Cold War
America’s zenith of power afterwards and descent from
arc of American foreign policy and
Chinese military initiatives of
conclusions regarding
containment policies and
defense budget during
effective American policies during and after
Global security order and
Middle East and
Soviet Union and
Communism
of China and Russia
Marshall Plan and
See also Cold War; Russia; Soviet Union
Congress of the United States
greenhouse gases and
loans provided after 2008 recession by
reductions to defense spending by
Congressional Budget Office, recession of 2008 and
Containment
Marshall Plan and
reduction in American oil consumption and
Cooperation
countries who should cooperate and
glowing reputation of cooperation and
post–World War II
reasons that countries may fail to cooperate
terrorism and
Council on Foreign Relations
Currency
conclusions regarding
international
as supplied by government
See also Defense spending
Darfur
Debt, American
after recession of 2008–2009
features of
for fiscal years 2009 and 2010
history of facing and overcoming
interest on
oil and
privileged status of dollar and
Decline of Great powers
See also American foreign policy
Defense. See American foreign policy; Security
Defense spending
American public and
for the Balkans
history of
for Iraq and Afghanistan
recent history of
reductions to
Deficit spending. See Debt, American
Democracy
great-power politics and
in Middle East
oil as enemy of
Russia and
See also American Government
Demography
of China
entitlement programs and
of Europe
of Russia
Deng Xiaoping
Dependency burden
Dirksen, Everett M.
Dollar, U.S.
See also Currency
Duchess of Windsor
Economic collapse of 2008
American debt after
conclusions regarding
history of facing and overcoming recessions similar to
housing bubble and
Lehman Brothers and
redrawing boundaries of limits on foreign policy decision making and
world recession and
See also September 15, 2008
Economic constraints, American foreign policy and
Economy, Chinese
Economy, Global
American services to
cooperation and
See also Economic collapse of 2008; September 15, 2008; World Government
Economy, Russian
Economy, United States
containment and
oil consumption and
See also American foreign policy; Debt, American; Defense spending; Economic collapse of 2008
Egypt
American security policy and
Iraq’s free elections and
Israel and
Eisenhower, Dwight
Elections, of Middle East
Entitlement programs
consequences regarding
government as unable to pay for
overview
population predictions and
Euro currency
European Union (EU)
Expenditures
See also Defense spending; Entitlement programs
Exports, economic constraints of
Fannie Mae
Fascism, of World War II
Federal Reserve
Chinese economic policies and
Lehman Brothers collapse and
money printing of
Finances. See Currency; Defense spending; specific economies by name
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Foreign policy
of Iran
of Venezuela and Russia
See also American foreign policy
France
Franco-Prussian War
Freddie Mac
Free market
of China
global security order and
“Free rider problem,”
Fuels. See Alternative fuels, reduced consumption of oil and; Gasoline; Oil
Fundamentalist groups, Islamic
F-22 fighter aircraft
Gasoline
conclusions regarding
increase in price of
raising price of
Gates, Robert
Georgia
Germany
American reassurances regarding
compared to China
containment policies and
World War II and
Global economy
American services to
cooperation and
See also Recession of 2008; September 15, 2008; World Government
Global Security Order
China and Russia and
global economy and
international security order as peaceful
overview
World War II and
Global warming
Gorbachev, Mikhail
Government. See American Government; World Government
Great Britain
decline of
Germany and
Great Depression
and dramatic changes in future economy
and September 15, 2008
World War II after
Great Gatsby, The (Fitzgerald)
Great Power Politics. See
Global Security Order
Greenhouse gases
Haiti
Hamas (Islamic fundamentalist group)
Health care
Medicare modification and
reform measure of March 2010 of
rising costs of
Hezbollah (terrorist organization)
Hitler, Adolf
Housing bubble of 2008
Hughes, Howard
Hussein, Saddam
American security policy and
weapons of mass destruction and
Income inequality
of China
demographics and
India
Inflation, Federal Reserve and
Innovation
Interest payments, debts and
International Monetary Fund
International security
China and Russia and
overview of
reducing role of oil in global economy and
See also American foreign policy; World Government
Iran
American security policy and
conclusions regarding
Islamic Republic of
nuclear weapons and
restricting stream of oil revenue to
as serious danger to Arab regimes and United States
Iraq
American security policy and
debts from war in
series of free elections in
Iraq, occupation of
cooperation and
death tolls in
defense spending for
overview
Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction
similar to NATO expansion
state-building and
as unforeseen
Islamic fundamentalist groups
Islamic Republic of Iran
Israel
Japan
and China
cooperation and
World War II and
Jobs, income inequality and
Kennan, George F.
