Political Science & International Studies Resources: International Studies

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, founded in 1922, is an independent, non-partisan organization committed to educating the public—and influencing the public discourse—on global issues of the day. The Council provides a forum in Chicago for world leaders, policymakers, and other experts to speak to its members and the public on these issues. Long known for its public opinion surveys of American views on foreign policy, The Chicago Council also brings together stakeholders to examine issues and offer policy insight into areas such as global agriculture, the global economy, global energy, global cities, global security, and global immigration.

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for world entities.

an online resource for everyone in these turbulent times who wants to learn more about the complex international issues challenging policymakers and citizens alike.

The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

Has the mission to "Shape and sustain a peaceful, prosperous, just, and democratic world and foster conditions for stability and progress for the benefit of the American people and people everywhere."

The official website of the European Union. It is a good starting point if you are looking for information and services provided by the EU but you don't know your way around our sites.

A project of the Institute for Policy Studies that connects the research of more than 600 scholars, advocates, and activists seeking to make the United States a more responsible global partner.

The IMF works to foster global growth and economic stability. It provides policy advice and financing to members in economic difficulties and also works with developing nations to help them achieve macroeconomic stability and reduce poverty.

Materials on Peace and Security, Development, Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs, and International Law.

The World Bank website also includes very extensive data sets, country by country. Accessing this information is easy. Just click on the tab, 'By topic,' then go to the blue box labeled, "DATABANK," in the top right hand corner. You can then choose specific countries and indicators and retrieve data covering selected time periods.

Directory of over 2000 annotated links to high-quality English-language sources of information and analysis in a wide range of international affairs, international relations, international studies, global studies, and global education topics.

The Cline Center for Democracy, led by Peter F. Nardulli, is focused on the causes of violent civil strife worldwide. Its latest effort is a newly public database that traces trends in the composition of ethnic and religious groups in 165 countries, going back seven decades.

The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is an open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2008 (with annual updates planned for the future). Unlike many other event databases, the GTD includes systematic data on domestic as well as international terrorist incidents that have occurred during this time period and now includes more than 87,000 cases.

The Minorities at Risk (MAR) Project is a university-based research project that monitors and analyzes the status and conflicts of politically-active communal groups in all countries with a current population of at least 500,000.

The Terrorism & Preparedness Data Resource Center (TPDRC) archives and distributes data collected by government agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and researchers about the nature of intra- (domestic) and international terrorism, perpetrators, and victims; governmental and nongovernmental responses to terror and natural disasters; and citizen attitudes towards terrorism, terror incidents, and the response to terror, around the world.

Profiles of terrorist organizations worldwide