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Selected International Relations and Foreign Policy Journals and Magazines
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• 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."