Mr. Johnson
Fall, 1996
This list of Electronic Sources is a supplement to the syllabus for Political Science 160, Introduction to International Politics.
A good deal of material relevant to this course is available on the World Wide Web. I provide below a number of important links, first of a general nature and then related specifically to the materials and topics covered in the course.
Please note that this listing is "in process." I will add to it from time to time. If you discover a significant link which is not included here, please let me know via e-mail: johnsong@vassar.edu. Please be sure to include the full URL. Also please let me know if you discover that any of these links is no longer available at the linked address.
GENERAL SOURCES
The Vassar College Libraries provide a number of links which will be helpful to the experienced user of electronic source materials as well as the novice. You will find the Library's Electronic Text Center useful in a variety of ways. The following lists of electronic resources will be of particular importance in connection with this course:
International Studies
United Nations and NGOs
Human Rights
Africana Studies
Asian Studies
Latin American Studies
Among the other lists of general interest to students of international politics, I would include:
The US Department of State
International Organizations and Treaties
SOURCES OF STATISTICAL DATA AND INFORMATION
Statistical information is very often part of the raw material of international political analysis. Several important sources such data are now available on the Web.
Latest US Government Economic and Social Statistics
CIA World Fact Book
Arms Control Database
NEWSPAPERS ON LINE -- DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN
For a general guide and index of on-line newspapers from around the world, consult Editor and Publisher's Guide to On-Line Newspapers.
Here are some specific papers available on-line in English:
The New York Times
International Herald Tribune, mainly a compilation of articles from the New York Times and the Washington Post
Deccan Herald (Bangalore, India)
Electronic Mail and Guardian (South Africa)
Granma (Cuba; news of the international communist movement)
Guatemala Weekly
Hong Kong Standard
Indian Express Publications
The Japan Times
The Jerusalem Post
Kompas (Indonesia)
St. Petersburg Times (Russia)
Sindey Morning Herald
The Times (London)
Turkish Daily News
The Warsaw Voice (Poland)
Zambian Daily Mail
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
NATO
Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly the USSR)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
World Trade Organization (GATT) (WTO)
NAFTA
United Nations Development Programme
World Bank
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
SECURITY ISSUES
Center for International Security and Arms Control
U. S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
HUMAN RIGHTS
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Information
ENVIRONMENT
United Nations Environment Programme
Greenpeace
LABOR