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February 7, 2005

Liberia
LIBERIA: Child Soldiers

This publication is now archived. What can be done to help child soldiers?Most experts agree that without focused intervention aimed at reintegrating them into society, child soldiers--who have witne…

Backgrounder by Esther Pan

August 15, 2014

United States
Ballistic Missile Defense

U.S. missile defense in the twenty-first century is focused on emerging threats from North Korea and Iran, but critics say these systems are too costly and largely unproven.

Ballistic Missile Defense
Backgrounder by Jonathan Masters

May 19, 2006

Elections and Voting
Cyprus’ Elections

Cyprus’ parliamentary elections are the first since the 2004 referendum on Kofi Annan’s plan for reunification was voted down, and the first since the country’s accession to the EU that same year. Th…

Backgrounder by Alexandra Silver

January 1, 2006

Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
Other Biological Agents: Botulism, Plague, Tularemia, HFVs

This publication is now archived. Besides anthrax and smallpox, which biological agents are U.S. authorities most worried about?The bacteria that cause plague and tularemia (the toxin which carries b…

Backgrounder

June 5, 2009

Lebanon
Lebanon’s Parliamentary Elections (June 7, 2009)

Lebanon’s upcoming parliamentary elections, pitting pro-Western political elements against a coalition led by Hezbollah, will test the country’s ability to manage political change among many factions.

Backgrounder by Ayten Tartici and Lee Hudson Teslik