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International
economic issues, trade and investment
Development
and international assistance
Terrorism
and homeland security
Science,
innovation and research
Population,
immigration and naturalization
Budget and
public administration
Media, communications
and information technology
Keynote address by U.S.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum
Davos,
Switzerland, January 23, 2008
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2008/01/99624.htm
International Affairs
FY2009 Budget
Fact
sheet, Office of the Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance, February 4, 2008
http://www.state.gov/f/releases/factsheets2008/99981.htm
This
fact sheet outlines the provisions of the foreign policy and international
operations part (approximately $39.5 billion) of the Fiscal Year 2009 U.S.
federal budget proposed by President Bush on February 4, 2008.
Religion in World Affairs:
Its Role in Conflict and Peace
Special
report by David Smock, U.S. Institute of Peace, February 2008
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr201.pdf
There
is a summary at http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr201.html
Islam and the West: Annual
Report on the State of Dialogue
World
Economic Forum (Davos, Switzerland), January 2008
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/C100/Islam_West.pdf
There
is a news release on this 156-page report at http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/IslamWestPR
India’s Trade Policy
Choices: Managing Diverse Challenges
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace, February 2008
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/india's_trade_policy_choices_final.pdf
Pakistan and the War on
Terror: Conflicted Goals, Compromised Performance
Ashley
J. Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, January 2008
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/tellis_pakistan_final.pdf
There
is a summary at http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19848&prog=zgp&proj=zsa=
Pakistan’s Nuclear Future:
Worries Beyond War
Edited
by Henry D. Sokolski, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College,
January 2008
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB832.pdf
There
is a summary of this 385-page publication at http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=832
A Toxic Cocktail:
Pakistan’s Growing Instability
Briefing
by J. Alexander Their, U.S. Institute of Peace, February 2008
http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/0201_pakistan.html
Pakistan’s New Generation
of Terrorists
Backgrounder
by Jayshree Bajoria, Council on Foreign Relations, February 6, 2008
http://www.cfr.org/publication/15422/pakistans_new_generation_of_terrorists.html
Afghanistan and NATO: Why
They Both Matter
Remarks
by U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Volker, February 4,
2008
http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/100026.htm
Afghanistan: A Plan to Turn
the Tide?
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, January 31, 2008
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2008/hrg080131a.html
Afghanistan Study Group
Report: Revitalizing Our Efforts, Rethinking Our Strategies
Center
for the Study of the Presidency, January 30, 2008
http://www.thepresidency.org/pubs/Afghan_Study_Group_final.pdf
The Middle East
A
bibliography with hyperlinks. Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center,
January 2008
http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/middleeast08.htm
The Proposed U.S. Security
Commitment to Iraq: What Will Be in It and Should It Be a Treaty?
Hearing
before subcommittees of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, January
23, 2008
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=936
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
Political Progress in Iraq
During the Surge
Rend
Al-Rahim Francke, U.S. Institute of Peace, December 2007
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr196.pdf
Higher Education and the
Future of Iraq
Imad
Harb, U.S. Institute of Peace, January 2008
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr195.pdf
That Which is Not
Obligatory is Prohibited: Censorship and Incitement in the Arab World
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, U.S. House Committee
on Foreign Affairs, January 22, 2008
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=935
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
The Battle for Cyberspace:
Blogging and Dissidence in the Middle East
Panel
discussion, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, February
4, 2008
http://www.aei.org/events/eventID.1650,filter.all,type.past/event_detail.asp
Inside Gaza: The Challenge
of Clans and Families
International
Crisis Group, December 20, 2007
Africa-China-U.S.
Trilateral Dialogue: Summary Report
Report
by the Brenthurst Foundation, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Council on
Foreign Relations, and Leon H. Sullivan Foundation, December 2007
http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Trilateral_Report.pdf
There
is a summary at http://www.cfr.org/publication/14998/africachinaus_trilateral_dialogue.html
The Immediate and
Underlying Causes and Consequences of Kenya’s Flawed Election
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, February 7, 2008
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2008/hrg080207a.html
The Political Crisis in
Kenya: A Call for Justice and Peaceful Resolution
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, U.S. House Committee on
Foreign Affairs, February 6, 2008
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=937
For
transcripts please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
Understanding Kenya’s
Politics
Backgrounder
by Stephanie Hanson, Council on Foreign Relations, January 25, 2008
http://www.cfr.org/publication/15322/understanding_kenyas_politics.html
Elections in the DRC: The
Bemba Surprise
Special
report by Tatiana Carayannis, U.S. Institute of Peace, February 2008
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr200.html
This
report examines the 2006 election results and the state of democracy in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
President Bush discusses
economy, growth package
The
White House, January 18, 2008
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080118-1.html
At
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080118.html
there is a White House fact sheet on measures proposed by the President to
address recent significant developments in U.S. economic performance.
