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relations with Ireland, 102–104
relations with NATO, 102, 104, 107
relations with Northern Ireland, 103
relations with Scotland, 102–104
relations with the United States, 34, 97–98, 100–102, 104–108, 113–15, 122, 132–33, 238–40, 259, 265–67
United Nations (UN), 15, 18–19, 21, 25, 34, 45, 63, 80, 123–24, 133, 159, 176, 177, 197–220, 245, 248, 266, 268–70, 272, 281, 282
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 171, 177
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 196, 269
United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21), 19, 21, 34, 122, 273–78, 301
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), 15, 91, 122
UN Security Council (UNSC), 10, 51, 122, 133, 172, 195, 201, 211, 245, 254, 258, 261, 269
United States (US), 7, 11–12, 14–23, 25, 27, 29, 30–32, 34, 36–45, 47, 51–52, 57–58, 60, 63–66, 69, 73, 76, 78, 80, 82–83, 86–89, 91–92, 97–98, 100–101, 104–106, 108, 110, 117–18, 121–23, 125, 127–30, 132–34, 138, 140, 143–45, 149–51, 153–56, 159–61, 163, 167–70, 172–73, 175–82, 184–85, 187–91, 194–97, 199–200, 203–10, 212–15, 217–22, 224–36, 238, 241, 243–44, 246–59, 261–65, 267–71, 274–75, 277–78, 281, 283–84, 286–87, 289, 292, 295–96, 298–99, 301–302
Affordable Health Care Act, 52
causes of financial crisis, 61–62
Congress, 25, 31, 39, 49, 53, 60, 62, 67, 83, 85, 91, 94, 124, 127, 134, 135, 142, 151, 173, 203, 204, 232, 265, 277, 293
constitutional reforms, 16, 19, 53, 67, 288
Countering America's Adversaries through Sanctions Act, 22, 73, 106, 127–28, 142
defense spending, 34–35, 37, 52, 58, 60, 62–65, 67–68, 100–101, 134, 176, 270
Department of Defense (DOD), 60, 273, 276
Earnings Suspense File, 285
electoral college (reform of), 16, 19, 47, 51, 78, 287
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 127
European Reassurance Initiative (2016), 134
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 71–73, 78–79, 93, 298
Federal Reserve, 61
Federal Reserve Board, 61
Government Accountability Office (GAO), 65
gun control, 16, 19, 49, 54–56, 89–91
House of Representatives, 67, 288
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), 203–204
military-industrial-congressional complex, 16, 19–20, 49, 51–52, 63, 65–69, 92, 264–65, 287, 290
Monroe Doctrine, 153, 156, 175, 293
mother of all bombs (MOAB), 26, 211, 215, 217
national debt, 29, 49, 65, 69, 289
National Security Council (NSC), 51, 112, 194
nuclear weapons program, 143, 189, 212, 254, 257
One-China policy (1972 Shanghai Communique), 24, 143, 170, 172, 223
Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), 60–61
“reset” relations with Russia, 153, 156, 175, 283
sanctions on Russia (see under Russia)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 271, 272
Senate, 51, 72, 83, 85, 168, 209, 288
Social Security, 29, 52, 62, 285
State Department, 51, 61, 62, 63, 81, 141, 158, 169, 170, 191, 219, 252
Treasury Department, 29, 30, 61, 83, 84, 125
US-China Shanghai Communiqué (1972), 172
US-Japan Defense Cooperation Guidelines in April 2015, 176
US “pivot” or “rebalancing” to Asia, 36, 153, 180, 188
See also Trump administration
Unite the Right demonstration, 21, 54, 56, 90
Ushakov, Yuri, 80
Van der Bellen, Alexander, 111
Venezuela, 17, 21, 26, 32, 87, 155–59, 200, 284–85
Vietnam, 56, 145, 149, 161, 169, 171, 174–75, 178–79, 181, 182, 184, 299
Vladivostok, 180, 251
Wang, Yi, 255–56
war on drugs, 17, 19, 87, 181, 285
Warsaw Pact, 10, 38, 120
weapons of mass destruction (WMD), 243, 249
wider Middle East, 12, 18, 25, 32, 35, 43, 193, 195, 202, 204, 212, 214–15, 221, 225, 234, 243, 249–50, 281, 282, 285, 295–96
Wilders, Geert, 111
World Heritage Sites, 196, 269
World War III, 22, 72, 123, 206, 271
Xi, Jinping, 24, 151, 154, 172, 182, 186, 257
Xinjiang province, 164–65, 173, 219
Yanukovych, Viktor, 82, 130, 135–36, 146
Yeltsin, Boris, 12, 136
Yemen, 18, 25, 32, 88, 195, 199, 202–204, 214, 216, 220–21, 248, 282
Zambia, 271
