International Relations

Kuwait remains pivotal to U.S. efforts to secure the Persian Gulf region because of its consistent cooperation with U.S. strategy and operations in...

This comparative volume explores the dramatic pathways of political development undertaken by rentier regimes in the Arab world. Here, waging war p...

U.S. foreign aid programs began in earnest with the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe following World War II. Arguably, the underlying rationale for ...

This book examines the international agreements and efforts of the United Nations. Some other topics discussed in this compilation include: U.N. ef...

Continuity of operations at Department of Defense (DOD) installations is vital to supporting the department''''s missions, and the disruption of ut...

Unrest in the Arab world has amplified existing political tension in Yemen. Sustained mass protests and President Ali Abdullah Saleh''''s attempts ...

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a nonreciprocal trade preference program that provides duty-free treatment to U.S. imports of cert...

As the world''''s third largest economy, India is an important trade and economic partner for the United States. The visit by recently elected Prim...

Qatar, a small peninsular country in the Persian Gulf, emerged as a partner of the United States in the mid-1990s and currently serves as host to m...

Argentina, a South American country with a population of around 41 million, has had a vibrant democratic tradition since its military relinquished ...

Chinas position in the world has been evolving. It seeks increased influence and independence from foreign powers with the ultimate goal of preserv...

When Turkmenistan gained independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991, the former republic''''s president and head of t...

U.S. agencies have sought to address causes of unaccompanied alien child (UAC) migration through recent programs, such as information campaigns to ...

This encyclopedia presents important research on the Middle East. Some of the topics discussed herein include Iran''''s ballistic missile and space...

World events since late 2013 have led some observers to conclude that the international security environment is undergoing a shift from the familia...

Due to extensive cooperation on a wide range of issues, the relationship between the United States and Europe is often called the transatlantic par...

Each year, millions of visitors come to the United States legally on a temporary basis. Overstays are individuals who were admitted legally on a te...

After the rise of the Islamic State of Syria and Levant (ISIL), the world has been debating over an old issue, characterised by some as the clash o...

Globalisation, as an international phenomenon, has contributed to or assisted in the development of major economic, political and social change in ...