Foreign Policy of the United States, Volume 5 [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Simone Ernest
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.73
• Soggetto topico: United States -- Foreign relations -- Law and legislation; United States -- Foreign relations; Law, Politics & Government; International Relations
• Persona (resp. second.): SimoneErnest
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES, VOLUME 5 -- FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES, VOLUME 5 -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CENTRAL ASIA: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS -- SUMMARY -- MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- OVERVIEW OF U.S. POLICY CONCERNS -- Post-September 11 and Afghanistan -- Support for Operation Iraqi Freedom -- FOSTERING PRO-WESTERN ORIENTATIONS -- Russia's Role -- OBSTACLES TO PEACE AND INDEPENDENCE: REGIONAL TENSIONS AND CONFLICTS -- The 1992-1997 Civil War in Tajikistan -- The Incursions into Kyrgyzstan -- The 1999 and 2004 Attacks in Uzbekistan -- The 2005 Violence in Andijon, Uzbekistan -- Actions of the IMU and IJU in 2006-2008 -- U.S. Designation of the IMU and IJU as Terrorist Organizations -- DEMOCRATIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- Recent Developments in Kazakhstan -- The 2005 Coup in Kyrgyzstan -- Succession in Turkmenistan -- Recent Developments in Uzbekistan -- Human Rights -- SECURITY AND ARMS CONTROL -- Closure of the Karshi-Khanabad Airbase -- The Manas Airbase -- Weapons of Mass Destruction -- TRADE AND INVESTMENT -- Energy Resources -- Kazakhstan -- Turkmenistan -- U.S. AID OVERVIEW -- Congressional Conditions on Kazakh and Uzbek Aid -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 CHILE: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND U.S. RELATIONS -- SUMMARY -- POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND -- Allende Era -- Pinochet Era -- Return to Democracy -- RECENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS -- 2005 Presidential and Legislative Elections -- Loss of Concertación Control over Legislature -- 2008 Municipal Elections -- 2009 Presidential and Legislative Elections -- Education Demonstrations -- Mapuche Activism -- Human Rights -- Energy Challenges -- Global Financial Crisis -- CHILE-U.S. RELATIONS -- U.S. Assistance -- Free Trade Agreement -- Regional Leadership. ; Narcotics and Human Trafficking -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 CHINA-U.S. TRADE ISSUES -- SUMMARY -- U.S. TRADE WITH CHINA1 -- Major U.S. Exports to China -- Major U.S. Imports from China -- Investment Ties -- China's Holdings of U.S. Securities18 -- U.S. Holdings of Chinese Securities -- Bilateral FDI Flows -- MAJOR U.S.-CHINA TRADE ISSUES -- Health and Safety Concerns Over Certain Imports from China27 -- China's Poor Regulatory System and Implications -- China's Currency Policy37 -- China and the World Trade Organization -- WTO Implementation Issues -- Pending U.S. Cases Against China -- Resolved U.S. Cases against China -- Chinese WTO Cases against the United States -- Violations of U.S. Intellectual Property Rights -- The U.S. WTO Cases against China on IPR -- Applying U.S. Countervailing Laws to China57 -- China Safeguard Provisions -- Textile and Apparel Products65 -- The U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue -- U.S.-CHINA TRADE LEGISLATION IN THE 111TH CONGRESS -- End Notes -- Chapter 4 CONGRESS AND U.S. POLICY ON NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS AND REFUGEES: RECENT LEGISLATION AND IMPLEMENTATION -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN U.S. POLICY TOWARD NORTH KOREA UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION -- THE NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACT OF 2004 -- SELECTED IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS -- Human Rights -- Refugee Resettlement -- Radio Broadcasting into North Korea -- REAUTHORIZATION BILL -- Focus on Special Envoy -- COMPLICATIONS WITH REFUGEE PROVISIONS -- Implementation Challenges -- Funding Concerns -- A Ready Alternative for Resettlement -- CHANGES IN SOUTH KOREA'S APPROACH? -- End Notes -- Chapter 5 COSTA RICA: BACKGROUND AND U.S. RELATIONS -- SUMMARY -- POLITICAL SITUATION -- Background -- 2006 Elections -- Arias Administration -- 2010 Elections -- ECONOMIC SITUATION -- Global Financial Crisis -- Social Conditions. ; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY -- U.S. RELATIONS -- U.S. Assistance -- Mérida Initiative36 -- International Military Education and Training -- Free Trade Agreement -- Ratification -- Implementation -- End Notes -- Chapter 6 CUBA: U.S. RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL AND REMITTANCES -- SUMMARY -- MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- BACKGROUND TO TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS -- Chronology of Cuba Travel Restrictions -- CURRENT PERMISSIBLE TRAVEL TO CUBA -- CURRENT RESTRICTIONS ON REMITTANCES -- REACTION TO THE JUNE 2004 TIGHTENING OF TRAVEL AND REMITTANCE RESTRICTIONS -- ESTIMATES OF U.S. TRAVELERS TO CUBA -- OFAC REVIEW OF TRAVEL AND CARRIER SERVICE PROVIDERS -- ENFORCEMENT OF CUBA TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS -- Civil Penalties -- GAO Report on Enforcement of Cuba Sanctions32 -- ARGUMENTS FOR LIFTING CUBA TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS -- ARGUMENTS FOR