i), (ii); Trump’s budgetary proposals, (i). See also military defense spending; specific government initiatives
government shutdown (2013), (i)
Great Recession, (i)
Great Society, (i)
Greece, (i)
Grenada invasion (1983), (i)
Guantanamo Bay detention facility, (i), (ii), (iii)nn30–31
Guardian publication of Snowden-provided files (2013), (i)
Gulf War (1990), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
gun violence, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Gun Violence Archive, (i)
Hagel, Chuck, (i)
Hamas, (i)
Hastert, Dennis, (i)
Hastings, Max, (i)
al-Hazmi, Nawaf, (i)
Head Start, (i)
health care: app as medical reminder, (i); biggest threats to, (i), (ii)n59; dementia, (i); dietary links to disease, (i), (ii); global improvements in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); guinea worm eradication, (i), (ii); incentivizing Americans to exercise and participate in wellness programs, (i); malaria, (i), (ii); MDG goals for infectious disease control, (i); MDG goals for maternal health, (i); measles vaccination, (i), (ii); mental health care, (i); noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)n59; nutritional advances, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); Obamacare, (i), (ii); polio eradication, (i), (ii); recommendations to improve, (i); telemental health services for underserved areas, (i); tuberculosis, (i), (ii); United States ranking for health metrics, (i); universal health care, (i), (ii); vaccinations for contagious diseases, (i), (ii). See also specific diseases
Heck, Joe, (i)
Helsinki Accords, (i)
Hickox, Kaci, (i)
Hill & Knowlton (public relations firm), (i)
HIV/AIDS, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Hong Kong, (i)
Hoover, Herbert, (i)
household income: improvements in, (i); racial differences in, (i)
Hudson Institute, (i)
humanitarian relief organizations, (i)
HumanProgress, (i)
human rights, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Human Security Report Project, (i)
human security vs. national security, (i)
hunger: global reduction in, (i); MDG goals to reduce, (i); number of people experiencing, (i)
Huntington, Samuel, (i)
Huntington Ingalls Industries, (i)
Hussein, Saddam, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
ICC (International Criminal Court), (i)
immigration fears, (i), (ii), (iii). See also Muslims, Trump travel ban
income inequality, growth of, (i), (ii)
India, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
inequality: Americans need to address at home, (i); economic inequality, (i); income inequality, growth of, (i), (ii)
information technology advances, (i), (ii)
infrastructure decay, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); dams, importance of maintaining, (i)
insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs), (i)
Institute of Medicine, (i), (ii)
intellectual property, protection of, (i)
intelligence agencies’ role after 9/11 attacks, (i), (ii), (iii)
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (2004), (i)
interconnectivity, (i); regulation of, (i); smartphone and, (i)
interest rates, (i)
internal displacement of civilians, (i)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), (i), (ii)
International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, (i)n23
International Convention for the Protection of Submarine Telegraph Cables (1884), (i)
International Criminal Court (ICC), (i)
International Finance Corporation, (i)
international institutions, strengthening role of, (i)
international laws, adherence to, (i)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), (i)
international norms, application of, (i)
interstate war, decline in, (i), (ii)
Iran: in “axis of evil,” (i); Carter policies on, (i); Israel and, (i); nuclear agreement (2015), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); nuclear threat potential of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); poverty level reductions in, (i); as threat to United States, (i), (ii)
Iran-Contra scandal (1985–1987), (i), (ii)n68
Iraq: in “axis of evil,” (i); Muslim travel ban, effect on migrants from, (i); ongoing military operations in, (i); terrorist incidents in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv). See also Gulf War; Iraq War
