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World Directory of Development Organizations and Programs
"The directory contains basic information on known organizations - mainly NGOs - and their activities for development.
- Cooperating for Development Home Page

Academy of Political Science

ACCORD - African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes - (dead link)

Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel

African National Congress (ANC)
South Africa's National Liberation Movement

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

American Political Science Association

Arab American Institute
"The Arab American Institute (AAI) represents the policy and community interests of Arab Americans throughout the United States and strives to promote Arab American participation in the U.S. electoral system."

Assassination Archives and Research Center (AARC)
"...is the largest private archives in the world which is dedicated to acquiring, preserving, and disseminating information on political assassinations."

Brookings Institution

California State University, San Bernardino - Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism - (dead link)

Campaign Finance Information Center
"...is dedicated to helping journalists follow the campaign money trail -- on the national, state and local levels.

Canadian Association for Intelligence and Security Studies

Canadian Political Science Association - (dead link)

Canadian Security and Defence Forum Web Sites - (dead link)

Carter Center

Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies

Center for Democracy & Technology
"...works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age. With expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT seeks practical solutions to enhance free expression and privacy in global communications technologies. CDT is dedicated to building consensus among all parties interested in the future of the Internet and other new communications media."

Center for Immigration Studies
"It is the nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States."

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

Center for Presidential Studies, Texas A&M University - (dead link)

Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research - (dead link)

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Center for the American Woman and Politics

Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID) - Publications
"...is a non-profit organization, based in Washington DC, dedicated to studying Islamic and democratic political thought and merging them into a modern Islamic democratic discourse. The organization was founded in March 1999 by a diverse group of academicians, professionals, and activists--both Muslim and non-Muslim--from around the who agree on the need for the study of and dissemination of reliable information on this complex topic."
Online Publications include: Muslim Democrat ; Conference Proceedings ; Democracy Watch.

Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) (U.K.)

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."

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)
"...targets government officials who sacrifice the common good to special interests. We will help Americans use litigation to shine a light on those who betray the public trust."

Clinton Foundation
Programs: HIV/AIDS Initiative ; Clinton Global Initiative ; Clinton Climate Initiative ; Healthier Generation.

Commission on Presidential Debates

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

The De Borda Institute (Northern Ireland)

Demos - A Network for Ideas and Action
"...is a new non-profit organization focusing on two of the most urgent challenges facing the United States in the 21st century: strengthening our democracy and creating more broadly shared prosperity."

Dickinson College - Clark Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Contemporary Issues

Federal Election Commission

Feinstein International Center - Tufts University
"The Feinstein International Center strives to improve the lives and livelihoods of communities caught up in complex emergencies, war, and other crises."

Harvard University - Institute of Politics (IOP)

id21 - Communicating Development Research
"id21 communicates UK-sourced international development research to policymakers and practitioners worldwide."

The Independent Institute

Independent International Commission on Kosovo

Institute for Policy Studies

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."

Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) - (dead link)
"IWPR supports democratisation and development in crisis zones by providing an international platform, professional training and financial assistance to independent media, human rights activists and other democratic voices."

Interhemispheric Resource Center

International Development Research Centre

International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies in Yugoslavia

International IDEA - The Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

International Political Science Association

International Rescue Committee
Aiding Refugees and Communities Victimized by War

International Relations and Security Network

International Society of Political Psychology

Irish Peace Institute Research Centre - (dead link)

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Lancaster University [UK] - Centre for Defence & International Security Studies - (dead link)

London School of Economics and Political Science

Development Studies Institute (DESTIN)

MADRE
An International Women's Rights Organization
"As a human rights organization, MADRE does much more than document and condemn abuses. We work with women who are affected by violations to help them win justice and, ultimately, change the conditions that give rise to human rights abuses. And we challenge US policies that undermine human rights."

MIT - Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change

MoveOn.org: Democracy in Action
"MoveOn is working to bring ordinary people back into politics. With a system that today revolves around big money and big media, most citizens are left out. When it becomes clear that our "representatives" don't represent the public, the foundations of democracy are in peril. MoveOn is a catalyst for a new kind of grassroots involvement, supporting busy but concerned citizens in finding their political voice."

National Commission on Federal Election Reform - (dead link)

National Conference of State Legislatures

Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute

NORC - A National Organization for Research at the University of Chicago - (dead link)

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs - (dead link)

Overseas Development Institute - (dead link)

Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom

Project for the New American Century (PNAC)
["The founding members included Vice-President Dick Cheney; Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld; Paul Wolfowitz of the Defence Department; Richard Perle, head of the defence advisory board; Louis Libby, Cheney's chief of staff; John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control; and Elliot Cohen of the defence policy board." - From CBC News Online - (dead link), March 17, 2003]

Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario - Centre for the Study of Democracy - (dead link)

Stanford University - Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace

Supreme Court of the United States

Sweatshops.org - (dead link) From Co-op America - "brings you simple, practical steps to avoid sweatshops, find healthier, green products and invest with your values."

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Committee on Conscience
"Responding to Threats of Genocide Today"

University of California, Irvine - Center for the Study of Democracy - (dead link)

University of Michigan - Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

University of Pennsylvania - The Annenberg Public Policy Center

University of Ulster, Northern Ireland - Centre for the Study of Conflict

University of Washington - Center for Communication and Civil Engagement

University of Washington - Center for Women and Democracy - (dead link)
"...works to support, stimulate and foster women's effective participation and leadership in local, national and global affairs. A non-partisan organization, the Center offers vital programming and resources that enable women to advance their own public agendas."

The Urban Institute

A Nonpartisan Economic and Social Policy Research Organization

West Point - Combating Terrorism Center
"...the Center has been actively involved in supporting the Global War on Terror through education, research, and policy analysis."