• Essential Documents

  

  

  Secrecy Report Card 2006: Indicators of Secrecy in the Federal Government

  Published September 2006

  This report examines government secrecy across various agencies by monitoring the number of National Security Letters issued, orders of the Foreign Intelligence Suveillance Court, classified documents, Presidential signing statements, use of the "State secrets" privilege, and more. The report "shows a continued expansion of government secrecy across a broad array of agencies and actions".

  Essential Documents are vital primary sources underpinning the foreign policy debate.

  Report
  

  • Secrecy Report Card 2006: Indicators of Secrecy in the Federal Government

• Global Economy in Crisis

  
  Analysis: The Rebirth of U.S. Industrial Policy
  
  Will Russia Weather the Storm?
  
  Report: WTO Dispute Settlement
  
  Timeline: How the Crisis Unfolded
  
  More at CFR's Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

  New Book from CFR and the Saban Center at Brookings

  Proposes Middle East Strategy for the Obama Administration

  In Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President, experts from the Council on Foreign Relations and the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution propose a new, nonpartisan Middle East strategy drawing on the lessons of past failures to address both the short-term and long-term challenges to U.S. interests.

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