International Relations: Web Sites for IR

Theory of International Relations List is an electronic forum for the scholarly discussion of ideas and issues directly related to International Relations (IR) theory and its research, and for communicating with others involved.

(Partnership between Development Gateway, William & Mary University & Brigham Young University) A Database for global development finance & foreign aid data and analysis, contains development projects financed by numerous donors, with coverage dating back to 1945. Supplements and descriptively expands upon information available via OECDs Creditor Reporting System.

Guide to electronic resources on international law.

Supports scientific research and quantitative analysis in many issue areas related to the fundamental problems of violence in both human relations and societal development.

Provides information and analysis about world events and American foreign policy. See CFR's Backgrounders for concise overview articles addressing a variety of political and economic issues.

Non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels. Uses Trendalyzer software to show major global development trends with animated statistics.

From Professor Wayne A. Selcher, Elizabethtown College. Over 1000 links to sites on a range of international affairs topics.

Based at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), provides a variety of full text information on international relations, area studies, international business, security and military studies, comparative studies, and human rights.

Country statistics from a variety of sources. Users can create graphs comparing countries on particular statistics.

Online Access to Consolidated Information on Serials. A union catalog of Middle Eastern serial publications compiled by Yale University Library and partner institutions. The aim is to improve access to a wide variety of journal literature that addresses the Middle East. As of May 2014, OACIS project responsibility has shifted to the American University of Beirut.

Electronic collection focusing on 9/11/01 (e.g., first hand accounts, images, websites, etc.)

(Stolkholm International Peace Research Institute) - Information compiled here includes freely downloadable time series data on subjects such as multilateral peace operations, military expenditures, arms transfers, arms embargoes and arms exports.

Biographies, speeches, press releases

United Kingdom public sector information

Home page of the European Union

Brief guide to history and procedures of the U.K. Parliament

The homepage of the IPU, an international organization of the Parliaments of sovereign States, established in 1889. The Union is the focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue and works for peace and co-operation among peoples and for the firm establishment of representative democracy

Accessible in both English and Spanish. Provides information about both the OAS itself and its individual member states

Links to electronic full text United Nations documents. Use research guide listed below for helpful information relating to these documents

Overview of the types of documents and publications issued by the UN and guide to their use

Database of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) registered with the United Nations.

Portal site to all primary government agencies that carry out the intelligence activities of the U.S. government (e.g., CIA, FBI, etc.)

Homepage (formerly known as: Immigration and Naturalization Service)

Homepage of the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government

Edited and maintained, by Dr. Wayne A.Selcher, Professor of International Studies Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA