INDEX
Abbas, Mahmoud
Abu Ghraib
Adams, John Quincy
Afghan War
Al-Qaeda
NATO/solidarity
Taliban overthrow
U.S. vs. European role with
Afghanistan
Pakistan relationship
Soviet conflict
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud
Iranian nationalism
position in Iranian leadership
views of
Al-Assad, Bashar
Al-Hakim
Al-Moallem, Walid
Al-Qaeda
Afghan War
Iraq War and
Pakistan and
tribes disowning
See also Bin Laden, Osama; 9/11
Al-Sadr
Al-Sistani
America
arrogance in 1990s
avoiding clash of civilizations
consumerism/wealth accumulation and
defense installations in Czech Republic/Poland
disparities within
diversity views
economy in global community
future energy policies
government bureaucracy problems
America (continued)
government planning board need
indebtedness of
interdependent sovereignty
leadership and
outdated institutions of
public as uninformed/parochial
as superpower
vice president’s role
views on immigrants/ immigration
American exceptionalism
American image
anti-Americanism
bipartisanship and
changing image in Middle East
China and human rights
recovering of
American president
mistakes to avoid
priority setting
as public educator
task forces and
American University, Beirut
Annan, Kofi
Annapolis process
Arab-Israeli relationship
Camp David agreement
First Gulf War and
Madrid peace process
overview
See also Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Israeli-Palestinian peace process
Arafat, Yasser
Armitage, Richard
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
Ashdown, Paddy
Asia
as rising power/effects
stabilizing orientation in
See also Central Asia; specific countries
Atlantic Charter
Australia
Azerbaijan
Baker, Jim
Baker-Hamilton Commission
Baku-Ceyhan pipeline
Balkans
Baltic states
Barnett, Thomas
Begin, Menachem
Beirut, Lebanon
Bell, Daniel
Bhutto, Benazir
Bin Laden, Osama
in 1990s
views of
See also Al-Qaeda; 9/11 attacks
Bipartisanship
in past
promoting
U.S. image and
Bowie, Bob
Brezhnev, Leonid
Burns, Nick
Bush, George H.W.
building relationships
Israeli-Palestinian peace process
pro-Israel community and
relationship with Scowcroft
Soviet Union collapse/“Chicken Kiev” speech
Bush, George W.
Homeland Security Council
Israeli-Palestinian peace process
9/11 and
Sharon and
on “war on terror,” 2
world’s views of Bush/ Americans
See also Iraq War
Camp David agreement
Carter, Jimmy
Camp David agreement
Eastern Europe
Iranian revolution/hostage crisis
pro-Israel community and
relationship with Brzezinski
traits
Ceauşescu, Nicolae
Central Asia
gas/oil and
Russia and
U.S. future policies
water resources
“Chicken Kiev” speech
China
alliance with U.S. against Soviet Union
assimilation into global community
authoritarianism benefits
Chinese model for others
democracy and
domestic upheaval dangers
economic disparities within
education of leadership
environmental problems
fears of instability
history of relationship with world
humiliation and
interstate highway system of
China (continued)
Iran nuclear weapons and
leadership
lobby in U.S.
nuclear weapons
Olympics
“One China, several systems,” 123
in open systems
revolutionary China
as rising power
Russia and
six-party talks on North Korea
Taiwan and
Tibet and
trading relationships
U.S. competition and
U.S. indebtedness to
U.S. policy with
U.S. tariffs against
value system and
Clash of civilizations
Climate change
Clinton, Bill
Clinton, Hillary
Cold war
U.S. planned response to attack
U.S. strategy/attitude
Cold war end
change in world environment
end of empires
end of World War I and
events ending
international organizations and
missed opportunities with
U.S. in 1990s
U.S. reaction and
Cold war mentality
Communication changes with globalization/Internet
Congress of Vienna (1815)
Cultural Revolution
Czech Republic and U.S. defense installations
Czechoslovakia
Dalai Lama
Danish cartoons
De Gaulle, Charles
Democracy
crackdowns against prodemocracy movements
dividing world into “democracies/ nondemocracies,” 140
economic success-democracy connection
G8 and
promotion by Europe vs. U.S.
solidarity and prodemocracy movements
U.S. pushing in Middle East
See also specific countries
Détente
Dignity importance
Doha (Development) Round discussions
Eastern Europe
collapse of Soviet Union and
democracy and
Soviet Union and
U.S. policy in Bush Sr. administration
See also specific countries
Egypt
Camp David agreement
democracy and
Muslim Brotherhood
U.S. relationship
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Energy shortages
Estonia and Russia
EU
ambivalence on
diversity and
Lisbon Treaty
national sovereignty and
role of
Turkey
Ukraine
as unique
See also Europe
Europe
decision-making process within
demographic problems
euro vs. dollar
extending
global financial capital in
infrastructure
lessons for U.S.
