Number: RL30010
Title: FOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY: KEY ISSUES IN THE 106TH CONGRESS
Authors: Dianne E. Rennack, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division 
Abstract: This report lays out foreign and defense policy issues likely to receive attention in the 106th Congress. It discusses the U.S. role in the world, and addresses tools available to Members of Congress to affect foreign and defense policy, including: the use of military force, foreign assistance, foreign policy sanctions, export controls, participation in the United Nations, and oversight of the State Department. Foreign and defense policy issues are organized into categories of: global issues, defense policy, nonproliferation, treaties, and regional concerns.
Pages: 42
Date: Updated January 4, 1999