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ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, 113
Ashton, Cathy, 222–23, 241, 483
Asia-Pacific region:
China’s roles in, 67, 73–74
and democracy, 60, 62, 63–64, 99
India’s role in, 59–60
nationalism in, 111–12
pivot in, 39, 45–64, 79, 99, 112, 121
as priority, 29, 43, 45–46
territorial disputes in, 74–76, 78–79
and TPP, 77–78, 254
trade in, 74, 515
tsunami (2004), 533, 535
U.S. leadership role in, 43–44, 46, 52, 60, 61, 67, 73, 79
see also specific nations
Asia Society, New York, 46–47, 70, 163–64, 166
Aso, Taro, 48
Assad, Bashar al-, 470, 472, 546
and Arab League, 449–50
and chemical weapons, 465–66, 469
Iranian support for, 442, 453, 460
Russian support for, 236, 243, 449, 450–51, 455, 459–61
street protests against, 447–48, 450–52
and transition, 453, 454, 455, 456, 458–59, 461–62, 463
Assad, Hafez al-, 449, 453
Assange, Julian, 552
Astor, Jacob and Ava, 81
Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal, 214, 215
Aung San, 102–3, 104, 105, 109, 119
Australia:
and China, 43
U.S. alliance with, 44
Azerbaijan, 219, 240
Bachelet, Michelle, 261, 262
Bader, Jeff, 45
Baer, Dan, 549, 579, 580, 582, 598
Bagley, Elizabeth, 599
Bahrain, 351, 352, 373, 434, 442
and Arab Spring, 355–60
and Qatar, 476
Baker, James A. III, 31, 315
Balderston, Kris, 524, 598
Balenger, De’Ara, 598
Balkans, 220–23, 240, 369, 374
Ballou-Aares, Daniella, 599
Banda, Joyce, 279
Bangladesh:
and climate change, 501
technology in, 546
worker rights in, 519–20
Ban Ki-moon, 457, 458, 464, 540
Barak, Ehud, 81, 304, 318, 321, 327, 472, 476
Barnett, Bob, 598
Barnich, Terry, 384
Barr, Joyce, 599
Barroso, José Manuel, 500
Bartholomew, Patriarch, 217
Barton, Rick, 599
Bash, Jeremy, 598
Bashe, Philip, 598
Bashir, Omar al-, 271
Bass, John, 599
Bauer, Shane, 435, 436
Bayh, Evan, 134
BBC World Service, 108
Beale, Courtney, 599
Beauvoir, Max, 528–29
Bedouin tribes, in Sinai, 473
Begin, Menachem, 323
Bellerive, Jean-Max, 536
Ben Ali, Zine el Abidine, 334, 338, 346, 361, 368, 555
Benghazi, see Libya
Benaim, Dan, 598
Benjamin, Dan, 189, 190, 598
Bergdahl, Bowe, 158
Berlin Wall, fall of, 206
Berlusconi, Silvio, 373–74, 554
Bhutto, Benazir, 176–78, 184
assassination of, 178, 197
Daughter of Destiny, 177
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali, 177
Biden, Joe, 55, 192, 196, 444, 600
and Afghanistan, 129, 130, 138, 146
and campaigns, 9, 11, 17
and Middle East, 319–20, 340, 341, 405, 433
and Russia, 231–32, 234
and Vice Presidency, 10, 22–23
Bildt, Carl, 552
bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Prince Saud al-Faisal, 352, 353, 358, 452, 453
bin Laden, Osama:
CIA’s location of, 191–92, 195
death of, 164, 165, 196–97, 199
and drone strikes, 183
SEAL operation against, 170–71, 193–97
search for, 131, 171, 174, 187, 191, 195
and September 11 attacks, 171, 174, 351
and terrorism, 131, 154, 461
Bishop, Christopher, 599
Blair, Tony, 30, 207, 208, 323, 329, 483
Blake, Bob, 599
Blake, Stephen, 106, 108
Blanc, Jarrett, 598
Boehner, John, 94
Boeing Aviation, 516
Bolkiah, Sultan Hassanal, 592
Bombardier, 516
Bono, 297, 537
Borisov, Boyko, 212–13
Bosnia, 138, 150, 164, 213, 220–21
Boswell, Eric, 599
Botswana, 277
Bouazizi, Mohamed, 334
Bouteflika, Abdelaziz, 508
Boxer, Barbara, 279
Bo Xilai, 85, 86
Brahimi, Lakhdar, 464, 469
Brazil:
biofuels in, 255
and climate change, 495, 498, 499
economic growth in, 255, 259–61, 430, 495
