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Ischinger, Wolfgang, 97
Islamic State (IS or Daesh), 12, 26, 37, 60, 84, 89, 91, 93, 118, 129, 193–94, 196, 205, 207–208, 210, 214–16, 218–19, 234, 243, 245, 247–48, 296, 299
Islamism, 90
Israel, 14, 18, 25, 32, 40–41, 45, 62, 92–93, 109, 126, 193, 195–96, 198, 200–202, 209, 212–14, 220–21, 242, 245–50, 269–70, 282, 296
Israeli-Palestinian relations, 18, 213, 245, 247, 282
relations with Iran (see under Iran)
two-state solution, 245–46, 248
Jabhat al-Nusra, 193–94, 196
Japan, 14, 17–18, 27, 29–32, 37, 41, 43–45, 49, 59, 106–107, 109, 126, 131, 143–44, 145, 147–49, 152–53, 155, 160–61, 163, 168–80, 184–85, 187–88, 190–91, 200, 203, 235–36, 250–54, 257–58, 262–63, 265–66, 269, 273, 277– 278, 281, 291, 293, 301
relations with China, 30–32, 37, 41, 43–45, 106–107, 143–49, 152–55, 160–63, 168–80, 184–88, 190–91, 203, 250–58, 281
relations with Germany, 106–107, 269
relations with India, 17, 41, 43, 45, 106, 143–48, 155, 160–63, 168, 175, 184, 250–51, 281, 301
relations with Russia, 18, 30–32, 41–45, 59, 106–109, 126, 131, 143–49, 161, 163, 168, 178–80, 185, 190–91, 235, 236, 251–54, 269, 277, 281, 293
relations with the United States, 27–32, 37–49, 106–107, 143–55, 160–61, 168–80, 184–91, 235–36, 250–54, 262–69, 273, 281, 293
self-defense force, 176, 229
Jaysh al-Islam, 196
Johnson, Micah, 90
joint sovereignty, 45, 104, 177, 266, 280–81
Jordan, 62, 245
Juncker, Jean-Claude, 97
Kaliningrad, 18, 31, 33, 131, 134, 235, 262, 266
Kazakhstan, 146, 210, 250
Kelly, John, 51
Kennedy, John F., 291
Kenny, Enda, 103
Keystone XL pipeline, 115, 127–28, 275
Khan Shaykhun, 197–98
Kim, Dae-jung, 185
Kim, Il-Sung, 187
Kim, Jung Un, 13, 169–70, 183, 191, 223, 254–55, 259
Korea, North, 13, 17–18, 21–25, 30–32, 36–37, 39–40, 43–44, 57–58, 60, 73, 94, 122, 128, 143, 169–71, 173, 175, 177, 179–91, 195, 200–201, 212, 223, 225, 248, 250, 252–59, 261, 269–70, 281, 283, 292, 294, 301
Kaesong complex, 185
Korea, South, 18, 32, 37, 126, 144–45, 147, 155, 169–70, 173–74, 177, 182, 184–88, 190–91, 252–59, 262–63, 269, 277, 281
Free Trade Agreement (Korean-US), 253
relations with China, 18, 32, 37, 126, 144–47, 155, 170, 174–91, 253–59, 263, 269
relations with Trump/United States, 37, 144–47, 155, 170, 173–91, 252–59, 262–63, 269, 277, 281
Sunshine policy, 185, 281
Korean War, 182, 187, 259, 292
Kosovo, 10, 75, 104, 133
Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 54, 90
Kurdistan, 209, 244
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), 209
Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), 207–209
Kurds, 194, 207–10, 244, 247–49, 282
Kurile/Northern Territories, 179, 252, 266
Kushner, Jared, 79, 195, 275
Lamar, Mirabeau B., 296
Lanza, Adam, 90
Lashkar-e-Taiba, 166
Latin America, 17, 26, 30, 87–88, 126, 155–56, 158–60, 284–85, 293
Lavrov, Sergei, 80, 93, 205
Le Pen, Marine, 111–12, 114–17
Lewis, Sinclair, 9, 297
LGBTQ communities, 48
Libya, 12, 38, 88, 107, 129, 195, 199, 215, 217
Lindbergh, Charles, 291
Lithuania, 100, 128
Litvinenko, Alexander, 75, 108
