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This WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources is an Internet directory of over 2000 annotated links to high-quality English-language sources of information and analysis in many international and global studies topics. Sites are carefully selected for their long-term value, favoring those with cost-free, authoritative information and analysis online.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES


Search Engine and Current Awareness Service for International Relations and Foreign Policy Articles


Google Scholar "enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research... to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web." Many international affairs sources are included. Particularly good for finding open access, free, and recent items. For search technique tips, see the Google Scholar Blog and the Research Buzz article "Google Scholar and the Full-Word Wildcard."


Journal TOCs-- "Current Awareness Service where you can discover the newest papers coming directly from the publishers as soon as they have been published online [and] the latest or most current papers published in the scholarly literature with international coverage." Tables of contents of tens of thousands of journals, with easy access to those of interest to the user.



Selected International Relations and Foreign Policy Journals and Magazines

(Only those with a significant amount of cost-free content online)


Arms Control Today-- From the Arms Control Association, a national nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to promoting public understanding of and support for effective arms control policies. Full-text online and back issues.


Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists-- Online articles about nuclear and arms-control issues, from the Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science.

Cairo Review of Global Affairs-- "Quarterly journal of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at American University in Cairo. Its primary aim is to be a focal point for policymakers, officials, academics, experts, journalists, students, and others in the Middle East region who follow global affairs."

Clingendael Spectator-- Magazine from the prestigious Dutch think tank Clingendael, "freely accessible for all with an interest in current developments concerning world politics... Its mission is to stimulate the exchange of views and knowledge on a broad range of international issues."


e-International Relations-- "The world's leading website for students and scholars of international politics," maintained by a volunteer editorial team. Dynamic and insightful commentary on the full range of global and regional topics, with thoughtful discussion and exchange around articles, essays, features, blogs, and book reviews.


Fletcher Forum of World Affairs-- "The student-managed foreign policy journal at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy... provides a broad, interdisciplinary platform for analysis of legal, political, economic, environmental, and diplomatic issues in international affairs... [the] website hosts online-only articles by a wider range of authors and allows authors and readers to engage in dialogue through comments on articles."

Foreign Affairs-- The highly prestigious scholarly journal from the Council on Foreign Relations, New York City. Contents and some full-text articles and book reviews online, with archive, plus links to related online resources.

Foreign Policy-- "Vibrant, daily online magazine of global politics, economics, and ideas" posts articles, web exclusive stories, numerous insightful special reports, news, and more. Note the excellent free newsletters.


Foreign Service Journal-- From the American Foreign Service Association, "foreign affairs from an insider's perspective," including Foreign Service officers, ranking academics, and diplomatic correspondents. Contents and some articles online, plus online archive. AFSA is the professional association of the United States Foreign Service. All issues since 1919 are available in an archive.


Georgetown Journal of International Affairs-- "The official publication of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University." Website posts selected popular articles from the print journal, plus commentary and analysis with "rigorous research and opinions on a wide range of topics in foreign policy."


Globalist-- Comprehensive daily online magazine about the global economy, politics and culture that "provides a daily account of key issues before the global community," with news, features, and information on many facets of globalization.

Harvard International Review-- Some full-text articles and features online from this prestigious magazine from the Harvard International Relations Council.


International Affairs Review-- Commentary and analysis on current issues from a "graduate student-run publication of The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington, D.C."

International Policy Digest-- "International Policy Digest's express intent has been to discuss global events in a platform designed for individuals living in the new social environment... based in the United States, our goal is to address domestic events from politics or the media that impact the international system."

International Politics and Society-- From the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, this "online journal highlights global inequality and brings new perspectives on issues such as the environment, European integration, international relations, social democracy and development policy," from a European social democracy perspective.


Internationale Politik Quarterly-- "The English edition of Internationale Politik, Germany's leading foreign affairs magazine, offering a Berlin view on foreign affairs... published by the German Council on Foreign Relations."


Journal of Democracy-- "The world's leading publication on the theory and practice of democracy. Since its first appearance in 1990, it has engaged both activists and intellectuals in critical discussions of the problems of and prospects for democracy around the world." Site posts selected articles from the current issue.


Military Review-- "The professional journal of the U.S. Army... provides a forum for original thought and debate on a wide variety of topics related to land warfare and the military profession."


Modern Diplomacy-- Analysis-driven, European-based magazine is "an invaluable platform for assessing and evaluating complex international issues that are often outside the boundaries of mainstream Western media and academia. We provide impartial and unbiased qualitative analysis in the form of political commentary, policy inquiry, in-depth interviews, special reports, and commissioned research."

The National Interest-- Pays particular attention to ideas, and the way in which cultural and social differences, technological innovations, history, and religion affect the behavior of states, analyzed within the Realist school of international relations thought.

Naval War College Review-- From the U.S. Naval War College, this journal "is a forum for discussion of public policy matters of interest to the maritime services. The forthright and candid views of the authors are presented for the professional education of the readers. Articles published are related to the academic and professional activities of the Naval War College."

New Internationalist-- Magazine focusing on issues of world poverty and inequality, and committed to the radical changes so that the basic material and spiritual needs of all can be met.


Open Canada-- "An online magazine published by the Canadian International Council that aims to engage Canadians from all walks of life in a conversation about foreign policy and international affairs."


Open Democracy-- An eclectic "digital commons" rather than a magazine per se, free-thinking, socially-committed, pro-democracy, peacemaking, and conciliation, "a pluralist, high quality online space free and open to all - covering world affairs, ideas and culture."

Parameters-- Journal of the U.S. Army War College, on "the art and science of land warfare, joint and combined matters, national and international security affairs, military strategy, military leadership and management, military history, military ethics, and other topics of significant and current interest to the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense." Full-text online, site search, archives.


Politico-- "Global nonpartisan politics and policy news organization... connects the dots between global power centers," based in Brussels and one of Europe's most influential publications on European and global affairs.


Spheres of Influence-- From Canada, "a non-profit digital publication dedicated to explaining and unpacking global affairs in an accessible way while highlighting under-reported issues."


Wilson Quarterly-- "Surveying the world of ideas," the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution posts the full text of articles from the current edition of this quarterly periodical, which often includes international themes.


•  World Affairs-- From India, a quarterly journal that "seeks to provide the much needed Asian and the developing world's perspective on issues of global significance. It stimulates interaction and debate between developed and developing nations."


World Politics Review-- "Provides uncompromising analysis of critical global trends to give policymakers, businesspeople and academics the context they need to have the confidence they want... comprehensive and detailed perspectives that are as valuable as they are uncommon." Subscription site with substantial cost-free content.


World Today-- Current issue (only) is offered without cost by Chatham House, the UK's foremost, world-class institute for international affairs research--"presents authoritative analysis on a variety of current topics in each monthly issue... vital background for experts, business planners, academics and those curious about the world we live in."


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This section of the WWW Virtual Library system was created, and is edited and maintained, by Dr. Wayne A.Selcher, Professor of International Studies Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2288  U.S.A., as a volunteer and non-profit public service. This website copyright 1997-present by Wayne A. Selcher. E-mail: wayneselcher@comcast.net