ISA Directory of Internet Resources

ISA Directory of Internet Resources

Welcome to the ISA Directory of Internet Resources. We have selected various websites that may be of interest to members of the international studies community. 

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Academic Council on the United Nations System
The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) is an international institution with a distinguished membership of nearly a thousand scholars, teachers, practitioners and others active in the work and study of the United Nations System and other international organizations. This site pools together the tremendous resources within the ACUNS membership - creating a powerful exchange of ideas and research material on the United Nations System and other international organizations.

ADISM - Archive of peace operations and multilateral security
Researchers in international relations, security, and multilateralism are invited to visit the ADISM website. ADISM is the acronym of the research project on Multilateral security and Peace operations directed by Fulvio Attinà at the Department of Political Studies, University of Catania. The ADISM website makes available to researchers the dataset of 205 peace operations. The project seeks to collect, disseminate, and use quantitative data for the study of international security, multilateralism, and the foreign policy of Italy. The project adopts the political science principles of documentation and analysis.

Advocacy Project
A non-profit organization, based in Washington DC, created in 1998 as an advocate for those who are working on the front lines for social justice, peace and human rights.

Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources
An Internet guide to Africa featuring breaking news, country/region guides, topical guides, and general search, maintained by the African Studies Association.

African Studies (University of Pennsylvania)
An interdisciplinary program that offers undergraduate students an opportunity to explore the historic and cultural diversity of sub-Saharan African peoples.

Agonist, The
A blog offering daily commentary on world business and political affairs, by writer Sean-Paul Kelley

Americas Quarterly
Americas Quarterly: The Policy Journal for Our Hemisphere is an independent policy journal dedicated to the Americas. The journal’s goal is to improve and refresh the regional debate on issues of politics, development, institutional reform, and democracy. With this in mind, Americas Quarterly promises a neutral space that will bring together voices, research and opinions that do not usually meet in the current array of media. We believe that the old, tired categories of left and right no longer apply. What is needed is a new fresh, positive exchange on the critical topics of the day. Our target contributors and audience is a new generation in the Americas—the future business leaders, scholars, technocrats, and politicians who until now had few outlets for their views.

AntePodium
AntePodium is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to scholarly research on the politico-strategic, politico-economic and politico-cultural dimensions of world affairs. In existence since 1995, it is one of the first ever online academic journals. It encourages the development of critical, subversive, and innovative theoretical approaches to the study of world affairs. AntePodium is interdisciplinary and eclectic. It is not confined to traditional political science boundaries and welcomes articles from interested academics from a wide range of disciplines. AntePodium is published by the School of Political Science and International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington, in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Arms Control Wonk
Covers WMD, intel and the national security bureaucracy by Dr. Jeffrey Lewis.

Asian Affairs
Asian Affairs is produced and published by by Larkincil International Ltd, a private consulting company based in Hong Kong, providing policy makers, transnational group executives and major think-tanks with a strategic perspective of Asian affairs through specific research studies and confidential reports. Asian Affairs is dedicated to regular studies and analysis of Asia, South, Southeast and East Asia, particularly in the field of international relations, economics and financial affairs. The purpose of Asian Affairs is to strengthen communication and understanding and to offer a platform of exchange of information between Asia and Europe in the field of regulations, policies and economic trends and business cooperation.

Asian Studies (Australian National University)
A comprehensive list of Asian Studies related Internet resources.

Association for Canadian Studies
Dedicated to the promotion of research, teaching, and publications on Canada. Founded in 1973 at Queen's University, Kingston, the ACS is a non-profit organization with individual and institutional members.

Association of Religion Data Archives NEW
The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) strives to democratize access to the best data on religion. Data included in the ARDA are submitted by the foremost religion scholars and research centers in the world. The ARDA allows anyone to interactively explore the data using online features for generating national profiles, GIS maps, church membership overviews, denominational heritage trees, tables, charts, and other reports. Over 500 surveys and other data collections are available for online preview and virtually all can be downloaded free of charge. Currently housed in the Social Science Research Institute at the Pennsylvania State University, the ARDA is funded by the Lilly Endowment, the John Templeton Foundation and the Pennsylvania State University.

