Border Resources on the Internet

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VI. Additional International Relations Sites

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This page provides some additional internet sites which may be of interest to those involved in border studies or international relations in general. This listing is by no means comprehensive, but serves as a general guide for some relevant resources.

International Studies Association

The official web page of the International Studies Association. Includes information on the ISA, general meetings, and publications. Also has links to other ISA sections such as International Political Economy and International Organizations.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies

The home page of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Proflies and access to programs, publications, and scholars.

The International Affairs Network

Part of the World Wide Web Virtual Library, the International Affairs Network maintains a comprehensive collection of annotated links to IR resources on the internet, organized by source and topic. Sources vary from topics such as International Development or Area Studies and links to official government servers, on-line periodicals, grant information, and international news services. Users can find such diverse materials as full-text international treaties, articles on international affairs, and even syllabi from international relations courses.

International Relations and Security Network

This is an extensive information network run by the Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research at the ETH Zurich in conjunction with the Euro-Atlantic Foundation, Brussels. The page is based on a database of hundreds of links to a variety of electronic resources. Links are reviewed for content and indexed by subject and region. The page has recently been restructured to allow for keyword searching. Very good for national security issues.

Center for World Indigenous Studies

The Center for World Indigenous Studies examines the issues surrounding indigenous peoples and the social, economic and political realities of indigenous nations. This web page links to material written and voiced by leading contributors from Fourth World--undecolonized--nations.

United States Institute of Peace

Home page of United States Institute of Peace designed to support its mission "to strengthen the nation's capabilities to promote the peaceful resolution of international conflicts." Links are available to the Institute's research areas, education and training programs, publications, grants and fellowships. Includes guides to the Institute's scholars and daily updates on its activities and conflict resolution efforts.

Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation at the University of California

Information on the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) set up to study the causes of international conflict and help devise options for resolving it through international cooperation. The web page has electronic IGCC publications, including their Newsletter and IGCC Research online featuring studies on regional relations, international environmental policy, ethnic conflict, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

World Politics

This web site contains an abstract of each article in the current issue of World Politics published by the Woodrow Wilson school at Princeton. and a form-based method of commenting on articles.

International Court of Justice

Press releases from the International Court of Justice.

United Nations Treaty Database

Electronic compilation of UN Treaties.

UNHCR World Wide Web Site

The UNHCR World Wide Web site features a comprehensive look at the agency's existing documentation for the general public, along with texts outlining refugee issues in 90 countries, and a legal information database drawn from CD-ROM

Data Archive of Interregional Interactions

The Data Archive of Interregional Interactions (DAII) is a recently established world-wide and interdisciplinary archive which contains data sets and other information relevant to the topic of interregional interactions. The Archive is headed by a Committee composed of scholars from Johns Hopkins University as well as outsiders. No restrictions are placed on the form of data.


Projects: Population, Social Stratification, Legal Apparatus, Commerce, Crafts and Technology, Religion, Subsistence, Cognitive Variables and Warfare.


Current Acquisitions: include interregional interactions in pre-contact (1779) Hawaii; Maquiladoras in Ciudad Juarez Mexico; interviews with Immigrant Children and Families in Miami that focus on economic adjustment and ethnic identity; and over 530 data sets conducted by scholars of the Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Information is available via e-mail as above.

African Border Disputes

University of Cincinnati School of Law’s electronic books collection has resolutions and recommendations on African border disputes by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity. (Type ‘border’ at the search prompt.)

The Dayton Peace Accords

Text of the Dayton Peace Accords for Bosnia. From the U.S. State Department.

Israeli Foreign Relations

Selected reference documents on Israel’s foreign relations published by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign affairs.