Volume 22, Issue 2, June 2012 (Documents January 1 - March 31, 2012)
SUBJECT INDEX
AIDS 32–33, 35, 47, 91
Afghanistan 14–17, 20, 23–25, 28, 32–33, 35–36, 38–39, 57, 73–74, 80–87, 89–93, 97–99, 103, 106, 118–119, 124, 129–132, 135, 137–138
Taliban 35, 90, 102–103, 119, 130–132, 137
Africa 16, 19, 25, 29, 32–35, 37–39, 42–55, 80, 83, 91, 99, 106–107, 122–124, 150–151
AIDS 35, 47
Al Qaeda 8, 14–15, 19, 23, 37, 44, 52, 65, 75–76, 90–91, 93, 105, 113, 130, 137
Angola 48
Arms Control 77, 136
chemical weapons 48
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 77
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 75, 77–78, 81, 98, 135
nuclear nonproliferation 70, 75, 77, 135
nuclear testing 65, 69, 77, 135
Theater Missile Defense 77, 84, 90, 97–98, 100, 119, 126, 136
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) 10, 15, 69, 118
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum 57–58, 64, 151–153
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 57, 68
Baltic States 98–99, 101
Belarus 89, 99
Brazil 35, 105, 146–147, 155
Burma 29, 68, 106, 128
Burundi 49
Cambodia 26
Canada 52, 64, 96, 115
Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) 150–151
Chile 64
China, People's Republic of (PRC) 7, 27, 35, 46, 48, 56, 58–63, 65–68, 70, 72, 77–78, 92, 122, 125, 144, 146, 148–151, 155–156
Normal Trade Relations (NTR) 151
climate change 28–29, 66, 78, 145
Colombia 140, 144, 146, 149–151
Congo 19
Congress, U.S. 2–3, 5–7, 11, 13–18, 21–23, 25, 27, 29, 39–40, 42–46, 52–54, 56–60, 62–70, 73–74, 76–90, 92–94, 96–103, 105–112, 114, 116–120, 123–126, 128–133, 135–137, 140–148, 151–155
Senate 22, 150
Guantanamo Bay, U.S. military base 112
Cyprus 125
Department of State 14, 81
East Timor [see also Indonesia] 20
ECOWAS 43
Egypt 4–5, 7, 18, 28, 36, 80, 104–107, 109, 112, 123–124
El Salvador 141
elections 4, 6, 36, 42–44, 53–54, 70, 88–90, 97–98, 102–104, 109–113, 120–121, 123, 128–130, 136, 140, 142–143
Estonia 98–99, 101
Ethiopia 34, 37, 46–47, 50
European Union (EU) 10–13, 21–22, 56, 80–81, 83, 86–92, 115–116, 150–151, 154–155
France 10, 20, 48, 82, 92, 96, 123
Georgia 29, 76, 99, 126, 129–130, 148
Germany 3–4, 78, 80–84, 95–96
Greece 86, 95–96
Group of Eight (G-8) 92, 105, 123
Group of Seven (G-7) 21
Guatemala 123, 140–141
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) 8, 123, 125–126
Haiti 25–26, 35, 38, 99
High Representative, Office of the [see also Bosnia] 11, 81
Honduras 140–141
human rights violations 5–6, 25, 50
looting and burning 125, 131–132
humanitarian assistance 5, 7–8, 11, 18, 37, 44, 47–50, 52, 57, 71, 90–92, 94, 99, 111–113, 131
Hungary 26, 29
Immigration 26
India 35, 39, 68, 105, 108, 126, 128–129, 132–134, 146, 149
Indonesia 39, 68, 71, 128
East Timor 20
intellectual property rights (IPR) 59–60, 64, 155
Information Technology Agreement (ITA) 134, 151–153, 155
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 11, 65, 69–70, 77, 122
International Court of Justice (ICJ) 87
International Criminal Court (ICC) 94
international law 76, 94
