This is a review monograph on quark–gluon plasma (QGP). Different theoretical and experimental aspects of the program to produce QGP in relativistic heavy-ion collisions are covered by experts in the field. This is the third volume in a series on the subject, and the first such monograph to focus on the implications of the experimental results from RHIC, the relativistic heavy-ion collider at the National Brookhaven Laboratory. The review articles will be useful to experienced researchers as well as to graduate students entering the field.Contents: Thermodynamics and In-Medium Hadron Properties from Lattice Q (F Karsch & E Laermann)Thermodynamics of the High-Temperature Quark–Gluon Plasma (J-P Blaizot et al.)Jet Quenching and Radiative Energy Loss in Dense Nuclear Matter (M Gyulassy et al.)Gluon Radiation and Parton Energy Loss (A Kovner & U A Wiedemann)The Color Glass Condensate and High Energy Scattering in Q (E Iancu & R Venugopalan)Electromagnetic Radiation from Relativistic Nuclear Collisions (C Gale & K L Haglin)Event by Event Fluctuations (S Jeon & V Koch)Particle Production in Heavy Ion Collisions (P Braun-Munzinger et al.)Hydrodynamical Description of Collective Flow (P Huovinen)Hydrodynamic Description of Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions (P F Kolb & U Heinz)Central and Non-Central HBT from AGS to RHIC (B Tomásik & U A Wiedemann)Readership: Graduate students and researchers in high energy, nuclear and theoretical physics.Key Features:Unique treatment of international trade agreements and political influences on themBrings together work which focuses on the question of why international trade agreements occur