Political Science Guide: International Relations
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Harvard University)
The Center researches in five major areas: International Security; Environment and Natural Resources; Science, Technology, and Public Policy; Intrastate Conflict; and, Russia and the Caspian. The website links to full-text articles, as well as events and fellowship opportunities.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
"The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States."
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Provides strategic information and insights to world leaders. Full-text briefings available.
Chronological History of U.S. Foreign Relations
Ekstrom Library Ref. E183.7 .B745 2003 (3 volumes)
Provides brief summaries of events in U.S. foreign relations from 1607 through 2000.
Crisisweb (The International Crisis Group)
"The International Crisis Group (ICG) is a private,
multinational organisation committed to strengthening the capacity of the international
community to anticipate, understand and act to prevent impending crises
and conflicts. ICG's approach is grounded in field research. Teams of
political analysts based on the ground in countries at risk of crisis,
gather information from a wide range of sources, assess local conditions
and produce regular analytical reports containing practical
recommendations targeted at key international decision-takers."
The Dictionary of 20th Century World Politics
Ekstrom Library Ref. JA61 S53 1993
This volume has over 4000 entries covering the conflicts,
treaties and events of international politics. Its appendix provides a
guide to concepts by subject.
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
Ekstrom Library Ref. E183.7 .E52 2002 (3 volumes)
Provides in-depth, scholarly essays on the "concepts, themes, large ideas, significant movements, and distinctive policies in the history of American foreign relations."
Encyclopedia of Human Rights
Ekstrom Library Ref. JC571 E67 1991
This volume is a comprehensive source on international,
regional and national efforts to promote human rights from 1945 to
1990. It uses a standard encyclopedia format. It includes a subject index,
a glossary and a selected bibliography in its appendix.
Encyclopedia of Nationalism
Ekstrom Library Ref. JC311 S5484 1990
This work provides a summary of the major concepts, key
players, and history of nationalism. The entries are relatively brief,
with the longest being a couple pages. Each entry has a short bibliography
for further research.
Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations
Ekstrom Library Ref. D860 .M56 2002 (4 volumes)
"Contains 350 national surveys, short articles highlighting the historical, political, social, religious, and economic evolution of" national groups that "identify themselves as separate nations."
FIRST: Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (International Relations and Security Network and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)
"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."
Foreign
Affairs Online (Dr. Robert J. Beck, Tufts Univ.)
Covers international relations topics by providing links to
information in the following catagories: General Reference,
Map Resources, United States Government, Foreign States, United
Nations Systems, NGOs and IGOs, International Law, Human
Rights, International Relations, Think Tanks, and Media.
International
Political Economy Network
This site provides access to international documents on
political economy (full-text). It can be browsed by geography or by
topic or searched by keyword.
International relations : a political dictionary
Ekstrom Library Ref. JX1226 .P55 1995
This dictionary defines concepts of international
interest. The entries are divided into twelve sections: role of foreign
policy; ethnicity, nationalism and interdependencies; ideology and
communication; geography, environment and population; economics and
development; war and military policy; arms control and
reduction; diplomacy, peacekeeping and
peacemaking; law; organizations; U.S. foreign policy; and patterns of
political organization.
The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World
Ekstrom Library Ref. JA61 O95 2001
This volume acts as a guide to international relations and
national domestic politics throughout the world. The entries are arranged
alphabetically and are written by over 500 scholars. Each entry is signed
and provides a brief bibliography.
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources (Wayne Selcher, Elizabethtown College)
"2600 annotated links in a wide range of international affairs, international studies, and international relations topics"
Africa
South of the Sahara
Provides annotated links to WWW sites on
Africa, by topic or by region.
Asian
Studies Network
Information Center (Univ. of Texas at Austin)
This source provides
links to information on Asian countries. The links range from political,
to news, to environmental data (depending on the availability for the
country). NOTE: You will need to scroll down a bit to find the
links.
Canadian Information by
Subject
Country Studies (Library of Congress)
This site provides access to the series of books each of
which examines a particular country's culture and government.
Eldis: the gateway to development information
Provides searchable or browsable information on development or the
environment. Eldis is funded by Danida and hosted by the Institute
of Development Studies, Sussex.
EMBASSIES/CONSULATES
International
Data Base (U.S. Census Bureau)
"The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized data
bank
containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic
data for 227 countries and areas of the world."
Japan Information
Network
Information on Japanese government, culture,
education, business, statistics, regions (and more). It also has a
special section for kids. The site provides a search engine, a subject
tree and a guide for easy navigation.
National
Constitutions
National Constitutions of 96 nations.
Political
Database of the Americas
"The database provides documentary and statistical political
information on Latin America, including constitutions, electoral laws,
legislative and executive branch information and election data." The
database can be searched by keyword, but is also organized by country for
browsing.
World Factbook
Provides geographical and political information by country.
Amnesty International
Online
Provides full-text reports created by Amnesty International (from 1996
to the present). The site has a search engine and browse capabilities.
The site also supplies information on the organization, its campaigns, and
contact information.
Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations
Ekstrom Library Ref. Desk AS22 .E52
European Union
G8 Information
Centre
Includes: G7/G8 background information
and Financial Post news articles all documentation arising from G7/G8
summit meetings: delegations; communiqués; political declarations; other
official releases; documents released by national delegations at
summits; transcripts of summit news conferences; available documentation
from G7/G8 ministerial and other meetings; Scholarly articles and
bibliographies about the G7 process, produced by members of the G7
Research Group at the University of Toronto, and others. (University of
Toronto)
International Agencies and Information on the Web (Univ. of Michigan Documents Center)
Links to the WWW pages of
international agencies, non-governmental organizations and related
information (treaties, parliaments, etc.)
International Humanitarian Law (International Committee of the Red Cross)
Provides key documents (including treaties) and news regarding humanitarian law.
International
Organizations (GODORT Int'l Documents Task Force; Northwestern
Univ.)
Provides links to international organizations websites and
their publications.
Union of
International Associations
The site provides links to the homepages of thousands of international
organizations and conferences, as well as links to pages on world
problems, reports, articles and statistics.
United
Nations
This is the United Nations homepage. It provides
information on the documents, conferences, publications and news that
involves the UN. It
gives access to online databases, including a search function.
- Group of
77: This is the page of the largest Third World
coalition within the UN. It is concerned with
economic issues. The page provides access to publications, speeches and
documents produced by the group.
- InfoNation: This UN page provides easy access
to information on the geography, economy, population and social indicators
of member states.
World
Bank
The World Bank page links to information on the publications,
news and information on the World Bank. It also gives information on
individual countries in regards to development. The page has a search
function.
