Politics and Government

In April 2012, Hofstra University hosted a symposium comparing the presidencies of George W Bush and Barack Obama. In the 2008 presidential campaig...

This book is one of the latest attempts to chronicle the problems and prospects of Africa. However, this is done differently from many others that ...

The U.S. intelligence community has assessed with high confidence that Syrian government forces used sarin nerve gas in limited attacks earlier t...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries have witnessed important complex economic, social and political changes and transition recently. ...

Regarding U.S. relief and reconstruction plans, programs, and operations in Iraq, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) pro...

Farm businesses'''' debt-use decisions can affect their growth and survival, as well as the economic vitality of farm-dependent rural communities. ...

Insecurity, poor governance, and a long-running humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) present a range of challenges for U.S...

In recent years, much has been written on how the moral meaning and significance of the Holocaust has been appropriated in popular and political di...

U.S.-Thailand relations are of interest to Congress because of Thailand''''s status as a long-time military ally and a significant trade and econom...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called the Food Stamp Program, is designed primarily to increase the food purchasing...

Members of Congress and Administrations have periodically considered reorganizing the federal governments trade and development functions to advanc...

In all times and ages, the deeds of the men who sail the deep as its policemen or its soldiery have rightfully been sung in praise, but there are t...

On 27 June 2018, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, effective 31 July 2018, ending a thirty-year tenure on...

This book is a new approach to understanding monetary unions. This collaboration of scientists from different countries with leading professor and...

The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on March 5th 2013 after 14 years of populist rule, has implications not only for Venezuelas political...

UNESCO: Current Issues and Challenges opens by examining the Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions approved by UNESCO in 2005, which ...

The Federalist Papers, originally published in 1788, is a series of 85 articles written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The art...

In this compilation, the authors aim to determine whether there was an association between contact with urban greenery and displaced aggression in ...

Since the enactment of the Commemorative Works Act (CWA) in 1986, Congress has authorized 35 commemorative works to be placed in the District of Co...

This book is a systematic analysis of the intractable challenges posed by terrorism, sectarianism, corruption and the transition to democracy in th...

The authors begin by presenting that the precursors of an intense coupled system of an African easterly wave and a mesoscale convective system over...

While exercising its power to review the constitutionality of governmental action, the Supreme Court has relied on certain methods or modes of inte...

Nationalism, National Identity and Movements begins by presenting an examination of how forced migratory movements, although seeming to question tr...

This book is a compilation of recent CRS reports involving China, including maritime territorial and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) disputes involvi...