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UN General Assembly 61st Session (19-29 September 2006)
All Statements and Webcasts available online with only a selection listed below.
- United States of America - George W. Bush (19 September 2006)
Video ; Text.
- Islamic Republic of Iran - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (19 September 2006)
Video ; Text
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai - (20 September 2006)
Video ; Text
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Foreign Affairs Online
"...has been specifically designed to assist students and other individuals interested in International Relations, International Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy."
Sections include: General References ; Map Resources ; Media ; U.S. Government ; Foreign States ; United Nations ; International Law ; NGOs & IGOs ; International Relations ; Human Rights ; Think Tanks.
By Robert J. Beck, Ph.D.
Portals to the World
"Links to electronic resources selected by Library of Congress subject experts."
"Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria. When completed, the project will include all the nations of the world."
World Food Programme (WFP)
- Africa Hunger Alert
The Hunger Crisis in Africa
"...learn how drought, war and HIV/AIDS have put more than 38 million people on the frontline of Africa's hunger crisis."
Worldwide Governments on the WWW
"Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc. Includes also political parties. Online since June 1995. Contains more than 17000 entries from more than 220 countries and territories..."
By Gunnar Anzinger
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources Resources - (dead link)
"...with over 2000 carefully selected, annotated links in 37 international affairs categories. It is frequently maintained, and should be of use to journalists, researchers, teachers, professors, and students, among others."
Maintained by Wayne A. Selcher, Dept. of Political Science, Elizabethtown College
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ACCORD - African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes - (dead link)
Afghanistan - See our separate Afghanistan Studies page.
Africa - See our separate African Studies page.
Africa Action
"Africa Action is the oldest organization in the U.S. working on African affairs. Our mission is to change U.S. Africa relations to promote political, economic and social justice in Africa. We provide accessible information and analysis and we mobilize popular support for campaigns to achieve this mission."
- Campaign to Cancel Africa's Debt
"Most of this debt is illegitimate, having been incurred by despotic and unrepresentative regimes. African countries spend almost $14 billion annually on debt service, diverting resources from HIV/AIDS programs, education and other important needs."
AIDS, Poverty, and Hunger: Challenges and Responses (etext)
Highlights of the International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security, Durban, South Africa, April 14-16, 2005.
The book is available for download in PDF format as an entire document or by chapter.
By Stuart Gillespie, ed., 2006.
Americas Program
"...goal is to help forge a new global affairs agenda for the U.S. government and people-one that makes the United States a more responsible global leader and partner. The primary way we do this is by producing policy reports, issue briefs, political commentary, and popular education materials offering essential information and credible, forward looking policy analysis."
Maintained by the Americas Program of the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC)
- borderlines
Journal on U.S.-Mexico border affairs (published 1993-2001).
Amnesty International
- Amnesty International Report 2005 - (dead link)
"...which covers 149 countries, highlights the failure of national governments and international organizations to deal with human rights violations, and calls for greater international accountability."
Arabic Web Portal
"...designed to reach new audiences and broaden access to Carnegie's growing volume of Arabic publications. The main feature of the Carnegie Arabic Web Portal is the Arabic-language version of the Arab Reform Bulletin. Also included are Arabic translations of select Carnegie Papers and commentaries on the Middle East and related subjects, as well as writings originally published in Arabic."
BBC News - Europe
BBC News - Israel and the Palestinians
Includes: Latest News ; Correspondents ; Analysis ; Issues.
BBC News - One Day of War (May 2004)
Companion website to the TV broadcast.
"Across the world today, millions of people are caught up in conflict. BBC filmmakers follow 16 different characters in 16 different war zones over a 24-hour period."
BBC News - Saudi Arabian Peace Plan
From the BBC News - Middle East
BBC News Special Reports - 11 September Five Years On
- Viewpoints: The World Since 9/11
"After the attacks on the US in September 2001, many commentators and political leaders declared that the world had changed for ever. Five years on, what exactly has changed? Six writers and commentators give us their views."
The Brooking Institution
Bush-Putin Summit Resources
Sections include: Latest News ; Analysis ; Experts Comment ; On The Web ; Events ; Experts Available ; Documents.
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) Project
The Northern Ireland Conflict, 1968 to the Present
"...developing a collaborative database of resources relevant to teaching and research on the Northern Ireland conflict."
The development of this service is being undertaken jointly by the University of Ulster, the Queen's University of Belfast and the Linen Hall Library, Belfast
Canada - See our separate Canadian Law & Politics page.
Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)
"CDFAI is dedicated to enhancing Canadaís role in the world by helping to stimulate awareness and debate amongst Canadians about their nationís defence and foreign policies and the instruments that serve them."
Canadian Institute of International Affairs
Includes an extensive listing of links to other Internet sites on international relations.
Canadian Security and Defence Forum Web Sites - (dead link)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
- Arab Political Systems: Baseline Information and Reforms
"This webpage represents a joint undertaking of the Democracy and Rule of Law Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington and the FundaciÛn para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Di·logo Exterior (FRIDE) in Madrid. It provides easily accessible baseline information about the political systems of Arab countries, with links to official documents and websites, and will be frequently updated to provide information about reforms being introduced."
- Democracy and Rule and Law Project - Publications
"Publications on Political Change and Democracy in the Middle East."
Sections include: Policy Briefs ; Working Papers ; Articles/Chapters ; Op-Es ; Books ; Arab Reform Bulletin.
- Insurrection in Iraq: Is Democracy Possible in the Middle East?
National Press Club Newsmaker event featuring Senior Associate Daniel Brumberg and Larry Diamond, April 14, 2004.
- Russia after the Presidential Election (March 2004)
"Boris Fedorov, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Russia, presents his views on the political and economic situation in Russia after the Presidential Election"
- Spain: Post-Attack and Post Election
Ana Palacio, Acting Foreign Minister of Spain. Listen to audio or read transcript, March 29, 2004.
- Russia After December Elections and U.S.-Russian Relations (January 2004)
"A presentation by The Honorable Alexander Vershbow, Ambassador of the United States to the Russian Federation."
- Russia, the Persian Gulf and World Oil Supplies (February 2003)
Presentation by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Chairman and CEO of the Russian oil company Yukos. Read the transcript and see the slides.
Center for International Security and Arms Control (CISAC)
Stanford University
Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
Monterey Institute of International Studies
- CNS Reports
- WMD Terrorism and Usama Bin Laden
By Kimberly Resch and Matthew Osborne, March 2001
"Following the links below to the testimony transcripts and to the U.S. indictment of Bin Laden et al. is a brief description of Al-Fadl and his testimony regarding the attempted acquisition of uranium, given on February 6, 7, and 13, 2001 during the trial at the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York. Also included are a chronology of key incidents related to Usama Bin Ladenís connection to and interest in nuclear weapons as well as a list of significant events allegedly related to Bin Laden and/or Al-Qaíida."
Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research - (dead link)
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Central and Eastern European Politics and Government - (dead link)
Political Science Resources
Maintained by Amanda Rose, Indiana University
Central Europe Review
"The weekly journal of Central and East European Politics, Society and Culture"
The Centre for Defence & International Security Studies (CDISS) - (dead link)
"...exists to research, raise awareness and stimulate debate on a wide range of defence and security issues relevant to both the UK and the International Community."
Includes analysis of the Nuclear tests carried out by India and Pakistan.
Dept. of Politics and International Relations, Lancaster University
Chatham House
"Chatham House is one of the world's leading organizations for the analysis of international issues. It is membership-based and aims to help individuals and organizations to be at the forefront of developments in an ever-changing and increasingly complex world."
- Al-Qaeda Five Years On: The Threat and the Challenges - (dead link)
By Maha Azzam, Briefing Paper, September 2006.
Chechnya - (dead link)
Federation of American Scientists - Military Analysis Network
Includes : New Reports ; Background, Maps, History ; Solidarity Groups ; Russian Weapons ; Related Websites ; Other News Coverage
Chinese Military Power
A Compendium of Online Resources about Chinese Military Policy & Capabilities.
"...your gateway to full-text online analysis and research tools essential to understanding China's military policy, capabilities, and potential. Here you will find access to the spectrum of U.S. opinion regarding China's strategic development. Chinese Military Power also provides links, regularly updated, to online articles, reports, and government documents assessing China's military modernization, relevant political and economic factors, the military balance in East Asia, and U.S. policy toward China. Finally, to aid further study, we provide a bibliography of essential reading, gateways to online databases, and links to leading area specialists and research sites."
Sponsored by The Project on Defense Alternatives, The Commonwealth Institute
CIFP - Country Indicators for Foreign Policy
"The CIFP project, [database] initiated by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, represents an on-going effort to identify and assemble statistical information conveying the key features of the economic, political, social and cultural environments of countries around the world."
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
CNN.com In-Depth - South Asia Power Play
Sections include: Features ; Multimedia ; Latest Reports ; Profiles ; Newsbank ; Photo Gallery ; Resources ; Related Links.
