Peace
The Peace Accords Matrix from the Kroc Institute of International peace studies. http://peaceaccords.nd.edu/ creates visualisation graphs relating to peace agreements that have been signed since 1989. It is possible to chart on over 50 themes, to compare and contrast and also to review the full text of the peace accord, a timeline of important dates and events […]
Observatoire de l’Afrique
http://www.obsafrique.eu/ A network of European and African institutes and experts on peace and security issues in Africa. Partners include such high profile organisations as African Studies Centre University of Oxford, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center & The Nordic Africa Institute. The website provides free access to information from the network of members plus its […]
New York Times Archive
We have electronic access to the full text of the New York Times for 1851-2008 and an index for 1851 to 1993 which enables searching on specific subject terms. This resource is displayed on the A-Z database list. For more information see http://www.le.ac.uk/library/find/databases/n/new-york-times
KOFI Annan Syria peace plan
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/sc10583.doc.htm See the UN special envoy for Syria web page for details of the role of Kofi Annan http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/undpa/main/activities_by_region/middle_east/syria See related UN Security Council decisions and press releases relating to the situation in Syria. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41856&Cr=syria&Cr1= Biography of Annan from the Nobel Prize website: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2001/annan-bio.html
UN Document Digitisation Project
The UN has created a web page http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/deplib/digitization_program.htm where you can find out about the progress of its document digitisation programme. In particular it is listing pre-1993 items which are being added to the UN ODS Official document system. http://ods.un.org/
European Foreign Policy Scorecard
http://ecfr.eu/scorecard/2012/ Published annually by European Council on Foreign Relations since 2010. It assesses Europe’s performance in pursuing its interests and promoting its values in the world. The 150 page report has separate chapters on policy towards China, Russia and USA. It includes analyses of the EU as a whole and the contribution of member states. […]
European Politics and Policy blog (EUROPP) launched
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/about-europp/ Launched this week, a new blog from the London School of Economics. It aims to provide topical comment and discussion covering all aspects of European governance and decision making, both at the EU level and national level. It will include regular book reviews, and Brussels blog round ups.
Security in Transition
http://www.securityintransition.org/ Security in Transition is a 5-year-research programme based at the London School of Economics, funded by the European Research Council. Its primary focus is examining security in the post-communist post 1989 world. Concentrating on the ‘security gap’ which refers to the gap between national and international security capabilities, largely based on conventional military forces, […]
Nixon and Brezhnev
New volume of Foreign Relations of the United States published: http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v15
Syria
http://www.arableagueonline.org/ The official website of the Arab League has details on its English language version about its involvement in Syria. See the option on the left of the screen. This has news, protocols and information about its observer mission. Further details about the situation can be found on the United Nations website see its winds […]
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