Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has chosen not to make available to the public include the following.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations and Issues for Congress, September 5, 2012
Weather-Related Power Outages and Electric System Resiliency, August 28, 2012
SBA Veterans Assistance Programs: An Analysis of Contemporary Issues, September 4, 2012
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, September 4, 2012
Immigration Detainers: Legal Issues, August 31, 2012
Tajikistan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests, updated August 31, 2012
Defense: FY2013 Authorization and Appropriations, updated September 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.