CNN.com Special Report - Global Conflict
"Experts at the Council on Foreign Relations provided CNN.com with outlines of some of the world's regional conflicts they consider particularly critical and offered recommendations for possible solutions...The countries and regions in conflict identified for this project are: Angola, the Balkans, Burundi, Colombia, Indonesia, Kashmir, the Philippines, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Zimbabwe."
Committee on Conscience
"...mandate is...to alert the national conscience, influence policy makers, and stimulate worldwide action to confront and work to halt acts of genocide or related crimes against humanity."
Includes "websites documenting genocide, ethnic strife, war crimes, and human rights violations worldwide."
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Comparative Connections
An E-Journal on East Asian Bilateral Relations
Constitution Finder - (dead link)
"This index offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents. Nations of the world are listed alphabetically, and each is linked to its constitutional text posted somewhere on the Internet."
Maintained by Christine Nguyen, The T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond
CPOL (Bibliography of Canadian Politics and Society)
"CPOL is an acronym for the Bibliography of Canadian Politics and and Society, compiled at the Library of the University of British Columbia by Iza Laponce...It is a selective bibliography designed to provide a starting point for research in Canadian government and politics. It contains more than 33,000 entries. The emphasis is on materials published between 1960 and 1995. There is also some earlier literature included going back to 1929. No entries have been made after 1995."
Country Studies / Area Handbook Series
"...prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. This online series presently contains studies of 85 countries."
Crimes of War
"A unique collaboration of journalists, lawyers and scholars that seeks to raise awareness of the laws of war."
Sections include: Magazine ; Essays ; Photo Essays ; Expert Analysis ; Seminars ; Noteworthy ; Gray Zone ; Resources ; Book.
Crissisweb: The International Crisis Group
Datenbank Gewissensfreiheit
"German data bank of judgments and juridical/philosophical literature concerning the freedom of conscience."
Dawodu.com
Dedicated to Nigeria's Socio-Political Issues
Sections include: Articles ; News Sources ; Government Sites ; Nigeria Constitution ; General Links ; Archival Links ; Great Speeches ; Search.
By Segun Toyin Dawodu
Diplomacy Monitor
"Tracking Internet-based Global Diplomacy"
"The St. Thomas University School of Law (Miami, Florida, USA) has deployed specially developed proprietary software to monitor the global output of communiquÈs, official statements, press briefings, position papers, interview transcripts and news releases from hundreds of diplomacy-related websites in near real-time and channel it into a synthesized information stream for scholars, diplomats, journalists, researchers, students and others interested in the interaction among nations
- St. Thomas University School of Law
Economic and Political Weekly (India)
e-merge: A Student Journal of International Affairs
Electionworld.org / Elections Around the World
"Your entrance to the world of elections."
Sections include: Country Listing ; Calendar ; Institutes ; Parties ; Parliaments ; Latest Results ; Resources.
European Governments on-line - (dead link) "These are the main governmental sites for each country, which usually include the sites for the Head of State, the Government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and sometimes a portal site for the national civil service...The section "Other useful links" gives users access to the sites for institutions such as the national parliament, the national statistics office, the central bank and the national cultural organisation."
European Union - See our separate European Union page.
Foreign Affairs
- Europe's Angry Muslims
Summary: "Radical Islam is spreading across Europe among descendants of Muslim immigrants. Disenfranchised and disillusioned by the failure of integration, some European Muslims have taken up jihad against the West. They are dangerous and committedóand can enter the United States without a visa.
By Robert S. Leiken, July 7, 2005
[G8] G8 Gleneagles 2005
Sections include: News ; Events ; Media Information ; G8 in Pictures ; Summit Documents ; G8 Background & History ; Policy Issues ; Around Gleneagles.
[G8] CNN.com Specials - G8 Summit 2005
Gleneagles, Scotland
Sections include: News ; Top Stories ; Resources ; Live 8 ; Africa ; Video.
[Geneva Conventions] Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
- U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
[Geneva Conventions] Poynter Online - Geneva Convention Links
"Poynter Online's Links to the News column compiles valuable Web resources on current and previous news topics. This week we have compiled a list of resources about the Geneva Conventions."
[Geneva Conventions] Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions
- Society of Professional Journalists
Global IDP [Internally Displaced Persons] Project
An independent Website and information management service on Internal Displaced Persons Worldwide.
"...Inside you will find comprehensive coverage of internal displacement in thirty-four countries...On this site we also provide training materials on internally displaced persons and the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, weekly updated newspertaining to internal displacement, links to IDP-related sites and lots of other useful material."
