Staying Informed on International Political Issues
(prepared by Dr. Carleton)
International Indices
· Current Wars
· Failed States Index
· Human Development Index
· Globalization Index
· Global Peace Index
· Political Terror Scale
· Global Integrity Index
· Corruption Perceptions Index
International News: Journalistic
· BBC - World News
· Christian Science Monitor - World News
Globalist-- daily online magazine about the global economy, politics and culture, with news, features, quizzes, and information on many facets of globalization.
· Economist - World News
· New York Times - International News
· Washington Post - World News
· CNN - World News
· Time Magazine - World News
World Press
· New Internationalist-- Magazine focusing on issues of world poverty and inequality, and committed to the radical changes.
· Flying Inkpot’s International News Links - Extensive links to news sources, by country.
· Kidon International Media Links– FIX Extensive links to news sources, by country.
· Political Resources on the Net--Each country has a page, each with media links.
· WorldNews.Com-- Top stories of the day, by country.
International News: Academic
· Foreign Affairs-- Contents andsomefull-text articles and book reviews online, plus links to related online resources.
· Foreign Policy-- Prestigious magazine posts the table of contents,somearticles, web exclusive stories, numerous insightful special reports, and news.
· Harvard International Review—(somearticles online)
· MIT International Review—(full contents online)
· Yale Global Online-- A comprehensive and searchable web journal features many articles,news items, and links about globalization.
· Perspective--This bimonthly journal offers online analyses of current events in Russia and the Newly Independent States.
· World Policy Journal—(somearticles online)
· Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution
· Russia in Global Affairs—(with full contents online)
· Strategic Insights-- A bi-monthly electronic journal offering timely, concise assessments of U.S. and international security issues.
· Arab Insight--Analyses from Middle Eastern experts on critical regional issues.