Strengthening America’s
Economy: Stimulus That Makes Sense
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Finance, January 22, 2008
http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearing012208.htm
A
further hearing, January 24, 2008, is at http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearing012408.htm
Economic Stimulus
A
compilation, by BNA Inc., of links to reports, analyses etc, January 2008
http://www.bna.com/webwatch/econstim2008.html
The Budget and Economic
Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008 to 2018
Congressional
Budget Office, January 2008
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8917/01-23-2008_BudgetOutlook.pdf
Employment Numbers as
Recession Indicators
Joint
Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, January 2008
http://www.house.gov/jec/studies/2008/Employment%20Numbers%20as%20Recession%20Indicators.pdf
What is a Recession, Who
Decides When It Starts, and When Do They Decide?
Congressional
Research Service report, January 23, 2008
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22793_20080123.pdf
Sovereign Wealth Funds
Backgrounder
by Lee Hudson Teslik, Council on Foreign Relations, January 18, 2008
http://www.cfr.org/publication/15251/sovereign_wealth_funds.html
“Fear” and Offshoring: The
Scope and Potential Impact of Imports and Exports of Services
J.
Bradford Jensen and Lori G. Kletzer, Peterson Institute for International
Economics, January 2008
http://petersoninstitute.org/publications/pb/pb08-1.pdf
There
is a summary at http://petersoninstitute.org/publications/interstitial.cfm?ResearchID=880
116 U.S. Cities Make Up
“Billion Dollar Markets”
News
release, U.S. Dept of Commerce, January 24, 2008
http://www.commerce.gov/NewsRoom/PressReleases_FactSheets/PROD01_005079
This
item refers to the positive impact exports have on the economies of
metropolitan areas in the United States. The accompanying database is at http://ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/metro/
U.S.-China Economic
Engagement: The Road to Faster, Deeper Reform
Speech
by U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury David H. McCormick, January 30,
2008
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp788.htm
DEVELOPMENT and INTERNATIONAL
ASSISTANCE
Foreign
Assistance: An Agenda for Reform
Speech by Henrietta H. Fore, Administrator of USAID
and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance, February 1, 2008
http://www.usaid.gov/press/speeches/2008/sp080201.html
The
MCC at Four: U.S. Efforts in Combating Global Poverty
Remarks by John J. Danilovich, chief executive
officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation, January 30, 2008
http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/99845.htm
In his opening remarks, Ambassador Danilovich
refers to the Millennium Challenge Corporation as “a different and demanding
new form of development assistance with its focus on a very specific mandate:
The reduction of poverty through sustainable economic growth”.
Are
There Lessons for Africa from China’s Success against Poverty?
Martin Ravallion, World Bank policy research
working paper, January 2008
Rising
Food Prices Intensify Food Insecurity in Developing Countries
U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Economic Research
Service, Amber Waves, February 2008
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/February08/Features/RisingFood.htm
Tsunami
Reconstruction, Three Years Later
News release, U.S. Agency for International
Development, January 18, 2008
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2008/pr080118.html
Contains facts and statistics about reconstruction
efforts in the Indian Ocean coastal areas devastated by the tsunami of December
2004.
Civilian
Police and Rule of Law Programs
Fact sheet, U.S. Dept of State, January 2,
2008
http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/fs/98167.htm
Annual Threat Assessment of
the Director of National Intelligence for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
U.S.
Director of National Intelligence, February 5, 2008
http://www.dni.gov/testimonies/20080205_testimony.pdf
The State of Space
Security
Remarks
by Donald A. Mahley, U.S. Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, January
24, 2008
http://www.state.gov/t/isn/rm/2008/99746.htm
Proliferation Security
Initiative (PSI)
Congressional
Research Service report, January 16, 2008
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RL34327.pdf
Combating Nuclear
Proliferation: The Effectiveness of the Department of Energy’s Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention (IPP) Program
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, U.S. House Committee
on Energy and Commerce, January 23, 2008
http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-oi-hrg.012308.NuclearProliferation.shtml
Air Force weapon system
roadmap released
News
release, U.S. Air Force, January 16, 2008
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123082420
The
roadmap is at http://www.af.mil/library/airforceroadmap/
Does the Army Need a
Full-Spectrum Force or Specialized Units? Background and Issues for Congress
Congressional
Research Service report, January 18, 2008
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL34333.pdf
Final Report of the
Commission on the National Guard and Reserves
Commission
on the National Guard and Reserves, January 31, 2008
http://www.cngr.gov/Final%20Report/CNGR%20Final%20Report.pdf
There
is a 95-page summary at http://www.cngr.gov/Final%20Report/CNGRFinalReportExecutiveSummary.pdf
TERRORISM and HOMELAND SECURITY
Terrorist Recruitment in
American Correctional Institutions: An Exploratory Study of
Non-Traditional Faith
Groups: Final Report
Report
by Mark S. Hamm using federal funds provided by the U.S. Dept of Justice,
December 2007
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/220957.pdf
There
is an abstract at http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/Abstract.aspx?ID=242801
National Response
Framework
U.S.
