Political Science Generally: International Politics

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

From the United Nations, a series of statistical reports arranged by country.

The U.S. Census Bureau provides this data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world

State Department information by country and topic.

Link to government sites around the world

NationMaster provides a central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations by a large number of statistical measures. NationMaster is a compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD.

Global statistical information

A new site searchable by country, topic, or indicator.

Published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.

Country profiles chronicling national history, government, and political parties, as well as profiles on intergovernmental organizations, development banks, and the agencies and specialized bodies of the United Nations.

Explores themes of international politics including articles on the people, concepts, and events that have shaped the world since 1993.

Authoritative work on world politics of interest to political scientists and journalists

Directory and biography of statesmen from across the globe. Includes international organizations and states of the world. Of interest to political scientists and journalists.

Foreign policy analyses from all over the world in a trusted unbiased source. Includes international ethics, ecuation, law to peace studies. Political science students should find this very helpful.

Consortium of public opinion research centers in 25 countries on global issues

The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. Find information by region, country and issue.

From the Institute for Policy Studies, FPIF provides analysis of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs with a commitment to peace, justice and environmental protection as well as human, economic and social rights. Find information by region, country and issue.

ICG is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to conflict resolution world wide. Good information by country and issue.

UN perspective on peace and security, development, human rights, humanitarian affairs and international law

An electronic resource guide is designed to be used by students, teachers, practitioners and researchers as a self-guided tour of relevant, quality, up-to-date online resources covering important areas of international law.

Intended for journalists, political science and those interested in the military it provides background information and developing news stories in the fields of defense, space, intelligence, WMD, and homeland security.