GENERAL

The Economist, Cancún's Charming Outcome, Sept. 18, 2003.

Armed Forces of the World   http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milorg/index.html

On wars and military capabilities:  http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

         CIA World Factbook; Facts and Figures about countries: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

        International economic information:  http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

Foreign Affairs:  http://www.foreignaffairs.org/

World Policy Journal  http://worldpolicy.org/

Chiefs of States and Members of Cabinets  http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/ 

Competitiveness Indicators  http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/psd/compete.nsf/d3fe1ba1940f13908525650d0053554f/c2b07f0ad3cc44d68525650d00536564?OpenDocument 

Official national Statistics:  http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/sd_natstat.htm

Individual country data: http://faculty.philau.edu/russowl/individual.html

Statistics for regions:  http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/gs_intstat.htm

Governments on the Web  http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/

Ministries of Foreign Affairs  http://www.le.ac.uk/dsp/mfas.html

Online Intelligence Project  http://www.icg.org/intelweb/index.html

Dictionary and Translator http://www.babylon.com/

Guide to Specific Countries:  http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area.htm

    CURRENT EVENTS

International Herald Tribune  http://www.iht.com/

ISN Current World News  http://www.isn.ethz.ch/cwn/

New York Times  http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/world/

Radio Free Europe  http://www.rferl.org/newsline/

Total News  http://totalnews.com/?world.html

News articles covering politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology, and the environment from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim, Central and South America, and the Middle East:                                         http://infoweb2.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=GNOL&p_action=keyword&p_theme=current&p_nbid=Y4CA4CFCMTAzMTU5MDI4NC41MzY3NDA6MToxMDoxMjguMTk2LjIz&p_clear_search

    MAPS

 http://www.etown.edu/vl/maps.html

 http://www.atlapedia.com/online/map_index_pol.htm

    INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

         United Nations:  http://www.un.org/

The IMF:  http://www.imf.org/  and the World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org/

The WTO:  http://www.wto.org/

INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES and REGIONS

China

   http://www.etown.edu/vl/countspe.html#China

    http://www.comw.org/cmp/

Chinese Military Power page: http://www.comw.org/cmp

China's Grand Strategy and U.S. Foreign Policy

France

    http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/index.html

Germany

    http://www.germany-info.org/f_index.html

India

    http://www.etown.edu/vl/countspe.html#India

Japan

    http://www.etown.edu/vl/countspe.html#Japan

    http://www.mofa.go.jp/ 

Russia         

    http://www.etown.edu/vl/countspe.html#Russia

United Kingdom

    http://www.etown.edu/vl/countspe.html#United Kingdom

U.S. Foreign Policy

    http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/

    http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/journals.htm

    http://www.state.gov/

Defense policy and data

            http://www.dtic.mil/execsec/adr_intro.html

            http://www.cdi.org/

            http://web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/mmidhome.htm

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/other/stats/warcost.htm

U.S. Military capabilities and intentions: http://www.comw.org/qdr/

REGIONS

Asia:                           http://www.csis.org/pacfor/ccejournal.html

                                    http://www.asiaobserver.com/

Central Asia               http://www.soros.org/central_eurasia.html

                                    http://personal.rockbridge.net/bichel/cenasia.htp

                                    http://www.rferl.org/nca/special/asia/index.html

                                             News on Central Asia:  http://www.rferl.org/centralasia/archives.asp

Eastern Europe:         http://www.centraleurope.com/

Western Europe         http://europa.eu.int/abc/governments/index_en.html

                                    http://eiop.or.at/euroint/

European Union 

                                    http://europa.eu.int/

Middle East                http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/meria/index.html

                                    http://www.etown.edu/vl/mideast.html