Iraq War (2003 to 2011): Abu Ghraib detainees, treatment of, (i); Bush’s justification for, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); as catastrophic foreign policy decision, (i), (ii); different world if Bush had not declared war in response to 9/11 attacks, (i); interrogation tactics used in, (i); long-term costs of, (i); media appearances of retired military officials in support of, (i), (ii); private contractors in, (i); spending to invade, occupy, and rebuild, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); U.S. Army reserves’ role in, (i); U.S. troops in, (i)n46; as violation of international law and global norms, (i)
Ireland, (i)
IronNet Cybersecurity, (i)
Islamic State (ISIS), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Islamophobic sentiments, (i)
Israel, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Italy, (i)
Jenkins, Brian Michael, (i)
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)n61
Journal of the American Medical Association, (i)
Kahneman, Daniel, (i)
Kaplan, Robert, (i)
Kazakhstan, (i)
Kennedy, Ted, (i)
Kenya embassy attack (1998), (i)
Kissinger, Henry, (i)
Komer, Robert, (i)
Korean War, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)n61
Krauss, Lawrence, (i)
Kuwait, (i), (ii). See also Gulf War
Kwast, Steve, (i)
Kyle, Chris, (i)
labor: migration for work, (i); regulations under Trump, (i); retraining of workers, (i); types of jobs available, (i)
Landsberry, Mike, (i)
Latin America, more freedom in, (i), (ii). See also specific countries
law enforcement: accountability, cell-phone cameras’ role in, (i); gun crime reduction and, (i); Muslim Americans offering assistance to, (i)
Lebanon, (i)
Leon, Richard, (i)n13
life expectancy: global increase in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)n37; in United States, (i); warfare’s effect on, (i). See also mortality
Lincoln, Abraham, (i)
Lindsey, Lawrence, (i)
literacy, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Lithuania, CIA black sites in, (i)
Littlefield, Chris, (i)
living standards, global improvement in, (i)
lobbyists representing foreign interests in United States, (i)
Logevall, Fredrik, (i)
Lucas, Scott, (i)
Mack, John, (i)
MacPhail, Theresa, (i)n53
USS Maine, (i)
malnutrition as cause of child mortality, subsidies to counter, (i)
Mandiant (cyber security firm), (i), (ii)n64
MandiTrades (app), (i)
manipulation of foreign threats, (i)
Marshall, George, (i)
mass killings: decline in, (i), (ii); school shootings, (i). See also genocide; specific locations and events
mass transit. See rail and subway transit
McCaffrey, Barry, (i)
McCain, John, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
McCarthy, Joseph, (i)
McKinley, William, (i)
McKinsey Global Institute report (2016), (i)
McNamara, Robert, (i)
MDGs (Millennium Development Goals), (i), (ii)
Mearsheimer, John, (i)
media: filmmakers inflating dangers to Americans, (i); foreign coverage of news media, reduction in, (i), (ii)n48; journalists inflating dangers to Americans, (i), (ii); nonpartisan websites, (i); recommendations for, (i); terrorism scholars, need to consult, (i)
Medicaid, (i)
Medicare, (i)
Merkel, Angela, (i)
Merolla, Jennifer, (i)
Middle East: education in, (i); instability and proxy wars in, (i); lack of democracy in, (i); peacekeeping operations in, (i); presidential debates (2016) on terrorist threat from, (i), (ii); reaction to American use of torture, (i); Russia and, (i); U.S. military footprint in, (i), (ii)n46. See also specific countries
al-Mihdhar, Khalid, (i)
military defense spending: borrowing to finance Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, (i); contractors and think tanks focusing on, (i), (ii); cutting costs and reducing military footprint, (i); deficit reduction measure of 2011, effect on, (i); diversion of public funds from domestic needs to, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); Dukakis and, (i); Ford and, (i); homeland security spending, (i)n19; Iraq War, (i); justification for, by threat inflation, (i); post-9/11 defense budget, (i), (ii); powerful interests profiting from, (i), (ii); Reagan and, (i); Truman and, (i); Trump and, (i), (ii). See also war on terror
military forces, U.S.: contractors’ role in military operations, (i), (ii); obesity’s effect on, (i); public opinion of, (i); “Retired Military Analysts” program, (i); retired officers working in defense-related industries, (i), (ii), (iii)n18
