Author: William Minter
Publisher: Basic Books
Keywords: burdened, history, southern, africa, interests, western, solomon, mines, revisited, king
Number of Pages: 415
Published: 1986
ISBN-10: 0465037232
ISBN-13: 9780465037230

Traces the history of South Africa, examines the policies and economic interests of the Western nations, and suggests the consequences of mounting political opposition to apartheid

Author: Stephen Blank
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: challenges, conflict, intensity, low, responding
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1993-05-01
ISBN-10: 1568064365
ISBN-13: 9781568064369

Strives to make low-intensity conflict more understandable, as it poses important problems for American interests and policy. The U.S. will better secure its own interests only when it has developed a flexible capacity to deal with the root causes of conflicts around the world. Discusses the Middle East, Afghanistan, Guatemala and El Salvador, Africa, the Philippings and Indonesia.

Author: Rollie Lal
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: commerce, crossroads, security, neighbors, asia, asian, central
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833038788
ISBN-13: 9780833038784

The Asian states neighboring Central Asia have historic links and strong interests in the region. China, Iran, Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan are critical players in the security and economic issues that will determine the future of Central Asia and affect U.S. interests in the region. Although these Asian states do not agree on how to secure Afghanistan against threats, there is unanimous agreement that a stable Afghanistan is critical to their own security interests. By assessing the developing relations between Central Asia and its Asian neighbors, it is evident that each country stands t

Author: General Accounting Office Washington Dc National S
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: foreign, representing, interests, government, officials, federal, agent, registration, former
Number of Pages: 46
Published: 1993-07-01
ISBN-10: 1568065507
ISBN-13: 9781568065502

Identifies high-level federal officials who, after leaving government service between fiscal years 1986 & 1991, registered as foreign agents & represented foreign interests before the U.S. government. Also examines Department of Justice actions to correct problems previously reported concerning the administration of foreign agent registration. Drawings.

Author: Stephen C. Pelletiere
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: saddam, coalition, strains, managing
Number of Pages: 30
Published: 1996
ISBN-10: 1428913947
ISBN-13: 9781428913943

For 5 years U.S. policy has managed to steer a coalition of states which share broad interests in regional stability and free trade. Yet below these common interests, the United States has walked a tightrope stretched between competing objectives vis-a-vis Iraq, e.g., undermining Saddam while preserving Iraq as a counterweight to Iran; protecting the Kurds while not promoting their independence. Time, however, has a habit of eroding international coalitions and exposing seams in the details of policy. Iraq's September 1996 actions in the Kurdish north found such a seam in coalition objectives,

Author: Mark E. Manyin
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: amity, cooperation, tac, treaty, naitons�, associaiton, southeast, asian, accession
Number of Pages: 28
Published: 2010-03
ISBN-10: 1437925197
ISBN-13: 9781437925197

Contents: (1) Introduction; (2) Overview of U.S. Interests in the TAC, ASEAN, and Southeast Asia: Motivations for and Reservations Against Acceding to the TAC; U.S. Interests in Southeast Asia; ASEANżs History and Evolution; (3) Overview of TAC Provisions: (4) Negotiation of U.S. Accession to the TAC; (5) Form of U.S. Accession to the TAC; (6) Potential Implications of TAC Accession for U.S. Law; Right to Individual and Collective Self-Defense; Relationship Between the TAC and Other Agreements Concerning Human Rights, Trade, Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Other Matters; Application of th

Author: Harold J. Johnson
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: interests, supporting, operations, standing, status, peacekeeping
Number of Pages: 57
Published: 1997-06-01
ISBN-10: 0788172204
ISBN-13: 9780788172205

The cost & effectiveness of U.N. peacekeeping operations & their relationship to U.S. interests have emerged as major issues in recent years. This report discusses (1) the budgetary & personnel cost of the eight long-standing U.N. peacekeeping operations (Middle East, Kashmir, Cyprus, Golan Heights, Lebanon, Persian Gulf, Angola, & Western Sahara), (2) whether these operations are carrying out their mandates, (3) the status of efforts to resolve the underlying conflicts, & (4) the reasons the executive branch continues to support these operations.