AIDS    52, 65–66, 110

Afghanistan    6–7, 11, 16–17, 21, 27, 54, 81–83, 86, 97–99, 104–106, 115–116, 118, 120–121, 124–125, 127–133, 135–136, 161–163, 168–179, 181–189, 196, 199–200

1. Loya Jirga    186, 188

2. Taliban    11, 27, 135, 171–173, 175–179, 181–186

3. U.S. Military Action    183

Africa    7, 15, 33, 45, 50, 52–53, 60–64, 66–67, 69–79, 86, 105, 110, 120–123, 126, 129, 131–135, 146, 151, 156, 162, 196, 200, 203, 210, 212–213

1. AIDS    110

African Growth and Opportunity Act    213

Al Qaeda    7, 11, 16, 21, 24, 26–28, 35, 54, 97, 105, 125, 171, 176, 179, 182–186

Angola    69, 213

Argentina    52, 194, 199

1. chemical weapons    3, 13, 44

2. Chemical Weapons Convention    44

3. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty    115

4. Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)    33, 99, 130

5. nuclear nonproliferation    33, 113

6. START I    163

7. Theater Missile Defense    144

8. Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)    35, 37, 40, 43–44, 47, 54, 158, 160

Assassination    26, 32, 151, 170–172, 181, 188

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum    84–86, 8991, 93–95, 97, 100–102, 107, 110, 128, 193, 196, 207–208, 212

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)    64, 84–85, 100–102, 107, 109–111

Baltic States    133–134, 138

Belarus    47, 130–131, 134–135

1. anthrax attacks    55

Brazil    49, 133, 151, 192, 199

Burma    80, 86, 108–109, 113–116, 135–137

Burundi    54, 206

Cambodia    85, 106

Canada    33–34, 38, 40–41, 94, 149, 160, 188–189, 193, 196197, 208

Central America    46, 190, 192

Chile    58, 88, 192, 207

China, People's Republic of (PRC)    20, 33, 56, 81–85, 89, 9192, 95, 98–99, 107, 109, 114–116, 126, 133, 151, 173, 199–201, 208–211

climate change    6, 49–50, 61, 65, 67, 87, 89, 94, 107, 110, 129, 162, 168, 193

Colombia    11, 45, 52, 66, 68–69, 89–90, 94, 122, 192–194, 198–199, 201, 205

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) [see also Arms Control]    115

1. Senate consideration and rejection of    115

Congo    69, 72–73, 79, 210, 213

Congress, U.S    2–28, 31–35, 37, 39–40, 42–46, 48–50, 53–55, 57–60, 64–65, 68, 70–72, 74–125, 127–128, 130–152, 154, 156–158, 160–162, 164–165, 169–172, 174–188, 190–194, 196–197, 199–201, 203–213

1. African Growth and Opportunity Act    213

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, consideration and rejection of    115

1. Senate    44, 74, 115, 147, 183

Croatia    132

Cyprus    146

Czech Republic    120–121

Department of State    37, 42–43, 141, 160

East Timor [see also Indonesia]    105, 112–113

1. popular consulation on political status    112

ECOWAS    70

Ecuador    192

Egypt    4–5, 64, 75, 119–120, 129, 131–132, 134, 136, 141, 143, 146–147, 150, 152–156, 158–159, 162, 182, 200

El Salvador    190, 194

elections    5, 7, 10, 12–13, 20–22, 42–43, 56, 66, 70, 79, 88, 109, 112–113, 115, 118, 129–130, 132, 134, 136–137, 140–141, 143, 147–148, 152, 156–157, 162, 182, 186–188, 190–191, 194

1. Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety [text]    59

Estonia    138

Ethiopia    65–66, 69, 213

European Union (EU)    30, 40–41, 44, 56, 58, 76, 78, 118–119, 122–123, 127–133, 135–138, 149, 151, 157–158, 160, 162, 187, 189, 200, 210–211

France    122–125, 155, 194

Georgia    118, 127

Germany    185, 187–188

Greece    122–126, 136, 145

Group of Eight (G-8)    155–156

Group of Seven (G-7)    47

Guatemala    62

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)    140, 142, 150, 157, 166

Haiti    67, 73–74, 83, 195

High Representative, Office of the [see also Bosnia]    136

Honduras    190

Hong Kong    85, 199

human rights violations    11–12, 33–34, 51, 79, 86, 108, 149, 151, 153, 156, 161

1. executions    149

2. looting and burning    52, 74, 144, 154, 158–159

3. rape    51, 71

humanitarian assistance    12, 60, 76, 83, 96, 98, 100, 103–104, 106, 139

Immigration    30, 193

India    9, 20, 33, 43, 54, 61, 63, 81, 83–85, 92, 99, 103–104, 106, 114–116, 133, 151, 168–169, 173, 176, 181, 184, 199, 202

Indonesia    6, 33, 58, 64–65, 81, 83–85, 96, 102–103, 106–111, 115, 182

1. East Timor    105, 112–113

intellectual property rights (IPR)    95, 129, 145, 209

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)    33–34, 36–37, 39, 41–42, 124, 130, 135

