Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs articles from October 2001

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs archives from October 2001

Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 assistance for Colombia and neighbors.
October 31, 2001... Summary In April and May 2001, the Bush Administration proposed $882.29 million in FY2002 economic and counter-narcotics assistance, as well as extension of trade preferences and other measures, for Colombia and regional neighbors in an...

Missile defense, arms control, and deterrence: a new strategic framework.
October 31, 2001... Summary The Bush Administration has argued that a "new strategic framework" should shape the U.S. relationship with Russia. The Administration states that the United States no longer faces the threat of global nuclear war, and must...

Trying terrorists as war criminals.
October 29, 2001... Summary In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the question of whether to treat the attacks as acts of war or criminal acts has not been fully settled. The purpose of this...

AIDS in Africa.
October 29, 2001... SUMMARY Sub-Saharan Africa has been far more severely affected by AIDS than any other part of the world. The United Nations reports that 25.3 million adults and children are infected with the HIV virus in the region, which has about 10%...

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), free trade, and the 2001 summit in Shanghai.
October 26, 2001... Summary On October 20-21, 2001, the Ninth APEC Leaders' Meeting (summit) was hosted by China in Shanghai. President Bush, Secretary of State Powell, U.S. Trade Representative Zoellick, Commerce Secretary Evans, and other members of the...

Operation enduring freedom: foreign pledges of military & intelligence support.
October 17, 2001... In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the Bush Administration announced Operation Enduring Freedom as part of the war on global terrorism. Currently, the United States is attempting to build a multilateral coalition...

Nuclear arms control: the U.S.-Russian agenda.
October 15, 2001... SUMMARY Although arms control negotiations are not as important to the U.S.-Russian relationship as they were to the U.S.-Soviet relationship during the Cold War, the United States and Russia have continued to implement existing nuclear...

Special Operations forces in operation enduring freedom: background and issues for Congress.
October 15, 2001... Summary Special Operations Forces (SOF) are elite, specialized military units that can be inserted "behind the lines" through land, sea, or air to conduct a variety of operations, many of them clandestine. SOF units are expected to play...

India and Pakistan: current U.S. economic sanctions.
October 12, 2001... Summary In 1998, India and Pakistan each conducted tests of nuclear explosive devices, drawing world condemnation. The United States and a number of India's and Pakistan's major trading partners imposed economic sanctions in response....

Agriculture and fast track or trade promotion authority.
October 11, 2001... Summary New "fast track" (or, trade promotion) authority (TPA) is at issue in the 107th Congress. Such authority could enable the Administration to submit negotiated foreign trade agreements to Congress for consideration under expedited...

Latin America and the Caribbean: legislative issues in 2001 (1).
October 10, 2001... Summary This report provides an overview of the major legislative issues facing Congress in 2001 relating to the Latin American and Caribbean region, and provides reference and linkages to other reports covering the issues in more...

Homeland security: the presidential coordination office.
October 10, 2001... Summary As part of his response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, DC, President George W. Bush announced in his September 20 address to a joint session of Congress that he was creating, within...

NAFTA labor side agreement: lessons for the worker rights and fast-track debate.
October 9, 2001... Summary The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), between the United States, Mexico, and Canada was the first trade agreement ever linked to worker rights provisions in a major way. Its companion "side agreement," the North...

Taliban and the drug trade.
October 5, 2001... Summary There is evidence that many terrorist organizations and some rogue regimes pressed for cash rely on the illicit drug trade as a source of income. In the case of Afghanistan, reports indicating that the drug trade is a major...