GVPT 200 International Political Relations
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Description
THIS COURSE IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
Textbooks
Kegley, Charles W.: World Politics: Trend and Transformation, 11th Ed.
Readings
Other readings which are available online will be linked here.
Global Politics Links
The first time I taught the course "Problems of World Politics", I required the students to find links to international organizations and other useful webpages for this class. They put together the following list, to which I have added a few of my favourites.
Political and Financial Organizations
- The United Nations This world organization needs little introduction.
- United Nations Research Guide This website is designed for people researching information of UN related topics. It covers reports, resolutions, meeting records, sales publications, and press releases.
- International Monetary Fund Latest publications of IMF, be careful, some of the publications have to be purchased. All and all if you don't know a lot about IMF, this is a good place to start.
- World Bank homepage There are several areas worth exploring, but most importantly there is a portion devoted to research, such as the policies, working papers, programs and projects of the world bank.
- European Union Here is the homepage of Europe’s pride, one of the worlds biggest multinational projects. For more on the EU, see Gateway to the European Union
- Oil Producing and Exporting Countries A predominantly Middle Eastern organization, though it's members include Venezuala and Indonesia. This is an important organization considering the record prices of oil and the importance of the energy market in world politics.
- Association of South
East Asian Nations
A regional trade organization.
- North American Free Trade Organization. There doesn’t appear to be a homepage, but this is a good reference with links to information on NAFTA, another important regional trade organization.
Military Organizations and Alliances, Peacekeeping
- NATO NATO was formed in 1949 to counter the Soviet threat. What is it for now? Check it out.
- Peacekeeping Links A useful resource for international peacekeeping operations. There are several links for peace keeping missions and organizations.
Cultural, Human Rights and Aid and Development Organizations
- Directory of Development Organizations Government, Private Sectors, NGO's
- Directory of Relief Organizations
- UNESCO This a link to the United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization site which is as close to a bird’s eye view of global affairs as it gets. You can find just about any topic of international interest here.
- Doctors Without Borders Known worldwide under the French name, Medecin Sans Frontieres, they provide health care all over the world and report on human rights concerns.
- Amnesty International This is probably the most widely known human rights watch group.
- World Health Organization The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. It was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.
- World Vision World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty.
- Humanitarian Agency of the United Methodist Church. UMCOR's mission is to alleviate human suffering with open minds to all religions and open hearts to all people. UMCOR is a humanitarian, non-proselytising agency of the United Methodist Church.
Collections of Links on Other Webpages, Directories, Research Guides, Data
- Union of International Associations. Resources and links to many organizations.
- World Fact Book. Includes country profiles, economy overviews, political parties and representatives, international disputes, international organization participation, etc.
- Official Online World Statistics Free and easily accessible statistics from official sources, sorted by country and region.
- The Edwin Ginn Library at the Fletcher School, Tufts University This site has a list of links of current and past international political problems and relations.
- Special Forces Search Engine This site is a reference cite utilized by the contractors currently deployed in Iraq as well as special forces operators.
Treaties and Documents
Foreign Affairs Scholarship, International Law
- European Journal of International Law Peer-reviewed analysis and essays.
- Foreign Affars A good scholarly resource.
The United States in World Affairs
- The United States Department of State
- 100 Milestone Documents Be sure to read the section on why these 100 documents were chosen for the Milestone Documents website.
- The Constitution of the United States of America
Pages on other individual countries
