U.S. Federal Reserve, 224, 232–234, 244, 247, 251, 254, 263n23, 264n26

Federal Reserve Discount Window, 233

Federal Reserve Regulation Q, 235, 239

U.S. Northern Command, 156

U.S. State Department, 280, 282, 354, 499

U.S. Supreme Court rulings, 354, 514, 556–559, 561, 566

U.S. trade deficit, 278

unilateralism, 112, 382, 424, 455

United Nations, 96, 103–104, 107, 113, 138, 153, 348, 379, 417, 508, 517, 583

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 103, 517

Upper and Lower Canadian rebellions, 315, 317, 481

Vietnam War, 63, 94, 97, 101, 117–119, 162, 349–350, 366n4, 393, 395, 414

Waltz, Kenneth, 33

War of 1812, 19–20, 69, 308–309, 311–312, 358, 497

Washington Secretariat, 549

Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), 183, 274, 280–281, 361

Westphalian state, 537–539, 541

Wilson, James Q., 275–277, 281, 283, 286, 289, 295

Wilson, Woodrow, 22, 133, 325–326

Wolfe, Robert, 131–132

World Trade Organization, 9, 137, 181, 216n7, 287–289, 417, 425, 562, 580

World War I, 16, 21–22, 47, 66, 81, 96, 315, 324–325, 329, 393, 557–558

Paris Peace Conference, 22, 326

World War II, 8, 21, 23–25, 107, 155, 177, 184, 328, 344–346, 364, 393, 395, 558

Anglo-American Combined Chiefs of Staff, 345

Defense Production Sharing Agreements, 347

Hyde Park agreement, 136, 344, 346

Permanent Joint Board on Defense, 136, 344, 346

World Trade Organization Procurement Agreement, 137, 289, 562