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According to the Institute for Economics and Peace, United Kingdom Peace Index http://www.visionofhumanity.org/unitedkingdompeaceindex/2013/ the UK is 11% per cent more peaceful than it was a decade ago. The UKPI measures levels of peace according to five key indicators: the levels of violent crime, homicide, public disorder, weapons crime and the number of police. The main website […]
Bloomberg: Credit Default Swaps
Since the European Union ban on naked sovereign CDS in November, the volume of sovereign CDS trades has plummeted while the volume on financials CDS has increased, according to DTCC data. Bloomberg functions show that since January the spread of the European financials CDS index has widened as market participants may be using it as […]
Bloomberg guide on corporate governance
With the 2013 annual general meeting season underway, attention is being given to corporate governance issues, with companies taking an increasingly proactive role in engaging with their shareholders and improving communications. Bloomberg functions provide transparency and help users analyze issues such as executive pay and diversity. You can find case studies using the function FFM […]
Citizen journalism websites
Guardian Witness https://witness.guardian.co.uk/ A new site for citizens to share news photos and views. There will be an assignments section where editors will issue call outs for copy on specific topics. See the contributions on Margaret thatcher’s funeral. They include some protest shots. CNN has a similar citizen service which has been running for several years. […]
Female FTSE report 2013
Acces the latest annual review of the number of women board members at the UK’s leading FTSE companies. From the Cranfield University website. Past issues from 2005 onwards are also available for comparison. http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/ftse
Syria digital security monitoring project
http://syria.secdev.com/ Maintained by the SecDev Foundation, a Canadian not-for-profit organization. It aims to provide tools to encourage digital openness in Syria. In addition to links to resources for activists, the digital security news section is a good source of reports on social media analysis of the conflict and reports of digital censorship within the region. The […]
AFP e-diplomacy hub
Find out about twitter and foreign policy. Aims to offer a window on online diplomacy in action! Features of the site – a map of embassies on line with information about their level of activity. Also a list of key international organisations online. There is an e-diplomacy list with real time ranking of e-diplomatic action […]
UK Web Content to be archived
The Legal Deposit Libraries of the UK and Ireland are to archive UK web content for the benefit of future researchers. More information from the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22028738 and the British Library http://www.bl.uk/100websites/index.html Curators of the web archive has selected their top 100 websites: http://www.bl.uk/100websites/top100.html
Reminder: Kissinger documents
Recommended resources for research on Kissinger’s diplomacy include George Washington University National security archive which has made transcripts of declassified secret documents some free briefing books have links to key documents. Find an example here Kissinger also has an official website which has a biography, plus transcripts of speeches and articles. These mainly date from 2002 […]
The Economics of Chocolate
The International Cocoa organization provides free access to basic statistics on prices see the monthly market reviews. It also has a section on the chocolate industry For trade try UNCTAD – there is a special report from 2008 for cocoa. You can also trace recent statistics fro cocoa and chocolate on the UNCTAD stats website. The Fairtrade […]
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