International Relations

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a comprehensive public policy resource for the study and practice of international relations, global policy, and diplomacy. Developed by Columbia University Press, CIAO provides scholarly journals, policy briefs, conference proceedings, working papers, and e-books produced by leading think tanks, research institutes, and publishers worldwide. CIAO also provides case studies, country profiles, and interactive datasets.

Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a nonpartisan research agency within the Library of Congress that provides in-depth policy analysis to members of the U.S. Congress.  These reports cover a wide range of topics considered important to U.S. interests and affairs, including foreign affairs, international relations, economics, healthcare, defense, energy, and the environment, providing members of Congress with the necessary background information on policies.

Overton is the world’s largest database for tracking the influence of research on public policy. Overton provides policy documents, official reports, guidelines, and parliamentary records from governments, think tanks, and international organizations worldwide. It has the largest collection of policy-related material, hard-to-find resources, and gray literature linked to academic research.

The PAIS® Index is a public policy database that tracks scholarship and policy research in public affairs, social sciences, and international relations. First developed in 1914 to organize literature on important public issues, PAIS provides a comprehensive index of journal articles, books, government documents, statistical reports, conference proceedings, and gray literature from around the world.

Policy Commons is a public policy database that provides access to policy reports, working papers, briefs, and other publications from think tanks, NGOs, research institutes, and international organizations. It contains millions of documents covering topics such as economics, governance, environment, health, and international affairs. It also includes archived content from organizations that no longer maintain their own websites.

Policy File Index is a ProQuest database that provides public policy research and analysis produced by think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, research institutes, and university centers. It covers topics such as economics, foreign policy, security, environment, education, and social issues. It also includes materials such as policy briefs, reports, and working papers, which are primarily published in the United States.

BBC News Country Profiles provides historical overviews, economic conditions, institutional backgrounds, and a summary of current political events. Information provided includes current heads of state, major political figures, population, capitals, monetary units, and major religions.

CountryWatch is a geopolitical and global subscription news resource providing country reports for nearly 200 countries.  It provides regularly updated publications for each country, including demographic, political, economic, business, cultural, and environmental information. Topics covered include political and economic conditions, current events, business, and history.

The CQ Political Handbook of the World, published by SAGE Congressional Quarterly, provides country-level data for more than 200 nations. It offers detailed information about political history,  social movements, economics, and current issues. Users can browse by political and electoral systems across seven categories, including regime type, democracy, type, Freedom House Rating, election rules, party, system, and system of government.

EIU Viewpoint (formerly Viewswire) is the new EIU platform that combines three products: Country Analysis, Financial Risk, and Operational Risk. Access to individual products depends on an institution’s subscription. EIU Viewpoint provides political, policy, and economic analysis and data. It includes in-depth country reports, forecasts, analysis, and expert opinions on matters of economic and geopolitical significance.

Europa World Plus is the online version of the famous reference source, Europa World Year Book. It provides political, economic, and historical information for over 250 countries and territories, including statistics. Europa World Plus also contains the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. Europa provides up-to-date government lists and recent election results for every country in the world, as well as a who’s who of major political figures.

Freedom House is a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in the United States that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political rights, and civil liberties worldwide. Freedom House – Countries and Territories provides ratings of citizens’ access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and 15 territories, ranging from 1 (most free) to 7 (least free).

World Bank Country Profiles are comprehensive reports and data summaries that provide an overview of the economic and social conditions of individual countries. These profiles are published by the World Bank, an international financial institution that provides loans and technical assistance to developing countries for over 150 nations.

Marine Policy is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes research on marine and ocean governance, resource management, environmental issues, and the laws and institutions that shape how nations and other actors use the seas. Issues such as maritime boundary governance, international fishing agreements, enforcement of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), marine environmental protection, and shared resource management are of particular importance to international relations scholars.

International Organization is a peer-reviewed academic journal that examines how states, international institutions, and political systems interact across national borders. It publishes research, theoretical, and empirical articles on cooperation and conflict, global governance, international political economy, and security.

The Journal of Peace Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes research on the causes of violence, the dynamics of conflict, and strategies for resolving conflicts peacefully.

Journal of Conflict Resolution is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes research on the causes, dynamics, and resolution of human conflict. It covers a range of conflict types, including international conflict between states as well as intergroup and interpersonal conflict. It draws on political science, sociology, economics, psychology, and related fields to understand why conflicts occur and how they can be managed or resolved. 

International Studies Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal published quarterly on behalf of the International Studies Association. It features original research on international studies — including topics like foreign policy, global politics, international political economy, security, conflict, and cross-border social and political processes.

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes research about the economic and financial issues facing emerging markets (economies that are in the process of industrializing and integrating into the global system). It features empirical studies on topics like financial markets, investment, exchange rates, economic growth, and trade in countries across Asia, Latin America, Africa, and beyond. 

Political Studies is a quarterly, peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes research across all areas of political science and international relations. Topics covered include how politics operates across countries and at the global level. Its articles examine government, political ideas, public policy, power, and political behavior.

World Politics is a peer-reviewed academic journal editorially sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies at Princeton University. It publishes analytical/theoretical articles and book reviews on international relations and comparative politics.  

International Affairs is a peer-reviewed academic journal focused on global affairs and international relations. First published in 1922 by the policy institute Chatham House, it provides research on geopolitical and international issues and important events occurring in international relations today.

The World Economy is a well-established, peer-reviewed scholarly journal that focuses on how the global economy actually works in practice. The journal publishes research that explains how countries trade with one another, how money and investment move across borders, and how economic policies affect growth and development around the world.