2004 Reports

December
--12/30/04  HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2005 -- Updated
--12/30/04  North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program -- Updated
--12/29/04  Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House -- NEW!
--12/29/04  Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004: "Lone Wolf" Amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act -- NEW!
--12/29/04  Internet: An Overview of Key Technology Policy Issues Affecting Its Use and Growth -- Updated
--12/28/04  Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy -- Updated
--12/28/04  The United States and Europe: Possible Options for U.S. Policy -- Updated
--12/27/04  Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 109th Congress -- NEW!
--12/27/04  Germany's Role in Fighting Terrorism: Implications for U.S. Policy -- NEW!
--12/23/04  Education Reform in Pakistan -- NEW!
--12/23/04  U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges -- Updated
--12/22/04  European Union Enlargement -- Updated
--12/22/04  Intelligence Issues for Congress -- Updated
--12/22/04  Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance -- Updated
--12/21/04  Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DOD Intelligence Agencies -- Updated
--12/21/04  Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends -- Updated
--12/21/04  Transportation Security: Issues for the 109th Congress -- Updated
--12/20/04  Iraq: Recent Developments in Reconstruction Assistance -- Updated
--12/20/04  Membership of the 109th Congress: A Profile -- NEW!
--12/20/04  Visa Waiver Program -- Updated
--12/17/04  Border and Transportation Security: Overview of Congressional Issues -- NEW!
--12/17/04  Nuclear Energy Policy -- Updated
--12/13/04  Fiscal Year 2005 Homeland Security Grant Program: State Allocations and Issues for Congressional Oversight -- NEW!
--12/13/04  Terrorism in South Asia -- Updated
--12/10/04  Space Exploration: Overview of President Bush's "Vision for Space Exploration," and Key Issues for Congress -- Updated
--12/09/04  Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI) and Related Funding Programs: FY2005 Assistance -- Updated
--12/08/04  U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1996-2003 -- NEW!
--12/07/04  Port and Maritime Security: Potential for Terrorist Nuclear Attack Using Oil Tankers -- NEW!
--12/07/04  Saudi Arabia: Terrorist Financing Issues -- Updated
--12/07/04  U.S.-China Counter-Terrorism Cooperation: Issues for U.S. Policy -- NEW!
--12/06/04  Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy -- NEW!
--12/06/04  Constitutionality of a Senate Filibuster of a Judicial Nomination -- Updated
--12/06/04  The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction -- Updated
--12/03/04  The National Intelligence Director and Intelligence Analysis -- Updated
--12/01/04  Haiti: Developments and U.S. Policy Since 1991 and Current Congressional Concerns -- Updated
--12/01/04  Terrorism: Background on Chemical, Biological, and Toxin Weapons and Options for Lessening Their Impact -- Updated
--12/01/04  The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor -- Updated

November
--11/30/04  Continuing Appropriations Acts: Brief Overview of Recent Practices -- Updated
--11/29/04  Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses -- Updated
--11/24/04  HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2005 -- Updated
--11/24/04  U.S. International Trade: Data and Forecasts -- Updated
--11/21/04  Laos: Background and U.S. Relations -- Updated
--11/20/04  Iraq: U.S. Military Operations and Costs -- Updated
--11/17/04  Commemorative Observances: A Chronological List -- Updated
--11/16/04  Al Qaeda: Statements and Evolving Ideology -- NEW!
--11/16/04  U.S. Military Overseas Basing: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--11/15/04  Current Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts -- Updated
--11/15/04  War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance -- Updated
--11/12/04  Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests -- Updated
--11/12/04  Guarding America: Security Guards and U.S. Critical Infrastructure Protection -- NEW!
--11/12/04  Homeland Security Advisory System: Possible Issues for Congressional Oversight -- Updated
--11/10/04  Mexico's Counter-Narcotics Efforts under Fox, December 2000 to October 2004 -- NEW!
--11/09/04  Israeli-United States Relations -- Updated
--11/09/04  Nuclear Testing and Comprehensive Test Ban: Chronology Starting September 1992 -- Updated
--11/08/04  Continuity of Operations (COOP) in the Executive Branch: Background and Issues for Congress -- Updated
--11/08/04  Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty -- Updated
--11/05/04  The Electoral College: An Overview and Analysis of Reform Proposals -- Updated
--11/04/04  India-U.S. Relations -- Updated
--11/04/04  Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues -- Updated
--11/03/04  Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money -- Updated
--11/03/04  China-U.S. Trade Issues -- Updated
--11/01/04  India: Chronology of Recent Events -- Updated