Atlantic Community, The
The Atlantic Community is an online platform that sparks transatlantic debate on global issues. The Atlantic Community offers real-time networking to the global foreign policy community unparalleled in the world of transatlantic relations today. You can get in touch with other members of the community by searching through profiles and areas of interest. The Atlantic Community enables young thinkers to engage in debate with senior policymakers and think tankers around the world. You can thus be part of the agenda-setting process!

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Bonn International Center for Conversion
An independent non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the transfer of former military resources and assets to alternative civilian purposes.

British International Studies Association (BISA)
An independent academic organization which promotes the study of International Relations and related subjects through teaching, research and the facilitation of contact between scholars. It is the professional organization for academic and practitioners of International Relations in the United Kingdom.

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California Newsreel
California Newsreel produces and distributes cutting edge, social justice films that inspire, educate and engage audiences. Founded in 1968, Newsreel is the oldest non-profit, social issue documentary film center in the country. They are a leading resource center for the advancement of racial justice and diversity, and the study of African American life and history as well as African culture and politics. In 2006, they launched a new thematic focus for our work: the Global Economy, with an emphasis on the international division of labor. Offering an alternative view to much of the mainstream coverage of global economic issues, their videos serve as analytic educational tools, reminding us that a different trajectory is not only possible but imperative.

Canadian Institute of International Affairs
Provides Canadians with a non-partisan nation-wide forum for discussion, analysis and debate of international affairs.

Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs in an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to research and education at the nexus of ethics and international affairs.

Carter Center
The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering; it seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health.

Center for International Development and Conflict Management
A research unit focusing on the analysis and resolution of protracted international and regional conflicts, and related issues of political, economic and social development.

Center for International and Security Studies (CISSM)
CISSM pursues policy-oriented scholarship on major issues facing the United States in the global arena.

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) develops strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies that promote and protect American interests and values. Building on the deep expertise and broad experience of its staff and advisors, CNAS engages policymakers, experts and the public with innovative fact-based research, ideas and analysis to shape and elevate the national security debate. As an independent and nonpartisan research institution, CNAS leads efforts to help inform and prepare the national security leaders of today and tomorrow. CNAS is located in Washington, DC, and was established in February 2007 by Co-founders Kurt Campbell and Michele Flournoy.

Central and East European International Studies Association  (CEEISA)
Professional organization with a membership open to anyone interested in the field of International Affairs (broadly defined). The Association will help rebuild the discipline of International Affairs in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) at the highest possible quality standards.

Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL)
The only database exclusively providing electronic access to full text articles and eBooks on Central and Eastern European humanities and social science subjects. The library now offers more than 220 periodicals, and has been constantly developing - in the last 4 months we added 17 new titles.

Centre for Foreign Policy Studies
An integral part of the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University, it is concerned with teaching, research, publishing, policy advising, and other professional activities in the fields of foreign policy, maritime and strategic studies, and international development studies.

Center for Strategic & International Studies
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) provides strategic insights and policy solutions to decisionmakers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society. A bipartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, CSIS conducts research and analysis and develops policy initiatives that look into the future and anticipate change.

Chinese Military Power
This site serves as a gateway to full-text online analysis and research tools essential to understanding China's military policy, capabilities, and potential. Here you will find access to the spectrum of U.S. opinion regarding China's strategic development, with regularly updated links to online articles, reports, and government documents assessing China's military modernization, relevant political and economic factors, the military balance in East Asia, and U.S. policy toward China.

Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy
A blog for The Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy, a group of scholars, policy makers and concerned citizens united by opposition to an American empire. The Coalition is dedicated to promoting an alternative vision for American national security strategy that is consistent with American traditions and values.

Collaboratory for Research on Global Projects 
A multidisciplinary research center at Stanford University with a stated mission of equipping leaders in government and industry with insights, models, tools and strategies to improve the outcomes of large, complex, global projects.

Columbia International Affairs On-line (CIAO)
Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.

Combating Terrorism Center
The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point strives to develop an internationally recognized center for terrorism studies to understand better the foreign and domestic terrorist threats to security, to educate leaders who will have responsibilities to counter terrorism, and to provide policy analysis and assistance to leaders dealing with the current and future terrorist threat.

