January

--01/28/05  Democracy in Russia: Trends and Implications for U.S. Interests -- Updated
--01/28/05  Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance -- Updated
--01/28/05  Jordan: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues -- Updated
--01/28/05  Pakistan-U.S. Relations -- Updated
--01/28/05  The Economics of the Federal Budget Deficit -- Updated
--01/27/05  Globalization Cooperative Threat Reduction: A Survey of Options -- NEW!
--01/27/05  Internet Privacy: Overview and Pending Legislation -- Updated
--01/27/05  Iraq: Recent Developments in Reconstruction Assistance -- Updated
--01/27/05  North Korea's Nuclear Weapon Program -- Updated
--01/27/05  Trade, Trade Barriers, and Trade Deficits: Implications for U.S. Economic Welfare -- Updated
--01/27/05  USA PATRIOT Act Sunset: A Sketch -- Updated
--01/27/05  USA PATRIOT Act Sunset: Provisions That Expire on December 31, 2005 -- Updated
--01/26/05  Implications of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations upon the Regulation of Consular Identification Cards -- Updated
--01/26/05  Lasers Aimed at Aircraft Cockpits: Background and Possible Options to Address the Threat to Aviation Safety and Security -- NEW!
--01/25/05  Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties -- Updated
--01/25/05  Pakistan's Nuclear Proliferation Activities and the Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission: U.S. Policy Restraints and Options -- NEW!
--01/25/05  Pakistan: Chronology of Recent Events -- Updated
--01/24/05  Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency -- NEW!
--01/24/05  North Korea: A Chronology of Events, October 2002-December 2004 -- NEW!
--01/24/05  Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda -- Updated
--01/24/05  Terrorist Nuclear Attacks on Seaports: Threat and Response -- Updated
--01/24/05  Tsunamis: Monitoring, Detection, and Early Warning Systems -- NEW!
--01/21/05  Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests -- Updated
--01/21/05  Energy Policy: Legislative Proposals in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--01/21/05  Human Cloning -- Updated
--01/21/05  Libya -- Updated
--01/21/05  Millennium Challenge Account: Implementation of a New U.S. Foreign Aid Initiative -- Updated
--01/21/05  Nuclear Arms Control: The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty -- Updated
--01/21/05  Protecting Our Perimeter: "Border Searches" under the Fourth Amendment -- Updated
--01/21/05  Stem Cell Research -- Updated
--01/21/05  U.S. Immigration Policy on Haitian Migrants  -- Updated
--01/19/05  Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests -- Updated
--01/19/05  Colombia: Issues for Congress -- Updated
--01/19/05  Foreign Aid: An Introductory Overview of U.S. Programs and Policy -- Updated
--01/19/05  Haiti: Developments and U.S. Policy Since 1991 and Current Congressional Concerns  -- Updated
--01/19/05  Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses -- Updated
--01/19/05  Iraq: Paris Club Debt Relief -- Updated
--01/19/05  Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections -- Updated
--01/19/05  Sudan: Humanitarian Crisis, Peace Talks, Terrorism, and U.S. Policy -- Updated
--01/19/05  Trade Negotiations During the 109th Congress -- Updated
--01/19/05  U.S.-EU Cooperation  -- NEW!
--01/19/05  U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism -- NEW!
--01/18/05  Caribbean Region: Issues in U.S. Relations -- Updated
--01/18/05  The Department of Defense Rules for Military Commissions: Analysis of Procedural Rules and Comparison with Proposed Legislation and the Uniform Code of Military Justice -- Updated
--01/14/05  Iran's Nuclear Program: Recent Developments -- Updated
--01/14/05  Latin America: Terrorism Issues -- Updated
--01/14/05  Monitoring Foreign Students in the United States: The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) -- Updated
--01/14/05  Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons and Missiles: Status and Trends -- Updated
--01/14/05  Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) -- NEW!
--01/14/05  Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues -- Updated
--01/14/05  U.S. Treatment of Prisoners in Iraq: Selected Legal Issues -- Updated
--01/13/05  Border Security: Fences Along the U.S. International Border -- NEW!
--01/13/05  Cuba: Issues for the 109th Congress -- Updated
--01/13/05  El Salvador: Political, Economic, and Social Conditions and Relations with the United States  -- Updated
--01/13/05  Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues for the 109th Congress -- Updated
--01/13/05  Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A guide to Basic Sources -- Updated
--01/13/05  U.S. Nuclear Weapons: Changes in Policy and Force Structure -- Updated
--01/12/05  Caribbean Basin Interim Trade Program: CBI/NAFTA Parity  -- Updated
--01/11/05  Egypt - United States Relations -- Updated
--01/11/05  Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Selected Legislation from the 108th Congress -- Updated
--01/11/05  How Measures Are Brought to the House Floor: A Brief Introduction -- Updated
--01/11/05  United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress -- Updated
--01/10/05  Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money -- Updated
--01/10/05  France: Factors Shaping Foreign Policy, and Issues in U.S.-French Relations -- Updated
--01/10/05  Information Sharing for Homeland Security: A Brief Overview -- Updated
--01/10/05  Israeli-United States Relations -- Updated
--01/10/05  Palestinians and Middle East Peace: Issues for the United States -- Updated
--01/10/05  Syria: Political Conditions and Relations with the United States After the Iraq War -- NEW!
--01/10/05  Taiwan: Recent Developments and U.S. Policy Choices -- Updated
--01/10/05  War on Drugs: Legislation in the 108th Congress and Related Developments -- Updated
--01/09/05  Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002: Summary and Comparison with Previous Law -- Updated
--01/07/05  Access to Government Information in the United States -- Updated
--01/07/05  Arms Control and Nonproliferation Activities: A Catalog of Recent Events -- Updated
--01/07/05  Central Asia's Security: Issues and Implications for U.S. Interests -- Updated
--01/07/05  Continuity of Government: Current Federal Arrangements and the Future -- Updated
--01/07/05  Martial Law and National Emergency -- Updated
--01/07/05  Terrorist Attacks and National Emergencies Act Declarations -- Updated
--01/06/05  Climate Change Legislation in the 108th Congress -- Updated
--01/06/05  Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004: National Standards for Drivers' Licenses, Social Security Cards, and Birth Certificates -- NEW!
--01/06/05  Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 109th Congress -- NEW!
--01/05/05  Campaign Financing -- Updated
--01/05/05  Capital Punishment: An Overview of Federal Death Penalty Statutes -- Updated
--01/05/05  Korea: U.S.- Korean Relations - Issues for Congress -- Updated
--01/05/05  Protection of Classified Information by Congress: Practices and Proposals -- Updated
--01/05/05  Russia -- Updated
--01/05/05  U.S. International Trade: Data and Forecasts -- Updated
--01/04/05  Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues -- Updated
--01/04/05  NATO and the European Union -- Updated
--01/04/05  Special Operations Forces (SOF) and CIA Paramilitary Operations: Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--01/04/05  United Nations System Funding: Congressional Issues -- Updated
--01/03/05  A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Major Policy Issues and Status of Negotiations -- Updated
--01/03/05  Agriculture: Prospective Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--01/03/05  Military Forces: What is the Appropriate Size for the United States? -- Updated
--01/03/05  The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) -- Updated