Global connections : America's role in the 21st century / John Felton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Felton, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Twenty-first century--Forecasts.

Globalization.

World politics.

United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009--Encyclopedias.

United States.

International relations.

World politics--21st century--Encyclopedias.

Globalization--Encyclopedias.

Twenty-first century--Forecasts--Encyclopedias.

Twenty-first century.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

xiii, 399 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, [2002]

Contents:

Afghanistan 1

Africa 3

African Development Bank 6

African Union 6

Agency for International Development 7

AIDS 7

Albania 9

Algeria 10

Alliance 11

Angola 13

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty 14

Arab League 15

Argentina 16

Armenia 18

Arms control 19

Arms sales 21

ASEAN 23

Asia 23

Asian Development Bank 25

Asian financial crisis 26

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum 28

Australia 28

Austria 29

Azerbaijan 30

Balkans 32

Baltic states 33

Bangladesh 33

Basque 34

Belarus 35

Belgium 35

Biological weapons 36

Bolivia 38

Bosnia 39

Brazil 40

Bulgaria 42

Burundi 43

Cambodia 45

Canada 46

Caribbean 49

Caspian Sea region 51

Central America 52

Central Asia 53

Central Intelligence Agency 54

Chechnya 55

Chemical weapons 57

Chemical weapons convention 58

Chile 58

China 60

Cold war 63

Colombia 65

Commonwealth of Independent States 66

Communism 66

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 68

Congo 69

Congress and foreign policy 71

Convention on Biological Diversity 73

Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty 74

Costa Rica 75

Croatia 76

Cuba 77

Cyprus 80

Czech Republic 81

Debt relief 83

Defense Department 83

Deforestation 84

Denmark 86

Desertification 87

Developing countries 88

Diplomacy 88

East Asia 91

East Timor 91

Eastern Europe 92

Economic sanctions 94

Ecuador 95

Egypt 95

El Salvador 97

Environment 99

Estonia 101

Ethiopia 102

Ethnic cleansing 103

Ethnic conflict 104

Euro 105

Europe 106

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 108

European Common Market 108

European Union 109

Exchange rate 111

Finland 113

Foreign aid 113

Foreign investments 115

Foreign policy 116

Foreign trade 117

France 117

Free trade 119

Fundamentalism 120

G-7 122

Gaza Strip 123

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 123

Genocide 124

Georgia 126

Germany 127

Ghana 129

Global Environment Facility 130

Global warming 130

Globalization 132

Golan 135

Great Britain 135

Greece 137

Guatemala 138

Gulf Cooperation Council 140

Haiti 141

Honduras 142

Hong Kong 144

Human rights 144

Humanitarian intervention 147

Hungary 149

India 151

Indonesia 153

Inter-American Development Bank 155

Internally displaced persons 155

International Court of Justice 156

International Monetary Fund 157

Internet 159

Iran 161

Iraq 163

Ireland 165

Irian Jaya 166

Islam 167

Isolationism 169

Israel 169

Italy 172

Ivory Coast 173

Jackson-Vanik Amendment 175

Jamaica 175

Japan 176

Jordan 178

Kashmir 181

Kazakhstan 183

Kenya 184

Kosovo 185

Kurds 187

Kuwait 188

Kyoto Protocol 189

Kyrgyzstan 189

Land mine treaty 191

Laos 192

Latvia 193

Lebanon 193

Liberia 195

Libya 196

Lithuania 198

Lobbies 199

Macedonia 201

Malaysia 202

Marshall Plan 204

Mercosur 205

Mexico 205

Middle East 207

Middle East peace process 208

Missile defense 211

Missile Technology Control Regime 212

Moldova 213

Monroe Doctrine 214

Montenegro 216

Morocco 216

Most favored nation 217

Mozambique 218

Multilateralism 219

Multinational corporations 219

Myanmar 220

NAFTA 223

Nagorno-Karabakh 223

Namibia 224

Narcotics control 224

Nationalism 226

NATO 227

Natural disasters 230

Netherlands 231

New Zealand 232

Nicaragua 233

Nigeria 235

Nongovernmental organizations 237

Non-tariff barriers 238

North Africa 238

North Korea 239

Northern Ireland 240

Norway 242

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 243

Oman 246

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 246

Organization of African Unity 247

Organization of American States 247

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries 247

Ozone depletion 248

Pakistan 250

Palestinians 252

Panama 254

Paraguay 257

Peacekeeping 258

Persian Gulf states 259

Persian Gulf War 261

Peru 262

Philippines 263

Poland 265

Population growth 267

Portugal 268

Presidents and foreign policy 269

Quebec 273

Refugees 275

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 276

Romania 277

Russia 278

Rwanda 281

Saudi Arabia 284

Serbia 286

Sierra Leone 287

Singapore 289

Slovak Republic 290

Slovenia 291

Somalia 291

South Africa 293

South America 295

South Asia 298

South Korea 298

Southeast Asia 300

Southern Africa 301

Soviet Union 301

Spain 304

Sri Lanka 305

State Department 306

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties 307

Strategic weapons 308

Sub-Saharan Africa 309

Sudan 309

Summit meetings 310

Superpower 311

Sweden 311

Switzerland 312

Syria 313

Taiwan 316

Tajikistan 317

Tanzania 318

Tariffs 319

Terrorism 320

Thailand 324

Third World 325

Tibet 326

Trade liberalization 326

Treaty 328

Tunisia 329

Turkey 330

Turkmenistan 332

Uganda 334

Ukraine 335

Unilateralism 336

United Nations 337

United Nations Children's Fund 339

United Nations Development Program 339

United Nations General Assembly 339

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 340

United Nations secretary-general 341

United Nations Security Council 342

Uruguay 343

U.S. foreign policy 343

U.S. military power 347

Uzbekistan 349

Venezuela 351

Vietnam 352

Warsaw Pact 355

Water resources 355

Weapons of mass destruction 357

West Africa 358

West Bank 359

World Bank 359

World Trade Organization 361

Yemen 363

Yugoslavia 364

Zambia 367

Zimbabwe 367

Zionism 369.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-375) and index.

ISBN:

1568026544

OCLC:

48100561