Noam Chomsky - Making the future: occupations, interventions, empire and resistance

Abbas, Kamal, 259

Abbas, Mahmoud, 31, 32, 84, 133, 202

Abkhazia, 101

Abrams, Elliott, 155, 212

The Accidental Empire (Gorenberg), 243

Afghanistan, 5354

Durand Line and, 141142

Obama and, 102, 120123

relationship with Iran, 144

war in, 221224

Afpak, 293

Africa, 49, 268

African National Congress, 249

African Union, 45

AIG (American International Group), 197

ALBA, 135136

al-Jazeera , 253

Allenby, Edmund, 251

Allende, Salvador, 226

al-Qaida, 277

Al-Quds Al-Arabi , 267

American Electric Power, 287

American exceptionalism, 146

American International Group (AIG), 197

American Petroleum Institute, 238

Aminzai, Bakhtar, 121

Amnesty International, 247

Annapolis Conference (2007), 4144

Anselem, Lewis, 186

Arab League Proposal, 126127

Arab Peace Initiative, 151152

Arab Spring, 268, 294

Archer Daniels Midland, 22

Argentina, 247

arms industry, U. S., 241242

arms race, 38, 298

Ashkenazi, Gabi, 216

assassinations, U. S.-backed, in El Salvador, 178179

Associated Press, 168

Atlacatl battalion, 178

Bacevich, Andrew, 78, 227

Baghdad

ethnic cleansing in, 60

U. S. embassy in, 66, 88, 170, 174

Bahrain, 266

bailouts, 238, 272

Bajaur, Pakistan, 119

Baker, Dean, 115, 196, 287

Baker, Gerald, 271

Baker, Jim, 102

ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs, 3940, 7879

Balzar, John, 47

Banco del Sur, 135

Barak, Ehud, 35, 41, 281282

Al-Barakaat, 48

Barnett, Correlli, 28

Barofsky, Neil, 272

Bartels, Larry M., 109

Battle of Mogadishu, 4647

Beck, Ulrich, 269

Beinin, Joel, 260

ben-Ami, Shlomo, 104

Benghazi, 267

Benn, Aluf, 127

Bergen, Peter, 52

Berle, A. A., 231232

Berlin Wall, fall of, 177

Biden, Joe, 113, 173, 201

bin Laden, Osama, 52, 275279, 291, 293295

biofuels, 22, 2324

Blair, Tony, 34

Bolivarian Alternative for Latin America and the Caribbean, 135

Bolivia, 135138, 167, 247

Boone, Peter, 238

Bouton, Marshall, 58

BP, 87

Branfman, Fred, 256257

Brazil, 22, 247, 268

Brenner, Robert, 235

Bretton Woods system, 107108

Britain, 22, 85, 134, 148

Broad, William J., 20

Brookings Institute, 242, 256

The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoyevsky), 180181

Brown, Scott, 191, 192

Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 102

Buergenthal, Thomas, 243

Burke, Jason, 121, 143144

Bush, George H. W., 7778, 153, 180, 202

Bush, George W.

