http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08320.pdf
Describes how 10 countries, which are leading investors in the U.S., regulate foreign investment in their own country to protect national security interests. Surveys policies in Britain, France, Germany, Japan, China, Canada, India, the Netherlands, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates. From the Government Accountability Office.
http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/chartbook/2008-01/chartbook.pdf
Provides comparative information on employment levels, jobless rates, hours worked, labor costs, and productivity trends. Covers the 1996-2006 period. Covers mostly industrialized countries but section 5 looks at Brazil, China, India, Indonesia as well as Russia. From the Department of Labor.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/nixon/e8/index.htm
Covers diplomatic events in the wake of the Pakistan-India War of 1971. Also covers Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and other south Asian nations. From the State Department.
http://data.unaids.org/pub/EPISlides/2007/2007_epiupdate_en.pdf
Offers a revised and lowered estimate of the number of people living with HIV infections, 33.2 million around the world, primarily because of efforts to assess the situation in India. Examines the current situation by world regions and offers historic data back to 1990. From the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
http://www.usitc.gov/tradeshifts/2007/default.htm
Covers key economic trade events, trends, and major developments related to key products and countries: Canada, China, European Union, India and Mexico. From the International Trade Commission.
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf07319/pdf/nsf07319.pdf
Examines the large economic investments in science and technology made by Asian countries since the mid-1990s. Also provides a range of standard indicators of science and technology infrastructure and performance to highlight growth in China, India, Indonesia, South Korea and other countries. From the National Science Foundation.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33529.pdf
Discusses the closer U.S. relation with India including military arms sales, nuclear energy cooperation, and joint military training. Also examines economic and human rights issues in India. Updated to June 2007. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2007/rp07-041.pdf
Provides key political facts and figures, examines issues affecting India's domestic and foreign policy, surveys political and military relations between India , the UK and the European Union, and offers a select bibliography of sources. House of Commons Library Research Paper 07/41.
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2007/rp07-040.pdf
Offers key demographic facts and figures, reviews the internal economy including main industry sectors, summarizes the foreign aid India receives, and assesses the outlook for the economy. House of Commons Library Research Paper 07/40
Reviews energy price and supply trends and attributes them to concerns about supply constraints and geopolitical conditions rather than the rise of China and India. Also examines costs and advantages of a decarbonizing energy strategy rather than a fossil fuel strategy for achieving energy security. From the World Bank
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB765.pdf
Examines the U.S., India, and Japan as traditional security threats and internal social contradictions, environmental degradation and energy supplies as nontraditional threats to Chinese security. Also examines what U.S. policymakers can learn from seeing Chinese threats through Chinese eyes. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.
