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The following documents list is maintained by Prof. Vincent Ferraro, Professor of International Politics at Mount Holyoke College. It includes speech transcripts, analytical essays, primary source documents and much more.

General International Relations

Journals & Publications

    American Diplomacy  An electronic journal of commentary, analysis, and research on American foreign policy and its practice. 

    American Historical Review   Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page.

    AntePodium  An electronic journal of world affairs published by the Victoria University of Wellington, Department of Politics. 

    Canadian Foreign Policy / La Politique étrangère du Canada

    Canadian Journal of History  Full text articles available for 1996-present.  Article abstracts (Dec. 1994-present).  Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page.

    Cold War International History Project  Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the CWIHP carries out "research into and understanding of the Cold War. The Project encourages the inclusion in a truly international history of perspectives and documentation from communist and formerly communist countries, by supporting full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides."  Its current and past full-text issues are available online for free in various formats.

    Council on Foreign Relations "The Council on Foreign Relations is dedicated to increasing America’s understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy. The Council accomplishes this mainly by promoting constructive debates and discussions, clarifying world issues, and publishing Foreign Affairs (see below), the leading journal on global issues." The website collects important articles of interest grouped by topic and region. 

    Current History  A journal of contemporary world affairs. 

    Diplomatic History  Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page.

    Euromed Internet Forum . Official website of the EuroMediterranean Partnership. Developed by the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies with the support of the European Commission. 

    Fletcher Forum of World Affairs  The official journal of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.  Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page.

    Foreign Affairs  Index of articles (1988-present); searchable by subject, author and issue.  Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page. 

    Foreign Policy  Considered to be one of the most influential international affairs journals in the world, it covers issues confronting U.S. foreign policy.  Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page.

    Foreign Policy in Focus  Published by the Interhemispheric Resource Center and the Institute for Policy Studies, it contains policy briefs on foreign policy issues, along with recommendations for a more "responsible" U.S. foreign policy.  Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page.

    Helsinki Monitor  This quarterly on Security and Cooperation in Europe is published by the Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC) and the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF).  The journal focuses on the 'Helsinki Process'.  A special section publishes OSCE documents. 

    International History Review 

    International Organization  A leading scholarly journal on international affairs.  Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page.

    International Security  Published by the MIT Press for the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University. Article abstracts and excerpts (Summer 1994-present) plus a 20-year index.  Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page. 

    Journal of International Affairs  Published twice per year by Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.  Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page.

    MILLENNIUM  This Journal of International Studies is published by the London School of Economics.  Abstracts only. 

    Parameters  This U.S. Army War College Quarterly provides an on-line version which gives access to full-text issues, review essays, an article index, author guide.  Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page.

    Perspective  A bi-monthly electronic journal from Boston University's Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy.  Analyses of events in Russia and the NIS.  Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page.

    Political Research Online (PROceedings) offers papers from the most recent Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. They cover a wide range of topics and include many on international relations and security topics.

    Political Science Quarterly  Full-text sample articles of current issues and abstracts of previous volumes.  Published by the Academy of Political Science.  Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page.

    SAIS Review  Published by the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page.

    Transitions Online Based in Prague, this online magazine discusses current political and social issues in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and former Soviet countries. 

    World Policy Journal  A journal of international affairs in the United States, published by the World Policy Institute at the New School for Social Research in New York City.  Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page.

    World Politics  A Quarterly Journal of International Relations from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.  Only abstracts on-line.  Also available through Ginn Library's Electronic Journals page.

National Archives

    Australian Archives  The official home page of the Australian archives.  Organized by government agency and consists of two major databases. 

    Canadian National Archives  The official home page of the National Archives of Canada, available in both English and French.

    Digital National Security Archive Collection of declassified primary documents on US foreign

    and military policy since 1945. The National Security Archive is a non-profit research institute and library in Washington, DC. Tufts ID required for access.

    DMOZ open directory project list of government archives. 

    National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)  NARA is the official U.S. government agency si te responsible for overseeing the management of the records of the federal government. "... to ensure ready access to essential evidence . . .that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of federal officials, and the national experience..."

    U.K. Public Record Office  The official web page of the Public Record Office, the national archive of England, Wales and the United Kingdom.

Primary Sources

    Avalon Project A project of Yale Law School, this site includes the text of documents in law, history and diplomacy, from the 17th century to the present.

    Fidel Castro Speeches Database  Full text English translations of the Cuban leader's speeches, interviews and press conferences from 1959-1995, based upon the records of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS). Organized by date.

    Fletcher Multilaterals Project  Texts of international multilateral conventions and other instruments. Categorized by subject and arranged chronologically. Searchable.

    Foreign Relations of the United States  The Foreign Relations of the United States series "presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. The series, which is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian,  began in 1861 and now comprises more than 350 individual volumes."  Selected volumes of the series are available online at no cost. 

    Georgetown University's Diplomatic Collections  This site gives a detailed bibliographic listing of Georgetown's oral history and manuscript collections.  Individual items not available online. 

    Historical Text Archive  This comprehensive site, housed at Mississippi State University, provides a gateway to sites related to the history of Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Canada, Europe and Latin America (with a focus on Mexico).  It also has a topical index listing African-American, Native American, Genealogy, Mathematics, Movie History, Teaching, Sports, War and Women.  Includes access to primary documents on the War of 1812, World War I, World War II.  Note their list of archives, bibliographies, databases and journals. 

    History Out Loud Audio clips of speeches and other recordings from Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton as well as Winston Churchill and George Marshall.  RealAudio software needed to access these files.

    National Security Agency's Declassification Initiatives  This site is an index of declassified documents released to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

    Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact

    VENONA Project  The VENONA Project is sponsored by the National Security Agency. VENONA was "the codename used for the U.S. Signals Intelligence effort to collect and decrypt the text of Soviet KGB and GRU messages from the 1940's. These messages provided extraordinary insight into Soviet attempts to infiltrate the highest levels of the United States Government."  This site gives access to some 3,000 declassified (and translated) documents in audio and text format.

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