MAINTAINING CUBA TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS -- LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES IN THE 111TH CONGRESS -- LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES IN THE 110TH CONGRESS -- First Session Action -- Second Session Action -- Additional Initiatives in the 110th Congress -- Legislative Initiatives in the Aftermath of 2008 Hurricanes -- LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES IN THE 109TH CONGRESS -- First Session Action -- Second Session Action -- Additional Initiatives in the 109th Congress -- LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES IN THE 108TH CONGRESS36 -- First Session Action -- Second Session Action -- Additional Initiatives in the 108th Congress -- LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES IN THE 107TH CONGRESS39 -- First Session Action -- Second Session Action -- Additional Legislative Initiatives in the 107th Congress -- LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES IN THE 106TH CONGRESS -- End Notes -- Chapter 7 EGYPT: BACKGROUND AND U.S. RELATIONS -- SUMMARY -- TURNING A PAGE IN U.S.-EGYPTIAN RELATIONS? -- Major U.S. Company Loses Egyptian Nuclear Contract -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- Egypt during the Colonial Era. ; The Constitutional Monarchy and the British -- Nasser and Egypt during the Cold War -- Egypt-Israeli Peace -- The Camp David Agreement and 1979 Peace Treaty -- Egypt under Mubarak -- REGIME STRUCTURE -- Overview -- The Role of the Military in Egyptian Society -- The National Democratic Party (NDP)14 -- The Judiciary -- Reinforcing Regime Rule -- POLITICAL OPPOSITION AND CIVIL SOCIETY -- The Muslim Brotherhood21 -- The Brotherhood's "Party Platform" -- Ayman Nour -- Civil Society in Egypt -- Organized Labor -- CURRENT ISSUES IN U.S.-EGYPTIAN RELATIONS -- Egypt's Regional Role -- Overview -- Isolating Hamas -- The 2008-2009 Israel-Hamas War in Gaza -- The Smuggling Tunnels -- Role of Congress -- New U.S. Anti-Smuggling Support to Egypt -- A New Egyptian Brokered Cease-Fire and the Release of Gilad Shalit? -- Hezbollah Cell in Egypt -- The Economy and U.S-Egyptian Trade -- Egypt and the Global Financial Crisis -- U.S.-Egyptian Trade -- Qualified Industrial Zones -- Human Rights, Religious Freedom, and Women's Rights -- Religious Freedom -- Women's Rights -- U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT -- The Debate over U.S. Assistance to Egypt -- The FY2008 Withholding of U.S. Military Aid -- Recent History of Congressional Action on Aid to Egypt -- 108th Congress -- 109th Congress -- 110th Congress -- Economic Aid -- Military Aid -- FY2009 Omnibus -- End Notes -- Chapter 8 EL SALVADOR: POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND U.S. RELATIONS -- SUMMARY -- POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS -- FMLN Victory -- Challenges for the Funes Administration -- Opposition Legislature -- Endemic Poverty and a Faltering Economy -- Gangs and Violence17 -- RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES -- U.S. Foreign Aid -- Counter-Narcotics Issues -- Support for U.S. Military Operations in Iraq -- Migration Issues -- U.S. Trade and CAFTA-DR -- End Notes. ; Chapter 9 EU-U.S. ECONOMIC TIES: FRAMEWORK, SCOPE, AND MAGNITUDE -- SUMMARY -- U.S. INTERESTS -- THE FRAMEWORK OF U.S.-EU ECONOMIC TIES -- U.S.-EU TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES -- U.S.-EU Investment Flows and Positions -- CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- End Notes -- Chapter 10 FRANCE: FACTORS SHAPING FOREIGN POLICY, AND ISSUES IN U.S.-FRENCH RELATIONS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- FACTORS SHAPING FRENCH POLICY -- A Global Perspective -- The European Union -- Multilateralism -- The Use of Force and the United Nations -- Religion and the State: "Le Foulard" -- Anti-Semitism in France -- ISSUES IN U.S.-FRENCH RELATIONS -- European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) -- NATO -- Afghanistan -- Terrorism -- The Middle East -- The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Middle East Peace Process -- Iran -- Iraq -- Trade50 -- Agriculture -- Government Intervention in Corporate Activity -- Foreign Policy Discord and the Iraq War -- ASSESSMENT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- End Notes -- Chapter 11 FUTURE OF THE BALKANS AND U.S. POLICY CONCERNS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION: THE ROLE OF THE BALKANS IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY -- CURRENT CHALLENGES IN THE REGION -- Impact of Kosovo's Independence -- Establishing Democracy and the Rule of Law -- Economic Reform and Improving Living Standards -- U.S. POLICY CONCERNS -- Creating Self-Sustaining Stability in the Balkans -- Filling a Possible Security Gap -- Restructuring the International Role in the Region -- European Union -- NATO -- International Supervisory Bodies in Bosnia and Kosovo -- War Crimes Prosecutions -- U.S. Role -- U.S. and International Aid in the Balkans -- EU Aid to the Balkans -- The War on Terrorism and the Balkans -- THE ROLE OF CONGRESS IN U.S. BALKANS POLICY -- End Notes -- INDEX -- Blank Page.
• Titolo autorizzato: Foreign Policy of the United States, Volume 5
• ISBN: 1-61324-619-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817542603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Foreign Policy of the United States