U.S. INVESTMENT TOWARD BANCOCRACIES

U.S. INVESTMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND MORE FROM CRS

http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/01/mena_invest.html

The possibility of increasing U.S. investment in the Middle East as a way to encourage democratic political transitions was examined in a new report from the Congressional Research Service.  See U.S. Trade and Investment in the Middle East and North Africa: Overview and Issues, January 20, 2012.

Other new or updated CRS reports that have not been made readily available to the public include these:

European Union Enlargement, January 26, 2012

Australia: Background and U.S. Relations, January 13, 2012