October
--10/29/04  Global Climate Change -- Updated
--10/28/04  Campaign Financing -- Updated
--10/27/04  Global Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol -- Updated
--10/27/04  Intelligence Issues for Congress -- Updated
--10/26/04  Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 108 th Congress -- Updated
--10/26/04  Nuclear Energy Policy -- Updated
--10/25/04  Environmental Protection Issues in the 108th Congress -- Updated
--10/22/04  Homeland Security: Protecting Airliners from Terrorist Missiles -- Updated
--10/22/04  Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance -- Updated
--10/22/04  Sudan: The Darfur Crisis and the Status of the North-South Negotiations -- New!
--10/21/04  Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview -- Updated
--10/20/04  H.R. 10 (9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act) and S.2845 (National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004): A Comparative Analysis -- Updated
--10/20/04  Monitoring Foreign Students in the United States: The Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) -- Updated
--10/20/04  Stem Cell Research -- Updated
--10/19/04  Argentina's Sovereign Debt Restructuring -- NEW!
--10/19/04  Trade and the Americas -- Updated
--10/18/04  9/11 Commission: Current Legislative Proposals for U.S. Immigration Law and Policy -- Updated
--10/18/04  Drug Control: International Policy and Approaches -- Updated
--10/18/04  Visa Waiver Program -- Updated
--10/15/04  S.Res. 445: Senate Committee Reorganization for Homeland Security and Intelligence Matters -- NEW!
--10/13/04  Aviation Security-Related Findings and Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission -- Updated
--10/13/04  Border Security: Inspections Practices, Policies, and Issues -- Updated
--10/13/04  Homeland Security: Defending U.S. Airspace -- Updated
--10/13/04  Visa Issuances: Policy, Issues, and Legislation -- Updated
--10/12/04  Changing Causes of the U.S. Trade Deficit -- NEW!
--10/12/04  The Budget for Fiscal Year 2005 -- Updated
--10/12/04  Trade Negotiations in the 108th Congress -- Updated
--10/08/04  Pakistan-U.S. Relations -- Updated
--10/06/04  Comparison of 9/11 Commission Recommended Intelligence Reforms, S. 2845, S. 2774, H.R. 5024, Administration Proposal, H.R. 10, Current Law -- Updated
--10/06/04  Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 108th Congress -- Updated
--10/05/04  Expanding Threat Reduction and Nonproliferation Programs: Concepts and Definitions -- NEW!
--10/05/04  Pakistan's Domestic Political Developments -- Updated
--10/05/04  Pakistan: Chronology of Recent Events -- Updated
--10/05/04  The Proposed Authorities of a National Intelligence Director: Issues for Congress and Side-by-Side Comparison of S. 2845, H.R. 10, and Current Law -- Updated
--10/05/04  U.S. Public Diplomacy: Background and the 9/11 Commission Recommendations -- Updated
--10/04/04  Postponement and Rescheduling of Elections to Federal Office -- NEW!
--10/03/04  Peacekeeping and Related Stability Operations: Issues of U.S. Military Involvement -- Updated
--10/03/04  Saudi Arabia: Terrorist Financing Issues -- Updated
--10/03/04  War on Drugs: Legislation in the 108th Congress and Related Developments -- Updated
--10/01/04  Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate and Omnibus Energy Legislation -- Updated

