International Relations

Turkey has long been a valued U.S. NATO ally and strategic partner. Successive administrations have viewed it as a secular democracy that could ser...

The U.S.-China bilateral relationship is one of the world''''s most important, touching on a wide range of issues including economics, global secur...

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 serves as the cornerstone for the United States'''' foreign assistance policies and programs. Written, passed, a...

Long considered a strategic backwater from Washington''''s perspective, South Asia has emerged in the 21st century as increasingly vital to core ...

As the Obama administration and Congress move forward to pursue engagement, harsher sanctions, or both, regional actors are evaluating their polici...

Although long a component of U.S. foreign policy, strengthening weak and failing states has increasingly emerged as a high-priority U.S. national s...

Lebanon is a religiously diverse, democratic state transitioning toward independence after a ruinous civil war and the subsequent Syrian and Israel...

Since the late 1990s, China''''s robust international engagement has caught many by surprise and prompted growing American debate over the PRC''''s...

The foreign policy of the United States is the policy by which the United States interacts with foreign nations and sets standards of interaction f...

This book explores the current tensions and troubles facing the Middle-Eastern countries of Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. Discussed are the politics,...

Formed 50 years ago, in 1961, the Peace Corps sends American volunteers to serve at the grassroots level in villages and towns across the globe to ...

This book focuses on the current state of the United States and the Republic of the Philippines relations. The U.S. and Philippines maintain close ...

Changes in climate patterns and their impact on the physical environment can create profound effects on populations in parts of the world and prese...

The nation''''s surface transportation system has deteriorated to such a degree that our safety, economic competitiveness and quality of life are a...

Foreign assistance is a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another, given at least partly with the objective of benefiting the rec...

Policy toward and support for Taiwan are a key element in U.S. relations with the People''''s Republic China (PRC) and an important component of U....

This book explores the current state of Venezuelan politics and relations with the United States. Under the populist rule of President Hugo Chavez,...

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the U.S. recognised the independence of all the former Central Asian republics, supported their adm...

Book & CD. This book is an overview of Colombian and U.S. relations and issues. The United States and Colombia have co-operated to reduce narco...