... lower- technology manufacturing jobs to jobs in more skill-intensive firms and industries. Trade likely is to blame for some of this dislocation: recent analy- ses of the China shock, caused by China s entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001, sug- gest that sectors of the US economy...

... of the University of California Ruth Prince Africa Kenya Uganda HIV/AIDS malaria Ebola disease public health-care systems Gates Foundation World Health Organization International Monetary Fund nongovernmental organizations During the past 10 years, the scaling up of access to lifesaving...

... reserved. 2015 The Regents of the University of California Uri Dadush international trade globalization inequality poverty World Trade Organization World Bank International Monetary Fund Trans-Pacific Partnership tariffs 298 [T]he most powerful underlying force driving increased...

... Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Collective Security Treaty Organization New Silk Road Economic Belt oil gas pipelines Xi Jinping Vladimir Putin 272 China is the increasingly dominant power in the region, but it is acting in full concordance with Russia. China and Russia s Soft Competition...

... postcommunist association OSCE organization security cooperation Europe open skies treaty national nationalism euro-atlantic 265 This year, the tragedies and outrages of the Ukraine crisis have dominated headlines and thinking about Western relations with Russia. There can be little doubt...

... Brazil Venezuela regionalism Luis Inácio Lula da Silva Organization American States Union South American Nations Community Latin American Caribbean Nations Mercosur Hugo Chávez United States 56 Brazil s rise, coupled with the diminished influence of the United States...

... will increase, and they could be even higher depending on the future of Europe s nuclear power industry after the Fuku- shima nuclear disaster in Japan. Hopefully Russia s long-awaited accession to the World Trade Organization will be complet- ed in the fall of 2011. With this achievement, it would make sense...

... United States United Nations Bretton Woods China NATO UN Security Council World Trade Organization Bank 315 The governance of the global system is at a turning point. For over half a century, the United States and its Western partners have dominated the world s governance institutions...

... International Monetary Fund United States World Bank Trade Organization European Union John Maynard Keynes Organization Economic Cooperation Development Asian financial crisis US dollar 342 The ongoing shift in the distribution of global financial power could come just in time...

... The Regents of the University of California Stephen Peake climate change Copenhagen summit UN Framework Convention Climate Change Kyoto Protocol Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change Barack Obama Organization Economic Cooperation Development United States China 349 sTephen...

...Jeffrey J. Schott The World Trade Organization is in disrepair. To fix it, and thereby boost global trade liberalization, nations must first successfully conclude the Doha Round of talks. © 2010 Current History. All rights reserved. 2010 The Regents of the University of California Jeffrey...

... engagement Organization Economic Cooperation Development integration Taiwan hedging 219 The United States needs to revise its China strategy to deal with a complex new China. The China that is emerging today domes- tically, regionally, and internationally has to a large extent outgrown the old...

...Jonathan Glennie Most analysts on the continent do not share donor nations' optimism that a big push in aid will make a big difference in the lives of poor Africans. © 2010 Current History. All rights reserved. 2010 The Regents of the University of California Africa aid Organization...

... war China Central Treaty Organization Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Al Qaeda 138 The sense of being used, abused, and discarded now constitutes a central theme in Pakistan s ties to America. . . . How a Botched US Alliance Fed Pakistan s Crisis STephen p. Cohen Pakistan...

... of the University of California Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Brazilian foreign policy UN Security Council Workers' Party BRIC World Trade Organization Group Eight Twenty Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 60 . . . Brazilian foreign policy under Lula has emphasized not only...

... Latin America Barack Obama security defense poverty democracy crime Mexico Brazil Organization American States 65 The Obama administration will encounter in Latin America and the Caribbean Basin a new strategic environment, in which security issues will require innova- tive attention...

...Eric Farnsworth The existing model for expanding trade in the hemisphere—in essence, piecemeal liberalization—has reached a point of diminishing returns. © 2009 Current History. All rights reserved. 2009 The Regents of the University of California Latin America World Trade Organization...

... The Regents of the University of California United States Russia George Bush World Trade Organization Vladimir Putin Al Qaeda Central Asia United Nations Taliban NATO Late summer and early autumn have set aseries of striking markers in the evolutionof US Russian relations: the failed...

... Current History. All rights reserved. 2002 The Regents of the University of California China Communist Party economy globalization Party Congress reform state-owned enterprises World Trade Organization Deng Xiaoping Jiang Zemin 250 The sixteenth party congress...

... of the University of California Balkans guerrilla Islam Israel Lebanon Palestine Liberation Organization religion revolutionary Russia terrorism The September 11 attack has created a resolve in America and elsewhere to end terror everywhere. But the history of terror does not inspire much confi...