military-industrial complex, (i)
Millennium Challenge Corporation, (i)
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), (i), (ii)
Miller, Ted, (i)
Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action, (i)
mobile banking, (i)
Mongolia, (i)
mortality: accidental deaths, (i); drug-related, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); gun-related, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); suicides, (i), (ii); urban vs. rural Americans, (i)n7. See also child mortality
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, (i)
M-PESA payment system (Kenya), (i)
MSNBC, (i)
Muslims: Bush’s (G.W.) solidarity with American Muslim community, (i), (ii); Islamophobic sentiments about, (i); media focus on terror attacks involving, (i); Trump travel ban on Muslim immigrants, (i), (ii), (iii)
Myers, Richard, (i)
National Assessment of Educational Progress, (i)
National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), (i)
National Defense Education Act, (i)
National Endowment for Democracy, (i)
National Football League, (i)
National Highway System, (i)
National Institutes of Health, (i), (ii)n16
National Research Council, (i)
National Review article on U.S. unpreparedness (2016), (i)
National Rifle Association (NRA), (i)
National Science Foundation, (i)
national security: Forrestal on, (i); homeland security failure leading up to 9/11 attacks, (i); homeland security spending, (i)n19; human security vs., (i); improvements after 9/11 attacks, (i); Kennedy’s impact on, (i); need to rethink meaning of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); overemphasized in comparison to domestic everyday dangers, (i), (ii); recognition of advances in, (i), (ii), (iii). See also threat inflation; individual U.S. presidents
National Security Agency (NSA) leaks, (i)
National Security Council, (i)
National Security Decision Directive (i); (1983), (i)
National Security Strategy (NSS): (1982), (i); (1988), (i); (1990), (i); (1993), (i); (2010), (i), (ii)
nativism, (i)
Navy League of the United States, (i)
NCDs. See noncommunicable diseases
NCTC (National Counterterrorism Center), (i)
Netanyahu, Benjamin, (i)
Netherlands, (i)
New America Foundation, (i)
USS New Jersey, (i)
newspapers. See media
Newsweek on Ebola virus (2014), (i), (ii)n53
New York magazine on media’s aversion to reporting good news (2016), (i)
New York Times: on hacking and cybersecurity concerns (2013), (i); on think tanks’ relationship with private sector, (i)
Nigeria, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Nimitz, Chester, (i)
9/11 attacks. See September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
Nixon, Richard, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)n59
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), (i)
North Korea, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi). See also Korean War
NRA (National Rifle Association), (i)
NSS. See National Security Strategy
nuclear threats: in Cold War, (i), (ii), (iii); Cuban Missile Crisis and, (i); Doomsday Clock prediction of, (i); in films, (i); Iran as, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); Iran nuclear agreement (2015), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); North Korea as, (i); nuclear-freeze movement, (i); nuclear-nonproliferation efforts, (i); U.S. interest in protecting against, (i)
Obama, Barack, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Odierno, Raymond, (i)
OECD countries, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
OECD Library, (i)
opioid epidemic, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Orban, Viktor, (i)
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, (i)
Organization of American States (OAS), (i)
Our World in Data, (i)
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, (i)
Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza (shah of Iran), (i)
Pakistan: The Agency using drone strikes in, (i); detainees from, sent to Guantanamo, (i); killings of Americans from terrorist attack in, (i); school enrollment of girls increased via phone calls in, (i); terrorist incidents, increase in, (i); U.S. economic and security assistance to (since 2002), (i); U.S. security linked to, (i); war with India, (i)
Panama, (i)
Panama Canal Treaty (1999), (i)
