New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made available to the public include the following.
Table Egg Production and Hen Welfare: The UEP-HSUS Agreement and H.R. 3798, May 14, 2012
Intelligence Authorization Legislation: Status and Challenges, May 21, 2012
Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests, May 18, 2012
U.S.-Vietnam Relations in 2011: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy, May 18, 2012
The U.S. Export Control System and the President’s Reform Initiative, May 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.