Copenhagen Peace Research Institute (COPRI)
The purpose of COPRI is to stimulate debate and research on international key issues related to Peace and Security Studies. The institute does this through research, seminars, publications and news.

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
The Council is a nonpartisan think-tank dedicated to helping constituents better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other governments. The website provides in-depth analysis and background on major foreign policy and international affairs issues of the day.

Counterterrorism Blog  NEW
The Counterterrorism Blog is the first multi-expert blog dedicated solely to counterterrorism issues, serving as a gateway to the community for policymakers and serious researchers. Designed to provide real-time information about cases and developments.

Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP)
The CIFP project represents an on-going effort to identify and assemble statistical information conveying the key features of the political, economic, social and cultural environments of countries around the world.

Current Issues in Comparative Education (CICE)
An online journal based at Teachers College, Columbia University, that publishes scholarly work from a variety of academic disciplines. CICE seeks clear and significant contributions that further debate on educational policies and comparative studies.

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Democracy, Democide, and War
The personal website of Prof. R.J. Rummel designed to make as widely available as possible the theories, work, results, and data that empirically and historically, quantitatively and qualitatively, support the democratic peace thesis. The site is dedicated to those who are not yet living in freedom, who suffer repression, regime-made famine, torture, gulags, and fear for their lives and those of their loved ones.

Department of State, United States
The official website of the U.S. State Department.

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East View Press
East View Press publishes books and journals focusing on major international and public policy issues related to the geographic area of the former Soviet Union. Currently East View Press publishes five periodicals: The Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press, Far Eastern Affairs, International Affairs, Military Thought and Social Sciences. These periodicals provide high-quality English translations of key Russian source material dealing with foreign and domestic policy and political, economic, social, legal and other major issues facing Russia and the former Soviet Union today.

East-West Center
The East-West Center is an internationally recognized education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen understanding and relations between the United States and the countries of the Asia Pacific region. The Center helps promote the establishment of a stable, peaceful and prosperous Asia Pacific community in which the United States is a natural, valued and leading partner.

Electronic Democracy and Elections
Links to democracy resources.

Electronic Embassy
The Electronic Embassy site was established as a resource for and about the Washington D.C. foreign embassy community. Created in 1995, the site provides an overview of the foreign embassies, links to their Web sites, and other information targeted to those who rely on the embassies, as arms of their governments, for travel, business and educational needs.

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Foreign Affairs
America's most influential publication on international affairs and foreign policy. It is the international forum of choice for the most important new ideas, analysis, and debate on the most significant issues in the world. Inevitably, articles published in Foreign Affairs shape the political dialogue for months and years to come.

Foreign Policy Association (FPA)
The Foreign Policy Association (FPA) is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan, nongovernmental, educational organization founded in 1918 to educate Americans about the significant international issues that influence their lives. FPA provides impartial publications, programs and forums to increase public awareness of, and foster popular participation in, matters relating to those policy issues. The site provides news, commentary, message boards, and topical web guides.

Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF)
Established in 1996, FPIF seeks to make the U.S. a more responsible global leader and global partner. It is a "think tank without walls" that functions as an international network of more than 650 policy analysts and advocates. Unlike traditional think tanks, FPIF is committed to advancing a citizen-based foreign policy agenda--one that is fundamentally rooted in citizen initiatives and movements.

FP Passport NEW
A blog from the team at FOREIGN POLICY Magazine. Founded in 1970 by Samuel Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel, and now published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., FOREIGN POLICY Magazine is the premier, award-winning magazine of global politics, economics, and ideas. Our mission is to explain how the world works—in particular, how the process of global integration is reshaping nations, institutions, cultures, and, more fundamentally, our daily lives.

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G8 Information Centre (University of Toronto)
A guide to G8 summits, meetings, publications, research and related links.

Georgian Lawyers Without Borders (GLWB)
The mission of the GLWB is development of civil society, human rights defense and endowment of principle of supremacy of law in Georgia as well as abroad. The organization has several issue areas, including: legal, civil society, development, mass media monitoring and youth development programs. The members of our organization are qualified lawyers, who conduct their activity in Georgia and beyond in accordance with the international standards of legal advocacy.

