and chain of command, 374, 408–9
counterterrorism in, 199–200
and democratic values vs. security interests, 333, 335, 340, 349, 351, 359–62, 384, 534, 549, 566
diplomats who died overseas, 34, 188, 250, 382–84, 398–401, 405–6, 415, 529, 594
energy diplomacy, 521–22
and federal budget, 24, 26, 199, 409, 533–34
forward-deployed diplomacy in, 45
and frozen conflicts, 219–29
Heroism Award, 415
and human rights, see human rights
and international development, 534, 539
investigations into Benghazi attacks, 385–96, 406–14
and jobs, 516–17
and LGBT rights, 578–79
and religious prosecution, 574–75
and SelectUSA, 516
and transitions from dictatorship to democracy, 341, 343, 344, 349, 361–62, 379–80
and 21st-century statecraft, 545–57
wicked problems in, 461, 470
and WikiLeaks, 252, 334, 368, 552–55
Steen, Florence, 6
Steinberg, Don, 599
Steinberg, Jim, 29, 41, 43, 598
Steiner, Michael, 158
Stern, Todd, 494–95, 498, 598
Stevens, Anne, 399, 400
Stevens, Chris:
in Benghazi attacks, 382–83, 390–92, 394–97, 410
and CIA briefing, 389–90
death of, 397, 398–99
memories of, 399, 400, 401, 404–6, 415
as Special Representative/Ambassador, 368, 369, 388, 389, 411
Stevenson, Adlai E., 424
Stewart, Karen, 599
Stilwell, “Vinegar Joe,” 103
St. John, Gregory, 173
Stock, Ann, 599
Stone, Elizabeth, 595
Støre, Jonas Gahr, 501, 502, 503
Strait of Hormuz, 421, 437
Sudan:
civil war in, 284
Comprehensive Peace Agreement, 283
and Darfur genocide, 271, 283
and South Sudan, 283–86, 520, 521
terrorism in, 476
U.S. Embassy in, 402
Suez Canal, 340, 473
Suharto, Indonesian President, 51
Suleiman, Michel, 433
Suleiman, Omar, 343, 344, 345
Sullivan, Jake, 30, 159, 580, 582, 598
and Burma, 114
and Chen, 83, 86, 87, 91, 97, 100
and Gaza, 480, 485, 487
and Iran, 422, 434, 435–36, 437, 444
Summit of the Americas:
(1994), 247, 248
(2009), 248
(2010), 253, 259
“Sunni Awakening,” 136, 138, 352
Sun Tzu, The Art of War, 47
Superstorm Sandy, 532
Supreme Court, U.S., 184
Suu Kyi, Aung San, 104, 591
Congressional Gold Medal to, 123
and government reforms, 112, 116, 120
and Hillary Clinton’s visits, 101–3, 115, 118–20
and the Irrawaddy, 110, 111
and Parliament, 61, 118–19, 120, 122
Presidential Medal of Freedom to, 105
and President Obama, 114, 125
release from house arrest, 108–9, 117
travel to U.S., 121–24
and Yettaw, 106–8
Sweden, and climate change, 501, 502
Switzerland:
diplomacy conducted via, 435
and Turkey, 219–20
Syed, Zia, 599
Syria, 352, 447–70, 546
Alawites in, 449, 472
cease-fire in, 454–55
chemical weapons used in, 465–69
civil war in, 386, 447, 453–55, 460, 464, 468, 472
disorganized opposition in, 460
extremists in, 450, 461–62, 465, 469, 475
as failed state, 460
Free Syrian Army, 465
Hama massacre (1982), 448, 453
Hezbollah in, 453, 461, 468
humanitarian aid to people of, 361, 452, 453–54
and Iran, 314, 442, 452–53, 456, 460
and Israel, 312, 313, 314, 417, 468
proxy warfare in, 455
refugees from, 450, 463, 464
and Russia, 236, 243, 449, 450, 452, 454–57, 458, 459–61, 466–69
sanctions against, 452, 460
six-point plan for, 454–55, 457
street protests in, 447–48, 450–52
and terrorism, 450, 469–70, 472
training rebels in, 461–64
transition in, 453, 454, 455–59, 469
weapons supplied to, 452–53, 456, 457, 461, 463
as wicked problem, 461–64, 466, 470
Taban, Anngrace, 284–86
Taban, Bishop Elias, 284–86
Taiwan, democracy in, 60
Taliban:
in Afghanistan, 130–32, 133, 138, 141, 143, 145, 148, 152, 153–55, 163–66, 175, 537
and al Qaeda, 131, 151, 158, 163, 164
and A-Rod contact, 157–58, 162, 164–65
and bin Laden’s death, 164
negotiation with, 156–58, 164–67, 168–69
in Pakistan, 131, 151, 154, 156, 164, 171, 175, 178, 181, 186, 198, 237
propaganda of, 141
in Qatar, 164–65, 166, 168
tortures by, 130–31