Paris Climate Change Treaty, (i)
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1884), (i)
partisanship politics, (i)
Patent Cooperation Treaty, (i)
patent protection, (i)
Pell Grants, (i)
Pentagon, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v). See also military defense spending; specific wars
Peru and Ecuador, (i)
pessimism, (i), (ii). See also threat inflation
Pew Research Center, (i)n9
philanthropic foundations, (i)
Philippines, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Pipes, Richard, (i)
police. See law enforcement
Political Conflict Index, (i)
political instability, effects of, (i), (ii)
Polity IV project, (i)
population growth, (i)
populism, surge in, (i), (ii), (iii)
poverty level: extreme poverty, number of people in, (i), (ii), (iii); global decline in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)n19; MDG goals to reduce, (i); universal health care and, (i); U.S. rate, (i)
presidential debates: threat inflation and ways to modify, (i); topics discussed at (2016), (i)
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), (i)
Project Candor (Eisenhower), (i)
public opinion: on more dangerous status of world, (i)n9; on terrorism as significant risk in United States, (i); on Truman’s need to win, (i)n9
Putin, Vladimir, (i)
quality of life: economic inequality and, (i); foreign dangers vs. systemic risks to, (i); improvements in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); smoking, effect of decrease in, (i)
racial differences in household income, (i)
rail and subway transit, (i), (ii)
Reagan, Ronald, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)n71
Real ID Act (2005), (i)
Reboot (computer firm), (i)
recommendations: to counter threat inflation’s effects, (i), (ii); drug-related deaths, (i); education, (i); gun-related injuries and deaths, (i); health care, (i); infrastructure, (i); national security, changing how Americans think about, (i)
The Recruit (film), (i)
regional institutions, strengthening role of, (i)
remittances, (i)
Republican Party: Cold War stance of, (i), (ii); national security vs. human rights for, (i); Obamacare repeal as priority for, (i); opposed to spending on education, health care, and social safety net programs, (i); Truman and, (i); Trump and, (i). See also presidential debates
“Retired Military Analysts” program, (i)
Rid, Thomas, (i)
Risen, James, (i)
risks to Americans: accidental deaths, (i), (ii); drug-related risks, (i), (ii), (iii); economic inequality, (i); educational shortcomings, (i); effective ways to address, (i), (ii); failing infrastructure, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); food and diet-related risks, (i), (ii); gun-related risks, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); medical malpractice and, (i); prioritization of, (i); suicides, increase in, (i); systemic harms, (i), (ii), (iii); tobacco-related risks, (i), (ii). See also health care
Rizzo, John, (i)
robotics, (i)
Rockefeller, Nelson, (i)
Rogers, Mike, (i)
Romania, CIA black sites in, (i)
Roosevelt, Franklin D., (i)
Routh, Eddie Ray, (i)
Rubio, Marco, (i)
Rumsfeld, Donald, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)n31
Russell, Bertrand, (i)
Russia: authoritarianism in, (i), (ii); Crimea annexation by, (i); in great-power competition, (i); hacking allegations against (2016), (i); meddling in neighboring states, (i), (ii)n13; NSA spying on, (i); sanctions against, (i); as security threat to United States, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); Trump and, (i); UNCLOS and, (i)
safe drinking water: lack of access to, (i); MDG goals for, (i)
safer, better world: Americans’ opinion on, (i); data supporting idea of, (i), (ii), (iii); foreign policy for, (i); how world became, (i); interstate war, decline in, (i); mass killings, decline in, (i); need to recognize minimalization of present-day threats, (i); not mentioned in political or governmental discourse, (i), (ii); significance for United States, (i); U.S. government funds spent on fighting terrorism devoted instead to, (i). See also national security; recommendations
SALT II, (i)
Samsung, (i)
San Bernardino mass shootings (2015), (i), (ii)
Sandinista regime (Nicaragua), (i)
San Francisco Federal Reserve, (i)
sanitation, improvements in, (i)n34
Santorum, Rick, (i)
Saudi Arabia, (i)
Schieffer, Bob, (i)
