Political Science — Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Embassies

American Diplomacy Concerned with the Foreign Service and diplomacy, but also includes dispatches and reports; maintained by U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online Citations, abstracts and selected full-text articles covering topics in international affairs, collected largely from university- and foundation-funded research institutes, non-governmental organizations and academic conferences.
Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies (UC Berkeley) Lively and unedited video interviews and printable transcripts, with distinguished men and women from all over the world. Includes over 300 diplomats, statesmen, stateswomen, soldiers, economists, political scientists, activists and artists. Click on "Interviews by Guest Name" for the alphabetical list.
Council on Foreign Relations
CQ Historic Documents Series Online Edition Issued since 1972, each annual volume of which contains approximately 100 documents covering the most significant events of the year. The documents include presidential speeches, international agreements, Supreme Court decisions, U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions.
Declassified Documents Reference System - U.S. Provides access to the texts and images of select declassfied U.S. documents from diverse sources such as the CIA, Department of State, National Security Council, Department of Defense, and the FBI. Subject areas covered include international politics, international relations, U.S. foreign and domestic policy, strategy, diplomacy, and the military.
Dictionary of Conflict Resolution
A Dictionary of Diplomacy
Digital National Security Archive Contains over 35,000 declassified national security documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Comprised of twelve collections -- Afghanistan, Berlin Crisis 1958-1962, Cuban Missile Crisis, El Salvador, Iran-Contra Affair, Intelligence Community, Iran Revolution, Military Uses of Space, Nicaragua, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Philippines, and South Africa.
Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy: The Avalon Project at Yale Law School Dedicated "to providing access via the World Wide Web to primary source materials in the fields of Law, History, Economics, and Politics, Diplomacy and Government. We intend to add value to these primary sources by linking to other documents expressly referred to in the body of the text." Includes pre-18th century through 21st century documents.
Embassy World Directory & search engine of the world's embassies & consulates.
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy, 2nd edition, 3 volumes, 2002
International Affairs Resources WWW Virtual Library link to 2600 relevant, annotated sites.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences Citations from an international selection of publications, including over 2600 journals, in all areas of the social sciences with emphasis on economics, political science, sociology and anthropology.
International Documents Collection--Northwestern University Library Contains publications and documents of about 25 intergovernmental organizations (IGOs).
International Relations and Security Network (ISN) See Security Watch, Primary Resources, Links Directory, and other resources of information on world affairs. Also provides free newsletter subscriptions to online publications related to current international security issues, including peace keeping operations, arms control, political trends in Russian republics and regions, etc.
JSTOR Provides electronic access to back issues of core scholarly journals including almost 30 in Political Science. To browse the list of archives, click here. Articles have been digitized, providing full-image access.
PAIS International Bibliographic index to the literature of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. Journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, directories, serials, reports of public, intergovernmental, and private organizations, and most other forms of printed literature from all over the world are indexed. This database covers 1972 to the present. Go to PAIS International Archive for coverage from 1937-1976. (The archive will eventually cover 1915 through 1976.)
Peace Research Abstracts Includes many links to full-text as well as abstracts and citations, from top journals, to articles on subjects within peace research, including conflict resolution, international affairs, peace psychology, security and other areas.
Policy File Offers "access to U.S. foreign and domestic policy papers and gray literature, PolicyFile is updated weekly with abstracts and links to the latest reports, papers, and documents from think tanks, research institutes, and agencies."
Political Handbook of the World A component of the CQ Press Political Reference Suite . Political and government information on all countries.
UN Oral History Project Yale University’s United Nations Studies Program has undertaken an oral history study to preserve the recollections of those involved in international political developments in which the UN has played a role. This resource contains over 150 transcribed interviews with key players, from numerous countries, involved in major international events. The transcripts are divided into two groups: 1989-1991 and 1996-2002.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Citations with abstracts from more than 1100 journals in political science and related disciplines. Coverage is international in scope.

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Last updated: 04/21/08