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General Resources
CaseNet: Active
Learning in International Affairs.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO),
coverage from 1991. Includes working papers from university
research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and
proceedings from conferences. Access via the
category home pages (see below), through alphabetical
indices (author, subject, title, and institution); and by searching.
Materials are divided into the following categories:
Available on all campus machines and off-campus to UK affiliates via the proxy server; please follow these
instructions.
Council on Foreign Relations,
"independent, national membership organization and a nonpartisan center for
scholars dedicated to producing and disseminating ideas so that individual and
corporate members, as well as policymakers, journalists, students, and interested
citizens in the United States and other countries, can better understand the
world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other governments."
Country Indicators for Foreign Policy
(CIFP), 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.
Country Resources (excluding the United States), from the University
of Kentucky Libraries.
Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense,
from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
DIANA, a joint project provided
by an international consortium of libraries and human rights organizations. Dedicated to the
construction of a comprehensive database of documents essential to human rights research.
Segments of the database are hosted by three libraries.
Foreign Affairs Online,
resource site focusing on International Relations, International Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy.
Foreign Media Reaction,
Department of State's Office of Research summary of foreign media commentary on
major foreign policy issues or related events. These reports provide a global round-up
of editorials and op-ed commentary from major newspapers, magazines and broadcast media
around the world. Following a one-page analysis of the commentary, readers will find
block quotes sorted by geographic region and country.
International Affairs Sites,
from the Canadian Institute of International Affairs.
International Studies Association
Middle East Network Information
Center (MENIC), from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas.
Middle East Resources, from the University of Kentucky
Libraries.
News Resources, from the University of Kentucky Libraries.
Political Science Resources, from the University of Kentucky Libraries.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Rulers of the World, 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. Also included are the subdivisions of various countries
(the links are at the bottom of the respective country entries), as well as a selection
of international organizations. Recent foreign ministers of all countries are listed separately.
The White House Press Briefings Archive
World News Connection,
foreign news articles collected by the Foreign Broadcast Information
Service (FBIS). Access restricted to UK users in
Young Library. Ask at the Young Library
Reference & Government
Information Desk to be logged on. (Additional location and
coverage information). For indexing from 1975-1996, use the
Newsbank/Readex Foreign Broadcast Information
Service Daily Reports Index; it is accessible via campus computers and also available off-campus
for UK faculty, students and staff; follow these proxy server
access instructions.
Centers, Institutes, Organizations & Think Tanks
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs,
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
The Carter Center, in Atlanta, Georgia. Nonprofit,
nonpartisan public policy institute founded by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in
1982. Dedicated to fighting disease, hunger, poverty, conflict, and
oppression through collaborative initiatives in the areas of democratization and development,
global health, and urban revitalization.
Center for International Science and Technology Policy,
the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University.
Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Freedom House,
"non-profit, nonpartisan organization" "...working to advance ... worldwide
expansion of political and economic freedom."
Intergovernmental
Organizations, from Foreign Affairs Online.
International Action Center: "Information, Activism, and Resistance to U.S.
Militarism, War, and Corporate Greed."
International Organizations, from
the University of Kentucky Libraries.
Space Policy Institute, Elliott School of
International Affairs, George Washington University.
Think Tanks, from the University of
Michigan Documents Center.
Think-Tanks, from the World Press Review.
Think Tanks and Research Institutes,
from Foreign Affairs Online.
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research,
think-tank for individual-to-global - transnational - peace. Involved in peace research, conflict-mitigation and education.
Diplomacy
American Academy of Diplomacy
American Diplomacy,
"foreign service despatches and periodic reports on United States Foreign Policy."
Published in cooperation with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's
Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies.
Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training
Department of State, United States Government.
Diplomatic Services Online,
websites of ministries of foreign affairs, embassies, and other diplomatic and consular missions.
The Electronic Embassy, guide to the foreign
embassies in Washington, D.C.
Embassy World,
directory of embassies and consulates around the world. Includes embassies of
other nations in the USA, U.S. embassies worldwide, and UN permanent missions.
Project Visa, contains a comprehensive listing of embassies worldwide.
U.S. Diplomatic History Resources
Virtual Diplomacy,
"explores the role of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in the
conduct of foreign affairs, particularly their effect upon international conflict
management and resolution. From United States Institute of Peace.
International Commerce & Technology
Business & Economics-Related Electronic Resources
available through the University of Kentucky Libraries.
Business Center, from the Department of State.
Business Resources on the WWW, compiled by the University of Kentucky Libraries.
Center for International Science and Technology Policy,
the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University.
Central & Eastern European Business Information Center
Conference Board's Research Database
(1998 - ), searchable database of full-text research reports on issues in business management and US and
global economics. Includes studies of F500 companies on business trends, leadership decisions,
performance excellence, corporate governance, HR, productivity, & CRM
Economics material includes US and global economic indicators and
analysis and forecasts of regional, national, and international economic conditions.
Court of International Trade
Economics Resources from the University of Kentucky Libraries.
The Economist (See the Fulltext
Online Journals Database for back issues.)
Export.gov, "the U.S. Government Export Portal."
Foreign Consular Offices in the United States,
from the Dept. of State.
Institute for International Economics
International Chamber of Commerce
International Development Sites,
from the International Development Research Centre, Canada.
International Finance Center, from Yahoo.
International Finance Discussion Papers,
from the Federal Reserve Board.
International Financial Statistics
(1945- ; updated monthly),
from the International Monetary Fund. Officially reported,
internationally comparable macroeconomic statistics from the world community. Information from all member
countries is uniformly formatted. Accessible via campus computers. Also available off-campus for UK
faculty, students and staff; follow these proxy server access instructions.