financial crisis in, 247
and Iran, 427–33
middle class in, 526
and UN, 427–28, 430
Brennan, John, 251, 469
Brimmer, Esther, 599
Britain, see United Kingdom
Brothers to the Rescue, 258
Brown, Gordon, 207–8, 223, 425, 498, 500
Brownfield, Bill, 599
Bryson, John, 512
Bulgaria, 212–13, 442
Burk, Susan, 599
Burma, 101–26
and China, 105, 110–12, 116
and democracy, 60–61, 80, 102, 104, 112, 114, 117, 122, 125–26
foreign investment in, 124
geography of, 103
government reforms in, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 121, 123–24
Hillary Clinton’s travel to, 114–21, 591, 592
independence of, 104, 120
and India, 116
Irrawaddy River in, 110–12
Myitsone Dam project in, 110–12
nationalism in, 111
and North Korea, 104, 107, 120
President Obama’s visit to, 124–25
progress in, 79–80, 121–22, 123–24, 126
religious discrimination in, 575
sanctions against, 105, 109, 112
U.S. relationship with, 108, 109–10, 121–22
in World War II, 103–4
Burns, Bill, 598
and Asia-Pacific, 29, 87, 90
and Benghazi, 388, 405
and Gaza cease-fire, 477
and Iran, 425, 426, 436, 442, 444
and Russia, 231
Bush, Barbara, 3, 10
Bush, George H. W., 3, 286, 315, 535
Bush, George W., 184, 228, 297
and Afghanistan, 43, 132, 137, 142
and compassionate conservatism, 537
and Haiti, 540
and PEPFAR, 291–93, 537
and September 11 attacks, 173
Bush, Laura, 152, 297
Bush Administration (W.), 24, 41, 131–32, 139, 433, 573
and development programs, 537
and Europe, 205, 215
Iraq as focus of, 43, 131, 134–35, 148, 205, 207, 419, 424, 425
and Israel, 309, 315
and Latin America, 247–48, 250, 253, 254
and “Pathways to Prosperity,” 254
and Russia, 236, 237
and terrorism, 131, 174–75, 178, 419
and trade, 510–11, 515
Bush Doctrine, 25
Byrd, Robert, 173
Cairo (dog), 193
Calderón, Felipe, 247, 249–50, 252
Cambodia:
Hillary Clinton’s visit to, 61
human trafficking in, 517–18
restrictions in, 61
working conditions in, 517
Cameron, David, 208, 373, 466
Cameroon, 577
Campbell, Kurt, 43, 78, 598
and Burma, 108, 109, 114, 118, 123, 124–25
and Chen, 86, 87–88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94–97, 99, 100
Campbell, Piper, 599
Camp David Accords, 338
Canada:
and Arctic Council, 502, 503
and climate change, 501, 502
and electricity, 256
First Nations in, 502, 506
and NATO, 211
and Pacific Alliance, 254
trade with, 246, 510
Caplan, Ffej, 598
Cardoso, Fernando Henrique, 255, 260, 261
Carson, Johnnie, 273, 279–80, 287, 288, 598
Carter, Ashton, 411
Carter, Jimmy, 5, 55
Carter, Philip, 599
Carter, Rosalynn, 10
Caspian Sea, natural gas in, 240–41
Castro, Fidel, 257, 258, 262, 264, 265
Castro, Raul, 258, 262, 264, 265
CdeBaca, Lou, 518, 599
Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, 189, 200
Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 541
Central African Republic, coup in, 272
Chavez, Hugo, 257, 258–59, 263–64
Chechnya, 229
Chemical Weapons Convention (1993), 466
Chen Guangcheng, 79, 83–100, 480
Chiang Kai-shek, 96
Children’s Defense Fund, 3, 559–60, 563
Chile:
and Cuba, 261–62
democracy in, 261
earthquake in, 544
economic growth in, 255
and electricity, 256
and Pacific Alliance, 254
China, 65–82
and Africa, 270–72, 276, 288
and AIDS, 69
antidemocratic movement in, 63
antipollution protests in, 111
and Arctic research, 503
assertiveness of, 73–74, 78–80
and Burma, 105, 110–12, 116
censorship in, 64, 66, 100
and Chen, 79, 83–100, 480
and climate change, 491–92, 494–95, 496, 498, 499, 500, 504–5
