Global Connections: America's Role in the 21st Century

by Felton, John

• ISBN13: 9781568026541
• ISBN10: 1568026544
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Cq Pr

Summary

Global Connections is a comprehensive encyclopedia with over 270 entries examining international problems and America's vital stake in them. It provides an overview of global issues that surface daily through reports in the media. This user-friendly encyclopedia guides students and the public to a better understanding of the challenges the United States will face in the new century. For teachers, this title guides classes through such themes as culture, power, change and continuity, and individuals and groups.

In Global Connections, Felton examines the 21st century world following the collapse of international communism and the array of conflicts and competition, religious and ethnic turmoil, economic tensions, and developmental concerns that still exist. Some issues as Middle East peace have long been on the front page, but others such as economic globalization, international terrorism, the Internet, international trade, worldwide environmental damage, and weapons proliferation, have recently emerged as major concerns for all nations.

Author Biography

John Felton is a freelance writer specializing in foreign affairs. He has reported on U.S. foreign policy for the Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report and was a foreign affairs editor for National Public Radio

Table of Contents

Maps	ix
Introduction	xi
World Map	xiv
A
Afghanistan	1	(2)
Africa	3	(3)
African Development Bank	6	(1)
African Union	6	(1)
Agency for International Development	7	(1)
AIDS	7	(2)
Albania	9	(1)
Algeria	10	(1)
Alliance	11	(2)
Angola	13	(1)
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty	14	(1)
Arab League	15	(1)
Argentina	16	(2)
Armenia	18	(1)
Arms control	19	(2)
Arms sales	21	(2)
ASEAN	23	(1)
Asia	23	(2)
Asian Development Bank	25	(1)
Asian financial crisis	26	(2)
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum	28	(1)
Australia	28	(1)
Austria	29	(1)
Azerbaijan	30	(2)
B
Balkans	32	(1)
Baltic states	33	(1)
Bangladesh	33	(1)
Basque	34	(1)
Belarus	35	(1)
Belgium	35	(1)
Biological weapons	36	(2)
Bolivia	38	(1)
Bosnia	39	(1)
Brazil	40	(2)
Bulgaria	42	(1)
Burundi	43	(2)
C
Cambodia	45	(1)
Canada	46	(3)
Caribbean	49	(2)
Caspian Sea region	51	(1)
Central America	52	(1)
Central Asia	53	(1)
Central Intelligence Agency	54	(1)
Chechnya	55	(2)
Chemical weapons	57	(1)
Chemical weapons convention	58	(1)
Chile	58	(2)
China	60	(3)
Cold war	63	(2)
Colombia	65	(1)
Commonwealth of Independent States	66	(1)
Communism	66	(2)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty	68	(1)
Congo	69	(2)
Congress and foreign policy	71	(2)
Convention on Biological Diversity	73	(1)
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty	74	(1)
Costa Rica	75	(1)
Croatia	76	(1)
Cuba	77	(3)
Cyprus	80	(1)
Czech Republic	81	(2)
D
Debt relief	83	(1)
Defense Department	83	(1)
Deforestation	84	(2)
Denmark	86	(1)
Desertification	87	(1)
Developing countries	88	(1)
Diplomacy	88	(3)
E
East Asia	91	(1)
East Timor	91	(1)
Eastern Europe	92	(2)
Economic sanctions	94	(1)
Ecuador	95	(1)
Egypt	95	(2)
El Salvador	97	(2)
Environment	99	(2)
Estonia	101	(1)
Ethiopia	102	(1)
Ethnic cleansing	103	(1)
Ethnic conflict	104	(1)
Euro	105	(1)
Europe	106	(2)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development	108	(1)
European Common Market	108	(1)
European Union	109	(2)
Exchange rate	111	(2)
F
Finland	113	(1)
Foreign aid	113	(2)
Foreign investments	115	(1)
Foreign policy	116	(1)
Foreign trade	117	(1)
France	117	(2)
Free trade	119	(1)
Fundamentalism	120	(2)
G
G-7	122	(1)
Gaza Strip	123	(1)
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade	123	(1)
Genocide	124	(2)
Georgia	126	(1)
Germany	127	(2)
Ghana	129	(1)
Global Environment Facility	130	(1)
Global warming	130	(2)
Globalization	132	(3)
Golan	135	(1)
Great Britain	135	(2)
Greece	137	(1)
