AIDS    25, 45, 50, 54, 72, 78, 166

Afghanistan    15, 37, 41-42, 80-81, 93-95, 102-104, 107, 113, 115-117, 121, 123, 126, 128-129, 131, 133-134, 136, 149-153, 161-164, 167-169, 171, 173, 176-177, 192, 197-198, 202, 205

• Taliban    150-151, 164, 168

• U.S. Military Action    162

Africa    25, 27, 34, 39, 41-42, 44-48, 50-52, 55, 58-79, 89, 98, 100, 104, 106-107, 114-115, 138, 142-146, 162, 181, 190, 192, 197, 201-204, 219-220

African Growth and Opportunity Act    75

AI Qaeda    13, 38-39, 41, 48, 86, 94, 150, 153, 162, 168, 202

Angola    58-59

Argentina    193, 198

Arms Control    28

• Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty    28

• Conference on Disarmament    13, 29

• Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)    28, 196, 199

• nuclear nonproliferation    28, 199

• nuclear testing    11, 28, 82-83

• Theater Missile Defense    42, 98-99, 112-113, 126, 128, 134, 162, 167-169

• Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)    82, 170-171

assassination    182

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum    82, 85, 213-215

• Bogor    215

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)    83-86, 96, 171, 213-214

Baltic States    27, 162

• smallpox    72

Bosnia and Herzegovina    104, 107, 112, 181

Brazil    26-27, 41-42, 47, 55, 75, 107, 142, 183-190, 192, 194-205

Burma    22, 34, 81, 89, 92-93, 116, 137, 154-155, 158-160, 165-167, 214

Cambodia    33

Canada    106, 168, 178-183, 189, 209, 211, 213-214

Central America    41, 179, 182-183, 188-189, 191-192, 194-195

Chile    27, 41, 194, 205, 212-214

China, People’s Republic of (PRC)    9, 19, 21, 31-32, 34, 36-37, 46, 73, 80, 82-92, 94-96, 100, 107, 118, 125, 136, 157, 159-160, 171-172, 174, 186, 190, 198, 201, 211-213, 215-216, 218-219

climate change    24, 26, 33, 47, 71, 77, 89, 93, 104, 110, 115-117, 119-121, 134, 154

Colombia    32, 35, 37, 41, 108, 178-180, 184, 187-196, 208, 214-216

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) [see also Arms Control]    28

Congo    29, 40, 48, 53

Congress, U.S.    2-4, 6, 8-13, 15, 17-18, 20-21, 26-34, 37-41, 43, 48-51, 55-56, 58-59, 62, 64, 68, 70-72, 74-86, 88-100, 102-107, 109-126, 128, 130-137, 140-146, 149, 151-153, 156-163, 165, 167-173, 176-206, 211-221

• African Growth and Opportunity Act    75

• Senate    33, 105, 158, 210, 212

Croatia    27

Cuba    190, 193-195

Czech Republic    151, 165

Department of State    42-43, 78, 141, 166

ECOWAS    13-14, 78

Egypt    9, 32, 35-36, 92, 99, 102, 117, 120, 135, 142

El Salvador    142, 181

elections    13, 24-25, 34-36, 67-68, 78-79, 92-93, 99, 102, 104, 115, 120, 123-127, 135-137, 140, 155-157, 163, 165-166, 180-181, 206, 217

Eritrea    34, 37

Estonia    27

Ethiopia    44-45, 51, 59, 68, 70, 72, 117, 219

European Community (EC)    128

European Union (EU)    9, 17-18, 50, 93, 103, 105-108, 121-122, 130, 133, 158-159, 182

France    7, 15, 102-103, 108, 112

Georgia    26, 32, 104, 112, 122-127, 129, 167

Germany    30, 107-109, 196

Greece    102-103, 111-112, 128, 163, 206

Group of Eight (G-8)    8, 21, 36, 45, 48, 69-71, 80, 102-103, 106, 108-109, 142, 145, 163, 190, 219