September
--09/30/04  Information Sharing for Homeland Security: A Brief Overview -- Updated
--09/30/04  The National Intelligence Director and Intelligence Analysis -- NEW!
--09/28/04  Comparison of 9/11 Commission Recommended Intelligence Reforms, S. 2845, S.2774, H.R. 5024, Administration Proposal, H.R. 10, Current Law -- Updated
--09/28/04  North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program -- Updated
--09/28/04  The Electoral College: How It Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections -- NEW!
--09/28/04  U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress -- Updated
--09/27/04  9/11 Commission Recommendations: Intelligence Budget -- NEW!
--09/27/04  HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2005 -- Updated
--09/27/04  Sudan: Humanitarian Crisis, Peace Talks, Terrorism, and U.S. Policy -- Updated
--09/24/04  Proposals for Intelligence Reorganization: 1949-2004 -- Updated
--09/24/04  Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues -- Updated
--09/24/04  Strategic Petroleum Reserve -- Updated
--09/24/04  The U.S. Intelligence Budget: A Basic Overview -- NEW!
--09/23/04  Iraq's Trade with the World: Data and Analysis -- Updated
--09/23/04  Military Role in Space Control: A Primer -- NEW!
--09/22/04  Nuclear Terrorism: A Brief Review of Threats and Responses -- NEW!
--09/22/04  State Election Laws: Overview of Statutes Regarding Emergency Election Postmponement Within the State -- NEW!
--09/21/04  General Management Laws and the 9/11 Commission's Proposed Office of National Intelligence Director (NID) and National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) -- NEW!
--09/15/04  Unauthorized Aliens in the United States: Estimates since 1986 -- NEW!
--09/09/04  Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons -- NEW!
--09/09/04  The Federal Government Debt: Its Size and Economic Significance -- Updated
--09/08/04  Lawfulness of Interrogation Techniques under the Geneva Conventions -- NEW!
--09/06/04  Commemorative Observances: A Chronological List -- Updated
--09/02/04  Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money -- Updated
--09/02/04  Elections Reform: Overview and Issues -- Updated
--09/02/04  Risk Management and Critical Infrastructure Protection: Assessing, Integrating, and Managing Threats, Vulnerabilities and Consequences -- NEW!
--09/01/04  Membership of the 108th Congress: A Profile -- Updated
--09/01/04  Nuclear Energy Policy -- Updated

August
--08/27/04  Homeland Security: Department Organization and Management - Implementation Phase -- Updated
--08/26/04  Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1996-2003 -- NEW!
--08/26/04  Secrecy Versus Openess: New Proposed Arrangements for Balancing Competing Needs -- Updated
--08/25/04  A Joint Committee on Intelligence: Proposals and Options from the 9/11 Commission and Others -- Updated
--08/23/04  FCC Media Ownership Rules: Current Status and Issues for Congress -- Updated
--08/23/04  Iran's Ballistic Missile Capabilities -- Updated
--08/20/04  Internet: An Overview of Key Technology Policy Issues Affecting Its Use and Growth -- Updated
--08/18/04  The Multi-State Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange (MATRIX) Pilot Project -- NEW!
--08/18/04  The U.N. Law of the Sea Convention and the United States: Developments Since October 2003 -- Updated
--08/17/04  Human Cloning -- Updated
--08/13/04  HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations FY2003-FY2005 -- Updated
--08/13/04  Stem Cell Research -- Updated
--08/13/04  Terrorism in Southeast Asia -- NEW!
--08/12/04  Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Term Limits and Assignment Limitations -- NEW!
--08/12/04  The Position of Director of National Intelligence: Issues for Congress -- Updated
--08/11/04  Pakistan-U.S. Relations -- Updated
--08/11/04  Side-by-Side Comparison of Intelligence Community Reforms Proposed by 9/11 Commission, the Bush Administration, Senators Feinstein, Graham and Daschle, and Respresentatives Harman and Goss; and Current Statute -- Memorandum
--08/11/04  Terrorism: Key Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and Recent Major Commissions and Inquiries -- NEW!
--08/10/04  Removing Terrorist Sanctuaries: The 9/11 Commission Recommendations and U.S. Policy -- NEW!
--08/09/04  Pakistan: Chronology of Recent Events -- Updated
--08/09/04  Terrorism in South Asia -- Updated
--08/06/04  Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DOD Intelligence Agencies -- NEW!
--08/06/04  World Trade Organization Negotiations: The Doha Development Agenda -- Updated
--08/05/04  First Responder Grant Formulas: The 9/11 Commission Recommendation and Other Options for Congressional Action -- Updated
--08/05/04  The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework -- Updated
--08/04/04  Border Security: Key Agencies and Their Missions -- NEW!
--08/04/04  FBI Intelligence Reform Since September 11, 2001: Issues and Options for Congress -- Updated
--08/04/04  Visa Issuances: Policy, Issues, and Legislation -- Updated
--08/03/04  Campaign Financing -- Updated

