Asia/Pacific Overview
For the cold war generation, U.S. foreign policy toward the Asia/Pacific region was simple, straightforward, and secure.
Africa Overview
The absence of a coherent U.S. foreign policy agendaexcept in the expansion of exports and investments to promising new marketsleaves U.S. policy decisions at the mercy of old and new prejudices, while ad hoc response to crises becomes more the norm than the exception.
Peace and Military Policy in Africa
The U.S. views Libya and Sudan as rogue states that should be contained by providing U.S. military aid to neighboring countries.
Indochina
The unquiet legacy of foreign intervention still casts a long shadow over U.S. policy in Indochina.
Economic Policy Toward Africa
For 20 years the gap has been widening between the level of economic development in Africa and every other area of the world.
World Trade Organization
Today, member countries number 125 (nearly the whole world except China, some former communist countries, and a number of small nations) and WTO rules apply to over 90 percent of international trade.
Defense Conversion
What happened to the peace dividend that was widely expected to accrue from reduced defense spending after the end of the cold war?
Burundi and the Crisis in Central Africa
The international community, which failed to act when the crisis began, now faces a major challenge in Burundi and, more widely, in Central Africa.
Defense Budget and Modernization Plans
The end of the cold war sparked contentious debate about what constitutes the most effective and least expensive security policy.
Trade and Labor
A fundamental challenge facing policymakers and activists is how to set and enforce rules to protect workers from repression, exploitation, and danger.
U.S. Oil Policy in the Middle East
Securing the flow of affordable oil is a cornerstone of U.S. Middle East policy.
Haiti
Two sometimes divergent, sometimes convergent streams of U.S. policy have played an influential role in defining the economic and political system of Haiti.
Japan: Trade and Security Interdependence
Close trade and security ties bind the U.S. and Japan in a web of interdependence.
Nigeria
In June 1993 Nigerias military, led by General Ibrahim Babangida, annulled election results, thereby blocking the inauguration of the countrys first civilian president in a decade.
Indonesia
As the country in the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) that leads the effort to seek rapid tariffs reductions, Indonesia is the darling of U.S. export industries.
Asia/Pacific Peace and Security Issues
The Asia/Pacific region is the geopolitical center of the struggle for world power.
Somalia
For many in the U.S., Somalia is viewed as a powerful symbol of United Nations peacekeeping failure.
North American Free Trade Agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) sets guidelines for the elimination of most trade and investment barriers between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico over a 15-year period.
Military Strategy
The U.S. military did not foresee an end of the cold war and was caught without a new strategy when the Soviet Union collapsed.
Central American Peace and Security
Central Americas modern history is marked by widespread poverty, stark inequalities, political instability, and violent repression.
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