Group of Seven (G-7)    31-32

Guatemala    181, 195

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)    3

Haiti    26, 47, 52, 72, 154, 192, 203

Honduras    142

Hong Kong    214

human rights violations    34, 37-39, 52, 165-166

• looting and burning    119

• rape    53, 139, 166

humanitarian assistance    3-5, 8-10, 12-13, 33, 38, 40, 42, 44, 48-51, 53, 61-63, 68, 73, 77-78, 85, 96, 115, 121, 133, 171, 177

Immigration    72, 178, 202

India    11, 42-43, 46-47, 73, 90, 94-96, 107, 117, 154-157, 169-172, 174-175, 182, 190, 208-210

Indonesia    94-96

intellectual property rights (IPR)    106, 109, 133, 218, 221

• Information Technology Agreement (ITA)    186, 214

Inter-American Development Bank (IABD)    200

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)    28-29, 117

International Court of Justice (ICJ)    111

International Court of Justice (ICJ)    111

International Criminal Court (ICC)    40, 139-140

international law    34, 84, 86, 118-119, 170

International Monetary Fund (IMF)    31, 65

Iran    4, 7, 9, 15, 18, 20, 28-29, 34, 37, 41-42, 81, 85, 89, 92-94, 100, 102-103, 113, 115, 117, 121-122, 128-129, 134, 136-137, 156-157, 171, 192, 195-197, 199, 203

• nuclear weapons program    20, 81, 89, 94, 122, 136, 157, 196, 199

Iraq    3, 9, 13, 15, 41-42, 94, 114, 139, 146-147, 164, 173, 202

• Insurgency    151, 153, 192-193, 198

• Iraq Reconstruction Donors’ Conference    81

• sanctions    3

Ireland    166

Israel    9, 27, 42, 64, 116, 122, 135-136

Italy    27, 45, 70, 128, 163, 202

Japan    21, 46, 80-83, 95, 99, 103, 106, 157, 182, 198, 211-214

Okinawa    80-81, 83, 95

Jordan    3, 8-9, 19, 27, 116, 142

Kazakstén    107

Kenya    45, 51, 68, 70-71, 73, 75, 220

Korean Peninsula    11, 20-23, 26-28, 34, 40-42, 81-85, 89, 94-95, 98-100, 106, 108, 137, 158, 171, 197-198, 203, 208, 211-214, 216

Kosovo    150, 173, 181

Kuwait    139

Law of the Sea    24, 33-34, 119

Lebanon    3, 8, 21, 151

Liberia    58, 65-67, 72-73, 166

Libya    9, 15, 27, 35, 40-41, 94, 111, 113, 115, 139-140, 142, 150, 162, 167, 169

Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of (FYROM)    104, 111-112, 167

Malaysia    96, 166, 205, 212

Mali    38, 58, 66-67, 72, 77-79, 164

Mexico    30-32, 38, 47, 99-100, 104, 106, 113, 127-128, 131, 134-135, 178-183, 189-190, 194-195, 198, 205-206, 209, 211, 213-214, 221

Middle East peace process    35

Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) trade status [see also Normal Trade Relations (NTR)]    74

Nagorno-Karabakh    173

Namibia    58

National Missile Defense (NMD) [see also Arms Control: Missile Defense]    42, 98-99, 112-113, 126, 128, 134, 162, 167-169

Netherlands, The    112, 162

Nigeria    38, 58, 67, 117

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)    179-180

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)    8, 18, 40-43, 81, 92, 94, 102, 104, 111-113, 115-116, 121-122, 125-126, 137-138, 149-152, 161-164, 167-169, 176, 202

• North Atlantic Council (NAC)    104

• Partnership for Peace (PfP)    112

North Korea    11, 20-23, 28, 34, 41-42, 81-83, 89, 94-95, 99-100, 158, 171, 197-198, 203

• nuclear weapons    11, 20, 22, 28, 81-83, 89, 94, 100, 197-198

• withdrawal from NPT    11, 28, 158

Northern Ireland    166

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)    137, 143-145, 192, 215-216

