... in world politics. There is evidence of attempted Kremlin interference in several recent Western elections, including in France. But the most obvious such at- tempt played out in the 2016 US presidential cam- paign. There have been moments such as the leaking of Hillary Clinton s campaign emails...

... The Regents of the University of California Mark Schuller Haiti nongovernmental organizations earthquake relief development aid Bill Clinton Duvalier Jean-Bertrand Aristide housing disaster 68 NGOs and other foreign entities took control of the humanitarian response to the 2010...

...Omar G. Encarnación It is premature to gauge the full impact of the developed West’s effort to sell gay rights to the developing world, but the early returns are not auspicious … Omar Encarnación gay foreign policy Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Uganda United Nations Human Rights...

... Arab Spring democracy Hillary Clinton George Bush Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali Tunisia Egypt Muslim Brotherhood 14 This is a period laden with potential for the growth of freedom, but also heavy with risks and challenges for the United States. Arab Revolts Upend Old Assumptions aUgUstUs...

... South China Sea China Vietnam Taiwan United States Hillary Clinton Philippines ASEAN Yang Jiechi 236 The South China Sea is a growing focus of concern in Washington, at the head- quarters of the US Pacific Command in Honolulu, and in a number of Southeast Asian capitals. Deep Danger...

... earthquake Haiti Bill Clinton Port-au-Prince reconstruction 81 Building Haiti back better, a phrase coined by Bill Clinton, became a man-tra after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the country s capital, Port-au-Prince, and nearby areas on January 12, 2010. The earth- quake killed 300,000 Haitians...

... Criminal Court Augusto Pinochet Omar Hassan al-Bashir Luis Moreno-Ocampo genocide Madeleine Albright United Nations Bill Clinton International Criminal Tribunal Former Yugoslavia 32 In many instances human rights violations are better confronted as a political problem rather than...

... Omar Hillary Clinton Barack Obama International Security Assistance Force NATO 131 It is a hallmark of intractable conflicts that the distance between the status quo and the conflict s inevitable resolution can appear unbridgeable. Such is the case with today s Afghanistan. For the first...

... Current History. All rights reserved. 2004 The Regents of the University of California Japan United States North Korea George Bush Bill Clinton Kim Jong-il Junichiro Koizumi Taepodong China South Korea 280 The key issue confronting US-Japan relationsis how much Japan can and should...

... Abdul Qadeer Khan Pervez Musharraf China North Korea Zia ul-Haq Bill Clinton George Bush In November 2003, shortly after Libya offered toopen its nuclear facilities to internationalinspection, it became public knowledge that Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of the Pakistani bomb, had been...

... Soviet Union Bill Clinton Atal Behari Vajpayee George Bush terrorism Kashmir 158 A growing awareness of India s economic and strategic potential has led to seri- ous revaluation in the United States of the India relationship. For more than half a century, the world s twolargest democracies...

... of the University of California United States George Bush Bolivia Brazil Vicente Fox Chile Cuba Ronald Reagan Haiti Bill Clinton Mexico An unvarnished sense of superiority, displayed proudly on the regional and global stage, has revived the resentment and distrust of Latin Americans toward...

... reflections of a polarized society. The economy suffered, although not all the country s economic problems can be attributed to the crisis. Samper s government came under increasing attack from the United States: the Clinton adminis- tration decertified Colombia in 1996 and 1997 for its alleged lack...

... Acheson Bill Clinton World War Vietnam Korea Middle East empire Who could have predicted that in the earlyyears of the new millennium, the signa-ture slogan of 1960s radicals, American imperialism, would come roaring back to life? Sev- eral serious and substantial books have recently...

.... In his actions as well as his doctrines, he has changed the course of American foreign policy. © 2003 Current History. All rights reserved. 2003 The Regents of the University of California United States George Bush United Nations Iraq Germany Bill Clinton preemption Donald Rumsfeld...

... promises not to target the North with nuclear weapons, and indirect compensation in the form of aid and investment.” © 2003 Current History. All rights reserved. 2003 The Regents of the University of California North Korea George Bush Bill Clinton Kim Il Sung Jimmy Carter James Kelly...

... concern. © 2003 Current History. All rights reserved. 2003 The Regents of the University of California United States Europe environment global warming emissions greenhouse effect Kyoto Protocol Bill Clinton George Bush energy 113 Although the dispute about climate change...

... ABM treaty George Bush Chechnya Clinton democracy Gore Kremlin Putin Russia terrorism Why the major reversal in Bush s thinking on Russia? Most have attributed this amazing transformation to September 11. . . . But September 11 is only part of the story. 313 George W. Bush and Russia...

...Peter Rosenblum The [Clinton administration's] new African leaders policy was intended to be the story of peacemaking, partnership, and economic development. Instead, it became a subplot in a story of war, casualties, and the remaking of old African leaders. © 2002 Current History. All rights...

... Clinton China Hyundai Kim Dae-jung Kim Jong-il Korea Seoul Sunshine Policy United States Although Kim Dae-jung s sunshine policy has been buffeted by political tur- bulence, it is not dead; his successor can only modify his policy, not abandon it altogether. Sunset for Kim Dae-jung s...