German Studies Association
The German Studies Association is the multi- and interdisciplinary association of scholars in German, Austrian, and Swiss political science, economics, history, literature, and culture studies. The GSA holds an annual Conference and publishes a scholarly journal - German Studies Review - as well as a Newsletter. Members are generally professors at universities in colleges in North America, although there are several hundred members in Europe and Asia. Membership is open to anyone interested in German studies. GSA is a member of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).

Global Policy Advisors
Global Policy Advisors integrates international politics, law and monetary policy to give its corporate clients a global view. The firm monitors and analyzes geopolitical and business developments and provides strategic insights to its multinational client base. The company is based in Philadelphia

Global UR
Global UR wants to create an on-line community where people from different countries, who have the common goal of making our planet a better place, can meet to share their experience and insights and create action projects to solve real-world problems. We seek to use the power of interactive technology to facilitate dialogue, discussion, and consensus-building.

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Havana Note, The
Group blog covering various corners of the cultural, political, military and economic dimensions of US-Cuba relations.

Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. We are dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable. We challenge governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law. We enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all.

Human Security Gateway
The Human Security Gateway is a rapidly expanding searchable online database of human security-related resources including reports, journal articles, news items and fact sheets. The Gateway contains a wealth of information on issues pertaining to international relations and can be searched by "Topics" as well as "Regions" and "Resources", making it a very useful research tool.

Human Security Report
The 2005 Human Security Report tracks and analyses trends in political violence around the world. Funded by five governments, the Report maps the incidence, intensity, causes and consequences of global violence and policy responses to that violence. The Report was launched on October 17th, and has received worldwide media attention.

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ICONS Project
ICONS (the International Communication and Negotiation Simulations) offers educational simulations of international relations at both the university and high school levels. Students at a participating institution represent the decision makers of a selected country and negotiate solutions to global problems via the Internet with peers from around the world.

INCORE: Ethnic Conflict on the Internet
The Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE) was set up in 1993 by the University of Ulster and the United Nations University to undertake research and policy work that is useful to the resolution of ethnic, political and religious conflicts.

Institute for Experiential Learning (IEL)
IEL is dedicated to providing future leaders with a rigorous internship experience that will prepare them for success in the workplace and active engagement in their communities. Active learning by participants, including disciplined reflection about individual goals, intercultural competence, and personal attention from IEL staff, are at the heart of IEL's mission.

Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution (IIMCR)
The Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution (IIMCR) is a Washington, DC based non-profit institution whose mission is to promote the use of peaceful conflict resolution techniques among a generation of future leaders through the design and implementation of unique programs and services. Since 1996, IIMCR has successfully conducted eight International Symposia in The Netherlands and two Latin American Symposia in Mexico, training over 1000 dedicated students and young professionals from over 50 countries.

Institute for Media, Peace and Security
The Institute – "an intellectual tool for preventive diplomacy" -- aims to educate people in the many ways the media interact with issues of war and peace. It welcomes two kinds of participants: persons from areas of recent, current or potential conflict; and persons from countries strongly concerned with international peace and security.

Institute of Turkish Studies (ITS)
ITS is a non-profit, educational organization that promotes research and knowledge about Turkish history, society, and politics through an annual program. The website includes information about Turkish studies in the U.S. and useful links to internet resources.

Institute for War and Peace Reporting
IWPR supports recovery and development in crisis zones by providing professional training, financial assistance and an international platform to independent media, human rights activists and other local democratic voices.

Intelligence Careers Newsletter
The vision for Intelligence Careers is to make it the starting point for "information intelligence professionals" to find great career opportunities.

International Affairs Forum NEW
This is an on-line journal and research portal dedicated to facilitating global views and perspectives regardless of ideology. Presents all-partisan, global perspectives on today's most important issues in International Affairs, Economics, and Intelligence. Published by the Center for International Relations, a non-profit organization. 

International Affairs Resources
The international affairs entry on the WWW Virtual Library, featuring over 2400 annotated links in a wide range of international affairs topics.

International Alert
International Alert is an independent peacebuilding organisation working in over 20 countries and territories around the world. Their dual approach involves working directly with people affected by violent conflict as well as at government, EU and UN levels to shape both policy and practice in building sustainable peace.