July
--07/29/04  India-U.S. Relations -- Updated
--07/29/04  Proposals for Intelligence Reorganization, 1949-2004 -- NEW!
--07/29/04  The Position of Director of National Intelligence: Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--07/28/04  India: Chronology of Recent Events -- Updated
--07/28/04  Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties -- Updated
--07/22/04  Cybercrime: The Council of Europe Convention -- Updated
--07/21/04  Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money -- Updated
--07/21/04  Iraq: Transition to Sovereignty -- Updated
--07/20/04  Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses -- Updated
--07/19/04  Information Warfare and Cyberwar: Capabilities and Related Policy Issues -- Updated
--07/16/04  Campaign Financing -- Updated
--07/15/04  HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FT2002-FY2005 -- Updated
--07/14/04  Executive Branch Power to Postpone Elections -- NEW!
--07/12/04  Commemorative Observances: A Chronological List -- Updated
--07/12/04  India's 2004 National Elections -- NEW!
--07/12/04  Israel: U.S. Foreign Assistance -- Updated
--07/09/04  Israeli-United States Relations -- Updated
--07/09/04  Military Tribunals: Historical Patterns and Lessons -- NEW!
--07/07/04  U.S. - French Commercial Ties -- NEW!
--07/06/04  Internet Privacy: Overview and Pending Legislation -- Updated
--07/06/04  Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends -- Updated
--07/06/04  The Middle East Peace Talks -- Updated
--07/02/04  Globalizing Cooperative Threat Reduction: A Survey of Options -- NEW!
--07/01/04  Homeland Security: Coast Guard Operations - Background and Issues for Congress -- Updated
--07/01/04  South Korea - U.S. Economic Relations: Cooperation, Friction, and Future Prospects -- Updated

June
--06/22/04  Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 108th Congress -- Updated
--06/21/04  Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues -- Updated
--06/18/04  Offshoring (a.k.a. Offshore Outsourcing) and Job Insecurity Among U.S. Workers -- Updated
--06/16/04  Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur -- NEW!
--06/16/04  U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT): Overview and Application to Interrogation Techniques -- NEW!
--06/15/04  Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy -- Updated
--06/14/04  Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate and Omnibus Energy Legislation -- Updated
--06/10/04  Global Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol -- Updated
--06/10/04  USA Patriot Act Sunset: A Sketch -- Updated
--06/10/04  USA Patriot Act Sunset: Provisions That Expire on December 31, 2005 -- Updated
--06/09/04  Sensitive Security Information and Transportation Security: Issues and Congressional Options -- NEW!
--06/03/04  Greece Update -- NEW!
--06/02/04  Network Centric Warfare: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--06/01/04  The Department of State's Patterns of Global Terrorism Report: Trends, State Sponsors, and Related Issues -- NEW!
--06/01/04  The U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA): Challenges for Sub-Regional Integration -- Updated

