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The CIA
World Factbook
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US State Department Reports on
Human Rights
Think Tanks, University
Centers
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The GWU National Security Archive is a
remarkable resource, what we hoped the internet would become, assembling many
historical documents about IR, security, war and peace.
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Foreign Affairs Online is
a wide-ranging source of links about international affairs, good starting
place.
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A
page linking sources about
nuclear weapons
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The
Election Knowledge Network has information
on elections in the US and all over the world
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies
is first rate, and they publish Washington
Quarterly.
á The Institute for the Study of War seeks to educate civilians about issues in security and military leadership.
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The Rand Corporation studies many security
issues.
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FAS offers us the Military Intelligence
Professional Bulletin, which might again, soon, be published openly.
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The Council on Foreign Relations has lots
of material on Iraq, and a Middle East page;
they also have a page of Iraq-related
links. They publish the journal Foreign
Affairs.
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The Carnegie Council for Ethics and
International Affairs has many sources on the topic
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The SITE Institute tracks
international terrorism, translates many non-English web pages used by violent
groups.
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Global Security pays attention to
WMD, homeland security, military issues
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Brookings
has a page on Middle East issues, and a page of Iraq resources.
They keep a good deal of data in the form of the Iraq Index, a collection of
indicators about the situation in Iraq.
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The Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation
studies, among other things, the US military budget.
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The Carnegie Endowment has a page on Iraq. They did a report on
postwar policy. See also the extensive resources on their Proliferation
News And Resources page.
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The International Crisis Group
has a page on its studies involving Iraq, Iran,
and the Gulf
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The World Security Institute does
some interesting things, including this
piece (12/6/06) by Anthony Zinni.
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The Center
for Defense Information used to maintain a page on Iraq. CDI
is part of World Security Institute.
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The Cato Institute has a
page on Middle East affairs
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The Center for Constitutional Rights
focuses on civil and human right from a social justice position. See their Guantanamo page.
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Statewatch
is a European group that keeps track of civil liberties in Europe. They have a
page on news and documents regarding European cooperation
with U.S. extraordinary rendition policies.