Organization of American States (OAS)    193

Pakistan    34, 37, 41, 92-93, 136, 148-149, 162-163, 168, 171-172, 198

Palestinians    64, 116

• West Bank    116

Panama    187, 208, 216

Peru    27, 195, 205, 212, 214

Philippines    33, 41, 47, 84-86, 95-96, 214

Poland    113-114, 130-131, 162

Russian Federation    3, 9, 16, 19, 21, 28, 34, 36, 83, 104, 107, 113, 118, 124-129, 134-136, 162, 173-174, 208, 212, 214-215, 220-221

Rwanda    40, 58-59, 65, 72

sanctions    2-6, 8-18, 20-22, 26-34, 36-44, 47-56, 58-65, 67-72, 74-86, 88-100, 102-149, 151-163, 165-174, 176-199, 3, 9, 11, 14, 22, 40, 60, 82, 92, 114, 129, 133, 151, 157-159, 174, 192, 196, 199-206, 208-221

• Iraq    3

• Iran    29, 129, 192, 199

Security Council [see United Nations]    3, 5-9, 11-12, 16, 18-21, 28-30, 34, 36, 40, 60-61, 64-65, 68, 83, 89, 117, 127, 139, 151, 169, 191, 196-199

Sierra Leone    40, 66-67

Slovak Republic    27

Somalia    29, 38, 41, 44, 48, 51, 67-70, 154, 164

South Africa    58-59, 61, 65, 75, 107, 190

South Asia    11, 34, 37, 41-43, 46-47, 73, 90, 92-96, 107, 117, 136, 148-149, 154-157, 162-163, 168-172, 174-175, 182, 190, 198, 208-210

South Korea    21-23, 27, 40, 82, 95, 98-100, 171, 198

Sudan    10-11, 32, 34, 40, 46, 48-50, 53-54, 60-64, 69, 89

• Darfur    40, 61-63

Summit of the Americas    178-180, 184, 190-191, 193

Syria    3-21, 34, 36, 40, 60-61, 69, 85, 89, 93, 99-100, 102-103, 113, 116-118, 120-121, 125-129, 133-134, 137, 139, 151, 157, 169, 173-174, 197, 199

Taiwan (Republic of China)    96, 212, 214

Tanzania    26-27, 65, 70, 72, 76, 219

terrorism (see also al Qaeda)    13, 28-29, 38-39, 41, 68, 82, 85-86, 94, 96, 115, 123, 126, 147, 150-151, 153-155, 159, 163-164, 170-172, 176, 183, 191-193, 202

• assassination    182

• cyber    22, 41, 81-82, 85, 89, 95, 98-99, 197, 203-204

Thailand    95, 166, 214

Theater Missile Defense    42, 98-99, 112-113, 126, 128, 134, 162, 167-169

Togo    65-67

Trade    16, 24, 38, 42-43, 58-60, 62, 66, 70, 73-77, 79, 81-82, 84-85, 91-92, 94, 98, 100, 105-108, 111, 113-115, 119-121, 123-124, 128-133, 135, 137, 145-146, 148, 154-156, 158-159, 161, 171-172, 174-175, 178-184, 186-189, 191-192, 195, 197, 199, 201, 204-206, 208-221

Tsunami    80, 171

Tunisia    9, 35, 102, 140-145

Uganda    45, 48-50, 53-54

Ukraine    27, 112

United Kingdom (U.K.)    26, 45, 50, 158-159

United Nations (U.N.)    3, 5-6, 9-10, 12, 14-17, 20-22, 26-27, 29-30, 32, 34, 36, 38-40, 44, 48, 53-56, 60-65, 67-69, 72, 74, 77, 83, 89, 93, 99, 110, 125, 127-129, 139, 151, 154, 159, 166, 169, 171, 173-177, 185, 192-193, 196-199, 210

• U.N. General Assembly    26, 29, 32

• U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)    73, 176

• U.N. Security Council    3, 5-9, 11-12, 16, 18-21, 28-30, 34, 36, 40, 60-61, 64-65, 68, 83, 89, 117, 127, 139, 151, 169, 191, 196-199

