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INTERNET RESOURCES
Featured Links
Hispanic American Periodicals Index
The
first is HAPI,
the searchable Web version of the Hispanic American Periodicals Index.
HAPI is an excellent source for authoritative, worldwide information about
Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United
States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. From
analyses of current political, economic, and social issues to unique
coverage of Latin American arts and letters, HAPI Online contains
complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents,
original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 500
key social science and humanities
journals
published throughout the world.
Global Gateway - Library of Congress
This is a true "portal to the world"; and, in addition, you gain
access to studies and documents only available through the Library of
Congress. Give special attention to the library's 21 reading rooms;
these provide incredible gateways to information about the world and its
cultures.
University of Michigan Documents Center
Instant access to a incredible variety of documents. The
International Section immediately takes you to hundreds of world
organizations; and the subcategory "Documents in the News" offers a door to
information about issues that are at the height of the times.
George
Washington University - The National Security Archive
Contains an enormous number of primary documents about a wide
variety of international events and conflicts.
We
will be adding more featured links in the coming months. Please check
back for databases that cover the entire world.
Other
Links*
About Arab Americans
Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory
A good portal to Jewish studies in the United
States and throughout the world.
Accessing European Union Information
(Great Portal to Learn About All Aspects of the European Union)
Africa South of the Sahara: Selected
Internet Resources
An Internet guide to Africa featuring
breaking news, country/region guides, topical guides, and general
search, maintained by the African Studies Association.
African Studies (University of
Pennslyvania)
An interdisciplinary program that offers undergraduate students an
opportunity to explore the historic and cultural diversity of
sub-Saharan
African peoples.
Al Jazeera
(Press Coverage of Events in
the Middle East)
African
Studies Internet Resources
Amnesty International
Apollo Alliance
An environmental organization that tries to offer
creative ways to tackle issues like global warming and automobile
pollution.
Arab Net
This site offers a wide variety of articles by
leading journalists and editors in the Middle East.
Area Studies Internet Resources
Army War College
Clic "Organizations and Institutes", then clic
"Strategic Studies Institute" and you discover a wealth of authoritative
studies about issues that range from Afghanistan to Colombia, from Iraq
to North Korea. The War College is an institution of the U.S. Army and
its publications include a number of studies that both support and
criticize the U.S. government and the U.S. military.
Asia One
A wide variety of English language newspapers from
the Singapore Press holdings.
Asia Times
An English language summary of daily events in Asia.
Asian Affairs
Reviews recent events in Asia; commentary and
analysis.
Asian Studies (Australian National
University)
A comprehensive list of Internet resources.
Asian
Week
A San Francisco based newspaper that focuses on issues
of interest to the Asian and Asian-American communities and cultures.
Association for Israel Studies
An international scholarly society devoted to the academic and
professional study of Israel.
Azteca Web
Page
This is a spirited Chicano Analysis of the
U.S. and its History. Good links to community resources throughout the
nation.
British International Studies Association
An independent academic organization which promotes the study of
International Relations and related subjects through teaching, research
and the facilitation of contact between scholars. It is the professional
organization for academic and practitioners of International Relations
in the United Kingdom.
Cafe Arabica
Billed as the Arab-American community online, it
provides a wealth of information and good links to a variety of informed
sources.
Capital Spectator
This is a very opinionated
economic blog. What makes it special is the accompanying list of
websites that focus on the international economy.
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs:
The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs is an
independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to research
and education at the nexus of ethics and international affairs.
Carter Center
The Carter Center, in partnership with
Emory University, is guided by a fundamental
commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering; it
seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy,
and improve health.
Central and East European International Studies Association
Professional organization with a membership open to anyone interested in
the field of International Affairs (broadly defined). The Association
will help rebuild the discipline of International Affairs in Central and
Eastern Europe (CEE) at the highest possible quality standards.
Center for Contemporary Arab
Studies
Center For Research and Policy Development
A comprehensive list of "think tanks", covering a
wide variety of international topics. The political perspectives range
from far right to far left.
Centre for Foreign Policy Studies
An integral part of the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie
University, it is concerned with teaching, research, publishing, policy
advising, and other professional activities in the fields of foreign
policy, maritime and strategic studies, and international development
studies.
China View
An English language overview of daily events in China
Columbia International Affairs On-line
(CIAO)
Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.
It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes
working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers
series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings
from conferences
Congressional Research Service
The Congressional Research Service provides "all
sides of the issue" reports for members of Congress. This site focuses
on documents that spotlight international issues. The reports go back at
least five years and provide a good overview of U.S. thinking about
issues that range from Iraq to nuclear weapons.
