http://millercenter.org/policy/commissions/warpowers/appendices
Provides a collection of additional information relating to the National War Powers Commission Report including a war powers primer, an overview of facts relevant to war powers issues in selected conflicts since World War II, federal courts and the war powers, polls relating to war powers, and a war powers bibliography. From the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
Report by panel headed by former Secretaries of State James Baker and Warren Christopher and co-directed by William and Mary interim president W. Taylor Reveley III. Calls for the replacement of the ineffective War Powers Resolution of 1973 by a proposed new War Powers Consultation Act of 2009 to resolve ongoing problems about how war powers are allocated among the branches of government. From the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2008/rp08-056.pdf
Reviews at length the three major components of British foreign policy during the Blair years--interventionism, the alliance with the U.S., and Britain's central role in Europe-- and how things have changed since Gordon Brown became prime minister. House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/56.
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2008/rp08-055.pdf
Outlines the changing parameters of state sovereignty since 1945, traces the development of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine from its genesis in international law, examines the political and legal status of the concept, and highlights the key challenges in its implementation. House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/55.
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/110/42566.pdf
The first of three reports on America's international image, covering decline, impact on U.S. national interests, and recommendations. Based on a series of 10 hearings. From the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB867.pdf
Argues that the world is entering a period marked by the decline of nation states and increasing disorder, and that U.S policy must undergo change to cope with new challenges. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34503.pdf
Provides an overview of current U.S. international science and technology policy and discusses the role of key players in shaping American foreign policy, including the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State, the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Agency for International Development. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB845.pdf
Examines whether the presence of U.S. military ties with foreign states encourages or discourages political instability and violence in those states. Also compares the effectiveness of military versus non-military approaches to foreign influence and engagement. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB861.pdf
8 essays on the current state of relations between Turkey, Europe and NATO. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.
http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/06-984
6-3 Supreme Court decision that the failure of U.S. authorities to warn arrested foreign nationals of their rights should not cause the reopening of a case involving a Texas murder. A Mexican national, Jose Medellin, was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of two teenage girls. The Bush administration sought a new trial for Medellin in a case that mixed international relations, presidential power, and the death penalty. The International Court of Justice ruled in 2004 that the conviction of Medellin and 50 other Mexicans on death rows in the U.S. violated the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. From Findlaw. Com.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/nixon/xviii/index.htm
The official documentary historical record of U.S. foreign policy. The focus of this volume is on attempts to strengthen and formalize the relations of the U.S. with China during a period of political turmoil when policy direction shifted from the White House to the State Department following the resignation of Nixon as president. From the State Department.