demographic crisis in, 550
economic growth of, 495, 508, 513, 521
and energy, 494, 504–5, 521
foreign policy of, 73, 432
Hillary Clinton’s travel to, 66–73, 432
investments in developing nations, 537–38
investments in U.S., 514
and Iran, 424–25, 427–29, 431, 433, 440
labor issues in, 519
and Laos, 61
and Libya, 370
middle class in, 526
and Mongolia, 61, 62–63, 64
National Museum, 96
Nixon in, 65, 68, 69, 93, 121, 313
and North Korea, 54, 55, 56, 58
and pollution, 504–5
postal laws of, 511–12
religious discrimination in, 575
rise of, 42, 47, 52, 60, 64, 67, 70, 73, 94, 100
and Russia, 243, 245
and South China Sea, 74–76, 78–79, 113–14
sovereignty of, 88
state capitalism in, 510, 512–13
Strategic and Economic Dialogue with, 72–73, 75–76, 84–85, 89, 92, 93–94, 97, 99
and Syria, 449, 452, 454
and technology, 548, 556, 557
and Tibet, 68
trade with, 42–44, 510, 511–12, 513, 515
USA Pavilion in, 71
U.S. relationship with, 46, 47, 65–66, 68, 72–73, 80, 88, 92, 95, 97–100, 432, 554
U.S. students in, 97
and women’s rights, 66, 68–69, 104
Christopher, Warren M., 23, 31, 41
Churchill, Winston, 228
CIA:
and Benghazi attacks, 382, 389–92, 395–98, 404, 409, 413
and bin Laden, 191–92, 195
and counterterrorism, 184, 187–90
officers’ deaths in line of duty, 187–88
civil rights, 558–59, 565
Clapper, James, 196, 411, 469
Clark, Wesley, 367
Climate Action Plan, 505
Climate and Clean Air Coalition, 500–501
climate change, 491–506
cap-and-trade, 493–94
and consumption levels, 526
Copenhagen conference on (2009), 491–92, 494, 496–500, 504, 506
denying, 504
and emerging powers, 495, 496, 498
and energy generation, 504–5
and greenhouse gas emissions, 521
and island nations, 496, 497, 506
Kyoto Accord, 494, 496, 500
Paris conference (2015), 505
and quality of life, 526
and rising sea levels, 497
super pollutants, 500–501, 504–5
U.S. leadership in, 496–98, 504, 505–6
Clinton, Bill, 600
and Africa, 276, 277, 286, 292, 297
and “building back better,” 535–36
and campaigns, 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 47, 591–92
and China, 65, 67, 68, 73
and Colombia, 253
and development programs, 535–36, 537
and Haiti, 540
and Holbrooke, 162
and Hillary Clinton’s speeches, 5, 6
and Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, 16, 34
and Hurricane Katrina, 3
and Kyoto Accord, 494
and McGovern campaign (1972), 249
and Middle East, 302–3, 304, 329, 338
and national security, 137
and Northern Ireland, 224–25
and North Korea, 55–56
reelection of, 187
and September 11 attacks, 173
statue in Kosovo, 222
and Suu Kyi, 105
and Vietnam, 77
wedding of Hillary Clinton and, 80
Clinton, Chelsea, 6, 9, 16, 58, 66, 173, 467, 600
and Bhutto, 176, 177, 184
gay rights speech of, 586
and her grandmother, 587, 589
and Mandela, 294, 297
wedding of, 80–82, 587, 588
work ethic of, 525
Clinton, Hillary Rodham:
“America’s Pacific Century,” 45–46
and Democratic Conventions, 9, 10–11, 591–92
as First Lady, 10, 27, 39, 49, 131, 137, 138, 152, 176, 177, 260, 303, 560–62, 563
and Gaza cease-fire, 471, 478–87
and grandparenthood, 595
in individual negotiations, see specific names
learning from defeat, 7, 596
major speeches by, see Clinton, Hillary Rodham, speeches
and McGovern campaign (1972), 249
and nuclear arms treaty, 234–35
and presidential races (2008), 3–5, 8–9, 42; (2016), 595–96
and primaries (2008), 1–2, 3–4, 5–7, 8, 10, 15, 420
as Secretary of State, see Secretary of State, U.S.
