An independent, nonprofit policy research organization that is dedicated to reducing global poverty and inequality and to making globalization work for the poor. Ranked #15 think tank acc. to Foreign Policy. A good video introduction to what they do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsxgsgmz4Z8&feature=player_embedded
Includes transcripts and audio files of lectures in international affairs.
From Princeton Univ: "A collection of public affairs lectures, panels and events from academic institutions all over the world"
"An experiential learning program that uses customized Web-based tools to support educational simulations and simulation-based training. ...also uses its simulations to support training programs related to conflict resolution, decision making, negotiation
Some four or five years after starting to read Graham Greene’s Getting To Know the General, I found the leisure to finish it on a trip to Brazil. Previously, I had brought a copy with me on a trip to Panama (the General of the book’s title is General Omar Torrijos, Panama’s military ruler [...]
"The Foreign Policy Association (FPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring the American public to learn more about the world. Founded in 1918, FPA provides independent publications, programs and forums to increase public awareness of, and f
"Eurasia Group is the world's leading global political risk advisory and consulting firm. We cover political, social, security and economic developments worldwide."
On "The End of History"
In his article "The End of History," written on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Francis Fukuyama declares an "unabashed victory of economic and political liberalism" and that the "total exhaustion of viable systematic alternatives to Western liberalism" spell the "end of history." That is, we have arrived [...]
"The Other Canon is 'Reality Economics', the study of the economy as a real object, not defined in terms of the adoption of core assumptions and techniques. A production-based economic theory where economic development is an intrinsically uneven process,
Vincent Ferraro, Resources for the Study of International Relations and Foreign Policy
Wed 6 Apr 2005 at 6:15 PM
Wed 6 Apr 2005 at 6:15 PM
A page of international relations resources from a professor at Mt Holyoke College