international relations

Veteran Interpol agent Henri Poincar?'s investigation of the murder of mathematician James Fenster just before Fenster's scheduled speech at a World Trade Organization meeting, leads him to America where he is making progress when he is called back to Europe to face unfinished business from a former genocide case, and comes to the realization the his two cases are related and he is the link.

Presents accounts, from both the United States and the Soviet Union, of meetings held between Henry Kissinger and Soviet Ambassador Anatoliy Dobrynin, chronicling their communications regarding foreign policy during the Cold War, and includes the full record of the first Moscow Summit between President Nixon and Soviet Secretary General Leonid Brezhnev in 1972.

Explores the state of the world's economy as of 2008, and examines the effects of globalization on the prosperity of the United States.

Peace negotiator Dennis Ross shares his views on the negative impact the Bush administration's inability to efficiently use the diplomatic, economic, and military tools at its disposal has had on national interests.

Discusses how Woodrow Wilson's efforts to resist aggressive conflict after World War I failed and how his policies affected the United States military strategies.

Liberty Porter has become accustomed to living at the White House since her dad was elected president two months earlier, and she wants to be the best representative she can be for the kids of America, but she starts to worry on her first trip overseas that a mistake on her part could cause a diplomatic disaster.

Photographs and text briefly analyze the importance of world events and bring the United Nations into clear focus as the institution vital to the very survival of our world.

Explores the nature of international relations and how different countries have coexisted and interacted with one another throughout the centuries.

The author argues that Western civilization rose to global dominance in the fifteenth century because of the development of such concepts as competition, modern medicine, and the work ethic, but that the rest of the world has now adopted these concepts and Western dominance is being lost.

Explains globalization, discusses its history and causes, and describes its impact on the world.