Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs articles from December 2003

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs archives from December 2003

Pakistan-U.S. relations.
December 2, 2003... SUMMARY Key areas of U.S. concern regarding Pakistan include regional terrorism; weapons proliferation; the ongoing Kashmir dispute and Pakistan-India tensions; human rights protection; and economic development. A U.S.-Pakistan...

Pakistan: chronology of events.
December 2, 2003... Summary This report provides a reverse chronology of major events involving Pakistan and Pakistan-U.S. relations from September 2001. (1) For a substantive review, see CRS Issue Brief IB94041, Pakistan-U.S. Relations. This report will be...

India-U.S. relations.
December 3, 2003... SUMMARY Although the end of the Cold War freed India-U.S. relations from the constraints of global bipolarity, New Delhi-Washington relations continued for a decade to be affected by the burden of history, most notably the longstanding...

India: chronology of events.(Calendar)
December 3, 2003... Summary This report provides a reverse chronology of major events involving India and India-U.S. relations from September 2001. (1) For a substantive review, see CRS Issue Brief IB93097, India-U.S. Relations. This report will be updated...

Drug trafficking and North Korea: issues for U.S. policy.
December 5, 2003... Summary At least 50 documented incidents in more than 20 countries around the world, many involving arrest or detention of North Korean diplomats, link North Korea to drug trafficking. Such events, in the context of credible, but unproven,...

Campaign financing.
December 15, 2003... SUMMARY Concerns over financing federal elections have become a seemingly perennial aspect of our political system, long centered on the enduring issues of high campaign costs and reliance on interest groups for needed campaign funds. ...

Terrorism and national security: issues and trends.
December 22, 2003... SUMMARY International terrorism has long been recognized as a serious foreign and domestic security threat. This issue brief examines international terrorist actions and threats and the U.S. policy response. Available policy options range...