http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/Afghanistan/Afghan_Opium_Trade_2009_web.pdf
Describes the consequences of the opium and heroin trafficked from Afghanistan annually on the health and security of countries along the Balkan and Eurasian trade routes to Russia, Europe, China, and India. From the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Subtitled: A Phased Adaptive Approach for Missile Defense in Europe. Spells out the strategy behind the cancellation of plans for a land-based missile force in Eastern Europe in favor of a sea-based strategy to counter potential military threats from the Middle East. From the White House.
http://library.usip.org/articles/1012245.1114/1.PDF
Examines the controversy about whether the U.S. should expand its role in promoting peace and democracy in the Balkans. From the United States Institute of Peace.
http://library.usip.org/articles/1012215.1104/1.PDF
The first of three papers scheduled for release in May 2009 with perspectives on what is happening in Bosnia and what needs to be done to prevent a return of violence. This paper summarizes views expressed by a panel of experts at an April 3, 2009 roundtable. From the United States Institute of Peace.
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB271/index.htm
Never-before-published documents from Czechoslovak archives, including secret police reports on the suppression of demonstrations commemorating the 20th anniversary of the immolation death of Jan Palach. From the National Security Archive.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34701.pdf
Discusses the progress toward NATO membership of Albania and Croatia, controversies over whether Macedonia, Georgia and the Ukraine should become the next members, and U.S. policy toward NATO enlargement. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.usip.org/files/resources/1_7.PDF
Argues that the signing of a Stabilization and Association Agreement and identifying Bosnia as a prospective member of the European Union is not a solution for the structural problems which keep the country divided physically and politically. A peace briefing from the U.S. Institute of Peace.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/nixon/xxix/index.htm
The official documentary historical record of U.S. foreign policy. Major focus of this volume is on Greece, Cyprus, and Turkey. From the State Department.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/nixon/xxxix/
Latest volume to be released in the official diplomatic history of the U.S. This volume focuses on two major issues: strengthening European security and cooperation and reducing size of NATO and Warsaw Pact forces. From the State Department.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32136.pdf
Reviews recent progress in ending armed conflict and launching political and economic reforms and remaining challenges such as resolving the status of Kosovo, breaking the power of political-criminal groups, and bringing war criminals to justice. Also traces efforts to bring the Balkans more into the orbit of Euro-Atlantic organizations and reduce the size of peacekeeping NATO forces. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/nixon/xxx/index.htm
Focuses on diplomatic maneuvers during the Nixon-Ford years, especially during the period when Turkey invaded the eastern half of Cyprus in 1974. From the State Department.