military force
orderliness of
politically defining itself
U.S./common views and
U.S. focus and
worker immigrants in
See also EU
Fatah
Fear culture (U.S.)
creating
effects
9/11 and
Fear culture (U.S.) (continued)
of the outside
recovering from
First Gulf War
American arrogance and
Arab-Israeli peace process opportunity and
financing
forcing Saddam from power and
UN Security Council and
France
post-revolutionary France
unification of Europe and
Frucht, William
G8
Gates, Bob
Georgia
NATO
Russia relationship
Geremek, Bronislaw
Germany’s role in Europe
Glasnost
Global common problems
description
See also specific issues
Global political awakening
in Asia
description/effects
dignity/disparities and
Globalization
communication changes and
global companies organization vs. government organization
hierarchical systems and
importance of
Internet opinion/anger accelerator
nation states and
power vs.
Golan Heights
Google in China
Gorbachev, Mikhail
attempted coup against
organization after Soviet Union
policies
resignation
Russians views of
Soviet Union collapse and
Gore, Al
Great Leap Forward
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Guantanamo
Haass, Richard
Hadley, Steve
Hagel, Chuck
Hamas
Iran
Palestinian peace process
Palestinians
Syria
U.S. talking with
Hezbollah
Hill, Chris
Hong Kong
House, Karen Elliot
Hughes, Karen
Huntington, Sam
Hussein, Saddam
Al-Qaeda/Bin Laden and
chemical weapons
as contained
U.S. deception and
weapons of mass destruction
See also First Gulf War; Iraq
Idealism vs. realism
India
conflict with Pakistan
as democracy
ethnic diversity/potential problems
illiteracy/poverty
nuclear weapons agreement and
Pakistan-Afghanistan relationship and
political parties description
as rising power
trading relationships
International Military Education and Training (IMET)
International organizations
democracies and
forming
leadership and
need for
See also specific organizations
Iran
Afghanistan and
analogy to revolutionary China
analogy to revolutionary France
Azeris in
Chinese model and
comparison to Russia
continuing in revolutionary state (possibility)
destabilization policy use against
as destabilizing force
dissatisfaction with religious leadership in
internal problems
Iranian revolution/U.S. hostages
Iraq War and
Israeli relationship
Lebanon and Hezbollah
Iran (continued)
nationalism
Palestine and Hamas
political system of
regional insecurities
as rising power
self-delusion on power
Shia crescent and
Taliban and
Turkey model and
under the Shah
war with Iraq
women in
Iran/nuclear weapons
China and
international proliferation and
negotiations
solidarity against
stated position
U.S. conflict possibility/effects
U.S. defense installations in Czech Republic/Poland
Iraq
Kuwait invasion
U.S. administration in
war with Iran
See also First Gulf War; Hussein, Saddam
Iraq War
administration goals summary
anti-Americanism with
civil war (possibility) following
consequences summary
ending difficulties
financing
ignoring war on terrorism with
Iraq democracy and
Middle East internal conflicts and
Neocons and
opposition to
rushing into
troop surge
U.S. arrogance/deception and
Iraq War/advice for new president
continuing presence
response to civil war
withdrawal
Israel
invasion of Lebanon
Iran and
response to force
“special relationship” with U.S.