school shootings, (i)
seat belts, use of, (i)
Senegal, (i)
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks: different world if Bush had not gone to war in Iraq over, (i); economic effects of, (i); evoking to keep fear alive, (i), (ii); legal and security consequences of, (i), (ii); most lethal attack in American history, (i), (ii); 9/11 Commission, (i); smart response to, (i); threat inflation in response to, (i), (ii). See also war on terror
Seton Hall University Law School, (i)n31
Shadid, Anthony, (i)
Sherman, William Tecumseh, (i)
Shorter Lives, Poorer Health (Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council), (i)
Singal, Jesse, (i)
Singapore, (i)
Skyworks Solutions, (i)
slums, decline in, (i)n34
smartphone, (i)
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), (i)
Snowden, Edward, (i)
Snyder, Timothy, (i)
social mobility in United States, (i)
Social Security, (i)
soft power vs. hard power, (i)
Somalia, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Somoza, Anastasio, (i)
South China Seas, (i)
Southeast Asia, (i)
Soviet Union: civilian deaths under Stalin in, (i); economic failure and internal discontent in, (i); former Soviet countries seeking to join EU, (i); nuclear testing by, (i); nuclear threat level in, (i), (ii). See also Cold War
Spanish-American War, (i), (ii)
Spicer, Sean, (i)
spyware, (i)
USS Stark (1987), (i)
“Star Wars” missile-defense program, (i)
State Department, U.S., (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)n96
State of the Union Address: (1980), (i), (ii); (2002), (i), (ii); (2003), (i); (2012), (i)
Stella Artois advertising campaign, (i)
Stevenson, Adlai, (i)
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), (i)
Stuxnet attack on Iran’s nuclear program, (i)
sub-Saharan Africa, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
subway transit deficiencies, (i)
Sudan-South Sudan conflict, (i)
The Sum of All Fears (film), (i)
Super Bowl (2018), (i)
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), (i)
Syria: Chemical Weapons Convention and, (i), (ii); civil war in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); life expectancy in, (i); ongoing military operations in, (i); as Russian military partner, (i); terrorist incidents in, (i), (ii); U.S. troops in, (i)n46
systemic harms, (i), (ii), (iii)
Tancredo, Tom, (i)
Tantaros, Andrea, (i)
tariffs, (i)
“Task Force Smith,” (i)
taxation: on cigarettes and tobacco products, (i), (ii)n37; on gas, (i); Johnson increasing tax rate, (i)n61; Truman increasing tax rate, (i)n61; U.S. tax cut (2018), (i), (ii)
Team B report on Soviet military capabilities, (i)
Tehran embassy seizure (1979), (i)
telecommunications, (i)
Telegram (app), (i)
television. See media
Tenet, George, (i)
terrorism: Bush on, (i), (ii), (iii); case study of American reaction to news reports of, (i)n1; domestic vigilance after 9/11 attacks, (i); European attacks, (i), (ii); exaggeration of risk from, (i), (ii), (iii); foreign reporting dominated by, (i), (ii); global increase in incidents of, (i); in Iraq since 2003, (i); jihadist recruitment based on opposition to U.S. policies, (i); media coverage recommendations, (i); presidential debates (2016) on topic of, (i), (ii); recruiting campaigns by terrorists, (i), (ii)n23; since 9/11, number of U.S. citizens killed by, (i), (ii); Trump on, (i). See also September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
think tanks’ relationship with military-industrial complex, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Thirty Years’ War, (i)
Thomas, Chris, (i)
Threat-Industrial Complex (TIC), (i), (ii); Americans’ participation in, (i); conflicts of interest of retired military officials, (i), (ii), (iii)n18; defense contractors’ role, (i), (ii); Doomsday Clock, (i); financial motivation of, (i); global water crisis as exaggeration, (i); Hollywood’s portrayal of “dangers” to Americans, (i); lingua franca of, (i), (ii); media’s reporting on “dangers” to Americans, (i), (ii); national consensus forming around, (i); need to recognize fear-based appeals of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); think tanks’ relationship with military-industrial complex, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
