Foreign Affairs, Defense, And Trade : Key Issues for the 109Th Congress

By Vaughn, Bruce

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Title:	Foreign Affairs, Defense, And Trade : Key Issues for the 109Th Congress
Author:	Vaughn, Bruce
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Language:	English
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Excerpt: The 109th Congress will face early funding and oversight issues under pressure of tight fiscal conditions in 2005. Challenges are likely to include providing the necessary resources to secure stability, democracy, and reconstruction in Afghanistan and Iraq, continue the global fight against terrorism, dissuade Iran, North Korea, and perhaps other countries from pursuing nuclear weapons, and adequately fund a number of other high priority programs. In February, the Administration is expected to ask for supplemental appropriations for defense, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Table of Contents
Contents Issues of Continuity and Change in Foreign, Security, and Trade Policy . . . . . . . 1 Policy Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Iraq and Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Situation in Iraq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Situation in Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Cost and Budget Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The International Counter-Terror Effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Saudi Arabia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Possible Flashpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The Korean Peninsula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Israeli-Palestinian Peace Efforts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Proliferation and Weapons of Mass Destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Intelligence Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Reorganization of the Intelligence Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Oversight Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Foreign Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Global Issues Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Foreign Affairs Resources and Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Foreign Aid, Development and the Millennium Challenge Account . 20 HIV/AIDS and International Health Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 United Nations Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Peacekeeping, Stabilization, and Reconstruction: New Tools . . . . . . . 23 Economic Sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Sudan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 HIV/AIDS Pandemic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 China and Northeast Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 India and Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Southeast Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Transatlantic Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Stability in the Balkans