Global Information Locator Service (GILS) - (dead link)
"The goal of the Global Information Locator Service is to make it easy for people to find information of all kinds, in all media, in all languages, and over time."
Guide to Researching the Council of Europe
"This guide is designed to assist the researcher seeking information and documentation about and from the Council of Europe (CoE). We begin with a brief history of the CoE and a table listing its major institutions in comparison with those of the European Union. The bulk of this guide discusses the major institutions of the CoE and their main forms of documentation. The final section lists CoE entities and conventions by broad subject categories."
By Anne Burnett, Reference/Foreign & International Law Librarian at the University of Georgia School of Law Library
European Centre Home Page - (dead link)
"an intergovernmental organization concerned with social welfare, affiliated to the United Nations. It is an international centre for social research, policy, information and training. "
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
"ECRE is an umbrella organisation of 78 refugee-assisting agencies in 31 countries working towards fair and humane policies for the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees."
European Institute for Research and Information on Peace and Security - (dead link)
European Journal of International Law
Past issues only
European Research Papers Archive (ERPA)
"ERPA is a common access point for...online working paper series in the field of European integration research ... At present, the ERPA database contains 454 papers."
European Union Internet Resources - (dead link)
From the Government & Social Science Information Section of UC Berkeley Library
By Mike Chambers
Federation of American Scientists
FIRST
Facts on International Relations and Security Trends
"...a free-of-charge service for politicians, journalists, researchers and the interested public. FIRST is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)...The integrated database system contains clearly documented information from research institutes around the world. It covers areas in the field of international relations and security, such as hard facts on armed conflicts and peace keeping, arms production and trade, military expenditure, armed forces and conventional weapons holding, nuclear weapons, chronology, statistics and other reference data."
Forced Migration Online (FMO)
"Forced Migration Online (FMO) provides instant access to a wide variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. Designed for use by practitioners, policy makers, researchers, students or anyone interested in the field, FMO aims to give comprehensive information in an impartial environment and to promote increased awareness of human displacement issues to an international community of users."
Sections include: Digital Library ; Web Catalogue ; Regional Resources ; Thematic Resources ; Handbooks & Guidelines ; Image Database.
Foreign and International Materials Resource List - (dead link)
LSU Political Science Dept.
Foreign Government Resources on the Web
An extensive annotated listing of resources
Documents Center, University of Michigan
Foreign Policy
- Ranking the Rich 2004 (May/June 2004)
"The second annual CGD/FP Commitment to Development Index ranks 21 rich nations on how their aid, trade, investment, migration, environment, security, and technology policies help poor countries."
Foreign Policy In Focus - Globalization in Focus
"...FPIF will provide close coverage of the issues facing these embattled institutions, while also looking at the agendas and strategies of the citizens movements themselves."
Freedom House
"...a non-profit, nonpartisan organization, is a clear voice for democracy and freedom around the world. Through a vast array of international programs and publications, Freedom House is working to advance the remarkable worldwide expansion of political and economic freedom."
G8 Information Centre
University of Toronto
George Washington University - National Security Archive
- Trading Democracy? (February 2002)
Documents from NAFTA's Secret Tribunals
Compiled by Public Affairs Television and Washington Media Associates for "Bill Moyers Reports" produced by Sherry Jones and broadcast 5 February 2002 on PBS
"...internal documents from the NAFTA secret tribunals that were obtained by the Moyers team, led by producer Sherry Jones. The documents consist of legal briefs, witness statements, and actual rulings from two of the three cases that are explored in tonightís broadcast."
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 65
Edited by Thomas Blanton and Michael L. Evans
Global Jurist Frontiers
Global Policy Forum (GPF)
"We monitor global policy making at the United Nations"
"On the site, GPF has dozens of Publications on global policy issues, as well as thousands of pages of documents and data. The site is designed to be used by the general public as well as by students and specialists. GPF also provides many interviews to print and broadcast media and we respond to hundreds of inquiries from students and citizens."
Sections include: Financing for Development ; Sanctions ; Global Taxes ; Globalization ; Iraq Crisis ; Secretary General ; Tables and Charts ; International Justice.
Human Rights Watch (see also Academic Info: Human Rights)
Immigration Index
Sections include: Conflict ; Country-data ; Deportation ; Detention ; Discrimination ; Forced-migration ; Funding ; Gender ; Government ; Human Rights ; Internet Resources ; Legal ; Media ; Migration ; Studies.