threat inflation: Clapper’s and Dempsey’s congressional testimony as, (i); consequences of, (i), (ii); data disproving claims of, (i), (ii); disconnect between reality of and discourse on, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); effect on creating a world in America’s image, (i); in foreign policy discourse, (i), (ii); human penchant for believing, (i); philanthropic foundations’ role in, (i); presidential campaign (2016) and, (i); reasons for focus on, (i), (ii); in response to 9/11 terrorist attacks, (i), (ii); steady narrative feeding, (i), (ii), (iii). See also bully pulpit of U.S. presidents; media; specific presidents
Threat Matrix, (i)
Tillerson, Rex, (i)
tobacco and smoking risks, (i), (ii), (iii)
torture and enhanced interrogation techniques, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
totalitarianism, (i)
tourism, (i)
traffic accidents and fatalities, (i), (ii), (iii)n55
Transparify, (i)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA), (i), (ii)
Truman, Harry, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)n61
Truman Doctrine, (i)
Trump, Donald: authoritarian leaders, cultivation of, (i); “fake news” and, (i); family separation policies, (i); foreign policy, (i), (ii); future of United States under, (i); Guantanamo directive (2018), (i); infrastructure, lack of improvement in, (i); Iran nuclear deal, withdrawal from, (i); military defense spending and, (i), (ii); military-industrial complex and, (i); Muslim travel ban of, (i), (ii), (iii); political scapegoating and, (i); slashing budgets of State Department and USAID, (i); threat inflation and, (i), (ii)
Tunisia, (i)
Turkey: armed conflict in, (i); autocratic gains in, (i), (ii); death penalty banished in, (i); Russian relations with, (i); Soviet intervention in, (i); Trump support for Erdoğan in, (i)
24 (Fox show), (i)
Ukraine, (i), (ii), (iii)n13, (iv)n64
Ullman, Richard, (i)
UNCLOS (Convention on the Law of the Sea), (i)
unconstitutional practices in response to fear of terrorism, (i), (ii), (iii)
undocumented immigrants, (i)
United Kingdom, in Falklands War (1982), (i)
United Nations: conflict prevention and resolution role of, (i); nuclear-nonproliferation efforts and sanctions, (i); peacekeeping operations, (i), (ii); strengthening U.S. role of, (i); Trump refusing to support family-planning programs of, (i); UN Department of Peacekeeping, (i); UN Development Program, (i); UNICEF, (i), (ii); U.S. contribution to African missions of, (i)
universal health care, (i), (ii)
universal primary education, (i), (ii)
Uppsala Conflict Data Program, (i)
U.S. Air Force, (i)
U.S. Army, (i)
U.S. Border Patrol, (i)
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), (i), (ii)
U.S. Navy, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Vandenberg, Arthur, (i)
Veterans Administration (VA), (i)
veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan wars, (i), (ii), (iii)
Vietnam War, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)n33, (ix)n61
violence: gang-related violence, (i); gun violence, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); media and political focus on, (i)
“Vision Zero” campaign (NYC), (i)
Walt, Stephen, (i)
war: civilian deaths reduced in civil wars, (i); democratization’s effect on likelihood of, (i); interstate war, decline in, (i), (ii); modern war, as less violent and shorter duration, (i), (ii), (iii)n19; reduced potential for and incidence of, (i), (ii). See also specific wars and countries
War at Any Price? The Total Economic Costs of the War beyond the Federal Budget (congressional report), (i)
war on terror, (i), (ii), (iii); costs of, (i), (ii), (iii). See also Afghanistan War; Iraq War
water crisis, (i)
water quality, (i)
Wenstrup, Brad, (i)
West Africa Ebola crisis, (i)
WhatsApp, (i)
Wikipedia, (i)
Williams, Brian, (i)
Wired magazine, Obama as guest editor (2016), (i)
Wolfowitz, Paul, (i)
women: cell phone usage in India by, (i); education of, (i); family planning and, (i), (ii), (iii); girls’ literacy, (i); pregnancy health and new mother’s health, (i), (ii); social and economic opportunities of, (i); in workforce, (i), (ii)
World Bank, (i)
World Health Organization, (i), (ii), (iii)
World Trade Organization, (i)
World War I, (i)
World War II, (i)
World War III rhetoric, (i)
Yugoslav civil war, (i)
Zakheim, Roger, (i)
Zamarripa, Patrick, (i)
Zechmeister, Elizabeth, (i)
Zero Dark Thirty (film), (i)