Talwar, Puneet, 436, 437, 598
Tantalus, 324
Tantawi, Mohamed, 346–47
Tanzania:
agriculture in, 279
U.S. embassy bombed in, 131, 383, 406
Tauscher, Ellen, 17, 234, 599
Taylor, Charles, 274, 275
Taylor, Jewel, 274
technology, 545–57
cyber attacks, 547–48
and government surveillance, 549–50
and Israeli defense, 480
male vs. female users of, 585
mobile phones, 546–47, 548
and Newseum, 556–57
and privacy, 547–50, 552–53, 555–57
and Snowden, 555–56
TechCamp, 545–46
WikiLeaks, 252, 334, 368, 552–55
see also internet
Thaçi, Hashim, 223
Thailand, 44, 113, 442, 479
Than Shwe, 52, 106, 107–8, 116
Thatcher, Margaret, 207, 307
Thein Sein:
and elections, 122
Hillary Clinton’s meetings with, 115, 116–18, 120, 124
and Myitsone Dam, 111
as President of Burma, 108–9, 116–17, 123
and reforms, 118, 120, 121, 122, 123
and Suu Kyi, 109, 116, 117, 123, 125
Thomas-Greenfield, Linda, 599
Tibet, 68
Tilleman, Tomicah, 598
Timor-Leste, 591–92
Titanic, 81
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 533
Toiv, Nora, 599
Trade and Development Agency, 539
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), 77–78, 254
Treasury Department, U.S., and terrorist financing, 190
Truman, Harry S, 20, 22, 32, 304
Truman Administration, 32
Tsang, Donald, 514
Tubman, Harriet, 14
Tunisia:
elections in, 360
peaceful transition in, 360–61, 460
street protests in, 334, 337, 338, 355, 360, 364, 447
U.S. Embassy besieged in, 399, 402–3
Turkey, 214–20
and Armenia, 218–20
and climate change, 495
economic growth in, 430, 446, 495
and France, 373
and Greece, 218
and Iran, 217, 260, 427–33
and Israel, 218, 314, 321–22
and Libya, 373, 375, 376
and Southern Corridor pipeline, 240
and Syria, 450, 453, 454, 462–63
an
d the UN, 427–28, 430
U.S. relationship with, 218, 439
and Zero Problems, 217, 218, 219
21st-century statecraft, 545–57
use of term, 551
see also technology
Twitter:
in Iran, 423, 548–49
in Russia, 551–52
and State Department, 551
in Syria, 546
U2, 8
Uganda:
clinic in, 293
LGBT in, 576
military training in, 289–90
and the UN, 427–28
Ukraine:
and European Union, 240, 241
Orange Revolution in, 240
and Russia, 227, 239–42, 451, 521
United Arab Emirates (UAE), 200, 334–35, 351
intervention in Bahrain, 357–59, 373
and Libya, 371, 373
and Qatar, 476
and Syria, 453
United Kingdom:
economic recession in, 207
Good Friday Agreement, 224–25, 226, 313
and Iran, 424–25
and Kenya, 278
and Libya, 213, 375
and Syria, 463, 466
U.S. relationship with, 205
United Nations (UN):
and Afghanistan, 140, 144, 165
Chapter VII resolution in, 458–59
and chemical weapons, 469
and climate change, 493, 494
and Crimea, 242
and Cuba, 258
and emerging powers, 430
and Global Counterterrorism Forum, 189, 200
and Goldstone Report, 318
and Haiti, 247, 260
and human rights, 111, 364–65, 557, 564–65, 567, 573–74, 575–76, 580
International Women’s Day, 131
and Iran, 233, 416–17, 418, 424–25, 427–29, 431–33, 435, 439, 442, 444–45
and Libya, 235, 364, 366, 370–74
and Middle East, 318, 326–30
and North Korea, 54, 55, 56, 57, 107
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, 418
P5+1 nations, 416–17, 424, 425, 430, 432, 435, 436, 442, 443, 445
and Palestine, 482–83
peacekeeping missions of, 260, 282
and the Quartet, 323
rotating seats in, 427
Security Council resolutions, 427
and Syria, 236, 449, 450–52, 454–55, 457–59, 469
UN Women, 261, 282, 563, 564, 570
U.S. Ambassador to, 23–24, 412, 427
United States:
and Arctic Council, 502
and climate change, 491–92, 496–98, 504, 505–6
and debt default, 513–15
drones used by, 183–84, 185
drug markets in, 250–51
embassies bombed in East Africa (1998), 131, 171, 383, 406
energy production in, 440, 522–23
financial crisis in (2008), 73
and foreign policy, see State Department, U.S.
