http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/Citizens_Briefing_Book_Final.pdf

Presents the leading ideas from citizens about what the Obama Administration should do. From 44,000 ideas submitted by 125,000 participants, these ideas received the most citizen "votes." Organized by nine broad categories: economy, education, energy & environment, foreign policy, health care, homeland security, service, technology, and veterans. From the White House.

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/122713.pdf

Offers the text of treaties in force as of January 1, 2009 and to which the U.S. is a party. Arranged in two sections for bilateral and multilateral treaties. From the State Department.

http://library.usip.org/articles/1012185.1094/1.PDF

Reports on the comments of a panel of speakers discussing common challenges faced by foreign advisors to countries in turmoil, the frequently conflicting advice given, and how pooling of intellectual resources and other adjustments could improve the advising role. From the United States Institute of Peace.

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12506

Argues that the U.S. should intensify its commitment to global health in the next 4 years by increasing funding, placing greater emphasis on global health in developing foreign policy, and creating an Interagency Committee on Global Health to coordinate U.S. global health activities. From the Institute of Medicine

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB902.pdf

Argues for a sustainable national security policy, considers several possible policies, and supports one where America remains the preeminent power rather than sharing power with other countries in a multipolar structure. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.

http://www.history.state.gov/historicaldocuments.xq?volume=frus1969-76ve14

Documents the foreign policy of the Nixon and Ford administrations concerning issues that were primarily negotiated in UN bodies, including food and population policy, women's issues, and general UN affairs. From the State Department.

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/nixon/e15/

Divulges foreign policy documents related to U.S. relations with the Communist-dominated states of Eastern Europe during the period of East-West détente. From the Department of State

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.

http://millercenter.org/dev/ci/system/application/views/_newwebsite/policy/commissions/warpowers/report.pdf

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.