May
--05/28/04  AIDS in Africa -- Updated
--05/28/04  Military Forces: What is the Appropriate Size for the United States? -- Updated
--05/27/04  Authorization and Appropriations for FY2005: Defense -- Updated
--05/27/04  Homeland Security: Department Organization and Management - Implementation Phase -- Updated
--05/26/04  Border Security: Inspections Practices, Policies, and Issues -- NEW!
--05/26/04  Military Courts-Martial: An Overview -- NEW!
--05/24/04  U.S. Treatment of Prisoners in Iraq: Selected Legal Issues -- NEW!
--05/23/04  Al Qaeda After the Iraq Conflict -- NEW!
--05/21/04  Homeland Security: Federal Assistance Funding and Business Opportunities -- Updated
--05/20/04  China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues for the 108th Congress -- Updated
--05/20/04  India-U.S. Relations -- Updated
--05/20/04  Palestinians and Middle East Peace: Issues for the United States -- Updated
--05/20/04  Small-Scale Terrorist Attacks Using Chemical and Biological Agents: An Assessment Framework and Preliminary Comparisons -- NEW!
--05/14/04  Avian Influenza: Multiple Strains Cause Different Effects Worldwide -- Updated
--05/14/04  Pakistan-U.S. Relations -- Updated
--05/13/04  Drug Control: International Policy and Approaches -- Updated
--05/11/04  U.S.-Latin American Trade: Recent Trends -- Updated
--05/05/04  Women in Iraq: Background and Issues for U.S. Policy -- NEW!

April
--04/30/04  Greece: Threat of Terrorism and Security of the Olympics -- NEW!
--04/29/04  The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA): Origin, Characteristics, and Institutional Authorities -- NEW!
--04/28/04  Immigration-Related Detention: Current Legislative Issues -- NEW!
--04/26/04  AIDS in Africa -- Updated
--04/22/04  Disarming Libya: Weapons of Mass Destruction -- NEW!
--04/21/04  AIDS Funding for Federal Government Programs: FY1981-FY2005 -- Updated
--04/21/04  Terrorist Identification, Screening, and Tracking Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 -- NEW!
--04/20/04  Illicit Drugs and the Terrorist Threat: Causal Links and Implications for Domestic Drug Control Policy -- Updated
--04/19/04  World Bank Post-Conflict Aid: Oversight Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--04/16/04  Computer Security: A Summary of Selected Federal Laws, Executive Orders, and Presidential Directives -- NEW!
--04/15/04  Foreign Aid: An Introductory Overview of U.S. Programs and Policy -- Updated
--04/15/04  Globalizing Cooperative Threat Reduction: A Survey of Options -- NEW!
--04/14/04  Presidential Advisers' Testimony Before Congressional Committees: An Overview -- Updated
--04/08/04  Gasoline Price Surge Revisited: Crude Oil and Refinery Issues -- NEW!
--04/06/04  FBI Intelligence Reform Since September 11, 2001: Issues and Options for Congress -- NEW!
--04/06/04  NATO and the European Union -- NEW!
--04/06/04  Visa Waiver Program -- Updated
--04/05/04  AGOA III: Amendment to the African Growth and Opportunity Act -- Updated
--04/01/04  Terrorist "Dirty Bombs': A Brief Primer -- Updated