Long, Gavin, 90
Long-Range Standoff Cruise Missile (LRSO), 64, 262
Luhansk, 139
Lukashenka, Alyaksandr, 39, 119, 120
MacArthur, Douglas, 291–92
Macedonia, 134
Macron, Emmanuel, 102, 111–12, 115–18, 122, 154
Malaysia, 145, 149, 161, 171, 179
Manafort, Paul J., 79
Manning, Chelsea, 77
Mao, Zedong, 75
Mariupol, 140
Mattis, James, 51, 99
May, Theresa, 102–103, 112
McCain, John, 53, 68, 72, 85, 94, 299
McMaster, H. R., 51, 91, 199, 217
Medvedev, Dmitry, 36, 80, 147, 205, 234
Mélenchon, Jean-Luc, 111
Merkel, Angela, 105, 108, 111, 115–16, 200
Mexico, 12, 18, 21, 25–27, 32, 49, 86–87, 155–57, 284, 294, 296
Middle East, 12, 18, 25, 32, 35, 43, 122, 126, 144, 161, 193, 195, 197, 199, 201–205, 207, 209, 211–15, 217, 219, 221, 225, 234, 243, 249–50, 281–82, 285, 295–96
military Keynesianism, 52, 67, 69
missile defense (MD), 13, 59, 143–44, 176, 184, 187, 199, 204, 243, 254, 263–64
missile program, 21, 24, 182–83, 255, 257
Modi, Narendra, 161, 164, 166–68
Moldova, 118–19, 130, 134, 138, 146, 228
Monroe Doctrine, 153, 156, 175, 293
Montenegro, 116, 129, 130
Moon, Jae-In, 184–86
Mueller, Robert, 72–73
Murkowski, Lisa, 53
Muslim, 16, 21, 71, 88–89, 91–92, 114, 205–206, 210, 214, 219, 221, 241
Muslim Brotherhood, 206, 214
mutual assured destruction (MAD), 13, 42
National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, 197
nationalism, 14–16, 21, 23, 25, 26–27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 49, 57, 66, 90, 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111–13, 115, 117, 119, 121–22, 154, 189, 261, 295–96, 298
National Rifle Association (NRA), 55
NATO Article V, 98, 129, 132, 178
NATO enlargement, 9–14, 16–17, 33–35, 98, 224–31
NATO membership, 34, 97, 129, 131–32, 134, 230–31, 234
NATO-Russia Founding Act, 132–35, 141–42
natural gas, 127–28, 149, 275–76
“near abroad,” 82, 130, 135
Nemtsov, Boris, 75, 138
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 201, 245–46
Netherlands, 107, 111
New Zealand, 145, 155, 184
Nitze, Paul, 10
Nixon, Richard, 14, 37, 172, 224, 285–86, 290
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 27, 296
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 9–18, 23, 26, 31–35, 37, 41, 44, 51, 59, 75, 82–83, 88, 97, 98–107, 110–18, 121–22, 129–35, 138–39, 141–43, 146–47, 158–59, 179, 193–94, 199–200, 206, 210, 216–19, 221, 225–26, 228–34, 237–38, 240–42, 250, 255, 262–63, 268, 270, 272. See also NATO Article V; NATO enlargement; NATO membership; NATO-Russia Founding Act
Northern Ireland, 103–104, 247, 266
Good Friday Agreement, 103
Norway, 132, 152
nuclear power, 160, 188, 249, 253, 279, 302
Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG), 160
nuclear weapons, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23–26, 29–30, 35–36, 37, 40, 42, 44, 47, 58–59, 61, 94, 104, 131, 133–34, 141, 143–44, 170–71, 173, 180, 182–83, 187–89, 199, 211–12, 224–26, 229, 243, 249, 254–59, 262–63, 265, 273, 292, 301
Nuland, Victoria, 82
Obama, Barack, 18, 21, 24, 36–37, 48, 50, 53–56, 58–59, 71, 81, 83, 91, 106, 128, 133–34, 144, 153–55, 157–58, 171, 180–81, 189, 194, 196–97, 203–204, 211, 213, 217–19, 234, 245, 251, 257, 274–75, 277, 285, 287, 294
