international cooperation

Examines the role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its impact on the world. Features full-color photographs, maps, graphs, sidebars, a chronology, footnotes, and a list of resources for further study.

Examines the history, structure, and operation of Interpol, the world's law-enforcement agency.

A color-illustrated history of space station building that covers Skylab, Salyut, Mir, and the International Space Station in depth, as well as predictions about space colonies.

Examines the history and working methods of the world of policing including the FBI, New Scotland Yard, and other international police forces, and explores the cooperation between them.

Describes the cooperative effort by scientists in the Soviet Union and the United States to save the Siberian crane, with the support and aid of conservationists from other nations.

Examines the fundamental question of who should be responsible for the global response to ozone depletion and climate change.

Offers an alternative approach to terrorism with nonviolent methods of resistence such as negotiations, mediations, and adjudication and discusses halting the arms trade and militarism, reducing the military, and stopping the arms flow to terrorists as a way of initiating global peace.

Gives an overview of space exploration during the twentieth century; includes information on the development of rocket technology, the Mir space station, the Mars Pathfinder mission, and other related topics.

Includes real-life stories, hands-on activities, and up-to-date resources that inspire kids to make significant social changes in the world around them such as fighting hunger and poverty, promoting health and human rights, and saving the environment.

Contains nine essays discussing the history of U.S. and U.N. sanctions against North Korea since 1950, focusing on the six-nation agreement signed in February 2007 regarding the closure of North Korea's nuclear facility in exchange for economic aid and a security guarantee.