http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2015/545714/EPRS_ATA%282015%29545714_REV1_EN.pdf
Assesses the outcome of the October 2014 Ukraine parliamentary elections and especially the implications of the victory of the pro-European parties. From the European Parliamentary Research Service
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/R43832.pdf
Offers background information about the INF Treaty, U.S. concerns about Russian compliance with the treaty, and policy options for Congress in responding to concerns about Russian compliance. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB487/
A set of 9 recently declassified documents which reveal secret contingency plans for airstrikes and mining of Cuban harbors in retaliation for Cuba’s decision to send troops to Angola in 1975. From the National Security Archive
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/UkraineReport28August2014.pdf
Estimates the loss of life at about 2,200 since fighting in Ukraine began in April 2014. Claims that armed rebel groups are now professionally equipped and benefitting from a supply of sophisticated weapons. From the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/IN10129.pdf
Briefly reviews the policies adopted by the U.S. and the European Union in response to Russian actions and the crisis in Ukraine. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nukevault/ebb480/
A collection of 12 formerly classified documents dating from the late 1950s and early 1960s which reveal estimates of potential damage from a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union. The documents are mostly summaries from the still-classified full-length reports from the National Security Council’s highly secret Net Evaluation Subcommittee. From the National Security Archive
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/IN10048.pdf
Brief discussion of U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia following the annexation of Crimea and the current debate over the effect of further sanctions following the downing of the Malaysian commercial airliner, allegedly by separatists allied with Russia. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB479/
A set of 16 declassified documents about previously secret American and Soviet plans for using space for military purposes. From the National Security Archive