administration of, 18, 54–56, 58–59, 81, 106, 133, 144, 153, 204, 211, 213, 218, 234, 245, 257, 274–75
Okinawa, 171, 176
Old Age Survivor and Disability Insurance (OASDI), 285
One-China policy, 24, 143, 170, 172–73, 223
one-state solution, 246
open NATO enlargement, 10–11
Orbán, Viktor, 112, 114
Organization for Security and Coo
peration in Europe (OSCE), 15, 18–19, 45, 113, 133, 136–37, 230, 232–33, 268–69, 270–71, 280–81
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Indo-Pacific (OSCIP), 281
Organization of Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC), 127
Orwell, George, 9, 297, 300–301
Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), 60–61
Paddock, Stephen C., 90–91
Palestine, 242, 245–46, 270
Palestinian authority, 245–46, 248
pan-Islamist movements, 31, 33, 64, 92, 164, 196, 205, 216, 234, 247, 282, 296
Paradise Papers, 83, 267
Park, Geun-hye, 185
Partnership for Peace (PfP), 233
Patton, George S., 291–92
Paul, Rand, 53
peace and development communities, 230, 240, 280
Pence, Mike, 15–17, 22–23, 26–27, 34–35, 37, 41, 43, 45, 57–58, 68, 84, 93, 99–100, 125, 143, 188, 194, 197–98, 200, 212, 223, 225, 235, 241, 257, 268, 270–72, 279, 290–91, 293, 297, 299
Pentagon, 26, 36, 51, 60–61, 62, 64, 67, 134–35, 174, 177, 183, 187, 195, 197, 208–209, 217–19, 221, 255, 262
petroleum, 108, 127
Philippines, 14, 145, 149, 154, 161, 169, 171, 174–75, 179–82, 184, 266, 283
PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain), 101
pipelines, 128, 150, 216, 275
piracy, 161, 237, 252
Poland, 11, 13, 31, 34, 100, 106, 110, 113–14, 121, 125, 127–28, 200
polarization, 18–20, 42–43, 142, 214, 228, 290
Politkovskaya, Anna, 75
Poroshenko, Petro, 84, 137, 139, 227, 232
protectionism, 23, 28, 97, 154–55
Putin, Vladimir, 10, 22, 33, 35–36, 39, 58–59, 72–83, 93, 109, 113–14, 116–18, 138–40, 147, 150–51, 157, 164, 180, 194–95, 198–200, 205, 217, 224–25, 235, 252, 261, 264, 293
Qatar, 14, 41, 100, 109, 126, 193, 196, 214–15, 219, 221, 246–48, 282–83
relations with Saudi Arabia, 214–15
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD), 143, 161
Reagan, Ronald, 37, 65–66, 290
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), 17, 30, 144–45, 152–53, 155, 160, 168, 189, 223
Romania, 100, 104, 114, 128
Roosevelt, Teddy, 291, 293–95
national parks, 294
Rosebud Sioux Tribe, 128
Rouhani, Hassan, 213
Russia, 9–19, 21–26, 30–45, 51, 57–60, 63, 65, 71–85, 90, 92–94, 98, 100, 105–10, 112–14, 116–41, 143–53, 155–68, 170, 173, 178–82, 185–86, 188, 190–91, 193–201, 204–10, 212–13, 215, 218–21, 223–44, 247, 250–54, 257–59, 261–66, 268–69, 277, 280–81, 283–84, 290, 293, 296, 301
capital flight, 126
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), 17, 32–33, 35, 41, 82, 119–20, 146, 213, 229, 233
foreign agent law, 81
NATO-Russia Founding Act, 132–35, 141–42
Novorossiya, 137
sanctions on, 16, 22, 28, 34, 36, 72–73, 83–85, 93, 97, 105–10, 112, 114, 117, 119–21, 123–28, 132, 140, 142–43, 150–51, 153, 158–59, 173, 180, 183, 186, 190, 195, 206, 213, 224–26, 232, 235–36, 244, 247–48, 251–52, 254–55, 257–58