INCORE
Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity
"...a central resource on the internet for those in the area of conflict resolution and ethnic conflict. It is intended to serve not only academic researchers but also policy-makers and practitioners."
A joint initiative of the University of Ulster and the United Nations University
Institute for International Economics - (dead link)
- Case Studies in Economic Sanctions - (dead link)
- Economics of Korean Unification - (dead link)
Institute of International Studies
UC Berkeley
Institute for Science and International Security
"Its efforts focus on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, bringing about greater transparency of nuclear activities worldwide, and achieving deep reductions in nuclear arsenals. ISIS's projects integrate technical, scientific, and policy research in order to build a sound foundation for a wide variety of efforts to reduce the threat posed by nuclear weapons to U.S. and international security."
Publications, Papers and Assessments selected)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- "Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis" (January 2001)
Download in PDF: [Part 1 - (dead link) | Part 2 - (dead link) | Part 3 - (dead link) | Part 4 - (dead link) | Full document - (dead link)]
"The full report, which runs to over 1000 pages, has been over three years in production and is the work of 123 Lead Authors from around the world."
International Constitutional Law Project
"...provides English translations of and other textual material related to constitutional documents. It cross-references those documents for quick comparison of constitutional provisions."
International Crisis Group
International IDEA - The Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
International Political Economy Network - (dead link)
"...an extensive collection of electronically retrievable documents related to the Global Political Economy. In addition to World Wide Web navigation, the IPENet archives are also accessible via gopher and anonymous ftp."
International Rescue Committee
Aiding Refugees and Communities Victimized by War
International Relations - (dead link)
From the War, Peace and Security Guide, Information Resource Centre, Canadian Forces College
International Relations and Security Network
Maintained by the Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research at the ETH Zurich
International Resources from the Library of Congress
Sections include: Gateways to the World ; Special International Guides ; Fellowship in International Studies ; Portals to the World.
International Security Policy & Military Affairs: Information Sources
"This is a selective guide to library materials and Internet resources on international security policy and military affairs."
Some resources may be available to current Columbia faculty, staff and students only.
Lehman Library, Columbia University Libraries
International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
"The ISSP is a continuing annual programme of cross-national collaboration on surveys covering topics important for social science research. It brings together pre-existing social science projects and coordinates research goals, thereby adding a cross-national, cross-cultural perspective to the individual national studies. Thirty-four countries are members of the ISSP."
International Victimology Website (IVW)
"a resource for all those interested in improving justice for victims of crime and abuse of power. Through IVW, the UN Center for International Crime Prevention, the Research and Documentation Center of the Netherlands Ministry of Justice and the World Society of Victimology aim to promote the UN Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power. "
- Victimology Research Database - (dead link)
- Victim Services and Victimization Prevention Database - (dead link)
Iraq - See our Separate Iraq Studies section.
[Iraq] Iraq Government Home Page (Arabic or English)
Sections include: Prime Minister Office ; Iraqi Government Program ; Press Releases ; Ministries Activities ; Embassies & D. Delegation ; Path of Democracy ; Mass Media News ; Articles ; Articles ; Iraqi Constitution ; Saddam's Trial ; Iraqi Gov Websites.
[Iraq] U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq
Sections include: News ; Links ; U.S. Policy & Issues.
[Iraq] Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC)
"The Education for Peace in Iraq Center promotes freedom, security, and genuine democracy for the people of Iraq."
[Iraq] The Iraq Foundation
"...is a non-profit, non-partisan, non-governmental organization working for democracy and human rights in Iraq, and for a better international understanding of Iraq's potential as a contributor to political stability and economic progress in the Middle East."
Projects include: Human Rights Defenders Network ; Iraq's Pledge ; Iraq Constitution Assistance Project (ICAP) ; Iraq Democracy Watch (IDW) ; Human Rights Education ; Iraqi American National Network ; Eden Again.
[Iraq] PBS P.O.V. - My Country, My Country
A documentary by Laura Poitras.
Companion website to the October 2006 broadcast.
"...is an unforgettable journey into the heart of war-ravaged Iraq in the months leading up to the January 2005 elections. Symbolized by fingers marked with purple ink, the 2005 elections posed challenges to all sides of the debate about the war."
Sections include: Film Update ; Special Features ; Behind the Lens ; Talking Back ; Resources ; For Educators.
