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technology, xiii, 9, 36, 43, 58, 60–61, 87, 92–93, 113, 135, 142, 148–49, 161, 198, 199, 200–212, 215, 217, 224–26, 228–32, 233
Tehran Conference (1943), 254
telecommunications industry, 161
television, 95, 96
tennis, 219–20
terrorism, 5, 6, 9, 10–19, 29, 34, 59, 241, 246, 247, 264, 269–70, 271, 272, 276–80
textile industry, 28
Thailand, 28, 132
Tharoor, Shashi, 165n
Thatcher, Margaret, 24, 197, 225, 244, 245
Third Plenum of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party (1978), 101–2
Third World, 10, 39, 102, 161, 177, 229, 232
Thirty Years’ War, 123
Thornton, John, 114
Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), 27, 137, 274–75
Tibet, 165
Time, 96
Times (London), 96
Times Higher Educational Supplement, 207
Tojo Hideki, 37
Tokyo, 91–92
totalitarianism, 112–17, 274
Toynbee, Arnold, 185, 197
Toyota, 225–26
trade balance, 21, 36, 57–58, 104–5, 216
traditional culture, 90–99
“treasure ships,” 62–63
treasury bills, U.S., 138
Treasury Department, U.S., 11
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 208–9
Truman, Harry S., 253, 255–56
Tsongas, Paul, 245
tsunami disaster (2005), 155
Tunisia, 209
Turkey, 4, 8, 17, 28–29, 84, 115, 273–74, 278
Turkey bombings (2003), 17
Twain, Mark, 271
Ukraine, 3, 260
unemployment, xi, xiii, 2, 227
unemployment rate, 212, 217, 226, 284
unilateralism, 59, 246–55, 264, 267–69
“uni-multipolarity,” 53
unipolar order, 1–5, 39, 52, 233, 240–42, 243–50, 266–67, 274–75
United Arab Emirates, 3
United Nations, 40, 41, 101, 118, 131, 157, 165n, 213, 240, 244, 250, 253, 254, 264, 268, 272
United Nations Human Development Index, 157
United Nations Population Division, 213
United States, 239–85
African policy of, 270–71, 273
alliances of, 243–50, 270–75
Asian policies of, 90, 241–42, 245, 259–60, 266, 267, 273–74, 280–81
automobile industry of, 192, 225, 230, 244
British Empire compared with, 185–86, 189–90, 197–99, 237, 261–63, 266, 268
British relations of, 168, 189, 194–97, 241, 254, 261, 274
budget deficits of, 139, 219, 241–42, 244
capitalism in, xi, 23, 28, 47, 60, 120, 200–202, 223–24
China compared with, 100, 103, 108, 193, 200, 242, 263
Chinese relations of, 100, 104, 105–6, 108, 118, 136–44, 176–77, 190, 236, 254, 260–61, 263, 264, 266, 269, 280–82
colonial period of, 65, 194
culture of, xi, 1–5, 36, 90–91, 93, 94, 204, 212–16, 223–26, 271–72, 275–85
democratic ideals of, 141, 167, 232–38, 264, 274–75
demographics of, 212–16
diversity of, 212–16, 278, 283–84
domestic market of, 224, 241, 267, 283
economy of, xi–xiii, 18, 20, 22, 25–26, 29, 43–49, 50, 56–57, 86–87, 118–19, 120, 140, 152, 182, 186, 191, 192, 197–99, 212–19, 233–34, 237–38, 241, 244, 245, 255, 275, 282–83
education in, 48, 58, 200, 204–12, 215, 218–19, 225, 233
elections in, 245, 251, 276, 278–79
energy needs of, 38, 232–33
engineers trained in, 204–8
European relations of, 244–45, 251–55, 273–74
family values in, 93
film industry of, 90, 94
financial markets of, 217, 219–22
foreign investment in, 219
foreign policy of, 8, 42, 52, 59, 125, 130, 131, 132, 140, 142–44, 167–68, 189–90, 223, 235–85
foreign trade of, 20–21, 36, 57–58, 104, 200, 216, 217, 280–83
French relations of, 251, 252–53
future development of, 1–5, 94–99, 199–203, 204, 239–85
German relations of, 244, 245, 251
global influence of, see post-American world
gross domestic product (GDP) of, 18, 104, 118–19, 191, 196, 198–99, 200, 207–8, 215, 217, 218, 219n, 255
growth rate for, 212–16, 233–34, 243
health care in, 225–26, 233n, 283
immigration to, 61, 87, 167, 212–16, 233, 272, 277, 278, 280, 282
income levels of, 212, 216, 217–18, 219
India compared with, 155–56, 200, 226–27
Indian relations of, 54–55, 144, 160, 166–68, 173, 174–78, 182, 249–50, 263, 264, 266, 269, 271, 274, 283
industrialization of, 2, 20, 65, 193, 200, 204, 217, 218
infrastructure of, 152
insularity of, 223–26, 275–85
Japanese relations of, 245, 266
labor force of, 225–26
legal system of, 225
manufacturing