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NBR Analysis (Feb 2009)

Shock of the New: Congress and Asia in 2009

Edward Gresser and Daniel Twining

The 111th Congress and the Obama administration have come into office in the midst of the worst financial crisis our nation has weathered since perhaps the Great Depression. "Shock of the New: Congress and Asia in 2009," by Edward Gresser and Daniel Twining, marks NBR's most recent effort to provide members and their staff with a thoughtful look at the issues facing the new Congress.

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Shock of the New: Congress and Asia in 2009
Edward Gresser and Daniel Twining

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The State of Cooperation in the East China Sea
James Manicom
(Apr 13)

Whose Pacific Century? The 113th Congress and Asia
Edward Gresser and Daniel Twining
(Apr 13)

Intensifying Contradictions: Chinese Policing Enters the 21st Century
Jonathan Walton
(Feb 13)

The Impending Tide of Chinese Investment in the United States
Robert A. Kapp
(Feb 13)

The Leap in North Korea’s Ballistic Missile Program: The Iran Factor
John S. Park
(Dec 12)

Northeast Asia Turns Its Attention to the Arctic
Linda Jakobson
(Dec 12)

Getting the Trans-Pacific Partnership Over the Finish Line
Deborah Elms
(Oct 12)

How Defense Austerity Will Test U.S. Strategy in Asia
Michael C. Horowitz
(Aug 12)

Does the United States Need a New Russia Policy?
Stephen E. Hanson
(Jun 12)

Can Pakistan’s Neighbors Help Deal with Pakistan?
Mahin Karim
(May 12)

Korea’s Elections and the KORUS FTA
Yoon-shik Park
(Apr 12)

After the Summit: Investing in Nuclear Materials Security
Christopher P. Twomey
(Apr 12)

Taiwan's Future: Narrowing Straits
Robert Sutter
(May 11)

Aftershock: The 112th Congress and Post-Crisis Asia
Edward Gresser and Daniel Twining
(Mar 11)

Sino-U.S. Competition and U.S. Security: How Do We Assess the Military Balance?
Dan Blumenthal
(Dec 10)

Power Constrained: Sources of Mutual Strategic Suspicion in U.S.-China Relations
David M. Lampton
(Jun 10)

Pakistani Partnerships with the United States: An Assessment
Daniel Markey
(Nov 09)

Shock of the New: Congress and Asia in 2009
Edward Gresser and Daniel Twining
(Feb 09)

Post–September 11 Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations: Prospects for Counter-insurgency Cooperation
Abdulkader H. Sinno and Rasul Bakhsh Rais
(Dec 08)

Challenges Facing Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
Ijaz Khan and Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema
(Aug 08)

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