International Studies Related Links - IDS, International Studies - University of Arizona

ABC News Country Profiles

www.abcnews.com

Central Europe Online

www.einnews.com/centraleurope

EINnews.com

www.einnews.com - EIN provides you access to breaking news that is organized within 260+ country, regional, U.S. States and specialized topic sections. EIN's content is derived from monitoring over 4,000 different online sources

The Economist The Economist

www.economist.com – Online news source concerning international issues through an economist perspective. Has a rather modernist approach to development. Includes a selection of research tools: Articles By Subject, Backgrounders, Surveys, Economics A-Z and a Business Encyclopedia.

The BBC World Service The BBC World Service

www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/index.shtml– Some of the most current and in-depth reporting on the web of international events. The site offers audio and video streams from nearly every corner of the globe especially those places that American news services typically neglect. Another bonus... the BBC news (print and radio) comes in about 43 different languages. Now staying informed on all current buzz is also a great way to practice a second language or begin picking up a third.

Reuters

www.reuters.com – A very comprehensive international online news source.

The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com – Online News Source

The Eastern Economic Review

http://www.feer.com – a clone of the economist that focuses on East Asia.

CNN

http://www.cnn.com

The World Newspaper Listing

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com

Databases and Think Tanks

The WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources

http://www2.etown.edu/vl This source has a very large collection of links to helpful sites directly related to International Affairs organized by the following categories: Media Sources, Organizations, Regions and Countries and Topics

International and Area Studies: Mansfield University

http://lib.mansfield.edu/country.html – Many links to international related fields of study.
Related pages of interest are US Government and Politics, International Economics, and International statistics.

Sabio

http://www.library.arizona.edu – I wonderful resource tool includes a catalog for books, indexes to articles and academic journals, subject guides, online references, and many more tools.

National Institute For Research Advancement

http://www.nira.go.jp/ice/nwdtt/index.html – Extensive database for various research guides, organized by organization name by country. NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks provides a systematic introduction to the world's most prominent and innovative public policy research institutes, better known as think tanks.

University of Michigan Documents Center: Political Science Resources Think Tanks

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psthink.html – a very extensive site listing various think tanks and organizations.

World Press Review

http://www.worldpress.org/library/ngo.htm – A very extensive Library of International Affairs.

International Organizations

The United Nations

The World Bank

Internet Radio Guides

MIT's Internet radio locator

World Statistics

The CIA World FactBook is a excellent source for statistics and briefs on any nation. Some of the best statistics on poverty and development are available in the World Banks World Development Report

 

   
   
   
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