Kennedy, Paul
Keynes, John Maynard
Kissinger, Henry
Korea
Korean War
Kosovo
Lehman Brothers, collapse of
Lord Palmerston
Marshall Plan
Medicaid
Medicare
Medvedev, Dimitri
Middle East
American foreign policy and
American security policy and
Arab-Israeli conflict and
Bush administration and
Clinton administration and
conclusions regarding
costly engagement of United States in
democracy and elections of
Iran as serious danger in
nuclear weapons and
oil and
See also Oil
Military
American
Chinese
Money
See also Defense spending; specific economies by name
Mullahs
Napoleon
Napoleonic Wars
Nasser, Gamal Abdel
National debts. See Debt, American
National security
See also American foreign policy
Navy
New York Times, The
New Zealand
Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
conclusions regarding
overview of ill-advised expansion of
real reasons for expansion of
Russia and
Soviet Union and
spread of democracy through
North Korea
Nuclear weapons
American prevention of spread of
Iran and
Middle East and Africa and
of Russia
war and
Obama administration
America’s energy policy and
cuts to defense spending at start of
economic constraints voiced by
reducing America’s oil use and
Oil
as addiction
alternative fuels and
America’s need to reduce consumption of
climate change and
Cold War policy of containment and
conclusions regarding
costs of
countries whose foreign policies run on revenues from
as drawing United States to Middle East
fiscal problems of
of Middle East
raising price of gasoline to reduce consumption of
supplied by governments
Pakistan
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Peace
great-power politics and
twenty-first century as tilted towards
Pearl Harbor
Peltzman Effect
Peltzman, Sam
Persian Gulf
Islamic Republic of Iran and
oil and
as planet’s largest reserves of oil
Pew Research Center
PLO. See Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Politics. See American Government; World Government
Poverty, of China
Putin, Vladimir
conclusions regarding
oil revenues and
Racist ideologies
Reassurance, as American policy
Recession of 2008
American debt after
conclusions regarding
history of facing and overcoming recessions similar to
housing bubble and
Lehman Brothers and
redrawing boundaries of limits on foreign policy decision making
See also September 15, 2008
Recession, world, with financial crisis of 2008
Rice, Condoleezza
Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, The (Kennedy)
Roe v. Wade
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Russia
American reassurances regarding
conclusions regarding
containment policies and
demographics of
discontent with global status quo of
economy of
foreign policies of, run on revenues from oil
NATO expansion and
non-Russian former republics of the Soviet Union and
as nuclear-armed and formerly orthodox communist
size and importance of
strategic partnership with China
United States pressure from regional security arrangements by
war and
See also Soviet Union
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Savings
Scarcity
American decline and
benefits of
changing American government in fundamental ways
See also American foreign policy; Entitlement programs; specific issues regarding scarcity by name
Security
American policy for oil and
China and Russia and
during Cold War
duty of government
national
September 11 terrorist attacks
cooperation after
defense spending regarding
oil and
September 15, 2008
and change in American foreign policy
and change in consumer spending habits
Chinese economic policies and
conclusions regarding
economic collapse of
entitlement program costs and
global economy and
global security order and
sharp fall in the price of oil and
taxes and
See also American foreign policy; Recession of 2008
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Shinseki, Eric
Social Security programs
costs of
modification of
overview
Solana, Javier
Somalia
South Korea
Soviet Union
Cold War ending and
decline of
as similar to Iran
United States foreign policy and
See also Russia
Spending
See also Defense spending; Entitlement programs
Sputnik
Stalin, Joseph
State-building
Stiglitz, Joseph
Sudan
Sunni Muslims
Sutton, Willie
Tawain
Taxes
for entitlement programs
on gasoline
on oil
orthodoxy regarding
during recessions
to support baby-boomer entitlements
for war
Terrorism
of al Qaeda
cooperation and
during George W. Bush administration
of Hamas and Hezbollah
oil and
of September 11, 2001
Treasury Department
Tucker, Sophie
Twain, Mark
Ukraine
United States
Arab-Israeli conflict and
budget and
and China
entitlement programs of
and Iran
Iran’s nuclear weapons and
military
need to reduce consumption of oil and
and Russia
Tawain and
world security and
as world superpower
See also American foreign policy; American Government; Economy, United States
Venezuela
Vietnam
Vietnam War
Wahhabism (Islamic fundamentalist group)
Waiting for Godot (Beckett)
War
China and Tawain and
of China with India
cooperation and
great-power politics and
reduced American international role and
of Russia with Georgia
See also specific Wars by name
Washington, George
Weapons of mass destruction
Welfare programs
Medicare
Social Security
World Government
conclusions regarding
cooperation and
duties of
much of governance of coming from America
policies in future of
supplying resources to people
taxes and
See also Global economy
World recession
World WarI
World War II
American debt and
China and Japan’s strained relations and
cooperation and
crisis of global economy prior to and Axis powers during
decline of great powers as result of
and dramatic changes in future economy
great-power politics and
history of
summit meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin
Michael Mandelbaum is the Christian A. Herter Professor and Director of American Foreign Policy at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington D.C. He is a former faculty member at Harvard University, Columbia University, and The United States Naval Academy. He earned his Ph.D. in political science at Harvard University. He is the author or coauthor of eleven previous books, including The Ideas That Conquered the World: Peace, Democracy, and Free Markets in the Twenty-first Century; The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World’s Government in the Twenty-first Century; and Democracy’s Good Name: The Rise and Risks of the World’s Most Popular Form of Government, all published by PublicAffairs.
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