The unquiet legacy of foreign intervention still casts a long shadow over U.S. policy in Indochina.

For 20 years the gap has been widening between the level of economic development in Africa and every other area of the world.

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.

What happened to the peace dividend that was widely expected to accrue from reduced defense spending after the end of the cold war?

The international community, which failed to act when the crisis began, now faces a major challenge in Burundi and, more widely, in Central Africa.

The end of the cold war sparked contentious debate about what constitutes the most effective and least expensive security policy.

A fundamental challenge facing policymakers and activists is how to set and enforce rules to protect workers from repression, exploitation, and danger.

Securing the flow of affordable oil is a cornerstone of U.S. Middle East policy.

Two sometimes divergent, sometimes convergent streams of U.S. policy have played an influential role in defining the economic and political system of Haiti.

Close trade and security ties bind the U.S. and Japan in a web of interdependence.

In June 1993 Nigeria’s military, led by General Ibrahim Babangida, annulled election results, thereby blocking the inauguration of the country’s first civilian president in a decade.

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.

The Asia/Pacific region is the geopolitical center of the struggle for world power.

The Clinton administration came into office espousing support for UN peacekeeping. Characterizing his policy as “assertive multilateralism,” President Clinton appeared enthusiastic about the creation of a small UN “quick-deployment force” and seemed unwilling to commit U.S. forces to UN operations.

UN operations are crucial in saving and improving lives throughout the world, especially in the development, social, health, and education arenas.