International Association for Conflict Management
The Association was founded to encourage scholars and practitioners to develop and disseminate theory, research, and experience that is useful for understanding and improving conflict management in family, organizational, societal, and international settings.

International Crisis Group
The International Crisis Group is a private, multinational organization, with over 110 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.

International Development Research Centre
A public corporation created by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research.

International Financial Institutions
This site lists research material on the international financial institutions. There are separate listings for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group and other multilateral institutions. The listings include basic references, books and monographs, published articles and recent working papers.

International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) is an international, interdisciplinary science programme, dedicated to promoting, catalysing and coordinating research, capacity-development and networking on the human dimensions of global environmental change. It takes a social science perspective on global change and works on the interface between science and practice. IHDP is a joint programme of the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the United Nations University (UNU).

International Law Institute 
The Institute works to help solve problems faced by the international community through economic development and rule of law.

International Peace Academy
International Peace Academy (IPA) is an independent, international institution dedicated to promoting the prevention and settlement of armed conflicts between and within states through policy research and development.

International Peace Research Association 
The purpose of IPRA is to advance interdisciplinary research into the conditions of peace and the causes of war and other forms of violence; to encourage worldwide cooperation designed to assist the advancement of peace research and, in particular; to promote national and international studies and teaching related to the pursuit of world peace; to facilitate contacts and cooperation between scholars and educators throughout the world; and to encourage worldwide dissemination of results of peace research.

International Relations and Security Network (ISN) NEW
ISN works to integrate information technology with the international security community; provides the international security community-including academics, civil servants and civil society representatives-with unparalleled access to knowledge management tools, information services, educational and training activities, and conferences and seminars.

International Relations Students Association (IRSA)
IRSA provides students from a variety of disciplines with a forum for the discussion of international issues in a casual environment. Discussions reflect upon all areas of international interest. IRSA activities include guest speakers, career conferences, panel discussions, UBC Model United Nations, Model United Nations conferences abroad, and the Model NATO in Washington, DC. IRSA is also a resource group, with links to information about international job opportunities, internships, institutions, and related academic opportunities.

International Relations Theory
The International Relations (IR) Theory Web site is an on-line resource for students, scholars and other professionals interested in International Relations theory and research.

International Security 
International Security is America's leading journal of security affairs. It provides sophisticated analyses of contemporary security issues and discusses their conceptual and historical foundations. International Security is edited at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and is published by the MIT Press.

International Security Online
Gateway to information resources from the Project on Defense Alternatives, including six Internet libraries on war and peace issues featuring full-text documents, articles and books.

International Social Science Council
Promotes of the understanding of human society in its environment by fostering the social and behavioral sciences throughout the world and their application to major contemporary problems and by enhancing co-operation by means of a global international organization of social and behavioral scientists and social and behavioral science organizations, encouraging multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary co-operation among the members of the ISSC.

International Training Center of the ILO
The Centre is the training arm of the International Labour Organization (ILO), a United Nations agency entrusted with promoting social justice, including internationally recognized human rights and labour standards. The Centre is based in Turin, Italy, and works to enhance the capacity of governments, employers' organizations, workers' organizations and other social and economic actors to play an effective role in the economic and social development of their countries and regions, by providing training in subjects that further the ILO's pursuit of decent work for all. The Centre meets participants’ needs by means of training courses on-campus in Turin, training events in-country or in-the-region, distance learning programmes, postgraduate programmes and custom-made conferences and seminars. The Centre is more than a training institute. The campus in Turin, Italy, is a meeting place where professionals from all over the world share experience. Here, they transcend national frontiers and capitalize on cultural diversity to develop an in-depth view of the world of work.

Institute for Experiential Learning (IEL)
Internship program in Washington, DC, links for students, faculty and IEL alumni.

IPSAportal
PSAportal is an official publication of the International Political Science Association launched at the 20th IPSA World Congress (Fukuoka, Japan, July 2006). Hundreds of useful, rich and qualitatively outstanding websites for political science are selected, reviewed and evaluated by IPSA in order to provide scholars and students of the discipline worldwide an useful tool for online research. Among others, crucial information about the nature, quantity and retrievability of the content, the ease of access and use and the fee policy of each site are provided.