Alcove 9: An Annotated List of Reference Websites

International Relations: Journals and Research Institutes

Foreign Affairs Magazine
Foreign Affairs has been published since 1922 and is considered to be one of the leading publications in the field of foreign policy. The website offers full text of a featured article and summaries of selected articles from the most recent issue. There is also an archive containing articles published from 1988 to the present, plus selected "classic" articles from earlier issues. Two separate indexes in the archive list articles by author and issue. A list of related websites is provided, linking to world news organizations, commentary from domestic and foreign publications, international and multinational organizations, learning institutions, and think tanks.

Foreign Policy Magazine
Widely regarded as one of the most influential international affairs journals in the world, Foreign Policy was launched in 1970 to encourage fresh and more vigorous debate on the vital issues confronting U.S. foreign policy. The journal, which is published by the nonprofit, Washington, D.C.–based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has been a forum for in-depth discussion of issues and events and a source of new ideas and new approaches.

Political Science Quarterly
Founded in 1886, this journal is among the most widely read and scholarly journals on government, politics, and public policy, both international and domestic. Selected full-text articles and book reviews on U.S. politics and international affairs from each issue can be sampled online.

Royal Institute of International Affairs
The Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House, is one of the world's leading institutes for the analysis of international issues. Founded in 1920, the Institute works to stimulate debate and research on political, business, security and other key issues in the international arena. It does this through its research, meetings, conferences and publications as well as through its library and information centre and expert interviews for the media. Available on this site are featured and referred articles from The World Today, the Institute's monthly magazine and International Affairs, the Institute's quarterly magazine.

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has built its reputation and standing on competence, professional skills, and the collection of hard data and precise facts, rendering accessible impartial information on weapon developments, arms transfers and production, military expenditure, as well as on arms limitations, reductions and disarmament. The task of the Institute is to conduct scientific research on questions of conflict and cooperation of importance for international peace and security with the aim of contributing to an understanding of the conditions for peaceful solution of international conflicts and for a stable peace. This site offers research reports on the aforementioned areas of peace research. Other related links are also available on this site.