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This book examines US foreign policy and global standing in the 21st Century. The United States is the most powerful actor in world politics today. Against this backdrop, the present volume examines how the foreign policies pursued by Presidents' George W. Bush and Barack Obama have affected elite and public perceptions of the United States. By examining America's standing from the perspective of different actors from across various regions, including China, Russia, Latin America and the Middle East, while also assessing how these perceptions interact with America's own policies, this books presents a fresh interpretation of America's global standing. In doing so, the volume evaluates how these perceptions affect the realities of US power, and what impact this has on moulding US foreign policy and the policies of other global powers. A number of books address the question of which grand strategy the United States should adopt and the issue of whether or not America is in relative decline as a world power. However, the debate on these issues has largely been set against the policies of the Bush administration.

This book examines in depth the fundamental problems, factors and issues in current US-Israeli relations, which will have implications both for the Middle East and for world peace and prosperity.

The World Health Organization (WHO), in which 193 governments participate, cooperates with a number of partner organizations in implementing its programs -- notably, governmental, intergovernmental, & nongovernmental organizations, as well as private foundations. This paper outlines the WHO's goals, activities, budget, & sources of financing, & describes the specific activities & contributions of its many public & private partners around the world. Two of the WHO's primary activities are vaccination, particularly of children, in underdeveloped & developing countries against infectious diseases that are now nonexistent or rare in developed countries; & prevention & treatment of HIV/AIDS. S. Stanton

Hu W.: Cross-strait relations: heading for collision? - S. 5-15. Shih Ch.: The global constitution of "Taiwan democracy": opening up the image of a successful state after 9/11. - S. 16-38. Zhao S.: Beijing wait-and-see policy toward Taiwan: an uncertain future. - S. 39-60. Zhao Q.: Regime change and the PRC's Taiwan policy in the DPP era. - S. 61-85

This paper looks at the effects of International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending programs on banking crises in a large sample of developing countries, over the period 1970-2010. The endogeneity of the IMF intervention is addressed by adopting an instrumental variable strategy and a propensity score matching estimator. Controlling for the standard determinants of banking crises, our results indicate that countries participating in IMF-supported lending programs are significantly less likely to experience a future banking crisis than nonborrowing countries. We also provide evidence suggesting that c

"This book examines the values and principles that inform EU Foreign Policy, conveying an understanding of the EU as an international actor. This volume explores the implications of these values and principles on the process of the construction of the European Union identity"--Provided by publisher