Federal Support for Academic Research, and More from CRS
Newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made publicly available include the following.
Federal Support for Academic Research, October 18, 2012
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues, October 22, 2012
Terrorism and Transnational Crime: Foreign Policy Issues for Congress, October 19, 2012
Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Policy Implications of Expanding Global Access to Nuclear Power, October 19, 2012
U.S. Sanctions on Burma, October 19, 2012
Burma’s Political Prisoners and U.S. Sanctions, October 19, 2012
Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress, October 18, 2012
Navy Ohio Replacement (SSBN[X]) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress, October 18, 2012
Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface, Air, and Missile Defense: Background and Issues for Congress, October 19, 2012
Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress, October 18, 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.