International Criminal Court (ICC)    14, 71

international law    32, 84–85, 103, 106, 162

1. principles of    85

International Monetary Fund (IMF)    48, 109, 125–127, 148, 188

Iran    11, 22, 30, 32–43, 49, 56, 83, 89, 95, 115–116, 119–120, 124, 127–128, 130, 132–133, 135–137, 151, 156, 158, 165–166, 173, 187, 200

1. nuclear weapons program    33–35, 37–40, 42, 115, 124, 128, 130, 135–136

Iraq    7, 11, 16–31, 64, 81–82, 86, 98, 104–106, 125, 137, 145–146, 162–163, 176, 199

1. Al-Qaeda, links to    11, 16, 27

2. Insurgency    10, 26, 177, 181, 184–185

3. Iraq Reconstruction Donors’ Conference    76, 186

4. no-fly zone    8–9, 75

5. National Assembly    87, 195

6. sanctions    22

Israel    5, 130, 145, 165

1. Gaza    64

Italy    45, 125, 138

Japan    80–86, 90–91, 94, 100, 106, 115–116, 122, 125, 149, 160, 206–208, 212–213

1. Okinawa    116

Jordan    11, 64, 129, 150–151, 156, 160

Kazakstan    85

Kenya    11, 58, 69, 206, 213

Korean Peninsula    47, 49, 66–67, 82–83, 85–90, 94, 104, 106107, 113, 115–117, 122, 137, 158, 192, 198–199, 201, 203–206

Kosovo    138–139

Kuwait    25, 151, 155

Latvia    47

Law of the Sea    59

Lebanon    64, 150–151, 160

League of Arab States    161

Liberia    69–70, 73–74

Libya    3–16, 69, 75, 119–120, 124, 127, 129, 131–134, 136, 140, 146–147, 150, 152, 156, 158–159, 162–163, 175, 200

Lithuania    133–134

Malaysia    83, 88, 106, 207

Mali    13, 69, 212

Mexico    45–46, 61, 94, 192–193, 208

Middle East peace process    5, 129–130, 134, 136, 140, 144, 152, 154

Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) trade status [see also Normal Trade Relations (NTR)]    213

Narcotics    45–46, 158

National Missile Defense (NMD) [see also Arms Control: Missile Defense]    144

Netherlands, The    55, 58, 133, 206

Nigeria    13, 62–63, 67, 69, 213

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)    3, 6–10, 13, 16, 105, 118–121, 124, 127, 130, 132–133, 135, 144, 162–163, 172, 183, 185–187

North Korea    49, 82–83, 87–88, 106, 113, 115–116, 158

1. nuclear weapons    82–83, 87–88, 106, 113, 115, 158

2. withdrawal from NPT    113

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)    57–58, 129, 159, 202

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)    134–135, 137, 187

Organization of American States (OAS)    191

Pakistan    11, 83, 130, 135, 170–184, 186, 188, 197

Palestinians    5–6, 71, 130

1. Gaza    64

Panama    89–90, 94, 122, 192–193, 198–199, 201, 205

Peru    88, 192–193, 201, 207

Philippines    82–83, 99–103, 106, 194, 208

Poland    44

Russian Federation    13, 37, 56, 91, 94, 100, 118, 127–128, 132–134, 137, 151, 162, 187, 200, 212

1. Duma    134, 137, 187

Rwanda    13, 69, 72–76, 206, 210

sanctions    2–37, 39–46, 48–51, 53–55, 57–60, 64–65, 68, 70–125, 127–152, 154, 156–162, 164–165, 169–188, 190–200, 3, 14–15, 22, 32, 34, 36–43, 45–46, 49, 87, 109, 113, 127, 130, 132, 136, 140, 149, 151, 157–160, 200–213

1. Iraq    22

2. Iran    32, 34, 36–43

Saudi Arabia    32–33, 140, 143, 151, 164–166

Security Council [see United Nations]    8–9, 13, 19, 25, 33–34, 36, 43–44, 71, 73, 75, 88, 113, 130, 142, 151–152, 158–159

Sierra Leone    69

Slovak Republic    135

Somalia    70, 136

South Africa    33, 52–53, 63, 69, 110, 151, 213

South Asia    9, 11, 20, 33, 43, 54, 61, 63, 81, 83–85, 92, 99, 103–104, 106, 114–116, 130, 133, 135, 151, 168–184, 186, 188, 197, 199, 202

South Korea    82–83, 85–90, 94, 106–107, 116, 122, 137, 192, 198–199, 201, 204–205

Sudan    6, 70–79

1. Darfur    61, 74–75

Summit of the Americas    192

Syria    8–9, 22–23, 39, 56, 127–128, 132, 136–137, 140, 145, 147–152, 156–163, 200

Tanzania    69, 194, 206

terrorism (see also al Qaeda)    6, 11, 21–22, 27–28, 30, 32–33, 35, 37–40, 42–45, 47–49, 54–55, 57, 60, 70–71, 98, 100, 105, 130131, 136, 143, 149, 153, 157–158, 168, 170, 172–173, 175–179, 181, 183, 186, 188, 195, 197

