The MiPALs are published by the NDU Library as a current awareness service for MERLN users; our objective is to provide access to key U.S. policy statements on the country or topic of the MiPAL.

While MiPALs emphasize U.S. military policy, each MiPAL includes resources analyzing the topic from governmental and non-governmental sources, including think tanks and scholarly journals. All documents are available full-text on the internet. Some may be available only through commercial databases; these are clearly identified.

Each MiPAL is accompanied by an archive. The current MiPAL contains items released in the last 12 months. Older material is contained in the archive.