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Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Internet Resources

International Affairs

Country Information

World Leaders - CIA Publication

CIA World Factbook

Country Studies: Area Handbook Series (Library of Congress/Federal Research Division)

East and Southeast Asia: an annotated directory of internet resources - emphasis is on non-commercial and high-quality resources

Foreign Government Resources on the Web - Michigan Electronic Library

International Governments Topics - Librarians' index to the Internet, California State Library

Portals to the World - selected by Area Specialists and other library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria

Resources: UN Cyberschoolbus

Rulers

World Wide Governments on the WWW - comprehensive database of governmental institutions

Major Departments and Ministries of Foreign Affairs

Australia - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Canada - Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

China - Foreign Ministry of the People's Republic of China

India - Ministry of External Affairs

Indonesia - Department of Foreign Affairs

Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Homepage

Malaysia - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

New Zealand - The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade

Russia - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Singapore - Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore

UK-The Foreign and Commonwealth Office

US Department of State

Listings of Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Embassies

Electronic Embassy - Foreign Embassies in Washington D. C.

Foreign Ministries on the Web - United States Institute of Peace

Ministries of Foreign Affairs Online - Stefano Baldi's site

Yahoo - Government: Embassies and Consulates

Resources and Databases

Brookings: Foreign Policy Studies Home Page

CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online - Access for library clients only

Diplomacy Monitor - St Thomas University School of Law, Miami, Florida.  Globally track diplomatic and international trade communiques, official statements, press briefings etc

Foreign Policy in Focus-Internet gateway to foreign policy

Oxford Analytica - library clients only

Foreign Affairs Online

International Crisis Group - a private multinational organisation

The Jamestown Foundation

Political Resources on the Net

YaleGlobal Online - Yale Center for the study of globalization

TheWWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources - Department of Political Science, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA. An excellent site, with over 1100 annotated links to international affairs topics

Think Tanks and Research Institutes

American Enterprise Institute

Brookings Institutuion

Carnegie Endownment for International Peace

The Cato Institute

Center for Strategic & International Studies

Council on Foreign Relations

The Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis

Institute for International Economics

International Relations and Security Network

Heritage Foundation

The Henry L. Stimson Center Web Site

Lowy Institute for International Policy - an independent international policy think-tank based in Sydney

Rand Center for Asia-Pacific Policy

Rand Corporation

The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars - Established by Congress in 1968, as a national memorial to President Wilson

WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources - Research Institutes

Other Research Centres, Institutes etc

Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University

Australia -J apan Research Centre

Australian Institute of International Affairs

Australia - Parliament-Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee

Australia - Parliament-Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs - John Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Chatham House - formerly Royal Institute of International Affairs

Canadian Institute of International Affairs

The Carter Center

Centre for International Relations - Liu Instutute, University of British Columbia

Department of International Relations - Australian National University (see its publications)

International Studies Graduate Institute (IUHEI, Switzerland)

Institute of International Studies - University of Berkeley

Liu Institute for Global Issues - pursues interdisciplinary and policy-related research and advocacy. University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Menzies Research Centre - to enhance the principles of liberty, free speech, competitive enterprise, limited government and democracy

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies - A Graduate School of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

SIIA - Singapore Institute of International Affairs

Watson Institute for International Studies - Brown University

Major International Affairs Journals

The American Interest

Comparative Connections: an E-Journal on East Asian Bilateral Relations

International Security

The Diplomat

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Policy

The National Interest

Washington Quarterly

World Affairs - a journal of ideas and debate

World Policy Journal

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