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GT35M Comparative Foreign Policy

Another way to learn more about actors and issues in global politics is to explore interesting sites on the World Wide Web. As you know, the web is becoming more valuable as a source of information every day, but one must always approach its use as a research tool carefully and with a critical eye. What follows is a list of interesting (and authoritative) websites that relate well to themes in this course.

Links related to writing your paper

Evaluating Information found on the Internet

100 words all high school graduates should know. Do YOU know them and how to use them correctly?

How to cite books, articles and websites

Rules for Capitalization

Dictionary.com -- useful writing tips especially on word usage

Common errors in English

The Elements of Style Famous writing guide now available online!

Resources for Research: articles and books you might find useful for your AFP papers

Advice on Academic Writing

The research paper and the World Wide Web

Tips for effective academic writing

11 Rules of Writing

General tips on writing

More writing links here!

Newspapers, magazines and journals

Google News: Search and browse 4,500 news sources updated continuously

Le Monde Diplomatique--for a European (actually French) view of the world.

The Spectator--British conservative magazine

The New Republic--American liberal magazine

National Review--American conservative magazine

New Left Review journal

Dissent magazine

Harper's Magazine

Arts and Letters Daily

New York Times on-line (subscription is free!)

The Guardian (UK) online newspaper

Washington Post online

The Atlantic Monthly (often the first place that influential new ideas are published)

Listen to NPR news!

Slate on-line current affairs magazine

Salon on-line current affairs magazine

Assorted Foreign Policy sites

Foreign Policy in Focus

U.S. State Department International Information Site

US Embassy website

Comprehensive International Relations Research website full of useful links!

Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House, London)

National Security Archive homepage-- research devoted to declassified U.S. documents, especially related to the Cold War.

Cold War International History Project--new information and perspectives on and from the former Communist world.

Cold War Policies 1945-91--notes, original documents, links and more!

CNN Cold War interactive site--hands-on learning about the Cold War

Country studies--useful source of info

Guide to American History (links and information)

Directory of Political Debates and Issues

Open Directory Project site with links to many other sites on politics and IR

Documents relating to AFP during the Cold War

U.S. State Department homepage

U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Noam Chomsky archive (prominent critic of US foreign policy)

NATO homepage

CIA homepage

US mission to the United Nations

Council on Foreign Relations (Preeminent AFP think tank)

Centre for Strategic and International Studies (foreign policy think tank)

Social Science Information Gateway

Find US government officials