Dept of Homeland Security, January 2008
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-core.pdf
“…
a guide to how the Nation conducts all-hazards response”. There is a news
release at http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=42361
and general information at http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/aboutNRF.htm
National Aviation Security
Policy, Strategy, and Mode-Specific Plans: Background and Considerations for Congress
Congressional
Research Service report, January 2, 2008
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/99485.pdf
United States Efforts to
Protect International Aviation from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems Attacks
Fact
sheet, U.S. Dept of State, January 24, 2008
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/jan/99681.htm
Maritime Security
The
Lexington Institute, January 2008
http://lexingtoninstitute.org/docs/796.pdf
SCIENCE, INNOVATION and RESEARCH
Research and Development:
Essential Foundation for U.S. Competitiveness in a Global Economy
National
Science Board, National Science Foundation, January 2008
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsb0803/nsb0803.pdf
“A
Companion to Science and Engineering Indicators – 2008”
Evaluating Research
Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A
committee of the U.S. National Academies, National Academies Press, 2008
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12150
The
full report can be read online by chapter at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12150#toc
Engineered Nanoscale
Materials and Derivative Products: Regulatory Challenges
Congressional
Research Service report, January 22, 2008
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34332.pdf
Managing the Transition to
a Secure, Low-Carbon Energy Future
Issue
brief by Sarah Ladislaw, Kathryn Zyla and Britt Childs, Center for Strategic
and International Studies, and World Resources Institute, February 2008
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080204_managing_the_transition.pdf
There
is a summary at http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4321/type,1/
Expect No Relief from OPEC
Joint
Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, February 2008
http://www.house.gov/jec/Research%20Reports/2008/rr110-19.pdf
AWEA 2007 Market
Report
American
Wind Energy Association (AWEA), January 2008
This
is a report on the state of the wind energy industry in the United States;
there is a news release at http://www.awea.org/newsroom/releases/AWEA_Market_Release_Q4_011708.html
and a state-by-state listing of wind energy projects in the United States at http://www.awea.org/projects/
Working Towards a New
Global Framework on Cutting Greenhouse Gases
Remarks
by Kurt D. Volker, U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, January
24, 2008
http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/99753.htm
International Climate
Change Negotiation: Bali and the Path Toward a Post-2012 Climate Treaty
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, January 24, 2008
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2008/hrg080124p.html
Administration Perspectives
on United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, U.S. House Committee on
Energy and Commerce, January 17, 2008
http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-eaq-hrg.011708.BaliConference.shtml
G8’s Gradual Move Toward
Post-Kyoto Climate Change Policy
Backgrounder
by Toni Johnson, Council on Foreign Relations, January 25, 2008
http://www.cfr.org/publication/13640/g8s_gradual_move_toward_postkyoto_climate_change_policy.html
What to Do about Climate
Change
Indur
M. Goklany, Cato Institute, February 5, 2008
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-609.pdf
There
is a summary at http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9125
Cap, Auction, and Trade:
Auctions and Revenue Recycling Under Carbon Cap and Trade
Hearing
before the U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global
Warming, January 23, 2008
http://globalwarming.house.gov/pubs/pubs?id=0026
Knowing
What Works in Health Care: A Roadmap for the Nation
Institute of Medicine, U.S. National Academies,
January 2008
http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3809/34261/50718.aspx
There
is a news release at http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12038
Technological Change and
the Growth of Health Care Spending
Congressional
Budget Office, January 2008
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8947/01-31-TechHealth.pdf
There
are charts at http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8947/01-31-HealthcareSlides.pdf
A Chartbook of
International Labor Comparisons: The Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe
U.S.
Dept of Labor, January 2008
http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/chartbook/2008-01/chartbook.pdf
Global Employment Trends,
January 2008
International
Labor Organization (ILO), January 2008
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_090106.pdf
This
contains the ILO’s projections for 2008; there is a news release at http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_090085/index.htm
America’s Youth at 20:
School Enrollment, Training, and Employment Transitions Between 19 and 20
Bureau
of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept of Labor, January 23, 2008
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsyth.pdf
POPULATION,
IMMIGRATION and NATURALIZATION
Census Atlas of the United
States: Census 2000 Special Reports
Census
Bureau, January 2008
http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/censusatlas/
There
is a news release, “Census Bureau produces first comprehensive atlas in more
than 80 years”, at http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/census_2000/011433.html
12 Million Shadows:
America’s Immigration Dilemma
Joseph
Chamie, YaleGlobal Online, February
4, 2008
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=10296
The
author argues that demographics, economics and national security leave U.S.
politicians with little choice but to accept de facto legalization of the
status of undocumented immigrants in the United States.
