United States Publications
US Immigration Policy Since 9/11: Understanding the Stalemate over Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Aug 01, 2011This report reviews the recent history of US immigration legislation, including new enforcement mandates passed immediately after 9/11 and unsuccessful efforts to pass CIR bills during the 109th and 110th Congresses. This history, together with asymmetries in the political process that favor enforcement-oriented responses, stack the deck against legalization and visa reform. Any possibility of success was further hurt by the timing of the reform debate with respect to the national electoral calendar in 2006-07 and the economic downturn beginning in 2008. more
US Immigration Policy and Mexican/Central American Migration Flows: Then and Now
Aug 01, 2011Young, low-skilled immigrants perform essential work, but the rapid growth of low-wage, limited English proficient (LEP), unauthorized populations in states with limited migration experience has contributed to increased anti-immigrant sentiment. Forty years into the current wave of regional migration, and after 25 years of increasingly serious enforcement efforts, this history also defines and limits the policy alternatives available, and highlights the challenges of managing regional flows. more
U.S. Secret Assistance to the French Nuclear Program, 1969-1975: From "Fourth Country" to Strategic Partner
Jul 12, 2011Sixty-four new documents on U.S. assistance to the French Nuclear Program more
Looking Forward: U.S.-Japan Economic Partnership in the Post-Lehman World
Jul 12, 2011A report on a December 2010 conference in Tokyo organized by the Asia Program and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) convening experts from Japan and the United States to discuss the implications of the 2008 global financial crisis. more
Civility, Society, and Politics:Is There a Problem?
Jul 07, 2011Remarks from a Drake University-Woodrow Wilson Center Seminar, September 19, 2007 more
The Legislative Process in Congress
Jul 07, 2011Remarks by Donald R. Wolfensberger to the Russian Duma, 25 January 1999 more
Reorganizing Congress and the Executive in Response to Focusing Events: Lessons of the Past, Portents for the Future
Jul 07, 2011The Politics and Processes of Congress
Jul 07, 2011Remarks of Don Wolfensberger before the Executive Council on Diplomacy Briefing of Foreign Diplomats on "The Washington Roadmap: How Congress Works." April 8, 2004 more
