Cybersecurity: A Bibliography, and More from CRS
New and updated Congressional Research Service reports that Congress has withheld from direct public access include the following.
Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources, April 26, 2012
The Budget Control Act of 2011: The Effects on Spending and the Budget Deficit When the Automatic Spending Cuts Are Implemented, April 23, 2012
Budget “Sequestration” and Selected Program Exemptions and Special Rules, April 27, 2012
U.S. Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing: Industry Trends, Global Competition, Federal Support, April 27, 2012
Foreign Assistance to North Korea, April 26, 2012
Chile: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations, April 6, 2012
Canada-U.S. Relations, April 5, 2012
Satellite imagery of RAF Lakenheath reveals new construction of a security perimeter around ten protective aircraft shelters in the designated nuclear area, the latest measure in a series of upgrades as the base prepares for the ability to store U.S. nuclear weapons.
It will take consistent leadership and action to navigate the complex dangers in the region and to avoid what many analysts considered to be an increasingly possible outcome, a nuclear conflict in East Asia.
Getting into a shutdown is the easy part, getting out is much harder. Both sides will be looking to pin responsibility on each other, and the court of public opinion will have a major role to play as to who has the most leverage for getting us out.
How the United States responds to China’s nuclear buildup will shape the global nuclear balance for the rest of the century.