Copenhagen Peace Research Institute (COPRI)
The purpose of COPRI is to stimulate debate and research on
international key issues related to Peace and Security Studies. The
institute does this through research, seminars, publications and news.
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
The Council is a nonpartisan think-tank dedicated to helping its
constituents better understand the world and the foreign policy choices
facing the United States and other governments. The website provides
in-depth analysis and background on major foreign policy and
international affairs issues of the day.
Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP)
The CIFP project represents an on-going effort to identify and assemble
statistical information conveying the key features of the political,
economic, social and cultural environments of countries around the
world.
Current Issues in Comparative Education (CICE)
An online journal
based at Teachers College, Columbia University, that publishes scholarly
work from a variety of academic disciplines. CICE seeks clear and
significant contributions that further debate on educational policies
and comparative studies.
Department of State, United States
Official website of the State Department
Earth Institute at Columbia University
A great source of information on issues that range from the elimination
of world poverty to the environment.
East-West Center
The East-West
Center is an internationally recognized education and research
organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen
understanding and relations between the United States and the countries
of the Asia Pacific region. The Center helps promote the establishment
of a stable, peaceful and prosperous Asia Pacific community in which the
United States is a natural, valued and leading partner.
Economics Roundtable
This is a very
opinionated economic blog. What makes it appealing is the accompanying
list of other sites. These span the political spectrum and many focus on
the international economy.
El Nuevo Dia
Principal newspaper from Puerto Rico.
Eurasian
Nation
Provocative perspectives about culture from women and men with European
and Asian ancestries.
Filipino Web
Filipino Community in the U.S.
Foreign Affairs
America's most influential publication on international affairs and
foreign policy. It is the international forum of choice for the most
important new ideas, analysis, and debate on the most significant issues
in the world. Inevitably, articles published in Foreign Affairs shape
the political dialogue for months and years to come.
Foreign Policy Association (FPA)
The Foreign Policy Association (FPA) is a national, nonprofit,
nonpartisan, nongovernmental, educational organization founded in 1918
to educate Americans about the significant international issues that
influence their lives. FPA provides impartial publications, programs and
forums to increase public awareness of, and foster popular participation
in, matters relating to those policy issues. The site provides news,
commentary, message boards, and topical web guides.
Gateway to the European
Union
Ghana .Com
Extensive Coverage of Ghana; and, in addition, many links to
other African countries and cultures.
GhanaWeb.Com
Government
Accountability Office
This is a U.S. government organization. It
provides studies requested, by among others, members of Congress. It
offers informed analyses of issues that range from Homeland
Security to International Affairs.
Greenpeace
An informed and informative site for all types of environmental issues.
Guardian
Unlimited
A prominent newspaper from
London.
Haaretz.Com
This is the English language edition of a
prominent newspaper from Israel.
ICONS Project
ICONS (the International Communication and Negotiation Simulations)
offers educational simulations of international relations at both the
university and high school levels. Students at a participating
institution represent the decision makers of a selected country and
negotiate solutions to global problems via the Internet with peers
around the world.
INCORE: Ethnic Conflict on the Internet
The Initiative on
Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity was set up in 1993 by the
University of Ulster and the
United Nations University to undertake
research and policy work that is useful to the resolution of ethnic,
political and religious conflicts.
Indian Economy
This is an economic blog from India. It includes commentary from a
variety of Indian perspectives and it also contains a good list economic
blogs from throughout the region and then world.
Institute for Media, Peace and Security
The Institute –
"an intellectual tool for preventive diplomacy" -- aims to educate
people in the many ways the media interact with issues of war and peace.
It welcomes two kinds of participants: persons from areas of recent,
current or potential conflict; and persons from countries strongly
concerned with international peace and security.
Institute of Turkish Studies (ITS)
ITS is a non-profit, educational organization that promotes research and
knowledge about Turkish history, society, and politics through an annual
program. The website includes information about Turkish studies in the
U.S. and useful links to internet resources on Turkey.
Intelligence Careers Newsletter
The vision for Intelligence Careers is to make it the starting point for
"information intelligence professionals" to find great career
opportunities.
Inter-American
Development Bank (Economic Development in the Caribbean,
Central & LA)
International Affairs Forum
On-line journal and research portal dedicated
to facilitating global views and perspectives regardless of ideology.
Presents all-partisan, global perspectives on today's most important
issues in International Affairs, Economics, and Intelligence. Published
by the Center for International Relations, a non-profit organization.
International Affairs Resources
The international affairs entry on the WWW Virtual Library, featuring
over 2400 annotated links in a wide range of international affairs
topics.