IRNET: A Guide to International Relations Links - (dead link) By Jay Brandes, Assistant Professor of Librarian Science, Troy State University
[Japan] Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet (Japan or English)
[Japan] Japan - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
[Kosovo] Independent International Commission on Kosovo
[Kosovo] International Crisis Group (ICG)
[Kosovo] JURIST - Milosevic Trial
Lancaster University [UK] - Centre for Defence & International Security Studies - (dead link)
Latin American Outlook
Online publications from the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Library of Congress - Global Gateway
World Cultures & Resources
Sections include: World Libraries & Collections: Collaborative Digital Libraries, Individual Digital Collections ; Links, Databases, & Resources: Centers for International Research, Portals to the World, Research Guides and Databases, Featured Presentations, International Exhibitions, International Cybercasts.
Lijphart Elections Archive
"...is a research collection of district level election results for approximately 350 national legislative elections in 26 countries. The objective of the Archive is to systematically collect election statistics in as much detail as possible, including, as a minimum, the results at the level of the individual election districts in which votes are converted into seats. The Archive originally acquired print copies of the data and is now focusing on online data."
- University of California, San Diego Social Sciences & Humanities Library
Max-Planck-Institut f¸r Gesellschaftsforschung
[Middle East] - See our separate Middle Eastern Studies page.
Migration Information Source
"...provides fresh thought, authoritative data from numerous global organizations and governments, and global analysis of international migration and refugee trends. A unique, online resource, the Source offers useful tools, vital data, and essential facts on the movement of people worldwide."
- Global Data Center
"Here you will find migration data from numerous global organizations and governments around the world -- all at your fingertips! Choose the country you want and generate data tables and create graphs, instantly. We will be continually updating and expanding the site to incorporate additional country data."
Minnesota Public Radio
- Peace and Faith
"Scholars on Islam [Qamar-ul Huda, U.S. Institute of Peace and Imam Yahya Hendi, Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University] talk about peace and the barriers to common understanding across faiths."
Listen to the September 2006 broadcast.
Modern Japanese Political History Materials (in Japanese) - (dead link) "The Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room of the National Diet Library holds documents, such as diaries, letters, and business papers, once owned by politicians in and after the latter half of the 19th century. Important items selected from these materials are electronically exhibited here, classified by period or theme. A summary of each collection, catalogued by the name of its former owner, can be retrieved. Searching individual documents included in some collections is also available on an experimental basis."
National Diet Library, Tokyo
National Academy Press (free online versions)
National Library of Wales
- Ymgyrchyu!
A Century of Political and Social Campaigning in Wales
"This site presents social and political campaigning in Wales during the twentieth century through the use of digitised images of original documents, photographs and sound and video files. The campaigns voice the rights of various groups, for example the right of women to vote, or the right of miners and quarrymen to fair wages and decent working conditions."
The Nobel Peace Prize - (dead link)
Non-Western Sources On Contemporary Political Issues - (dead link)
"The purpose of this continuously developing web page is to allow Americans to see how people who live in non -Western, or less industrialized societies view a variety of contemporary political issues."
Maintained by Rachelle Moore, Binghamton University
Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
"...is working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and is co-chaired by Ted Turner and Sam Nunn."
- Source Documents
Includes: Agreements ; Research Papers and Journal Articles ; Congressional Testimony ; Conference Proceedings and White Papers.
Observatory of European Foreign Policy (Spain)
Sections include: Presentation ; Themes ; News ; Working Papers ; Library ; Activities ; Research ; Services.
- Special Iraq
"Short papers on the position of the international actors before the conflict."
Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet
"...is a non-partisan project devoted to the dissemination of ideas and scholarly information, in an effort to foster scholarly collaboration, policy research, and innovative thinking on the Palestinian refugee issue. PRRN is maintained by the Inter-University Consortium for Arab Studies (Montreal)."
PBS - Extreme Oil
Companion website to the September, 2004 TV broadcast.
"Fifteen years after the end of the Cold War and in the wake of two wars in the Gulf and Iraq, all the world's easy oil has been found. Today, the oil industry has to go to extremes to find new sources of the asset that drives the world's economy and fuels so many aspects of modern life. EXTREME OIL crisscrosses the globe like the transcontinental pipelines themselves, exposing a wide range of issues -- and meeting people who wrestle with the dilemmas of how to ensure the supply we need, at a price we will tolerate."
Sections include: The Journey ; The History ; The Science ; For Teachers ; Resources.
PBS - Frontline - Blair's War (April 2003)
"Tony Blair tried - and failed - to bridge the gap between the U.S. and Europe over Iraq. Now, having risked everything, will his political fate be decided by the battle for Baghdad?"
Sections include: The Prime Minister ; The Fractured Alliance ; The Liberal Divide ; The Failure of Diplomacy ; Interviews ; Readings & Links ; Tapes & Transcripts.