Guatemala	138	(2)
Gulf Cooperation Council	140	(1)
H
Haiti	141	(1)
Honduras	142	(2)
Hong Kong	144	(1)
Human rights	144	(3)
Humanitarian intervention	147	(2)
Hungary	149	(2)
I
India	151	(2)
Indonesia	153	(2)
Inter-American Development Bank	155	(1)
Internally displaced persons	155	(1)
International Court of Justice	156	(1)
International Monetary Fund	157	(2)
Internet	159	(2)
Iran	161	(2)
Iraq	163	(2)
Ireland	165	(1)
Irian Jaya	166	(1)
Islam	167	(2)
Isolationism	169	(1)
Israel	169	(3)
Italy	172	(1)
Ivory Coast	173	(2)
J
Jackson-Vanik Amendment	175	(1)
Jamaica	175	(1)
Japan	176	(2)
Jordan	178	(3)
K
Kashmir	181	(2)
Kazakhstan	183	(1)
Kenya	184	(1)
Kosovo	185	(2)
Kurds	187	(1)
Kuwait	188	(1)
Kyoto Protocol	189	(1)
Kyrgyzstan	189	(2)
L
Land mine treaty	191	(1)
Laos	192	(1)
Latvia	193	(1)
Lebanon	193	(2)
Liberia	195	(1)
Libya	196	(2)
Lithuania	198	(1)
Lobbies	199	(2)
M
Macedonia	201	(1)
Malaysia	202	(2)
Marshall Plan	204	(1)
Mercosur	205	(1)
Mexico	205	(2)
Middle East	207	(1)
Middle East peace process	208	(3)
Missile defense	211	(1)
Missile Technology Control Regime	212	(1)
Moldova	213	(1)
Monroe Doctine	214	(2)
Montenegro	216	(1)
Morocco	216	(1)
Most favored nation	217	(1)
Mozambique	218	(1)
Multilateralism	219	(1)
Multinational corporations	219	(1)
Myanmar	220	(3)
N
NAFTA	223	(1)
Nagorno-Karabakah	223	(1)
Namibia	224	(1)
Narcotics control	224	(2)
Nationalism	226	(1)
NATO	227	(3)
Natural disasters	230	(1)
Netherlands	231	(1)
New Zealand	232	(1)
Nicaragua	233	(2)
Nigeria	235	(2)
Nongovernmental organizations	237	(1)
Non-tariff barriers	238	(1)
North Africa	238	(1)
North Korea	239	(1)
Northern Ireland	240	(2)
Norway	242	(1)
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty	243	(3)
O
Oman	246	(1)
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe	246	(1)
Organization of African Unity	247	(1)
Organization of American States	247	(1)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries	247	(1)
Ozone depletion	248	(2)
P
Pakistan	250	(2)
Palestinians	252	(2)
Panama	254	(3)
Paraguay	257	(1)
Peacekeeping	258	(1)
Persian Gulf states	259	(2)
Persian Gulf War	261	(1)
Peru	262	(1)
Philippines	263	(2)
Poland	265	(2)
Population growth	267	(1)
Portugal	268	(1)
Presidents and foreign policy	269	(4)
Q
Quebec	273	(2)
R
Refugees	275	(1)
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development	276	(1)
Romania	277	(1)
Russia	278	(3)
Rwanda	281	(3)
S
Saudi Arabia	284	(2)
Serbia	286	(1)
Sierra Leone	287	(2)
Singapore	289	(1)
Slovak Republic	290	(1)
Slovenia	291	(1)
Somalia	291	(2)
South Africa	293	(2)
South America	295	(3)
South Asia	298	(1)
South Korea	298	(2)
Southeast Asia	300	(1)
Southern Africa	301	(1)
Soviet Union	301	(3)
Spain	304	(1)
Sri Lanka	305	(1)
State Department	306	(1)
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties	307	(1)
Strategic weapons	308	(1)
Sub-Saharan Africa	309	(1)
Sudan	309	(1)
Summit meetings	310	(1)
Superpower	311	(1)
Sweden	311	(1)
Switzerland	312	(1)
Syria	313	(3)
T
Taiwan	316	(1)
Tajikistan	317	(1)
Tanzania	318	(1)
Tariffs	319	(1)
Terrorism	320	(4)
Thailand	324	(1)
Third World	325	(1)
Tibet	326	(1)
Trade liberalization	326	(2)
Treaty	328	(1)
Tunisia	329	(1)
Turkey	330	(2)
Turkmenistan	332	(2)
U
Uganda	334	(1)
Ukraine	335	(1)
Unilateralism	336	(1)
United Nations	337	(2)
United Nations Children's Fund	339	(1)
United Nations Development Program	339	(1)
United Nations General Assembly	339	(1)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	340	(1)
United Nations secretary-general	341	(1)
United Nations Security Council	342	(1)
Uruguay	343	(1)
U.S. foreign policy	343	(4)
U.S. military power	347	(2)
Uzbekistan	349	(2)
V
Venezuela	351	(1)
Vietnam	352	(3)
W
Warsaw Pact	355	(1)
Water resources	355	(2)
Weapons of mass destruction	357	(1)
West Africa	358	(1)
West Bank	359	(1)
World Bank	359	(2)
World Trade Organization	361	(2)
Y
Yemen	363	(1)
Yugoslavia	364	(3)
Z
Zambia	367	(1)
Zimbabwe	367	(2)
Zionism	369	(2)
Bibliography	371	(6)
Index	377	(22)
Photo credits	399