International Crisis Group/CrisisWeb (IGC)
The International Crisis Group (ICG) is a private, multinational
organization, with over 80 staff members on five continents, working
through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and
contain conflict.
International Financial Institutions
This site lists research material on the international financial
institutions. There are separate listings for the International Monetary
Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group and other multilateral institutions.
The listings include basic references, books and monographs, published
articles and recent working papers.
International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
News, publications and links related to environmental change.
International Law Institute
Works to help
solve problems faced by the international community through economic
development and rule of law.
International Relations Students Association (IRSA)
International Social Science Council
Jamaica Gleaner
A principal newspaper of Jamaica
Japanese American
Citizens League
Japan Information Network
Gateway to
information about Japan on the World Wide Web, covers news,
sports/leisure, business/economy, travel, science, education and more.
Japan Times
Journal of International and Area Studies (JIAS)
La Voz de Aztlan
(Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the United States)
Latin American Studies
Little India
(Magazine focusing on India and Indian Americans)
Mannheim Centre for European Social
Research
Research archive covers the whole of Europe and focuses on official
statistics. Its core consists of tabular data (transnational, national
and sub-national level) in the socio-economic and political domain.
Middle East Studies
Middle East information portal organized by country and topic.
Migration
Dialogue
(Good Source for World and U.S. Migration Policies and
Practices)
Migration Policy Institute
(High Level Analysis of World Migration Patters
and Policies)
Millennium Journal of International Studies
Founded in 1971 at the London School of Economics and Political Science,
Millennium is one of the leading journals in the field of International
Relations. The journal has a worldwide individual and institutional
circulation and constitutes an excellent resource for students,
academics and anyone with an interest in the ideas and actors that work
to shape our world and world views. Millennium editors are members of ISA.
Moscow Times
This is an English language version of the
newspaper.
NAFSA: Association of International Educators
The Association of International Educators (NAFSA) promotes the exchange
of students and scholars to and from the United States. Our members
share a belief that international educational exchange advances learning
and scholarship, builds respect among different peoples and encourages
constructive leadership in a global community.
National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
The National Bureau of Asian Research is a nonprofit, nonpartisan
research institution dedicated to informing and strengthening policy in
the Asia-Pacific. NBR conducts advances research on security and
globalization issues, with an emphasis on those of interest to the
United States. Drawing upon an extensive network of the world's leading
specialists and leveraging the latest technology, NBR bridges the
academic, business, and policy arenas. The institution disseminates its
research through briefings, publications, conferences, Congressional
testimony, and e-mail forums, and by collaborating with leading
institutions worldwide. NBR also provides exceptional internship
opportunities, to graduate and undergraduate students for the purposes
of attracting and training the next generation of Asia specialists.
Newslink (World
Portal to Newspapers and Magazines)
The North-South Institute
An independent
research institute in Canada focused on international development. The
Institute conducts research on Canada's relations with developing
countries and on a wide range of foreign policy issues. Established in
1976, NSI is a non-profit and non-partisan organization.
O.E.C.D.
The OECD groups 30
member countries
sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy.
With active relationships with some 70 other countries, NGOs and civil
society, it has a global reach. Best known for its
publications and
its
statistics, its
work covers economic and social issues from
macroeconomics,
to
trade,
education,
development and
science and innovation.
OneWorld.Net
A global online portal that provides a comprehensive overview of current
world events and issues through the eyes of over 1250 partner
organizations working in human rights and sustainable development.
Organization of
American States
Brings together 35 Western Hemisphere states for
dialogue and action. The OAS site also contains a good section on
scholarships and fellowships.
Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
The Organization for
Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the largest regional
security organization in the world with
55 participating States
from Europe, Central Asia and North America. It is active in early
warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict
rehabilitation.
Pacific
Islanders Cultural Organization
Pew Hispanic
Center
Phi Beta
Delta Honor Society
Phi Beta Delta is the first honor society dedicated to recognizing
scholarly achievement in international education. The Society works to
recognize the scholarly achievement of international students and
scholars, U.S. students who have studies abroad and faculty and staff
who are involved in international activities; to serve as a vehicle for
the development of academic-based international programming; to provide
a network on each campus of faculty, staff and students involved in
international endeavors; and, to extend this network to thousands of
members in chapters across the country and throughout the world.
Political Review Net
A comprehensive and authoritative
collection of book reviews in political science and international
relations. Features reviews written by acknowledged experts for some of
the world’s finest journals. From the general to the specialist, from
introductory undergraduate texts to ground breaking research, Political
Review Net will be your guide to all that’s new in political science and
international relations.