March
--03/31/04  A Guide to Major Congressional and Presidential Awards -- Updated
--03/31/04  Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money -- Updated
--03/31/04  Terrorist Attacks by Al Qaeda -- Memorandum
--03/30/04  Homeland Security: The Presidential Coordination Office -- Updated
--03/30/04  Policing in Peacekeeping and Related Stability Operations: Problems and Proposed Solutions -- Updated
--03/29/04  Elections Reform: Overview and Issues -- Updated
--03/26/04  Trade Negotiations in the 108th Congress -- Updated
--03/26/04  Trafficking in Women and Children: The U.S. and International Response -- Updated
--03/25/04  Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy -- Updated
--03/17/04  Qatar: Background and U.S. Relations -- Updated
--03/16/04  War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance -- Updated
--03/15/04  Detention of American Citizens as Enemy Combatants -- Updated
--03/12/04  A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Status of Negotiations and Major Policy Issues -- Updated
--03/11/04  Enforcing Immigration Law: The Role of State and Local Enforcement -- NEW!
--03/11/04  The U.N. Convention Against Torture: Overview of U.S. Implementation Policy Concerning the Removal of Aliens -- NEW!
--03/11/04  The War Powers Resolution: After Thirty Years -- NEW!
--03/11/04  Weapons of Mass Destruction: Trade Between North Korea and Pakistan -- NEW!
--03/10/04  The Budget for Fiscal Year 2005 -- NEW!
--03/08/04  Terrorism in South Asia -- NEW!
--03/05/04  Missile Survey: Ballistic and Cruise Missiles of Foreign Countries -- Updated
--03/04/04  Black Members of the United States Congress: 1870-2004 -- Updated
--03/04/04  Iran's Nuclear Program: Recent Developments -- Updated
--03/04/04  Visa Policy: Roles of the Departments of State and Homeland Security -- NEW!
--03/01/04  AIDS Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC): Problems, Responses, and Issues for Congress -- NEW!

February
--02/25/04  India-U.S. Economic Relations -- Updated
--02/25/04  India-U.S. Relations -- Updated
--02/24/04  India: Chronology of Recent Events -- Updated
--02/23/04  Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate and Omnibus Energy Legislation -- Updated
--02/23/04  Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance -- Updated
--02/23/04  Islam: Sunnis and Shiites -- NEW!
--02/23/04  U.S. Nuclear Weapons: Changes in Policy and Force Structure -- Updated
--02/18/04  U.S. Immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions -- NEW!
--02/18/04  U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program (US-VISIT) -- NEW!
--02/13/04  NAFTA at Ten: Lessons from Recent Studies -- NEW!
--02/11/04  Visa Issuances: Policy, Issues, and Legislation -- Updated
--02/10/04  Visa Waiver Program -- NEW!
--02/06/04  Foreign Terrorist Organizations -- NEW!
--02/06/04  Pakistan-U.S. Relations -- Updated
--02/05/04  Iraq and Al Qaeda: Allied or Not? -- NEW!
--02/05/04  Pakistan: Chronology of Recent Events -- Updated
--02/05/04  Pipeline Security: An Overview of Federal Activities and Current Policy Issues -- Updated
--02/04/04  Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money -- Updated
--02/04/04  Homeland Security: Department Organization and Management - Implementation Phase -- Updated
--02/04/04  Ricin: Technical Background and Potential Role in Terrorism -- Updated
--02/02/04  North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: How Soon an Arsenal? -- Updated

January
--01/28/04  Comparisons of U.S. and Foreign Military Spending: Data from Selected Public Sources -- NEW!
--01/28/04  Environmental Protection Issues in the 108th Congress -- Updated
--01/28/04  HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2002-FY2004 -- Updated
--01/28/04  The Congressional Budget Process: A Brief Overview -- Updated
--01/22/04  Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money -- Updated
--01/21/04  Elections Reform: Overview and Issues -- Updated
--01/20/04  Chemical Plant Security -- Updated
--01/16/04  U.S. Intelligence and Policymaking: The Iraq Experience -- Updated
--01/13/04  Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 108th Congress -- Updated
--01/07/04  Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance -- Updated
--01/07/04  USA PATRIOT Act Sunset: A Sketch -- NEW!
--01/05/04  Pakistan's Domestic Political Developments: Issues for Congress -- Updated
--01/02/04  Border Security and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles -- NEW!
--01/02/04  USA Patriot Act Sunset: Provisions That Expire on December 31, 2005 -- NEW!