Documentaries on Palestine
Palestinian docs Website that features information about documentary films which focus upon Palestine and life of Palestinians, compiled by University of St. Andrews, Scotland and Eva University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Themes covered include the diaspora, the Arab-Israeli conflict and specific disputed areas such as Gaza . Entries have summaries, links to excerpts and, where available, full access […]
Humanitarian Data
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has launched the Humanitarian Data Exchange to offer a single access point to statistics from the United Nations, NGOs and other bodies covering humanitarian issues such as refugees, food security and aid.
DCSSA
Database of the Constitutions of Sub-Saharan Africa Useful searchable site created by Holzinger, Kern, and Kromrey in 2013. Includes recent and historic versions in full text. Includes links to official websites where available.
Global Peace Index 2014
Global Peace Index 2014 released This is compiled by The Institute for Peace and Economics and ranks 162 nations according to levels of peacefulness. The definition uses 22 qualitative and quantitative indicators, the full methodology of which are described on the website. These include military spending, homicides and violent crime. There is also separate UK […]
Iraq, Syria and the Middle East
Iraq Syria and the Middle East: an essay by Tony Blair Read the essay from Former British Prime minister on his official website to find out what he thinks Western governments should do. Need to find out more about Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)? Try the starting points listed below. A good basic […]
Twitter and government bodies
CIA launch Twitter account. Their first post was ‘we can neither confirm or deny that this is our first tweet.’ See the response from WikiLeaks… Gov twit has a useful directory of US government Twitter accounts. For UK tweet minister has lists of MPs
NATO duty map
NATO on Duty A new official interactive map has been launched by NATO based on Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) software. Find out about current missions and partnerships. It also some links to stories and case studies provided by NATO.
Political Data Yearbook
Political Data Yearbook Published by Wiley on behalf of the European Consortium for Political Research. This online interactive version offers free access to annual summaries and analysis of elections, cabinet changes and other political events contained in the Political Data Yearbook country chapters. Most statistics covers 1992-2012 with annual updates. Topics covered include: voter turnout, percentage […]
Attitudes towards Europe
Measuring Party Positions on Europe: The Chapel Hill Expert Surveys These provide free access to quantitative data on national political party positions towards European integration. The first survey was conducted in 1999, with subsequent waves in 2002, 2006, 2010. The number of countries covered has increased from 14 Western European countries in 1999 to 24 […]
Arms
Small Arms Data Observatory (SADO) launched A new website launched by an international consortium of researchers which will focus upon quantitative data . Many researchers are based at Joan B. Kroc School for Peace Studies at the University of San Diego and there will be a focus initially on North America, Central America and South America. […]
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