Political Handbook of the World provides timely, thorough, and accurate political information with more in-depth coverage of current political controversies and political parties than any other reference guide.

Table of Contents

• Intergovernmental Organization Abbreviations
• Preface
• About the Editors and Contributors
• GOVERNMENTS
• A
• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Andorra
• Angola
• Antarctica
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Australia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• B
• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• C
• 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
• D
• Denmark
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• E
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• F
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• G
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Greece
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• H
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Hungary
• I
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• J
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Korea
• Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
• Republic of Korea
• Kosovo
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• L
• Laos
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• M
• Macedonia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Malta
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Micronesia, Federated States of
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar (Burma)
• N
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• Aruba
• Curaçao
• St. Maarten
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Norway
• O
• Oman
• P
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Palestinian Authority/Palestine Liberation Organization
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Q
• Qatar
• R
• Romania
• Russia
• Rwanda
• S
• 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
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Swaziland
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Syria
• T
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste (East Timor)
• Togo
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• U
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United Kingdom: Northern Ireland
• United States
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• V
• Vanuatu
• Vatican City State
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Y
• Yemen
• Z
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
• 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)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• 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
• 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
• Security Council
• Security Council: Peacekeeping Forces and Missions
• Security Council: International Criminal Tribunals
• Economic and Social Council
• Economic and Social Council: Functional Commissions
• Economic and Social Council: Regional Commissions
• Trusteeship Council
• International Court of Justice
• Secretariat
• United Nations: Specialized Agencies
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• International Civil Aviation Organization
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
• International Labour Organization
• International Maritime Organization
• International Monetary Fund
• International Telecommunication Union
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• World Bank
• International Finance Corporation
• World Health Organization
• World International Property Organization
• United Nations: Related Organizations
• International Atomic Energy Agency
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• APPENDIXES
• Appendix A: Chronology of Major International Political Events: 1945–2016
• Appendix B: Chronology of Major International Conferences Sponsored by the United Nations: 1946–2016
• Appendix C: Membership of the United Nations and Its Specialized and Related Agencies
• Appendix D: Serials List