full faith and credit of, 514
and humanitarian aid, 532–34, 544
and human trafficking, 517–18, 573
immigrants in, 550
interagency competition in, 190
and international trade, 509–10, 515
and laws of war and self-defense, 183
leadership roles of, 482, 496–98, 504, 505–6, 512
LGBT in, 578–81
and Obama, see Obama, Barack
and the Quartet, 323
refugees in embassies of, 79, 84, 85, 87
rumors of decline, 25–26, 47, 52, 73–74
Trade Enforcement Unit, 515
use of torture in, 573
volunteerism in, 533
women and the economy in, 570–71
see also Secretary of State; State Department
United States Africa Command, 393
Universal Declaration on Human Rights, 111, 364–65, 557, 564–65, 567, 573, 575–76, 580, 581
UPS, 511–12
Urda, Gary, 598
Uribe, Álvaro, 252, 253
U.S.–Afghan Women’s Council, 152
USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development), 26, 61, 277, 406, 551
and Afghanistan/Pakistan, 141, 182
creation of, 541
Development Credit Authority, 539
“Grand Challenges” competitions, 538
and Haiti, 527, 530, 537–41
and women’s programs, 568
U.S. Army:
10th Mountain Division, 143
Night Stalkers, 193
U.S. Coast Guard, 530
U.S.–EU Energy Council, 214, 241
U.S. Global Development Lab, 539
U.S. Navy:
7th Fleet, 48
and North Korea, 107
SEALs, 164, 170–71, 174, 193–97, 199
USNS Comfort, 530
USS Cole, 171
USS Fitzgerald, 113
USS George Washington, 57
USS Impeccable, 75
Uzbekistan, 237, 238
Valenzuela, Arturo, 599
Valmoro, Lona, 49, 600
Vaysbeyn, Elina, 598
Velayati, Ali-Akbar, 443
Venezuela:
and Haiti, 540
and OAS, 258–59, 263
state-controlled economy of, 254, 259
Verma, Rich, 234, 599
Verveer, Melanne, 563, 567–68, 569, 572, 584, 598
Verveer, Phil, 599
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961), 409, 435
Vietnam:
Hillary Clinton’s travel to, 61, 76–79
labor issues in, 519
restrictions in, 61
and South China Sea, 74, 75, 78, 113
strategic importance of, 46
U.S. relationship with, 77
Vietnam War, 61, 136
Vilsack, Tom, 278
Vital Voices, 224, 567, 571
Vogelstein, Rachel, 584, 600
Voice of America, 108, 180, 441
Wade, Abdoulaye, 272–73
Walker, Diana, 378
Walles, Jake, 599
Walsh, Matthew, 598
Wang, Bob, 84, 87, 88
Wang Lijun, 85–86
Wang Qishan, 512
Warner, John, 136
Warsaw Pact, 211
Washington, George, 167–68, 592
Waxman, Henry, 493–94
Webb, Jim, 105, 107–8
Wellington Declaration, 44
Wells, Alice, 599
Wen Jiabao:
and Chen, 88
and climate change conference, 491, 492, 499
and Iran, 432
and South China Sea, 113, 114
and transition, 86, 96
and U.S.-China relationship, 47, 72, 92, 95–96
Wesley, John, 18
Westerwelle, Guido, 481, 554
White, Pamela, 599
White, Ryan, 291
White, Stanford, 81
Widmer, Ted, 597
WikiLeaks, 252, 334, 368, 552–55
Wilberforce, William, 208
wildlife trafficking, 467, 468–69
Williams, Maggie, 563, 584
Willson, Jeff, 598
Winnefeld, James “Sandy” Jr., 411, 572
Wisner, Frank, 342, 345
Wohlers, Paul, 599
women’s rights, 560–64, 567–73
in Afghanistan, 152–53, 158, 562
in Africa, 568
in China, 66, 68–69
gender-based violence in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 279–82
and Hillary Clinton’s Beijing speech, 66, 560–62, 583, 584–85
Islam’s restrictions on women, 130–31, 352–53, 354–55
in Japan, 571
and the UN, 261, 282, 563, 564, 570
Woods, Tyrone, 382, 398, 404–5, 415
Woolheater, Ashley, 598
workers’ rights, 517, 5
18–20
World Bank, 563, 569, 570, 571
World Conference on Women, Beijing (1995), 66, 104, 560–62, 584–85
World Economic Forum, Davos, 49
World Health Organization, 524
World Trade Center (1993) bombing, 176
World Trade Organization, 233, 235, 242, 510, 513
Wyllie, Andrew, 529
Wyss, Laura, 598
Xi Jinping, 505
Yang Jiechi, 54–55, 69, 70–72, 79, 107, 114, 427, 554
Yanukovych, Viktor, 227, 241
Yao Ming, 71
Yavuz, Elif, 290–91
Yeltsin, Boris, 212, 228
Yemen:
and Arab Spring, 355
counterterrorism in, 189
Hillary Clinton’s travel to, 334, 335–36
unrest in, 442, 460
Yettaw, John, 106–8
Yohannes, Daniel, 599
Yom Kippur War, 338
Yousef, Ramzi, 176
Yudhoyono, Susilo Bambang, 51–52, 60, 106
Zakaria, Fareed, 276, 277
Zambia, Hillary Clinton’s travel to, 271
Zardari, Asif Ali, 160, 162, 176, 177–79, 184, 197, 198
Zarif, Javad, 445
Zazi, Najibullah, 175
Zelaya, Manuel, 257, 259, 263, 265–68
Zenawi, Meles, 497
Zhang Yesui, 433
Zhou Enlai, 65, 93
Zimbabwe, 273
Zoellick, Robert, 75
Zuma, Jacob, 291, 295, 372, 492, 499
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