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 26, 42, 44, 86, 95–96, 123–124, 149 Iran 7, 10–13, 15, 19, 23, 26–27, 29, 59, 70–71, 73–75, 77–78, 80–83, 86–87, 89, 91–93, 98, 104, 106, 113–116, 118–119, 122, 124–127, 135, 145
nuclear weapons program 10–12, 27, 70, 74, 77–78, 80–81, 92–93, 97, 106, 114–115, 119, 124, 126
Iraq 7, 14–15, 17, 23–24, 28, 32–33, 93, 104–105, 118–119, 125–126
Al-Qaeda, links to 14
no-fly zone 94
Ireland 61, 95–96
Israel 7, 29, 80, 106, 117–120, 124
Gaza 118–119, 124
Jerusalem 117
Tel Aviv 117
Italy 52, 61, 86, 95–96
Japan 63–64, 68–72, 76–77, 96, 115
Jordan 29, 50, 76, 103–104
Kazakstán 76, 128, 134–136
Kenya 25, 28, 34–35, 37, 45, 47, 49, 52
Korean Peninsula 15, 23, 36, 39, 48, 56, 58, 63, 65, 68–79, 83, 96–98, 115, 118, 124–125, 134–136, 144, 146, 149–151, 153–154
Kosovo 11–12, 32, 87–88
Latvia 99
Lebanon 7
Liberia 38
Libya 7, 12, 15–16, 23, 36, 39, 83–84, 86–87, 91–92, 94, 102, 104, 113–115, 120–123
Lithuania 99
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of (FYROM) 99
Malawi 47
Malaysia 64
Mexico 26, 32, 39, 56, 64, 76, 140, 143–144
Middle East peace process 6, 104–105, 121
Moldova 76, 99
Narcotics 18, 140–141
National Missile Defense (NMD) [see also Arms Control: Missile Defense] 77, 84, 90, 97–98, 100, 119, 126, 136
Nicaragua 140–143
Nigeria 43, 47
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 15–16, 23, 74, 80–81, 83–84, 86–87, 89–92, 98–100, 114, 124, 129–130, 138
North Korea 65, 69–70, 72–75, 77–78, 83, 98, 118
nuclear weapons 65, 69–75, 77–78, 83, 98
withdrawal from NPT 70, 75, 77–78, 98
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 32, 47, 155
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) 89, 128
Organization of American States (OAS) 142
Pakistan 28, 32–33, 76, 103, 105, 118, 120, 132, 137
Palestinians 104
Gaza 118–119, 124
West Bank 18
Panama 35, 140, 144, 146, 150–151
PEMEX 143
Peru 32, 35, 64
Philippines 63–65, 68, 71
Poland 29, 84, 88–90, 108
Russian Federation 4, 7, 29, 71, 77–78, 89–90, 92–94, 96–98, 100, 125, 129, 134–136, 144, 147, 150–151, 155
sanctions 2–3, 5–8, 10–19, 21–23, 25, 27–30, 32, 34–35, 38–40, 42–54, 56–70, 73–74, 76–90, 92–94, 96–103, 105–112, 114–125, 3, 7–8, 10–11, 13, 19, 27, 52, 80, 86, 91–94, 113–115, 117, 119, 122, 126, 128–137, 140–155
Iran 10–11, 19, 29, 78, 92–93, 115–116, 126
Saudi Arabia 8, 125–126
Security Council [see United Nations] 3–4, 7–8, 10, 13, 44, 51–52, 72, 74, 80–81, 87, 92, 111, 114, 120–123, 130–131, 145
Somalia 37, 52–53, 91, 113, 118, 125
South Africa 35, 39
South Asia 28, 32–33, 35, 39, 68, 76, 103, 105, 108, 118, 120, 126, 128–129, 132–134, 137, 146, 149
South Korea 36, 39, 48, 70–79, 96, 115, 124–125, 134–135, 144, 146
Sudan 20, 37, 39, 44–45, 47–51, 100–101
Darfur 50–51, 101
Syria 3–9, 11–13, 27, 67, 70–71, 80, 86–94, 97–100, 102, 104, 106–107, 111–113, 115, 119, 121–126, 130–131
Taiwan (Republic of China) 68
Tanzania 37, 47
terrorism (see also al Qaeda) 8, 10, 14, 16, 19, 23, 42, 53, 65, 70–71, 73–78, 83, 86, 93, 111, 113, 115–118, 124–126, 130–132, 135–136
cyber 19, 23, 83, 98–99, 118
HAMAS 7
Thailand 26, 38, 68, 71, 126