relations with China (Eurasian alliance), 17, 41, 143–55, 157–59, 163–68, 213, 250
relations with France (see under France)
relations with Iran, 12, 14, 35, 37, 40–45, 144, 146, 186, 195–204, 211–15, 221, 243, 264–66, 269
relations with Japan (see under Japan)
relations with Syria, 18, 24, 32, 38, 41, 109, 118, 145, 193–224, 234, 243–44,
Sakhalin Island, 125, 252
Russian Federation, 11–12, 33, 38, 130, 140, 205, 219, 235
Rwanda, 271
Saipov, Sayfullo, 91
Salafist, 84, 205
Salman (king), 221
Salman, Mohammed bin, 220
Sanders, Bernie, 68
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 100
satellite, 149, 204
Saudi Arabia, 14, 18, 22, 25, 32, 37, 41, 45, 60, 66, 88, 100, 153, 193–96, 198–200, 202–204, 210, 212–14, 220–22, 234, 243, 245–50, 263, 282, 296
relations with Iran (see under Iran)
relations with Israel, 14, 18, 25, 45, 193–202, 212–14, 220–21, 245–50, 282
See also Trump administration
Schultz, Martin, 111
Schumer, Chuck, 85
Scotland, 102–104
Scottish Independence, 103–104
sea lines of communication, 162, 174, 180
Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, 176–78, 180, 266
September 11, 2001, attacks, 12, 29, 42, 55, 88, 204, 216
Serbia, 10, 14, 38, 75, 108, 120–21, 133, 146
Sevastopol, 135, 231, 235
Seventh Report of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 198
shale energy, 127–28, 278
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), 41, 145, 160, 167, 213, 250
Sharif, Nawaz, 166–67
Shi'a, 88, 193, 208, 213, 215, 220–21, 247, 282
Sindhudesh Liberation Army, 166
Singapore, 145, 153, 161
Slovakia, 104, 108, 114, 128
Somalia, 88, 195, 214
South Africa, 41, 109, 151, 162, 269
South China Sea, 36, 146, 165, 168, 170–72, 174–75, 178, 180–82, 188, 190, 252, 266, 281
South Ossetia, 36, 140, 228, 232–33
South Stream, 208
South Sudan, 271
Soviet Union, 33, 38, 131, 133, 157, 290, 292
Spain, 101–102, 104, 113, 266
Spencer, Richard B., 55
Spratly Islands, 175, 182
Sputnik, 38, 78
Sri Lanka, 161–62
Stalin, Joseph, 75, 188
Steele, Christopher, 79
Straits of Malacca, 162
Sturgeon, Nicola, 103
Sudan, 88, 214, 270–71
Sultan Murad group, 197
Sunni, 88, 200, 215, 220–21, 247, 282
SU-35 fighter, 65, 148, 163
Sweden, 31, 107, 114, 130–32, 231
Syria, 13, 18, 21, 24–25, 32, 38, 41, 60–61, 84, 88, 107, 109, 113, 118, 122, 145, 182, 186–87, 193–203, 205–17, 219–21, 224, 234, 242–44, 248, 261, 270, 282
Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), 207–209
Syrian Union Party (PYD), 207
Szydło, Beata, 113
tactical nuclear weapons, 42, 134, 199, 255, 262–63
Taiwan, 17–18, 21, 24, 31, 143, 147–48, 154–55, 169–74, 176–78, 182, 188, 190, 266, 281, 283
relations with China, 147–48, 154–55, 171–78, 190
Taiwan independence, 24, 143, 170, 173, 176
See also Trump administration
Taliban, 12, 164, 167, 216–19, 221, 250, 251
Tanzania, 62, 271
Tartus, port of, 199
Tatars, 136, 235
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), 144, 176, 184, 185, 187, 204, 263