See also Arab-Israeli relationship
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
anti-Americanism and
Intifada
Iraq War and
Palestinian refugee camps
Israeli-Palestinian peace process
1967 borders
advice for new president
Annapolis process
anti-Americanism and
current status of people/ governments
demilitarized Palestinian state
George W. Bush and
Israeli settlements
Israeli withdrawal from Gaza
Israel’s security/permanence
Jerusalem sharing
moral dimension
NATO peacekeeping force
opportunity with First Gulf War
Palestinians right of return
Shia crescent and
Syria and
U.S. refusing Israeli loans
U.S. role
Ivanov, Sergei
Japan
economic success-democracy connection
nuclear capabilities
trading relationships
U.S. indebtedness to
U.S. relationship
Kahn, Herman
Kashmir
Kayani, Ashfaq Parvez
Kissinger, Henry
“Kitchen cabinet,” 260-261
Korea
unified Korea relationships
See also North Korea; South Korea
Kravchuk, Leonid
Kyrgyzstan
League of Nations
Lebanon
current state of
Hezbollah
Israeli invasion
Syria and
Lieberman, Joe
Lisbon Treaty (EU)
Madrid peace process
Manifest Destiny
Maronites
Marshall, George
McCain, John
Medvedev, Dmitry
Meiji Restoration
Middle East
changing U.S. image in
democracy and
Middle East (continued)
Islamic extremism threat
U.S. military presence in
U.S. policies in
U.S. task force on
See also Arab-Israeli conflict; Iraq War; specific countries
Morgenthau, Hans
Mossadegh
Mullen, Michael
Musharraf, Pervez
Muslim Brotherhood
Muslims
clash of civilizations
criticizing/effects
Napoleon
Nation states
globalization effects
industrialization effects
limits of
National Geographic
National Security Act (1947)
National security advisor selection/ role
National Security Council
NATO
as outdated
U.S. defense installations in Czech Republic/Poland
See also specific countries
Neocons
New York Times Magazine
NGOs
Niebuhr, Reinhold 9/11 attacks
immediate reactions
U.S. bureaucratic barriers and
U.S. fear culture and
U.S. reactions and Bin Laden
See also Afghan War; Iraq War
Nixon, Richard
Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)
North Korea
change in leadership
trade
North Korea/nuclear weapons
China and six-party talks
Japan and
negotiations
new U.S. president and
reasons for
Russia and
testing by
type of nuclear weapons
Nuclear weapons
IAEA
nonproliferation
use possibilities
See also Cold war; specific countries
Obama, Barack
Orange Revolution, Ukraine
Organizations. See International organizations
Pakistan
Afghanistan relationship
Al-Qaeda/Islamists and
anti-Americanism and
army splitting danger
army’s importance
conflict with India
conflict with U.S. possibilities
democracy and
division of India effects
IMET
nuclear weapons
political parties
post-Musharraf era dangers
Taliban and
tribal areas
U.S. and Pakistani politics
U.S. sanctions on
Palestinians
Hamas and
See also Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Israeli-Palestinian peace process
Panama attempted coup
Pentagon’s New Map, The (Barnett)
Perestroika
Philippines
Poland
current state of
democracy and
EU and
Solidarity
Soviet Union collapse and
U.S. defense installations in
workers in other countries
Politics Among Nations (Morgenthau)
Pollution
Powell, Colin
Power and Principle (Brzezinski)
Putin, Vladimir
background
becoming president
KGB and
Medvedev and
nationalism
policies
potential return to presidency
on Soviet Union collapse
world view/motivations
See also Russia
Rabin, Yitzhak
Reagan, Ronald
Realism vs. idealism
Respect importance
Revolution of the Roses, Georgia
Rice, Condoleezza
Israeli-Palestinian peace process
as national security advisor
Romania
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Rumsfeld, Donald
Russia
central Asia and
China and
comparison to Iran
conflicts of
democracy/effects
diversity within
EU and
future move towards West
future of culture
highway system of
Iran nuclear enrichment
lobby in U.S.
missed opportunities with
nationalism
NATO expansion and
as new country
nuclear weapons and
oil/gas and
political future
pride/humiliation of
soul of
Soviet Union as Russian empire
U.S. defense installations in Czech Republic/Poland
U.S. future policy with U.S. goals with
See also specific individuals
Saakashvili, Mikheil
Sarkozy, Nicolas
Saudi Arabia
Schmidt, Helmut
Second Chance (Brzezinski)
Second Indo-Pakistan War
Shamir, Yitzhak
Shanghai Cooperation Council
Sharon, Ariel
Gaza withdrawal
invasion of Lebanon
Temple on the Mount and
two-state solution
U.S. support for
Shevardnadze, Eduard
Shushkevich, Stanislau
Singapore
Sobchak, Anatoly
Solidarity
Somalia
South Korea
economic success
North Korea relationship
U.S. relationship
Soviet Union
Baltic states and
dismantling of
Eastern Europe and
as last empire
nationalism and
as Russian empire
Spanish-American War
Stahl, Lesley
Syria
Taba accords
Taiwan
Taliban
Terrorism
Bush on 9war on terror2 criticizing Islam and Internet and
See also 9/11 attacks; specific groups; specific individuals
Thatcher, Margaret
Tiananmen Square
Tibet
China and
ethnic culture of
Tito, Josip
Trilateral Commission
Tueni, Gibran
Turkey
EU and
model for Iran
Ukraine
changes in
“Chicken Kiev” speech
collapse of Soviet Union
EU
NATO
Russia relationship
UN
developed vs. developing world
as outdated/adapting
U.S. leadership and
UN Security Council
adapting
First Gulf War
Iran
Vance, Cyrus
Walesa, Lech
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
Wilson, Woodrow
World War I
Xiaoping, Deng
Yanukovych, Viktor
Yeltsin, Boris
actions of
Gorbachev’s resignation and
Yugoslavia
Yushchenko, Viktor
Zemin, Jiang
Zia-ul-Haq