PBS - Frontline - Terror and Tehran (May 2002)
Does America's War on Terror Hold Democracy Hostage in Iran?
Sections include: Introduction ; Iran and the 'Axis of Evil' ; Inside Iran ; Interviews ; Readings & Links ; Chronology ; Discussion ; Tapes & Transcriptions ; Video Excerpt.
PBS - Frontline - Ghosts of Rwanda (April 2004)
"How could it happen that America and the West stood aside and did nothing to stop the slaughter of 800,000 human beings over 100 days? On the 10th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the powerful story of those who participated in the world's failure to act, those few who stood up and tried to save lives, and all who are still deeply haunted by what they did."
Sections include: Analysis ; Interviews ; Timeline ; Rwanda Today ; Links & Readings ; Teacher's Guide.
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- Adaptation to Climate Change: International Policy Options - (dead link) (November 2006)
"This report examines options for future international efforts to help vulnerable countries adapt to the impacts of climate change both within and outside the climate framework. Options outlined in the report include stronger funding and action under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, mandatory climate risk assessments for multilateral development finance, and donor country support for climate "insurance" in vulnerable countries."
Political Resources on the Net - (dead link)
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world."
This Italian page has over 11,000 sites listed in its excellent directory.
Push and Pull Factors of International Migration
"The objective of the project is to improve our understanding of the direct and indirect causes and mechanisms of international migration to the European Union, from an internationally comparative perspective. The results are intended to serve as a basis for the development of policy instruments and to provide tools for estimating future migration."
By Eurostat and the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute as requested by the Commission of the European Communities
Royal Institute of International Affairs
Rulers
"This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases."
By B. Schemmel
[Russia] - See our Separate Russia Law & Politics page.
Rwanda - See our separate Rwanda Studies page.
Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee - (dead link) (May 2001)
Mitchell Committee Report on Mideast Crisis
Social Policy Virtual Library
The International Social & Public Policy Research Information Gateway
"...is an information gateway providing access to a variety of web resources of interest to social policy researchers. Updated regularly, it provides links to sites of major organisations, libraries, research institutes, publications and journals as well as access to on-line databases and data sources, other information gateways, social policy mailing lists and discussion groups. It also provides information on research opportunities and funding and access to resources for teaching social policy and related subjects."
By Dr. Theodoros N. Papadopoulos, University of Bath
[Somalia] Council on Foreign Relation
[Somalia] U.N. Security Council
[South Africa] South Africa Government Online
Sections include: Government System ; The Presidency ; Ministers ; Deputy Ministers ; Government Departments ; Documents, Reports & Forms ; Speeches ; Provincial Government ; Local Government ; Key Issues ; SA: An Overview ; Travel & Tourism ; FAQs ; Africa.
STRATNET - Strategic Studies Network
"...a project of the Strategic Studies Program at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada and is designed to provide Academics, Students, Researchers, Government Officials and the General Public with a research tool in the areas of Strategic Studies, Security, International Relations and Politics."
[Special] Summit of the Americas
January 12-13, 2004, Monterrey, Mexico
"...will work basically on issues of social policy and equity, and look for a new agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean that transcends the Washington consensus..."
Includes daily updates and live transmission.
- Organization of American States
Sudan - See our separate Sudan Crisis page.
[Sunni / Shia Split] National Public Radio (NPR) - The Partisans of Ali: A History of Shia Faith and Politics
Audio and Text of the February 2007 NPR series.
"The United States is immersed more deeply than ever in the Muslim world's sectarian divide. A five-part series explores the split between Shia and Sunnis, from its origins shortly after the death of Muhammed in the seventh century to the modern-day upheaval in Iraq."
In This Series: : The Origins of the Shia-Sunni Split ; Shi Rise Amid Century of Mideast Turmoil ; Export of Iran's Revolution Spawns Violence ; Iraq War Deepens Sunni-Shia Divide ; Shia-Sunni Conflict Forces U.S. Shift in Iraq ; Profiles: Key Individuals in the Shia-Sunni Divide ; Chronology: A History of the Shia-Sunni Split ; One Thousand Years of Shiite History ; Suggested Reading.
The Sydney Morning Herald
- War of Ideas - September 11 Five Years On
Sections include: Afghanistan ; Iran ; Lebanon ; Iraq ; Palestinian Territories ; USA.
"Paul McGeough visited some of these fractious regions to check on the progress of American-sponsored democracy, and to see how the battle of ideas is affecting the lives of the people in these countries."
