Humanitarian crises app
New United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Humanitarian Kiosk iOS app A new application for geting the latest news direct from the UN about humanitarian crises and international aid.
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 […]
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 […]
Aid Worker Security database
https://aidworkersecurity.org/ Produced by the Humanitarian Outcomes, a team of specialist consultants, this database provides statistics on violence against aid workers. Reports are from 1997 onwards. Topics covered include kidnapping, injury and murder of aid workers. Categories covered are NGOs, the International Movement of the Red Cross/Red Crescent, donor agencies and the UN agencies belonging to […]
Window into China
A Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website. It is collecting pieces written in China by Chinese scholars and experts. The emphasis is on security and foreign policy. http://carnegietsinghua.org/specialprojects/?fa=list&id=1182&lang=en
Reminder: Primary Sources
USA 108 volumes of the Foreign Relations of the United States are now available in epub and MOBI formats. http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/ebooks These volumes cover events from 1945-1976. and were published by the Office of the Historian at the U.S. Department of State. They contain official documents of the US government. Key topics include Vietnam, cold war […]
ICAI – Independent commission for aid impact
The independent body responsible for the scrutiny of UK aid. A useful starting point for considering effectiveness. Reports from 2011 onwards are online. http://icai.independent.gov.uk/publications/ Other useful analyses of UK aid: House of Commons international development committee – reports and hearings online. Eldis provides a free searchable database of abstracts and full text publications covering all aspects […]
Political Union in the EU
A new project launched by LSE and Policy Network http://www.policy-network.net/news/3953/Political-Union-What-is-it-Do-we-need-it-How-could-it-work This will focus on Europe’s emerging political union. Key focuses of interest will be political issues surrounding the Eurozone crisis. The website has an introduction and events listing. This week other EU news included the award of the Nobel Prize. The LSE blog covers this and also […]
League of Nations Archives
http://libraryresources.unog.ch/leagueofnationsarchives Intended primarily to provide information to researchers about the contents of the Geneva archive of the League of Nations research in general . It has a special thematic guide on disarmament. Links to key digitised collections can be found at: http://libraryresources.unog.ch/content.php?pid=279421&sid=2361880 These include: Sean Lester Papers (1929- ). Sean Lester (1888-1959), Irish journalist, diplomat and […]
National Archives timeline of foreign offices
http://labs.nationalarchives.gov.uk/wordpress/index.php/2012/08/foreign-affairs-timeline/ The UK National Archives have created a really useful visualisation of name changes and responsibilities of UK Foreign Affairs government departs from 1945 onwards on their labs website.The links click through to the Discovery catalogue where you can trace information and lists of records held by the archives for the individual department.
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