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Americas

  • Research Briefing

    Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill

    Tuesday, 29 January, 2019

    The Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill [HL] would create a framework to enable law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to apply to a UK court for an ‘overseas production order’ requiring a person (in practice, generally a communications service provider or ‘CSP’) in a foreign jurisdiction to produce or grant access to electronic data for the purposes of investigating and prosecuting serious crime. An application would only be granted if the judge was satisfied that the data was likely to be of substantial value to the criminal proceedings or investigations for which it was sought, and that it would be in the public interest.

    • Research Briefing
    • Americas
    • Crime
    • Criminal law
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • Security
    • Technology
  • Debate Pack

    Political situation in Venezuela

    Friday, 25 January, 2019

    A Westminster Hall debate on the 'Political situation in Venezuela' is scheduled for Tuesday 29 January 2019 from 4:30pm. The Member leading the debate is Graham P Jones MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Americas
  • Research Briefing

    President Trump: the Nuclear Question

    Tuesday, 23 October, 2018

    In January 2017 newly inaugurated US President, Donald Trump, signed an Executive Order which, among other things, called for a review of US nuclear policy, strategy, capabilities and force posture. That Nuclear Posture Review was published in February 2018. As widely expected, deterrence and not disarmament was the overriding message of the Trump review, and a marked departure from key nuclear policies under the Obama administration that sought to lower the reliance on nuclear weapons and embrace non-proliferation and disarmament.

    • Research Briefing
    • Americas
    • Defence equipment and spending
    • Defence policy
  • Debate Pack

    Peace process in Colombia

    Monday, 10 September, 2018

    A Westminster Hall debate on the ‘Peace process in Colombia’ has been scheduled for Wednesday 12 September 2018 from 2.30pm to 4.00pm. The debate has been initiated by Chris Bryant MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Americas
  • Insight

    Making sense of the impending US-North Korea summit

    Tuesday, 22 May, 2018

    Will they or won't they? As the summit date approaches we examine what could be in store for USA and DPRK relations

    • Insight
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Defence
  • Research Briefing

    The 2018 Venezuelan Presidential elections

    Friday, 18 May, 2018

    Venezuela is facing a growing political, economic and social crisis. With Presidential elections scheduled for Sunday, can things get better? This paper looks at the political developments in Venezuela from Hugo Chavez’s death in 2013 to today, the candidates and their prospects, and what might happen afterwards. Most analysts believe the incumbent President Nicolás Maduro, will win another term. However, a lot will depend on how many voters heed the main opposition bloc's call to boycott the elections, or whether they will turn out to vote for Maduro's opponent- former Chavista -Henri Falcón. With the economy in crisis, and growing poverty, hunger and disease fuelling mass migration, the prospects for Venezuela, regardless of who wins the election, do not look bright.

    • Research Briefing
    • Americas
    • Economic situation
    • Elections
    • Immigration
    • Institutions
  • Research Briefing

    Nuclear Weapons – Country Comparisons

    Monday, 09 October, 2017

    This paper has now been replaced by CBP09069, Nuclear weapons - at a glance. This is a series of individual country profiles which examine the policies, capabilities and programmes of each of the nine nuclear weapon states.

    • Research Briefing
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Defence policy
    • Middle East
  • Insight

    Hurricane Irma: Who gets aid?

    Monday, 02 October, 2017

    • Insight
    • Americas
  • Debate Pack

    Political situation in Venezuela

    Friday, 01 September, 2017

    A Westminster Hall debate on the ‘Political situation in Venezuela’ is scheduled for Tuesday 5 September 2017 from 9.30am to 11.00am. The debate has been initiated by Graham P Jones MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Americas
    • Institutions
  • Research Briefing

    Brexit: the July negotiations

    Wednesday, 02 August, 2017

    What happened at the second round of Brexit negotiations from 17 to 20 July 2017 and what have we learnt? This first phase of the negotiations aims to reach agreement on citizens' rights, the financial settlement and the border between Ireland the Northern Ireland, as well as other separation issues, such as Euratom, EU external agreements and dispute resolution. But there was little evidence of agreement on any of these, and the UK Government has been asked for more clarification at the next round. A lot is at stake, because if sufficient progress isn't made by October, the negotiations will not move on to future relations, an EU-UK trade agreement or transitional arrangements.

    • Research Briefing
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Economy
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Government
    • Immigration
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • International trade
    • Middle East
    • Parliament
    • The EU
    • Brexit
  • Insight

    Foreign affairs: the state of the world

    Tuesday, 20 June, 2017

    • Insight
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • Middle East
    • Key Issues 2017
  • Debate Pack

    Proposed ban on microbeads

    Thursday, 02 March, 2017

    This House of Commons Library Debate Pack is prepared for MPs will participating in a Westminster Hall debate on the proposed ban on microbeads is scheduled for Wednesday 8 March 2017 from 2.30pm to 4pm. The Member in charge is Rebecca Pow MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Americas
    • Animals
    • Environment
    • Europe
    • Farming and fishing
  • Debate Pack

    E-petitions 171928 and 178844 relating to a state visit by President Donald Trump

    Thursday, 16 February, 2017

    This Debate Pack has been prepared ahead of the debate on two e-petitions, numbers 171928 and 178844, relating to the proposed state visit by President Trump. The debate will be held on Monday 20 February 2017.

    • Debate Pack
    • Americas
    • Institutions
    • Parliament
  • Research Briefing

    Legislating for Brexit: EU external agreements

    Thursday, 05 January, 2017

    The EU has over 1,000 external agreements with other countries or organisations, many of which the individual Member States, as well as the EU, have ratified. Many of them concern trade but they cover a range of policy areas and it is not clear what Brexit will mean for the UK's participation in these agreements.

    • Research Briefing
    • Americas
    • Climate change
    • EU law and treaties
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • Middle East
    • Parliament
    • The EU
    • Brexit
  • Insight

    The Trump presidency: implications for East Asia

    Thursday, 05 January, 2017

    • Insight
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific

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