The Political Handbook of the World provides timely, thorough, and accurate political information, with more in-depth coverage of current political controversies than any other reference guide. The updated 2018-2019 edition will continue to be the most authoritative source for finding complete facts and analysis on each country’s governmental and political makeup.
Compiling in one place more than 200 entries on countries and territories throughout the world, this volume is renowned for its extensive coverage of all major and minor political parties and groups in each political system. It also provides names of key ambassadors and international memberships of each country, plus detailed profiles of more than 30 intergovernmental organizations and UN agencies.
This comprehensive update will include coverage of current events, issues, crises, and controversies from the course of the last two years, including:
- Elections across Europe
- Referendum in Ireland
- Rohingya genocide in Myanmar
- The Venezuelan dictatorship
- The renaming of Swaziland to e Swatini
- Qatar diplomacy changes
- Historic meeting between the United States and North Korea
- Establishment of a new governing coalition in Liberia
Table of Content
Intergovernmental Organization Abbreviations
Preface
About the Editors and Contributors
GOVERNMENTS
Volume 1
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Contested Territory
Armenia
Australia
Related Territories
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
People’s Republic of China
Taiwan
Colombia
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Turkish Sector
Czech Republic
Denmark
Related Territories
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
e Swatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
Related Territory
France
Related Territories
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Annexed Territory
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Volume 2
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Disputed Territory
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
Aruba
Curaçao
St. Maarten
New Zealand
Related Territories
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Related Territories
Oman
Pakistan
Related Territories
Palau
Panama
Panama Canal Zone
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Related Territories
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Somaliland
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Related Territories
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Related Territories
United Kingdom: Northern Ireland
United States
Related Territories
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City State
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Palestinian Authority/Palestine Liberation Organization
INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
African Union (AU)
Arab League
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa)
The Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Council of Europe
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
European Union (EU)
European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom)
Group of Eight
Group of Twenty
International Criminal Court (ICC)
International Energy Agency (IEA)
Non-aligned Movement
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)
Regional Development Banks
African Development Bank (Af DB/BAD)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD/BERD)
European Investment Bank (EIB)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB/BID)
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur/Mercosul)
United Nations (UN)
General Assembly
General Assembly: Special Bodies
United Nations Children’s Fund
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Development Program
United Nations Environment Program
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations Population Fund
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
United Nations University
Security Council
Security Council: Peacekeeping Forces and Missions
United Nations/African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)
United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS)
United Nations Operation in Côte D’Ivoire (ONUCI)
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)
United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH)
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA)
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)
Security Council: International Criminal Tribunals
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Economic and Social Council: Functional Commissions
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Commission on Population and Development
Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Commission for Social Development
Commission on the Status of Women
Statistical Commission
Economic and Social Council: Regional Commissions
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Trusteeship Council
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Secretariat
United Nations: Specialized Agencies
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
World Bank
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Development Association (IDA)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
United Nations: Related Organizations
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
APPENDIXES
Appendix A: Chronology of Major International Political Events: 1945–2018
Appendix B: Chronology of Major International Conferences Sponsored by the United Nations: 1946–2018
Appendix C: Membership of the United Nations and Its Specialized and Related Agencies
Appendix D: Serials List
About the author
Tom Lansford is the Academic Dean, Gulf Coast, at the University of Southern Mississippi and a Professor of Political Science. Dr. Lansford is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of more than 40 books and the author of more than 100 essays, book chapters, and reviews. His books include, most recently, A Bitter Harvest: U.S. Foreign Policy and Afghanistan (2003), Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy since the Cold War (2007), and 9/11 and the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: A Chronology and Reference Guide (2011). His more recent edited collections include America’s War on Terror (2003; second edition 2009), Judging Bush (2009), and The Obama Presidency: A Preliminary Assessment (2012).
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