- Professor Robert J. Beck's Foreign Affairs Page
Web site of University of Virginia Professor Robert J. Beck. Site offers a variety of IR links to general reference, U.S. government, foreign and quasi-states, the UN system, NGOs and IGOs, international law, human rights, and media. Site is well organized and makes a good jumping-off point for general IR links.
- LSU Political Science Department Foreign, Comparative, and International Resources
Site has an extensive set of general links provided by the Department of Political Science at Louisiana State University and is maintained by Professor James Bolner, Sr. Site's major categories of links include general resources, international organizations, Canadian materials, Latin America, European materials, French and Francophone materials, Spain, Russia and the former Soviet Union and its satellites, the Bosnian conflict, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Annotation to some of the links would improve the site enormously, though it is comprehensive overall and a good jumping-off point for general IR resources.
- ACUNS External Links
Fairly extensive set of links maintained by the Academic Council of the United Nations System at Brown University. Site includes links to diplomacy, disarmament and nonproliferation, environment and development, human rights, institutional members, international documents review, international law, international relations and international organizations, peace and security, ISA, international trade, libraries, news and radio, NGOs, publishers, UN and related links. Site makes excellent use of hyperlinks with a front-end "button" format that is clear and easy to use. Many of the links have some minor annotations.
- IO Resources from the International Organization Net
Site includes links to a variety of IO and IR-related resources, including international governmental organizations, NGOs, UN conferences, academic associations, Africa, Asia, electronic discussion groups, environment and development, Europe, general global politics resources, governments, human rights and humanitarian issues, international law, journals and other publications, Latin America, Middle East, news sources, security, universities. Although there are no annotations to accompany the links, the site is well organized and quite extensive as a jumping-off point.
- Yale University Selected Internet Resources: International Relations
Megadirectory to IR resources on the Web, including links to discussion groups, newsgroups, conferences, international news sources, IOs, journals, library catalogues and electronic resources, numeric data, reference tools, and resources for teaching. Site also includes links to Web resources by subject and by region. Site is particularly strong on numeric data and electronic resources. Although links are not as extensive as some of the other megadirectories, they do have some short annotations that help identify the utility of the link, and the site employs an economical organization.
- Department of International Politics at University of Wales Aberystwyth
Site offers an extensive and diverse set of links to such categories as feminist resources, humanitarian intervention, pubic international health, development studies, as well as the general resources on peace and security that are found on other megadirectories. Site is particularly strong for its diversity. Site is well organized, with categories clearly labeled and some minor annotations to some links. There are few high-end graphics, which makes a quick download.
- Larry Schankman's International and Area Resources at Clark University
Maintained by Larry Schankman, a librarian of Clark University, site offers large set of links to international and area resources. Useful annotations to well-developed set of links. One minor drawback to the site is that it is organized alphabetically as one long list, rather than subdivided into general categories, limiting its potential as a major jumping-off point. However, the annotations are particularly useful.
- University of Michigan Documents Center International Agencies and Information on the Web
Maintained by the University of Michigan Library, and part of a much larger social and political science resource site, site offers a well-organized and fairly comprehensive set of links to international organizations and IR related links. Focus tends to be more on formal organizations, governments, and institutional links, as opposed to general subject matter links. Site offers both frame and no-frame entry points. Most links are annotated.
- Social Science Information Gateway, International Relations
Part of the U.K.'s Social Science Information Gateway, this site has a large set of general IR resources links. Site has a unique function whereby links are mediated with a page that provides an annotation of the contents of the link, keywords, and then the site's URL in hypertext. The links offers a wide cross-section of subjects, with a particularly good European and British focus. Well annotated.
- International Relations Internet Sites (UBC Library)
Site offers a lengthy set of links organized into general, peace, security and defense, nationalism, ethnic conflict, international economic development, international and supranational organizations. Site is part of a much larger set of sites on general political science resources. Annotation would improve the site's utility as a major jumping-off point, though the basic organization and low graphics make for a quick reference base.
- Nathan Gillet's International Affairs Links
Although not comprehensive, this page has a good set of mostly annotated links to general IR resources, organized as research institutes, U.S. government, other national governments, international organizations, publications, world affairs councils, and international business. Links for each category are on separate pages, making for quicker downloading.
- Foreign Affairs Guide to International Affairs on the Internet
Maintained by Foreign Affairs journal, site offers links to news, commentary, organizations, schools, think tanks, and resources by regions. All links are fairly comprehensive, with some useful annotations. Site is particularly strong for regional and area jumping-off points.
- David Welch's NetLinks World Politics on the Internet
IR related links, organized according to Canada, the United States, other countries, the UN, other international organizations, international law, human rights, miscellaneous international relations resources, news, and general references. Links to the UN are comprehensive and well organized by both gopher and Web pages. Annotations to some of the links would improve an already comprehensive site.
- International Simulations at the University of Michigan
Site provides comprehensive links to subject background (books, articles, news, and subject-specific Web sites), international agencies (EU, NATO, UN), country information (background, biographies, economics, human rights, laws, military, news), primary resources (foreign governments, U.S., UN), and related Web resources. Site is comprehensive and inks are well annotated. Size of the list may present some downloading difficulties, but the site is a superb jumping-off point.
- Richard Tucker's International Relations Research Resources
Extensive set of links to general IR resources, programs and research institutes, and to some useful datasets and data archive sites. Site is organized as one long list separated into major sections. Data/statistics links are useful and unique.
- International Affairs Network International Affair's Resources
One of the best jumping-off points for IR resources on the Web. Part of the WWW Virtual Library; is otherwise known as IANWeb. Although site is comprehensive and logically organized, what makes it stand out are useful annotations and explanatory icons. Site is organized by type, source, topic and other resources. Icons describe whether a link has downloadable statistic information, other links, publications information, faculty and staff information, table of contents, abstracts, and partial/full text. Overall, site is extremely well organized, with great annotations and icons and fairly comprehensive links.
- Infomanage International Inc.
Wide-ranging site with diverse set of links to categories such as regional information, conflict, NGOs, proliferation, environment, and intelligence. Some categories contain extensive links, but lack of annotation is a limitation. Organization of site is odd in places (e.g., international organizations are listed under NGOs). Lack of annotation and odd organization might make the site a little too confused to be a primary jumping-off point, but it is a valuable resource base nonetheless.
- Project Icons Homepage
ICONS (the International Communication and Negotiation Simulations), maintained from the University of Maryland, are educational simulations of international relations for university and high school levels. Students at participating institutions simulate foreign policy decision making and negotiations to acquire a better grasp of the complex practice of world politics. ICONS now includes students at more than 40 colleges and universities in the United States and 17 other countries. Site also has a research library with links to treaties, U.S. government information, international organizations, news sources, country specific resources, issue-specific resources, and search engines. Participation requires a fee. Sample message stream is useful for evaluation. Site is well organized.
- CaseNet Active Learning in International Affairs
CaseNet is a Web site for teachers interested in the use of the case method for teaching IR. Sponsored by the Active Learning in International Affairs Section (ALIAS) of the International Studies Association, CaseNet participants include faculty from around the world who share information about active learning approaches. Site provides links to homepages, a repository of syllabi, and good information on the case method in general. A CaseNet listserv accompanies the site, with 42 subscribers. Good resource for IR teaching. A particularly strong repository of syllabi.