International Monetary Fund
International Trade Administration
International Trade Commission
International Trade Statistics,
statistics on U.S. trade with other countries. Available from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Market Access and Compliance
National Trade Databank (NTDB),
available through STAT-USA. Accessible via campus computers. Also available
off-campus for UK faculty, students and staff; follow these proxy server access instructions.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Economic Outlook
(1998 - ; semi-annual), with a general assessment, a series of short reviews on each OECD member country,
some reviews on key non-member economies, a set of thematic chapters focusing on topical
economic issues, and a statistical annex which provides a set of macroeconomic data for
the OECD member countries.
- Economic Surveys (1998 - ),
in-depth reviews of OECD member countries' economies and selected non-member countries.
A minimum 18 surveys are issued during a calendar year. Each issue provides an analysis of
developments in the subject country, special reports on topics of current interest, and
extensive statistical information.
- OECD Papers
(June 2001 - ; monthly),
provides the recent research, analyses, forecasts, policy reviews and statistics produced by OECD.
Covers macroeconomics; economic and industrial policies; and work in areas as such as employment,
education, environment, trade, science and technology, aid and development, fiscal affairs,
energy, agriculture, urban studies, and economies in transition.
- OECD Quarterly Labour Force Statistics
(1965 - ), provides the most recent statistics on the short-term evolution of the major components of the labour force
and employment by sector. It includes a set of Standardised Unemployment Rates (SUR) by gender and broad
age groups and total population figures. For some series, country groupings for OECD-Total, Euro area and EU15,
are also provided.
STAT-USA, access to Department of Commerce trade
business, trade, and economic resources.
The service includes the National Trade Databank.
Accessible via campus computers. Also available
off-campus for UK faculty, students and staff; follow these proxy server access instructions.
State Department, United States.
World Bank Group
Peace
American Friends Service Committee
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Culture of Peace, from UNESCO.
Fellowship of Reconciliation: "For a World of Peace, Justice
and Nonviolence."
International Action Center: "Information, Activism, and Resistance to U.S.
Militarism, War, and Corporate Greed."
Nonviolence.org
Pax Christi USA
Peace Action, "mobilize for peace and disarmament."
Peace and Justice Association
Peace Brigades International
Peace Magazine, published by Canadian Disarmament Information Service.
PeaceNet, from the Institute for Global Communications.
Transcend: "A Peace and Development Organization"
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research,
think-tank for individual-to-global - transnational - peace. Involved in peace research, conflict-mitigation and education.
United States Institute of Peace: "Promoting the peaceful resolution of
international conflicts." Independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by Congress to promote the
prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts.
Veterans for Peace
War Resisters League
Security Issues & Defense
Business Executives for National Security
Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies
Defense Information Systems Agency,
Department of Defense (DoD). Combat support agency responsible for planning,
engineering, acquiring, fielding, and supporting Global Net-Centric Solutions
and operating the Defense Information System Network to serve the needs of the
President, Vice President, the Secretary of Defense, and the other DoD Components,
under all conditions of peace and war.
DefenseLINK,
United States Department of Defense web site.
Defense Technical Information Center,
central facility for the collection and dissemination of scientific and technical
information for the Department of Defense (DoD).
International Relations and Security Network,
developed and coordinated by the Center for Security
Studies at the ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.
Jane's, information on defense, weaponry,
civil aviation and transportation. Extracts of articles are available. (The fulltext
of many of these publications are available in the libraries' periodicals collection;
check the InfoKat Catalog.
National Defense University
National Security Agency/Central Security Service
National Security Issues,
from the Heritage Foundation.
Strategic
Intelligence, from Loyola College (Baltimore) Department of Political Science. Consists
of pointers to
Triangle Institute for Security Studies,
"interdisciplinary consortium sponsored by three North Carolina research universities sharing
an interest in issues of national and international security, broadly defined."
Weekly Defense Monitor, service of
The Center for Defense Information.
Terrorism Issues
Counter-Terrorism Archive Page, from Emergency.com.
Counter-Terrorism
Issues Page, from the Center for Democracy and Technology.
Counter-Terrorism:
Terrorism & Security Information, from the Disaster Center.
Federal Funding
to Combat Terrorism, from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies,
Chemical & Biological Weapons Resource Page.
International Policy Institute for
Counter-Terrorism, based in Israel.
Terrorism /
Counter-Terrorism Web Links, from the United States Institute of Peace Library.
Terrorism Links, from the University of Kentucky Libraries.
Terrorism Research Center, Inc.
World Terrorism Report, from European Internet Network.
United States Government Resources
Central Intelligence Agency
Defense & Diplomacy Resources, gathered by the University of
Kentucky Libraries.
Defense Information Systems Agency,
Department of Defense (DoD). Combat support agency responsible for planning,
engineering, acquiring, fielding, and supporting Global Net-Centric Solutions
and operating the Defense Information System Network to serve the needs of the
President, Vice President, the Secretary of Defense, and the other DoD Components,
under all conditions of peace and war.
DefenseLINK, Department of Defense web site.
Defense Technical Information Center,
central facility for the collection and dissemination of scientific and technical
information for the Department of Defense (DoD).
Department of State
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Foreign Media Reaction,
Department of State's Office of Research summary of foreign media commentary on
major foreign policy issues or related events. These reports provide a global round-up
of editorials and op-ed commentary from major newspapers, magazines and broadcast media
around the world. Following a one-page analysis of the commentary, readers will find
block quotes sorted by geographic region and country.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Parameters, the U.S. Army War College Quarterly.
State Department, United States.
United States Government Resources, from the University of Kentucky Libraries.
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