Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential issues for Congress on the Navy's irregular warfare (IW) and counterterrorism (CT) operations. News reports about the May 1, 2011, U.S. military operation in Pakistan that killed Osama Bin Laden state that the operation was carried out by a team of 20 to 25 Navy special operations forces, known as SEALs, specifically an elite unit known as Seal Team 6.
Date: May 2, 2011
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan-U.S. Relations: A Summary (open access)

Pakistan-U.S. Relations: A Summary

This report summarizes important recent developments in Pakistan and in Pakistan-U.S. relations. These include high-profile political assassinations earlier in 2011, the Raymond Davis affair involving a CIA operative accused of murder in the city of Lahore, and the May killing of Osama bin Laden in the military cantonment city of Abbottabad, among others. Obama Administration engagement with Pakistan has been seriously disrupted by recent events. A brief analysis of the current state of Pakistan-U.S. relations illuminates the main areas of contention and uncertainty. Vital U.S. interests related to links between Pakistan and indigenous American terrorism, Islamist militancy in Pakistan and Islamabad's policies toward the Afghan insurgency, Pakistan's relations with historic rival India, nuclear weapons proliferation and security, and the troubled status of Pakistan's domestic setting are reviewed. Ongoing human rights concerns are briefly summarized, and the report closes with discussion of U.S. foreign assistance to Pakistan.
Date: May 16, 2011
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan-U.S. Relations: A Summary (open access)

Pakistan-U.S. Relations: A Summary

This report summarizes important recent developments in Pakistan and in Pakistan-U.S. relations. These include high-profile political assassinations in early 2011; the Raymond Davis affair involving a CIA operative accused of murder in the city of Lahore; and the May killing of Osama bin Laden in the city of Abbottabad, among others. The report also summarizes key issues in the bilateral relationship.
Date: May 16, 2011
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Overt U.S. Aid and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2011 (open access)

Direct Overt U.S. Aid and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2011

Aid and military reimbursements made to Pakistan from 2002-2011. The list is divided by agency.
Date: February 16, 2010
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance (open access)

Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance

This report discusses U.S. aid to Pakistan including an overview of current developments, a discussion of aid rendered before and after 9/11, the objectives of requesting aid during FY2012, and various issues that Congress needs to consider relating to this topic.
Date: July 28, 2011
Creator: Epstein, Susan B. & Kronstadt, K. Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Weapons R&D Organizations in Nine Nations (open access)

Nuclear Weapons R&D Organizations in Nine Nations

This report describes the organizations controlling research and development (R&D) on nuclear weapons in several nations, and presents a brief history of the organizations controlling nuclear weapons R&D in the United States. It discusses whether these organizations are civilian or military, though in many nations the lines between civilian and military are blurred.
Date: February 28, 2011
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan; Belkin, Paul; Kan, Shirley A.; Kerr, Paul K.; Mix, Derek E. & Nikitin, Mary Beth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2015 (open access)

Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2015

This report provides data regarding the direct overt U.S. aid appropriations and military reimbursements to Pakistan.
Date: March 6, 2014
Creator: Kronstadt, K. A. & Epstein, Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2014 (open access)

Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2014

This report provides data regarding the direct overt U.S. aid appropriations and military reimbursements to Pakistan.
Date: April 11, 2013
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Major U.S. Arms Sales and Grants to Pakistan Since 2001 (open access)

Major U.S. Arms Sales and Grants to Pakistan Since 2001

A brief listing of major arms sales and grants made to Pakistan since 2001.
Date: March 7, 2013
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2015 (open access)

Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2015

This report provides data regarding the direct overt U.S. aid appropriations and military reimbursements to Pakistan.
Date: March 26, 2014
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan & Epstein, Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Major U.S. Arms Sales and Grants to Pakistan Since 2001 (open access)

Major U.S. Arms Sales and Grants to Pakistan Since 2001

A brief listing of major arms sales and grants made to Pakistan since 2001.
Date: March 26, 2014
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Weapons R&D Organizations in Nine Nations (open access)

Nuclear Weapons R&D Organizations in Nine Nations

This report describes the organizations controlling research and development (R&D) on nuclear weapons (i.e., nuclear explosive devices, as distinct from the bombers and missiles that carry them) in these nations, and presents a brief history of the organizations controlling nuclear weapons R&D in the United States. It discusses whether these organizations are civilian or military, though in many nations the lines between civilian and military are blurred.
Date: February 22, 2013
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan; Mix, Derek E.; Belkin, Paul; Nikitin, Mary Beth; Kan, Shirley A.; Zanotti, Jim et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 114th Congress (open access)

Pakistan-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 114th Congress

This report discusses key U.S. interests regarding Pakistan, especially as related to counterterrorism and U.S. foreign assistance.
Date: May 14, 2015
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2017 (open access)

Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2017

This report provides data regarding the direct overt U.S. aid appropriations and military reimbursements to Pakistan.
Date: February 24, 2016
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan & Epstein, Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan (open access)

Report on Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan

A report detailing efforts to enhance security and stability in Afghanistan from December 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015.
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food for Peace Act, Section 202(e) Funding Report (open access)

Food for Peace Act, Section 202(e) Funding Report

Report about how the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) used the Food for Peace Act, Section 202(e) funding in Fiscal Year 2015 to improve the impact of the Office of Food for Peace's Title II programming.
Date: September 30, 2016
Creator: U.S. Agency International Development
System: The UNT Digital Library