The Tiananmen Papers - (dead link) Foreign Affairs Magazine
"excerpts from some of the key documents"
Introduced by Andrew J. Nathan
Transparency International
The Global Coalition Against Corruption
"Our "On-line Source for Information and Research of Integrity Systems" (OSIRIS) is one of the most comprehensive databases on corruption and governance. It offers a fully searchable bibliography of some 15,000 documents...Coming soon
The SIGMA/TI Anti-Corruption Directory is an in-depth reference guide to multinational programmes supporting anti-corruption efforts in central and eastern European countries (CEECs)."
UC Atlas of Global Inequality
"The Atlas of Global Inequality explores some aspects of inequality using online, downloadable maps and graphics...The Atlas explores the interaction between global integration (globalization) and inequality, and provides maps, graphics and data primarily for use by students and teachers in the University of California. We hope the information may also be of use for researchers and activists worldwide."
Sections include: Health ; Income Inequality ; Economic Globalization ; Inequality & Growth ; Teaching Activities.
- University of California, Santa Cruz.
United Nations - see Academic Info: United Nations
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
U.S. International Trade Commission
- "The Economic Impact of US Sanctions with Respect to Cuba" - (dead link) [.pdf]
U.S. State Department
U.S.-China Security Review Commission - (dead link) "The U.S.ñChina Security Review Commission was created in the National Defense Authorization Act signed into law on October 30, 2000 (PL 106-398) (22 USC 7002)."
University of Bradford (UK) - Department of Peace Studies
"...is the largest university peace studies centre in the world, and one of the best known."
- "Politics in the Next 50 Years: The Changing Nature of International Conflict" - (dead link) [.pdf]
By Prof. Paul F. Rogers
Peace Studies Working Paper No. 1 (October 2000)
University of Toronto G8 Information Centre
Voter Turnout from 1945 to 1998:
A Global Report on Political Participation
"The International IDEA Voter Turnout Website contains the most comprehensive global collection of political participation statistics available. Regularly updated voter turnout figures for national presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945 are presented country by country, (click on the maps) using both the number of registered voters and voting age population as indicators."
From International IDEA - The Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East
From the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Wilson Quarterly
Published by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Beyond Liberalization? (Spring 2004)
"Democratizing the Middle East may bring a different set of problems to a troubled region..."
By Daniel Brumberg, Associate Professor of Government, Georgetown University.
Women Immigrants 1945 To The Present: A Bibliography
"This bibliography is an effort to collect the current international literature on women immigrants. It is a supplement and update of the publication, Women in Global Migration, 1945-2000: A Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Bibliography that is available from Greenwood Press."
Compiled by Eleanore O. Hofstetter
World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries (English or German)
"...is based on the World Directory of National Parliamentary Libraries (6th edition, Bonn 1995) and the World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries of Federated States and Autonomous Territories (1st edition, Bonn 1992/93)."
- From the German Parliament
World Food Programme (WFP)
The World Online
International and Comparative Studies From Tufts University
Sections include Comprehensive IR Sites; Government Agencies, Ministries & Organizations; Comparative, Regional, & Country Sites; Scholarly Journals; Global News Sources; Economic Statistics; Public Opinion, Political Parties, & Electoral Statistics.
A most useful site, designed with undergraduates especially in mind.
By Richard C. Eichenberg, Dept. of Political Science, Tufts University
World Statesmen
"...is an attempt at a comprehensive and accurate list of the heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders occupying neither of those formal positions) for all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 or in some cases earlier. Some go further back, some only from their creation. Some subdivisions of some countries are present including native or traditional polities, provinces, or states. This sight also lists the leaders of international, religious, and governmental organizations."
By Benjamin Cahoon
World-Wide Web Virtual Library - International Affairs Resources - (dead link)
Arranged by resource type (area, country, gov, stats), by source (organization, primary, univ. centers) and by topic (economy, policy, peacekeeping)
- University of Pittsburgh
www.brazilink.org (Spanish & English)
"Connecting People, Information and Ideas on Brazil through Electronic Research"
"...is a non-profit, non-partisan website about social development issues in Brazil."
Sections include: Agenda: Children ; Gender ; AfroBrazilians ; Labour ; Environment ; Native People ; Rural Issues ; Human Rights & Justice ; Foreign Policy ; Economics ; History ; Society ; Politics. Information & Debate: Media ; Opinion Polling ; Periodicals ; Online Research ; International Sources ; Search Brazil. Institutions: Non-For-Profit Sector ; International NGOs ; Government ; Multilateral Institutions.
- Celia Correia, Editor & Coordinator
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