Political Science Resources

• Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
  

  A comprehensive online resource for theory, research, and teaching in international affairs, CIAO currently offers over 195,000 pages of working papers, policy briefs, books and book chapters, journal articles and abstracts, conference proceedings; original case studies of pivotal episodes and developments; course packs of ready-made selections for quick study of important concepts and developments; and coverage of current issues. Over 3,500 pages of new materials are added to CIAO each month. (Available only from a William Paterson Computer or with WPU password.)

• Government Sources
  • Agency for International Development (U.S.)
  • Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.) (sorry, just declassified materials)
    • CIA World Factbook
  • Department of Defense (U.S.)
  • State Department (U.S.)
  • State Department archive (U.S.)
  • United Nations
  • Voice of America (U.S.)
  • World Bank

• Other International
  • Amnesty International
  • Center for Defense Information
  • Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) (declassified documents and analyses based on the documents)
  • Foreign Policy in Focus
  • Global Policy Forum (NGO dealing with UN issues)
  • Human Rights First
  • Human Rights Watch
  • International Affairs Resources
  • International Crisis Group
  • International Political Economy
  • The National Security Archive (private repository of declassified documents, including many on terrorism, nuclear policy, and covert activities)
  • Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation
  • Vincent Ferraro's International Relations site (thousands of useful links to documents and organizations)
  • World Policy Institute

• LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe Home Page (includes full-text of many foreign newspapers) (available only from a William Paterson Computer or with WPU password)
• Yahoo! listing of Foreign Newspapers

  Selected Foreign News Sources in English

  • BBC Online
  • The Age (Melbourne, Australia)
  • Al Jazeera (Qatar)
  • Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
  • China News Digest
  • Der Spiegel, Germany
  • Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada)
  • The Guardian / Observer (U.K.)
  • The Hindu (India)
  • The Independent (U.K.)
  • The Irish Times
  • Jerusalem Post (Israel; need to register, but it's free)
  • Manila Times
  • The Post (Zambia)
  • St. Petersburg Times (Russia)
  • Sunday Times (South Africa)
  • The Times (London, U.K.)

updated September 4, 2006