terrorism, 12–13, 16, 21, 26, 37, 42, 44–45, 54–56, 58, 61–62, 74, 89–92, 98, 100, 112, 129, 161, 167, 194, 202–204, 220, 222, 237, 243, 247, 249, 252, 285–86, 294–96, 298–99
Three Seas Initiative, 22, 128
Tiananmen Square, 147
Tibet, 168, 173, 182
Tillerson, Rex, 31, 74, 83–84, 169, 172, 178, 199–200, 219, 255–56
Tobin tax, 266–67
Tomahawk cruise missile, 18, 24, 25, 194–96, 198, 203, 205, 207
Topol-MR missile, 59
torture, 76, 298–99
trade pacts, 27, 48, 152, 296
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), 152
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), 30, 152–55, 296, 301
Trump, Donald, 13–19, 21–28, 30–31, 34–37, 40–41, 43–45, 47–60, 62–69, 71–80, 82–93, 95–98, 100–102, 105–107, 111–14, 116–17, 121–29, 135, 139, 143,
152–56, 158–59, 167, 169–73, 176, 178, 181–91, 194–98, 200–205, 207–208, 210–13, 215, 217–25, 231–37, 241, 243, 245–50, 252–53, 255–59, 261, 264, 267–84, 287–99, 301
Art of the Deal, The, 223
impeachment, 16, 71, 92–93, 95, 290
See also Trump administration
Trump, Donald Jr., 73, 79
Trump administration, 18–19, 23, 48, 52, 60, 66, 72–73, 80, 82–83, 93, 97, 99, 121, 123–26, 129, 135, 139, 143, 152–53, 167, 188, 191, 200, 208, 232, 245, 249, 252, 255, 257, 270, 277, 280, 284, 288, 301
alleged collusion with Moscow, 71–81
America First policy, 22–25, 28–30, 49–53, 65–67, 193–200, 211–13, 245–50
energy policies, 82–84, 115, 124, 129
environmental policies, 127–28, 273–79
policy on China, 22–24, 31, 60, 66, 73, 121, 143, 147, 172, 190, 253
policy on Germany, 121, 105
policy on Iran, 22, 24, 43, 60, 195, 213, 244, 246, 248
policy on North Korea, 43, 60, 182, 188, 253–54, 257–58, 270
policy on Saudi Arabia, 22, 66, 245–46
policy on Syria, 24, 182, 221, 244
policy on Taiwan, 21, 24, 31, 143, 147, 169–76, 182
policy on Turkey, 206
policy on Ukraine, 14, 17, 23, 33, 38, 44, 72–76, 80–84, 101, 121–46, 224–41, 252, 257, 266, 270
sanctions on Russia, 16, 22, 34, 36, 72–73, 83–85, 93, 97, 105, 107–10, 112, 120, 123–25, 127, 132, 150, 153, 180, 186, 206, 224–26, 232, 236, 251
UN peacekeeping policies, 270–73
Turkey, 13–14, 17–18, 32, 34, 37, 41, 100, 109, 126, 157, 193–94, 198, 200, 206–10, 212, 214, 226, 230, 234, 238–44, 248–49, 262, 282–83, 296
Tusk, Donald, 99, 121
Twitter, 38, 78
Uganda, 271
Ukraine, 11, 14, 17, 21–23, 33, 38, 44, 72–76, 80–84, 100–101, 105–106, 109–10, 113–14, 118–25, 127–28, 130, 132–38, 140–42, 146, 224–32, 234–36, 238, 240–41, 252, 257, 266, 269–70, 290
relations with NATO, 14, 17, 23, 44, 82–83, 101, 132–46, 225–34, 238–41, 270
relations with Russia, 11, 17, 22–23, 33, 38, 44, 72–76, 80–84, 105, 109–10, 123–46, 226–41, 257, 266, 269
relations with Trump/United States (see under Trump administration)
United Arab Emirates (UAE), 88, 152, 214, 245, 262, 266
United Kingdom (UK), 25, 31, 34, 98, 100, 102–104, 106–108, 113–15, 122, 132–33, 200, 238–39, 242, 259, 265–66, 273, 277
Brexit, 16, 34, 97–98, 101–104, 106, 108, 112, 121–22, 237–42, 277
relations with Argentina, 104
relations with China, 106
relations with Cyprus, 242
relations with France, 103