as Senator, 3, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 39, 42, 131, 136, 137, 143, 152, 172, 174, 420, 551
and September 11 attacks, 172–74
travels of, see specific nations
wedding of Bill and, 80
and wildlife trafficking, 467, 468–69
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, speeches:
on Afghan peace prospects, 162–64, 166
in Africa, 272, 273–74, 277, 296
at Asia Society, 46–47, 70, 163–64, 166
on Benghazi attack, 400, 412–13
on counterterrorism, 200
on democracy, 575
on free markets, 512–13, 515
“Globalization into the Next Millennium,” 519
on human rights, 575–76, 583
on internet freedom, 556–57
on Israel/Palestine, 320–21, 329
on Latin America, 254–55
on LGBT, 579–84
on Middle East challenges, 337, 360, 434
at Munich Security Conference, 344–45
nominating Obama, 9,
10–11
in Northern Ireland, 225
to primary campaign staff (2008), 5–7
at World Conference on Women, Beijing, 560–62, 581, 583
at World Economic Forum, Davos (1998), 49
Clinton Administration:
and al Qaeda, 131
economic plan of, 187
and gun control, 250
and Latin America, 247, 252–53, 258
and NATO, 211
and North Korea, 53
see also Clinton, Bill
Clinton Foundation, 16, 253, 467, 584–85
Clinton Global Initiative, 16, 285, 524, 584
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), 290–91, 292
Cohen, David, 439
Cohen, Jared, 548
COIN, 135–36, 138
Cold War, 32, 85, 163, 214, 231, 262, 340, 417, 420, 449, 565
and Cuba, 247, 257, 424
domino theory in, 267
end of, 206, 207, 211, 213, 537
foreign policy in, 493, 534
ideological struggle of, 559
nonaligned movement in, 440
Coleman, Claire, 599
Collins, Susan, 134, 502
Colombia, 252–53
mass transit in, 255
and Pacific Alliance, 254
Plan Colombia, 247, 253
and pollution, 501
trade agreement with, 254, 515
Community of Democracies, 63
Congo (DRC), 279–82
Congress, U.S.:
and children with disabilities, 560
and climate change, 493–94, 500, 504, 505
and counterterrorism, 183
and debt default, 513–15
and funding, 409, 410
and immigration laws, 550
and land bomb removal, 61
oversight role of, 411–14
political brinksmanship in, 514, 515
Connelly, Maura, 599
cookstoves, 523–25
Corbin, Michael, 599
Corker, Bob, 466–67
Corning, 511
Costa Rica, hydropower in, 255
Côte d’Ivoire, 272, 295
Countryman, Tom, 599
Craig, Brynne, 600
Crebo-Rediker, Heidi, 599
Cretz, Gene, 368, 369, 380, 387, 555
Crimea, Russian invasion of, 212, 227, 230, 236, 239–42, 363
Crocker, Ryan, 165, 166
Crouse, Timothy, 8
Crowley, Joe, 105
Crowley, PJ, 599
Cuba, 261–65, 540
and Cold War, 247, 257, 424
Damas de Blanco (“Ladies in White”) in, 265
embargo against, 265
and OAS, 257–58, 262–64
U.S. relationship with, 248, 264–65
Cui Tiankai, 88–90, 92, 93, 95, 97
Daalder, Ivo, 599
Dačić, Ivica, 223
Dai Bingguo, 69–70, 72, 79, 82, 515
and Chen, 91, 92–93, 94, 95
and Iran, 429, 432
Dalai Lama, 68
Daniel, Josh, 599
Darfur, genocide in, 271, 283
Daris, Chuck, 598
Davey, Sarah, 598
Davies, Glyn, 599
Davies, Glyn, 599
Davis, Jen, 599
Davutoğlu, Ahmet, 217, 218, 219–20, 321–22, 373, 376–77, 457, 463