Political Studies
Association of the UK
The Political Studies Association exists to develop and promote the
study of politics. Founded in 1950, it is the leading Association in its
field in the UK, with an international membership including academics in
political science and current affairs, theorists and practitioners,
policy-makers, researchers and students in higher education.
Program on International Organization and Change
The Program on International Organization and Change encourages academic
collaboration between scholars and students of international
organizations (IOs). The program has helped to initiate a series of
conferences and workshops sponsored by William and Mary, Brigham Young
University, and Harvard University. The papers from these meetings along
with other published and unpublished papers on the delegation of
authority to IOs are posted here.
Program on New
Approaches to Russian Security
A network of 55 scholars who analyze Russian and Eurasian security
issues and the region's role in international affairs.
Program on the Theory and Practice of
International Relations
The Program on the Theory and Practice of International Relations is
dedicated to the proposition that the scholarly study of international
relations can contribute to the actual
practice of international relations. The Program sponsors five distinct
research projects that examine the links between research, education,
and policy making. They also support contacts between students, scholars
and policy makers.
The Round Table
of the Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs
Founded in 1910, The Round Table, Britain's oldest
international affairs journal, provides analysis and commentary on all
aspects of international affairs.
Social Science Data Collection (UC-San Diego)
Scotsman. Com
Great portal for any and all information about
Scotland.
Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute
The task of the Institute is to conduct research on questions of
conflict and cooperation of importance for international peace and
security, with the aim of contributing to an understanding of the
conditions for peaceful solutions of international conflicts and for a
stable peace.
Southwest Missouri State University: Master of International Affairs and
Administration
The Master of International Affairs and
Administrative (MIAA) degree is designed to meet the growing societal
and occupational needs in a highly competitive and yet increasingly
interdependent world for students trained in international affairs and
administration. The main mission of the MIAA program is the produce well
rounded and educated persons who understand and appreciate the diversity
and complexity of international affairs, who understand the role of
global citizenship, and who can bring imaginative and creative
problem-solving skills to problems faced by the global community.
Think Tank Directory
(Great Portal to a World of Information and Analysis)
Thomas: U.S.
Congress on the Net (Wide Open Door to all branches of
the U.S. Government)
The Times of India
English language overview of daily events and issues in India.
The Times of Central
Asia On The Web
News portal with regional links.
Turkish
Daily News
The Ultimate
Political Science Links
A major PS portal with links grouped by associations, fields, links,
journals, publishers, news sources, commentary, magazines, and humor.
The United Nations
(UN)
Site locator for the UN system of organizations.
University of Michigan Documents Center
This site includes a multitude of documents and other information about
everything from 9/11 to Homeland Security.
Wales At Heart
A site offering a fine portal for current and cultural information
about Wales.
The Washington
Center
The Washington Center
offers internships and academic seminars for all majors in Washington,
D.C.
The World Bank
This site will help you find information about
IBRD,
IDA,
IFC,
MIGA
and
ICSID - the
institutions that comprise the
World Bank Group, learn
about projects, services and products the Bank Group offers, and
procedures and safeguards that guide this work
World Press
Review
Drawing upon publications
around the globe, and a network of correspondents in dozens of
countries, World Press Review illuminates the issues that barely
see the light of day in the mainstream U.S. press, translating,
reprinting, analyzing, and contextualizing the best of the international
press from more than 20 languages.
WWW Virtual
Library: International Affairs Resources
Web portal with links to thousands of international affairs resources.
World Directory of Think Tanks
Published by the Center for Policy Research and
Information, the list contains "think tanks" from every part of the
world, representing diverse political perspectives.
World Resources Institute
A site that provides instant access to the globe's major
environmental problems and issues.
World Trade Organization
The organization charged with monitoring and arbitrating "free trade"
agreements.
World
Wildlife Fund
Deservedly one of the best environmental sites
available; also a fine portal to explore issues in greater depth.
Yearbook
of International Cooperation on Environment and Development
An independent publication from the
Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Norway,
published by EarthScan. It aims to demonstrate the international
community's position on specific environment and development problems,
the main obstacles to effective international solutions, and how to
overcome them. It assesses the achievements and the shortcomings of
international co-operation, and helps the reader to distinguish between
rhetoric and reality.
Zeitschrift Fuer
Internationale Beziehungen
- The Institute for Intercultural and
International Studies (InIIS), University of Bremen, researchers at
InIIS are concerned with issues of cultural pluralism and cultural
difference in modern societies, as well as cultural, societal and
political affairs and conflicts arising out of globalization processes.
*"Other Links"
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