This is a study of the CIA's relationship with Congress. It encompasses the period from the creation of the Agency until 2004-the era of the DCIs (directors of central intelligence) . This study is not organized as one might expect. It does not describe what occurred between the Agency and Congress in chronological order nor does it purport to describe every interaction that occurred over the period encompassed by the study. Rather it attempts to describe what the relationship was like over time and then look at what it produced in seven discrete areas. The principal objective in undertaking this study was not so much to describe as to explain-to write something that would help CIA employees better understand the Agency's relationship with Congress, not only to help them appreciate the past but to provide a guide to the future.

is the second five-issue limited series entitled “Ultraspacial Dreadnought Vanaheim”, of a comic book written by Warren Ellis with art by Facundo Percio and published by Avatar Press. The first limited series also consisted of five issues. It's a sci-fi thriller with lots of action, lots of new concepts, and a general sense that you’re reading something you’ve never seen before--vintage Ellis at his best. Percio's artwork is no slouch, either, filling the pages with panel after panel of gorgeous, detailed--even intricate--drawings in a distinctive style that fits the storyline like a glove. There's witty dialogue and thoughtful scientific and sociological concepts. High-concept blockbuster movie comics at their best.

How did the three powers in the Asia-Pacific region — the United States, China, and Japan — adjust their relations in the uncertain environment after Tiananmen (June 4, 1989) and the end of the Cold War? We approach these questions from both a domestic and a foreign policy perspective.
Three scholars describe the domestic context in each of the three countries. Each of the three bilateral relationships is examined by two scholars, one from each country involved.
The essays in this volume were first presented at the third confer-ence on the relationship between the United States, China, and Japan from the end of World War II to the close of the twentieth century. Those from the second conference, held in Tokyo in January 2000, are available in The Golden Age of the U.S.-China-Japan Triangle, 1972–1989 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univer-sity Asia Center, 2002). The third conference, on which the chapters in this volume are based, was held in Beijing in April 2001; the chap-ter were subsequently revised to take into account the impact of Sep-tember 11.

After two generations of emphasis on governmental inefficiency and the need for deregulation, we now see growing interest in the possibility of constructive governance, alongside public calls for new, smarter regulation. Yet there is a real danger that regulatory reforms will be rooted in outdated ideas…