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Introduction : from Delhi to Dallas -- Imposing an American design : the global South, the Nixon Administration, and the initial US retreat from the liberal world order -- Losing an ideological empire : the China vote and fears of American decline -- Breaking the unholy alliance : the oil embargo, the NIEO, and Kissinger's battle against the Third World -- Nobody's punching bag : Kissinger, the "Moynihan effect," and the popularity of "giving them Hell at the U.N." -- Joining the jackals : the United Nations, "world order," and the failure of Carter's demarche to the Third World -- A Reagan revolution for the world : the United States, the Third World, and the United Nations after 1981 -- Conclusion : "losing after you've won".

FOR MOST OF 1997, THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION CONCENTRATED ON BUILDING THE FOREIGN-POLICY AGENDA INITIATED EARLIER: CHAMPIONING THE ENLARGEMENT OF NATO, MAINTAINING A U.S. PRESENCE IN BOSNIA, STRUGGLING TO FIND PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND IMPROVING RELATIONS WITH CHINA. NEAR THE END OF 1997 FOCUS SHIFTED TO THE GULF, AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOUND IT NECESSARY TO REBUILT U.S. MILITARY STRENGTH IN THE REGION TO FORCE IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN TO ALLOW UNHINDERED INSPECTIONS BY THE U.N. SPECIAL COMMISSION. THE CRISIS OVER THIS ISSUE MOMENTARILY SEIZED CONGRESSIONAL ATTENTION, BUT FOR THE MOST PART MEMBERS OF CONGRESS PURSUED NARROWER POLITICAL INTERESTS, WHICH IN MANY CASES WORKED AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION'S INTERNATIONAL OBJECTIVES.

Supporting conventional weapons destruction (CWD) is a cornerstone of our national security policy. This 2016 edition of To Walk the Earth in Safety highlights the United States programs, managed primarily by the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/WRA), that keep weapons and ammunition out of the wrong hands and assist nations in clearing landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO). The dangers posed by mines and UXO can linger for decades. In areas reeling from recent fighting, stabilization and humanitarian assistance efforts are effectively blocked until key sites are cleared of explosive hazards. Civilian populations near contaminated land could face permanent injury or death by performing everyday activities such as accessing clean water or walking to work or school. Our programs continue to evolve to reflect changes on the ground. On the one hand, casualties from factory-made anti-personnel landmines have fallen steadily in recent years, which is very good news. We can be proud that investments in mine action and the hard and dangerous work of the demining teams has paid off, clearing contaminated land in many places and making it safe for communities to return and resume their livelihoods.

This text is important both as one of the most interesting contributions to the liberalism of the German Enlightenment, and as the most significant source for the ideas which John Stuart Mill popularized in his essay On Liberty. Humboldt's concern is to define the criteria by which the permissible limits of the state's activities may be determined. His basic principle, like that of Mill, is that the only justification for government interference is the prevention of harm to others. He discusses in detail the role and limits of the state's responsibility for the welfare, security and morals of its citizens. Humboldt's special achievement in this work is to enlarge our sense of what a liberal political theory might be by his particularly sensitive grasp of the complexity of our attitudes to and our need of other people. Dr Burrow has based his translation on Coulthard's version of 1854. In an important introduction, he provides a most perceptive as well as scholarly guide to Humboldt's political thought

Sustainable development (as defined by The Brundtland Report, 1987) points to development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own. However, sustainable development denotes different perspectives to different audience; and for development to be truly sustainable, growth must be inclusive and demands equal attention to the tri-nexus of economy, society and the environment. Unfortunately, this is far from reality. In an effort to continue growing, economies pedestalize economic progress where attention is skewed towards economic performance with an intentional disregard of the environment and to the degradation of the environment. For the purpose of this paper, sustainable development focuses on debates between the twin-nexus of economy and the environment. This paper highlights sustainable development challenges for Singapore (an island nation). While most studies centered on Singapore"s miraculous growth, few have examined the island"s use of its environmental capital for economic growth. Island economies face similar development challenges like most global economies; the difference lies in their natural endowments (or the lack of). This underlines the need for policies to advance ecosystem preservation in land-scarce Singapore. With the use of a simple environmental valuation framework, it is demonstrated that the island nation has not fared too badly in protecting its environmental capital.Keywords: Ecosystem, Environmental Capital, Island Nation, Singapore, Sustainable Development