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GLOBAL
SECURITY
GENERAL
GLOBAL SECURITY LINKS
GlobalSecurity.org
http://www.globalsecurity.org/
GlobalSecurity.org
is an extensive and rich online resource related to the vast security
challenges of the new millennium. This site offers a wide array
of resources and general information about security issues.
Center for
Defense Information
http://www.cdi.org/
The Center
for Defense Information is a private, non-governmental, research
organization that serves as an independent monitor of the U.S.
military. Its primary platform is that strong social, economic,
political, and military components and a healthy environment contribute
equally to the nation’s security. CDI seeks realistic and
cost-effective military spending without excess expenditures for
weapons and policies that increase the danger of war. An interesting
perspective concerning global security issues.
Center for
Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
http://www.csis.org/
The Center
for Strategic and International Studies is dedicated to providing
world leaders with strategic insights on—and policy solutions
to—current and emerging global issues. The CSIS web site
offers extensive commentary concerning many global security issues.
INitiative
on COnflict REsolution (INCORE)
http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/
A joint initiative
of the University of Ulster and the United Nations University,
the INCORE Internet Service is a central resource for those in
the area of conflict resolution and ethnic conflict. This site
features extensive links and resources related to conflict worldwide.
Use the Conflict Data
Service to learn more about specific countries and regions
in conflict.
Center for
Defence and International Security Studies
http://www.cdiss.org/hometemp.htm
CDISS, the
Centre for Defence and International Security Studies, is an inter-disciplinary
research centre based in the Department of Politics and International
Relations at Lancaster University in the UK. The CDISS web site
offers an excellent collection of online resources related to
defense and security issues.
Columbia
International Affairs Online
http://www.ciaonet.org/
Columbia International
Affairs Online (CIAO) is designed to be the most comprehensive
source for theory and research in international affairs. CIAONET
offers a great online resource for international affairs and global
security issues.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
http://www.ceip.org/
The Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace is a private, nonprofit organization
dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting
active international engagement by the United States. The CEIP
web site provides links to online commentaries and research related
to international security and peace.
Carnegie
Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
http://www.ccpdc.org/
Carnegie Commission
on Preventing Deadly Conflict addresses the looming threat to
world peace of intergroup violence and to advance new ideas for
the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict. An outstanding
resource.
Crimes of
War Project
http://www.crimesofwar.org
The Crimes
of War Project is a collaboration of journalists, lawyers and
scholars dedicated to raising public awareness of the laws of
war and their application to situations of conflict. The goal
of the project is to promote understanding of international humanitarian
law among journalists, policymakers, and the general public, in
the belief that a wider knowledge of the legal framework governing
armed conflict will lead to greater pressure to prevent breaches
of the law, and to punish those who commit them.
Women
In International Security
http://wiis.georgetown.edu/
Women In International
Security (WIIS) is dedicated to increasing the influence of women
in the field of foreign and defense policy.
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
United Nations
http://www.un.org
United Nations
Development Programme
http://www.undp.org
United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees
http://www.unhcr.ch
United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights
http://www.unhchr.ch
World Health
Organization
http://www.who.org
UNAIDS
http://www.unaids.org/
European
Union
http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm
North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO)
http://www.nato.int/
Organization
of American States
http://www.oas.org/
NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
United States
Institute of Peace
http://www.usip.org
The United
States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan federal
institution created and funded by Congress to strengthen the nation's
capacity to promote the peaceful resolution of international conflict.
The USIP web site provides excellent online resources including
web links and publications highlighting peace, conflict, and security
issues worldwide. They offer an excellent online resource, a Teaching
Guide on International Terrorism: Definitions, Causes, and Responses,
which can be downloaded from the USIP site.
Human Rights
Watch
http://www.hrw.org
Human Rights
Watch is an excellent resource for objective human rights information.
There web site features information about a variety of campaigns
coordinated by the organization. They also offer a special section
focusing on the human rights issues related to September
11th.
Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org
Amnesty International
is also an extremely valuable resource for online human rights
information. The Amnesty site features information about a variety
of human rights campaigns and issues. The AI Education section
is a great resource for teachers.
Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org
Oxfam is an
international non-governmental organization working to find solutions
to human security issues including poverty, hunger, and injustice.
The Oxfam Internationl web site offers links to all of the various
country sites and initiatives and access to varioius online publications
and resources.
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