Political Science

Factual publications that contain information on all the countries of the world with which the United States has relations. They include facts on the country's land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, etc.

Provides information about most countries of the world including their background, geography, climate, population characteristics and statistics, government, flag, economy, major exports and imports, communications, transportation, and military issues.

These profiles include information on a country's geography, maps, flag, history, current ruler, area, population, capital, largest cities, languages spoken, ethnicity/race composition, religions, literacy rate, economy, and government.

View country profiles written from a non-U.S. perspective.

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 and examines the interrelationships of those systems.

The Joint African Statistical Yearbook is a result of these concerted and coordinated efforts among the three main continental institutions (AfDB, AUC, and UNECA) in their quest to provide users with quality statistical information to inform Africa's development initiatives. You can find editions online to 2009 (when the compilation started).

The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements. The U.S. Department of State submits reports on all countries receiving assistance and all United Nations member states to the U.S. Congress in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974.

The official site of the European Union, it provides information on the goals, institutions, and policies of the European community.

Provides authoritative information, critical assessment, and careful objective analyses of world events and to anticipate those developments that are most likely to have significant effects on U.S. foreign policy over the next several years.

A private, non-governmental, research organization that monitors the military and defense expenditures.

A comprehensive, well organized list of sites and links that deal with the European Union.

Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.Eurostat offers a whole range of important and interesting data that governments, businesses, the education sector, journalists and the public can use for their work and daily life.

Statistics Explained is an official Eurostat website presenting all possible statistical topics in an easily understandable way. Together, the articles make up everyone's encyclopedia of European statistics, completed by a statistical glossary clarifying all terms used and by numerous links to further information and the very latest data and metadata, a portal for occasional and regular users alike.

A leading academic think tank in the field of international relations. Includes a list of their current projects and publications.

A resource with information on the association as well as links to sites that concern their areas of interest.

A Cornell University project "to organize and describe the many Latin American official documents now appearing on the Internet."

Embassies, consulates, and other links.

The Yearbook is the principal reference work of the United Nations and provides a detailed overview of the Organization's activities. This online collection contains the digitized volumes from 1946 t0 2005. Individual volumes can be browsed and searched.