1. assassination    26, 32, 151, 170–172, 181, 188

2. Aum Shinrikyo    54

3. cyber    45, 57–58, 131, 134, 187

4. HAMAS    5, 35, 40

5. Hizbullah    35, 151

Thailand    82–83, 85, 100–101, 106

Theater Missile Defense    144

Trade    4, 6, 16–20, 23, 41, 45–46, 50, 63–64, 66–69, 74, 77–78, 80, 82–98, 100–102, 104, 107, 110–111, 115, 118, 121–122, 127129, 131–133, 136–137, 140–141, 144–145, 147, 151, 156, 160, 168, 171, 175–176, 181, 184, 190–194, 196–213

Tsunami    80–81, 100, 105, 115, 125

Uganda    69, 71–72, 206

Ukraine    118, 130–132

United Kingdom (U.K.)    8, 33–34, 38, 40–41, 76–78, 133, 135–138

United Nations (U.N.)    4, 6, 8–10, 12–15, 19, 25, 29–34, 36–37, 41, 43–44, 48–51, 53, 55, 57, 70–78, 112–113, 120, 127, 129–130, 135, 138–139, 142, 146, 149, 151–152, 158–161, 179, 191

U.N. General Assembly    32–33, 135, 138, 152, 161

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)    12, 29–30, 70

U.N. Security Council    8–9, 13, 19, 25, 33–34, 36, 43–44, 71, 73, 75, 88, 113, 130, 142, 151–152, 158–159

United States    2–28, 31–35, 37, 39–40, 42–46, 48–50, 53–55, 5760, 64–65, 68, 70–72, 74–125, 127–128, 130–152, 154, 156–158, 160–162, 164–165, 169–172, 174–188, 190–194, 196–197, 199–201, 203–213

1. Department of Defense    183

2. Department of State    2, 25, 34, 37–38, 40, 42–43, 53, 77, 80–81, 87–88, 113, 137–138, 141, 144, 146, 153, 159–160, 162–163, 169–170, 181–183, 189, 200–202

3. White House    2, 5, 7, 15, 17, 25, 31, 43, 45, 73, 79, 117–118, 120, 128, 131, 139–140, 166–167, 189–190, 195, 197, 202, 213

Uzbekistan    10

Venezuela    192

Vietnam    83, 85–86, 88, 106, 201, 207

war crimes    75

Western Hemisphere    86, 190–197

World Bank    48, 61, 73–74, 76, 78, 114, 148, 185, 188–189, 207

World Trade Organization (WTO)    91, 94, 118, 127–128, 132, 200–201, 210–212

Zambia    62, 69, 206

Abdullah, King of Jordan    140

Al-Maliki, Nouri    19–24

Assad, Hafez-Al    22, 140, 149–152, 157, 159–160

Berman    182–184

Biden, Joseph    17, 19, 21, 24–25, 80, 87–88, 118, 145

bin Laden, Osama    16, 27, 105, 125, 182

Blair, Tony    66

Bush, George    11, 28, 172

Cameron, David    66, 120

Castro, Fidel    68

Chavez, Hugo    192

Clinton, Bill    54, 87–88, 109, 118, 133, 138, 170, 173, 188, 192–193, 213

Clinton, Hillary    3–5, 10–11, 14, 24, 29–30, 51, 54–55, 59–64, 70, 76, 79–81, 87–88, 90, 92, 99–102, 108–109, 111, 114–116, 118119, 122, 133, 135–139, 142–144, 153–155, 161–163, 168, 170182, 184–188, 191–193, 198, 208

Cohen, William    38

Douste-Blazy    87

Dzurinda, Mikulas    135

Erdogan, Recep Tayyip    145, 150, 157

Gates, Rober    60, 62–63, 93

Geithner, Timothy    33, 35, 38, 42, 44, 83

Gul, Abdullah    145

Hussein, Saddam    17–18, 158

Insulza, Josè Miguel    191

Jong-Il, Kim    115–116

Jung, Kim Dae    87, 115

Karzai, Hamid    169–174, 177, 181, 183, 185, 187–188

Ki-Moon, Ban    30, 187

Kyl, Jon    44

Lugar, Richard    76

Medvedev, Dmitry    91, 94, 127–128, 136

Merkel, Angela    120, 123, 126, 185

Mubarak, Hosni    153

Myers, Richard    186

Noda, Yoshihiko    91, 94, 116, 206

Obama, Barack    5–7, 10–12, 16–17, 19–20, 22–25, 28, 3233, 37–39, 42, 44–46, 53–55, 60, 62, 64, 70–75, 82–85, 87–105, 109–110, 112, 115, 119–128, 131–133, 138, 140–141, 143–145, 147, 151–152, 157, 159–160, 168, 180, 182, 184, 190–195, 198199, 201, 203–205, 207, 210–213

Panetta, Leon    27, 90, 102, 163

Papandreou    126

Putin, Vladimir    187

Qadhafi, Muammar    3–4, 6–16, 56, 75, 120, 159, 175

Rice, Condoleezza    71

Sarkozy, Nicolas    42, 120, 123–126

Singh, Manmohan    103, 168

Stoltenberg    5–6

Tenet, George    54

Yudhoyono, Susilo    65, 109–110