Theater Missile Defense 77, 84, 90, 97–98, 100, 119, 126, 136
Trade 10, 12, 21–22, 26, 29, 33–34, 38–39, 42, 44–46, 48, 52–53, 56–65, 67–70, 72–73, 80, 86, 90–92, 97–98, 104–105, 108, 111, 115, 128–129, 133–134, 141–142, 144–157
Tsunami 26, 72
Tunisia 5, 7, 11, 28–29, 36, 38–39, 86, 99, 102, 104, 107–111, 113–114
Ukraine 32, 73, 76, 89, 99
United Kingdom (U.K.) 52–53, 90–94, 101, 115
United Nations (U.N.) 3, 5, 7–8, 10–12, 19, 25, 29–30, 44–45, 49–53, 67, 70, 72, 80, 87, 92, 97–100, 102–103, 112, 114–115, 118, 120, 122–123, 130–131, 134, 145
U.N. General Assembly 5, 7, 11–12, 118, 123
U.N. Security Council 3–4, 7–8, 10, 13, 44, 51–52, 72, 74, 80–81, 87, 92, 111, 114, 120–123, 130–131, 145
UNICEF 24, 48, 50, 137
United States 2–3, 5–7, 11, 13–18, 21–23, 25, 27, 29, 39–40, 42–46, 52–54, 56–60, 62–70, 73–74, 76–90, 92–94, 96–103, 105–112, 114, 116–120, 123–126, 128–133, 135–137, 140–143, 145–148, 151–155
Department of Defense 19, 118–119
Department of State 2, 14, 17, 19, 24–25, 28, 30, 36, 69, 81, 88, 130, 146–149
White House 2, 27, 30, 43, 53–54, 58, 79, 85, 90, 100–101, 103, 120, 127, 129, 138, 156
Vietnam 14, 64, 68, 147
Western Hemisphere 140–143
World Bank 35, 38–40, 42, 44–45
World Trade Organization (WTO) 29, 56, 62, 66, 96, 98, 134, 145, 149–156
Zambia 147
NAME INDEX
Abdullah, King of Jordan 8, 103–104, 125
Abubakar 49
Al-Faisal, Saud 8, 125
Annan, Kofi 5, 8, 92, 94, 97–99, 123–124, 130–131
Assad, Bashar 3–6, 8, 11–12, 29, 70, 80, 86, 88, 90–92, 94, 99–100, 102, 104, 106, 111, 113, 122–125, 130
Barak, Ehud 118
Bellamy 61
Biden, Joseph 58–61, 148
bin Laden, Osama 14, 76, 93, 118, 120
Bush, Laura 130
Cameron, David 80, 90–94
Clinton, Bill 27, 42, 44, 46, 58, 71, 117, 121, 146
Clinton, Hillary 3–5, 7–8, 10–12, 17–18, 20, 24–25, 27–29, 32, 35, 42–44, 46–47, 52, 56–58, 65, 69–70, 80–83, 85, 87–90, 98–100, 102–103, 107, 109–113, 120–122, 125–126, 128, 130–132, 142–144, 146, 148–150
Cohen, William 13, 113
El-Keib, Abdurrabim 102, 120–121, 123
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip 124–125
Gates, Robert 34, 40, 47
Geithner, Timothy 10, 26, 39, 82, 94
Havel, Vaclav 85
Hussein, Saddam 117
Jiaxuan, Tang 58–59
Jong-Il, Kim 65
Jong-un, Kim 75
Karzai, Hamid 92, 103, 131–132, 138
Kennedy, John 85
Kissinger, Henry 61, 66
Lavrov, Sergei 4, 71, 89, 98, 123
Lott, Trent 28
Mbeki, Thabo 49–50
Medelci, Mourad 102–103
Medvedev, Dmitry 96–97, 100, 135–136
Merkel, Angela 82
Mubarak, Hosni 106, 112
Myers, Richard 12
Myung-bak, Lee 72
Nazarbayev 134–136
Netanyahu, Binyamin 118
Nixon, Richard 62, 65, 68–69
Obama, Barack 3, 14–15, 18, 23, 25, 27–30, 32–35, 38, 42–43, 45–48, 53–54, 56, 58–60, 62–64, 69, 72–76, 80–82, 84–87, 89–90, 93–94, 96–97, 103–105, 107, 109, 114–115, 118–119, 121, 124, 128–131, 133–137, 143–144, 146–151, 153
Paet, Urmas 98–99, 101
Panetta, Leon 6, 14–15, 22, 71, 83, 90, 103, 117
Putin, Vladimir 77, 89–90, 97, 100, 136
Qadhafi, Muammar 14–15, 23, 94, 106, 114–115, 120, 122
Rabin, Yitzhak 117
Rasmussen, Anders Fogh 130–132
Rice, Condoleezza 121
Saakashvili, Mikheil 129–130
Sarkozy, Nicolas 82
Sikorski, Radoslaw 88–89
Thaci, Hashim 87