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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).

Contents

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.

Subtopic Resources

• Diplomacy
• Economies, Societies and Culture
• Foreign Aid
• Globalization
• Human Rights
• Security
• Statistics