The paper presents a general analysis of the relations among United States and Latin America considering issues such as the questioning of the US centrality globally and in the hemisphere, Brazil's policies to the region and the impact of the growing relations with China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
*REVOLUTIONS, *POWER (Social sciences), *INTERNATIONAL relations research, SOCIAL aspects, MIDDLE East-United States relations
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The article examines the ways in which U.S. influences within the Middle East are waning. It is attested that the U.S. has had a major impact upon this region since the end of the Cold War, but revolutions within the nations of Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya are allegedly indicative of a decline in U.S. power. The paper further alleges that the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama views these revolutions as being similar to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 and that the results of these revolutions will dictate the amount of influence the U.S. retains. Elements of Islamic and jihadi terrorism within the Middle East are examined, as is nuclear proliferation among the Arab states.
*INTERNATIONAL relations research, *OPIUM trade, *INTERNATIONAL cooperation on counterterrorism, *INTERNATIONAL cooperation, *INTERNATIONAL relations, FOREIGN relations of the United States, CAMBODIA-United States relations
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The article examines the state of international relations between the U.S., Laos, and Cambodia. It is attested that three areas of international cooperation have predominantly bolstered U.S. rapprochement with Laos: the recovery of soldiers listed either as missing in action (MIA) or as prisoners of war (POW), reduction of the amount of opium production, and counter-terrorism efforts. The paper urges that rapprochement between the U.S. and both Laos and Cambodia will be bolstered through cooperation on transnational threats and regional multilateral engagement through institutions and meetings.
*NEGOTIATION, *UNITED States-Vietnam relations, *DIPLOMACY, *INTERNATIONAL relations research
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The article examines the state of international relations between the U.S. and Vietnam. It is attested that Vietnam may be the only country in the world to have held so many negotiations with the U.S., including the Paris peace talks of 1968 to 1973, and negotiations on the normalization of bilateral diplomatic ties that took place between 1992 and 1995. The paper aims to present a comprehensive account of how the national interests of each country, including their respective strategic interests, influenced the intensity and nature of these negotiations.