2008 Palestinian elections and, 212

administration of, 19, 64

Declaration of Principles (2007), 8889

ethanol production and, 22

North Korea and, 17

Russia and, 99, 104

Tony Blair and, 34

trip to Middle East (2008), 77, 8186, 126

Butler, Lee, 73, 95

Cairo, Egypt, 259

Caldern, Felipe, 21

California, 209210

Canova, Tim, 114

Cantor, Eric, 244

capitalism, state, 106, 271, 273, 288

Cardoso, Fernando, 169

Carey, Alex, 262

Carnegie Endowment, 266

Carothers, Thomas, 178

Carter, Jimmy, 34, 184185, 249

Cassinga, 249

Caucasus, 102

Ceausescu, Nicolae, 253

Center for Responsive Politics, 112

Central America, 178

Chace, James, 226

Charnobitz, Steve, 270

Chavez, Hugo, 136

Cheney, Richard Dick, 26, 63

China, 198, 199, 268

ascendancy of, 79, 142, 195, 225229

human rights in, 299

Jeju Island and, 298

world order and, 231234

Chiozza, Giacomo, 285

Chivers, C. J., 53

CIA, 224

Circincione, Joseph, 68

Citigroup, 303304

climate change, 304305

Clinton, Bill

administration of, 1819

Georgia and, 102

Indonesian invasion of East Timor and, 250

militarization of Mexican border by, 23

NATOs expansion into East Germany and, 78, 103

rejectionism and, 214

use of military force and, 227

Clinton, Hillary, 64, 116, 203, 204, 284

Cohen, Roger, 146

Cohen, William, 227

Cold War, 103104

Cold War II, 3740

Colombia, 168, 255

Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, 231

Congo, 165

Connell-Smith, Gordon, 186

Constable, Pamela, 143

Constitutive Act of the African Union, 164

Consumer Protection Agency, 287

containment policy, 3839

Cook, Steven A., 218

Corfu Channel case, 162

Cornwell, Richard, 45

corporate contributions and elections, 189190

corporate power, 285286

corporate rights, 190191

corporate sector, 261262

Correa, Max, 23

Correa, Rafael, 167

Crane, David, 265

Crocker, Ryan, 52

Cruickshank, Paul, 52

Cummings, Bruce, 223

Curtis, Mark, 61, 95

Czech Republic, 39, 79

Dahlan, Muhammad, 32, 212

Daily Telegraph (London), 282

Davies, Howard, 265

Dayan, Moshe, 243

Declaration of Principles (2007), 6566, 8889

Defense News , 205

defense spending, 174

deficit, U. S., 196, 286287

democracy, 28, 231, 253, 259263

Democratic Party, 6566, 91, 109, 261

deregulation, of financial institutions, 105106, 235236, 271

Dewey, John, 108

DeYoung, Karen, 51

Diego Garcia, 215

diplomacy, 117, 122123

Dominican Republic, 184

Dostoyevsky, 180181

Dreazen, Yochi, 276

Durand, Henry Mortimer, 141

Durand Line, 141142

East Jerusalem, 126, 201206. see also Jerusalem

East Timor, 249250, 268

Eatwell, John, 106

economic strangulation, 80

economy

Great Moderation and, 271272

impact of financial institutions on, 288289

Obama and, 111

Edwards, John, 116

Egypt, 219, 255, 266

Taba, 3435, 4142

uprisings in, 259260

Eichengreen, Barry, 108

Einstein, Albert, 74

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 270

El Salvador,, 178179

elections

2006 Palestinian, 31, 41, 128, 158, 212

2008 U. S. presidential, 111112

2009 Lebanese, 155157

cost of, 288, 303

in Honduras, 185186

in Iran, 157

U. S. 2010 mid-term, 235

Eliav, Aryeh, 9495

Emanuel, Rahm, 113114

embassies, 170, 174

environmental catastrophe, threat of, 304

Erlanger, Steven, 171

Erlich, Reese, 157

Essentials of PostCold War Deterrence (STRATCOM 1995), 7374

ethanol, 2122, 24

Ethiopia, 4748

Etzioni, Amitai, 216

Europe, 39

European Conquest, 135

European Union, 100

exceptionalism, 146, 148

Exxon Mobil, 87

Fadlallah, Sheik Mohammed Hussein, 277

Falk, Richard, 32

Fallon, William, 68

Farr, Warner, 95

Fatah, 32

Fayyad, Salam, 133

Ferguson, Thomas, 112, 190, 237, 288289

Fifield, Anna, 20

financial crisis

changes in the social order and, 302303

Great Moderation and, 271274

Obama administration and, 115

origins of, 235236

presidential campaigns and, 105109

world, 269

financial institutions

corporate propaganda of, 262263

deregulation of, 105106, 235236, 271

impact of, on economy, 288289

Obama and, 196198

presidential campaigns (2008), 112113

financialization, 235, 288, 303

Foreign Affairs (Rubin and Rashid), 121

foreign policy and Latin America, 138

The Foreign Policy Disconnect: What Americans Want from Our Leaders but Dont Get (Page and Bouton), 5758

France, 148

Fraser, Doug, 261262

free market system, 198, 271

free trade, 2224, 135139, 191, 270

Freedom Flotilla, 211215, 249, 283284

Freeman, Charles, 77

Friedman, Thomas, 155