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International Relations & Foreign Information

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Current funding for the Gi21 program ended on September 30, 2008 and the information found in the program modules is up-to-date as of December 31, 2008. To facilitate use of the modules from now till the future continuation of the program, new documents can be posted from each module and sub-module main pages and the community discussions are open. However the main module pages and documents will not be updated. If you have any questions, please contact Kirsten Clark.

International relations is a broad subject that encompasses foreign affairs and global issues among nations. It also includes the roles of individual governments, intergovernmental organizations(IGOs), non-government organizations(NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs).

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Key Resources

CIA World Factbook
This web site, from the CIA, provides basic information on all the countries world. This information covers topics such as population, government structure, and history. It also contains a list of all the international organizations in the appendix.
Intergovernmental Search Engine
This is a custom Google search engine that searches the web pages of international governmental organizations.
International Organizations web links
This site, from Northwestern University, links to the home pages of the various international governmental organizations.

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