• UNICEF    53

United States    2-4, 6, 8-13, 15, 17-18, 20-21, 26-34, 37-41, 43, 48-51, 55-56, 58-59, 62, 64, 68, 70-72, 74-86, 88-100, 102-107, 109-126, 128, 130-137, 140-146, 149, 151-153, 156-163, 165, 167-173, 176-206, 211-221

• Department of Defense    42

• Department of State    19, 23, 26-27, 42-43, 50, 56, 61, 78-79, 90, 98, 100, 135, 141-142, 145, 147, 158, 166, 174-175, 177, 186, 193, 206, 220

• White House    27, 79-80, 86, 100, 102, 122, 135, 164, 170, 177-178, 183, 187, 192, 206, 216, 221

Uruguay Round    107

Uzbekistan    34

Vietnam    32, 46, 94, 96, 170, 172, 205, 212, 217

war crimes    53

Western Hemisphere    42, 178-207

World Bank    24-26, 51, 56, 65-67, 74, 77, 215, 220

World Trade Organization (WTO)    75, 91, 105-107, 128-129, 134-135, 137, 145, 208, 211-212, 214-216, 218-219, 221

Zambia    35, 220

Abbas, Mahmoud    116

Abdullah, King of Jordan    116

Amorim, Ceslo    203-204

Annan, Kofi    3-9, 13-19, 21, 36, 61, 93, 99, 116, 121, 125, 127-129, 133, 151, 169, 174, 199

Assad, Bashar    3-4, 8-9, 12, 15-21, 36, 61, 93, 116, 120-121, 125, 127, 129, 133-134, 151, 169, 174, 199

Biden, Joseph    181

bin Laden, Osama    38, 92

Clinton, Bill    122, 153, 170, 172, 197

Clinton, Hillary    3-4, 7, 15-16, 18-23, 26, 33, 36, 38, 42, 55, 61, 80, 84-88, 90-94, 96, 98-99, 104, 110, 114-127, 129, 131, 133-138, 140-142, 145, 149, 151-161, 165, 172-174, 185, 196-199, 209

De Gucht, Karel    105

Erdogan, Recep Tayyip    3, 137

Feinstein, Barbara    130

Gates, Robert    44-45, 48

Geithner, Timothy    17, 88, 128

Gul, Abdullah    137

Hollande, Francois    102, 163

Inderfurth    209

Jong-un, Kim    23

Karzai, Hamid    148, 151-153, 161, 176

Kennedy, Edward    156

Kennedy, John    107

Kerry, John    33

Koh, Harold    37

Lantos, Tom    32, 52

Lavrov, Sergei    8, 16-17, 21, 99, 134-135

Lugar, Richard    33

Mbeki, Thabo    60-61, 69

McCain, John    157-158

Medvedev, Dmitry    4, 126

Merkel, Angela    163

Mitchell, George    43

Mubarak, Hosni    32, 120

Netanyahu, Binyamin    116, 195

Nixon, Richard    40, 89

Obama, Barack    11, 16, 20, 26, 28-29, 36, 39, 47, 52, 55-56, 58-59, 62-64, 67, 69, 80-83, 86, 88-91, 94, 99-100, 102-103, 105, 107-110, 113-114, 119, 122-124, 127-132, 134-135, 137-138, 140, 142-145, 148, 151-154, 161-164, 166, 168-170, 172, 176, 178-187, 189-191, 193-197, 199-201, 203, 205-206, 208-209, 211, 213, 215-216, 219-221

Panetta, Leon    8, 22-24, 33, 40, 84-86, 94, 98, 100, 149-150, 152, 169, 202

Putin, Vladimir    16, 99, 113, 124-127, 134-136

Qadhafi, Muammar    35-36, 40-41, 139, 182

Rice, Condoleezza    10, 20

Saakashvili, Mikheil    122, 124-125

Sharif, Nawaz    63, 67

Singh, Manmohan    170

Steinberg    32

Taylor, Charles    40

Vershbow    104