Background Information
BBC News Country Profiles
Excellent background & overview–don’t miss the timelines!
U.S. Dept. Of State Maps & Country Information
U.S. Government Sites
World News
Foreign News international newspaper websites arranged by country
searchable domestic and international newspapers online
Analysis
Left-Leaning Think Tanks:
Center for Defense Information
Center for International Policy
Right-Leaning Think Tanks:
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
Other
Types of NGOs (non-governmental organization) explained
Council on Foreign Relations’
Need to Know List
Foreign Policy Blogs, NGOs, Columnists, Cartoons, Polls, Speeches…it’s all here