International Relations
Web Sites

compiled by
Kathi Carlisle Fountain
Political Science Librarian

General Sources for International Relations Research

Country Studies/Area Handbooks (Library of Congress)
100 in-depth studies of countries around the world.

Country Watch
Recent news and general information for every country in the world. [RESTRICTED use databases. Requires login and password off campus.]

InfoNation (United Nations)
A statistical database that allows you to select nations and demographic traits for tailored search results.

National Security Archive (George Washington University)
Scanned copies of declassified government documents retrieved through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

State Department Electronic Reading Room (U.S. State Department)
The most requested documents from the U.S. State Department.

United Nations Scholars' Workstation (Yale University)
Designed for a Yale University program, this guide walks you through the steps for researching the UN.

WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs
Every category of international information that you'd ever want.

Political Database of the Americas (Georgetown University)
A first stop for constitutions, election data, political parties, and legislative materials for every country in North and South America.

European Union Internet Resources (UC-Berkeley)
Links to servers, documents, and news items for the EU.

Asian Studies Virtual Library (Australian National University)
All Asian topics are covered here including politics. You can select regions, countries, or a specific source for more information.

Africa South of the Sahara (Stanford University)
Much like the Asian Studies Virtual Library, but it specializes in African web sites. Many subjects and many countries and regions. For political issues, select "topics" then "politics/government."

African Governments on the WWW
Links to official sites for each country and sites that provide information specific to the country (like Amnesty International reports).

African Studies WWW (University of Pennsylvania)
Resources here cover all African countries. Because it supports a broad African Studies program (at Penn.), links will points to a broad slate of African information including history, art, education, and government.

History in the News: Middle East History, Society, and Culture Resources (University at Albany, SUNY)
Find information about middle eastern countries by theme (politics, religion, etc.) or by specific country.

Middle East Research and Information Project
This group produces the Middle East Report on its website, which is an online publication specializing in "research and information" about the middle east.

Children

UNICEF
The group produces some of the best sources of reports about children around the world.

Democracy

Freedom House
This think tank organization rates levels of "freedom" for individual countries and issues related news reports on their website.

Human Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN)
The text of the declaration plus recommendations for additional research documents.

This document created by: Kathi Carlisle Fountain
Last updated: 1/7/2003