Naturalization Delays:
Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, January 17,
2008
http://judiciary.house.gov/Oversight.aspx?ID=403
The Impact of “Cells-Only”
on Public Opinion Polling
Pew
Research Center for the People & the Press, January 31, 2008
http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/391.pdf
Looks
at the implications for public opinion pollsters of the growing trend,
especially among young people, to rely entirely upon mobile phones, not
landlines, for their telephone communications.
CBS News Poll Database
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/12/politics/main3362530.shtml
Contains
data from all national CBS News polls conducted since January 2007.
State of the Union
2008
Address
by President George W. Bush, January 28, 2008
http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/2008/index.html
With
links to related materials and to previous State of the Union messages by
President Bush.
Presidential Candidates’
Responses to the State of the Union Address, January 2008
Council
on Foreign Relations, January 28, 2008
The Role of Delegates in
the U.S. Presidential Nominating Process
Backgrounder
by Joanna Klonsky, Council on Foreign Relations, February 4, 2008
Election 2008 Resources:
Political Information Online, Networked, and in the Social World
Lorena
O’English, Association of College and Research Libraries, C&RL News, January 2008
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2008/january08/elect08rescrces.cfm
2008 Elections
Census
Bureau, February 2008
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2008/2008elections.html
Demographic
data on states holding primaries and caucuses in the 2008 U.S. election
process, and related population data.
The Future of Red, Blue,
and Purple America
Ruy
Teixeira, Brookings Institution, Issues
in Governance Studies, January 2008
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/01_demographics_teixeira.aspx
Another
look at the changing American political landscape.
Presidential
Transitions
Congressional
Research Service report, updated December 27, 2007
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30736.pdf
BUDGET and PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Budget of the United States
Government, Fiscal Year 2009: The Budget Documents
Office
of Management and Budget, February 2008
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/
Annotated
links to key budget documents; there is a White House fact sheet at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/02/20080204.html
State and Local
Governments: Growing Fiscal Challenges Will Emerge During the Next 10 Years
Government
Accountability Office (GAO), January 2008
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08317.pdf
Entitlement Reform Process:
Other Countries’ Experiences Provide Useful Insights for the United States
Government
Accountability Office (GAO), January 2008
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08372.pdf
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS and
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Online
Newspaper Viewership Reaches Record in 2007
News release, Newspaper Association of America,
January 24, 2008
http://www.naa.org/PressCenter/SearchPressReleases/2008/Online-Newspaper-Viewership.aspx
There is a data chart, “Newspaper Websites”, at http://www.naa.org/TrendsandNumbers/Newspaper-Websites.aspx
Shouting
to Be Heard: Public Service Advertising in a Changing Television World
Kaiser Family Foundation, 2008
http://www.kff.org/entmedia/upload/7715.pdf
There is an introductory page at http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia012408pkg.cfm
with links to related documents, and a news release at http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia012408nr.cfm
Networked
Nation: Broadband in America 2007
Report by the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration, U.S. Dept of Commerce, January 2008
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/2008/NetworkedNationBroadbandinAmerica2007.pdf
There is a summary at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/2008/NetworkedNationBroadbandSummary.pdf,
a news release at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/press/2008/NetworkedNation_013108.html,
and statements by FCC commissioners Michael J. Copps http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-279906A1.pdf
and Jonathan S. Adelstein http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-279916A1.pdf
The
State of Connectivity: Building Innovation Through Broadband
Final report of the California Broadband Task
Force, January 2008
http://www.calink.ca.gov/taskforcereport/default.asp
The full report in PDF format is at http://www.calink.ca.gov/pdf/CBTF_FINAL_Report.pdf,
a summary is at http://www.calink.ca.gov/pdf/exec_summary.pdf,
and there is a news release at http://www.calink.ca.gov/pdf/pressreleases/01-17-08.pdf
Broadband
Opportunities for Rural America
A joint initiative of the Federal Communications
Commission and the U.S. Dept of Agriculture
http://wireless.fcc.gov/outreach/index.htm?job=broadband_home
There is a news release (February 1, 2008) at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-279938A1.pdf
Information
Economy Report 2007-2008: Science and Technology for Development: The New Paradigm of ICT
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD), February 2008
Links to chapters of this 386-page document,
ordering details, and links to versions in other languages are at http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=9479&intItemID=1397&lang=1&mode=downloads
The
Economic Benefits of Reducing PC Software Piracy
A report by International Data Corporation for the
Business Software Alliance, January 2008
http://www.bsa.org/idcstudy.aspx?sc_lang=en
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