U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S. House
Committee on International Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
"...an independent, national
membership organization, nonpartisan research center, and publisher. Founded
in 1921, CFR is dedicated to producing and disseminating ideas so that
individuals and corporate members, as well as policymakers, journalists,
students, and interested citizens, can better understand the world and
the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other governments."
Center for Strategic &
International Studies: Global Trends/Regions
"provides strategic insights
and practical policy solutions to decision makers committed to advancing
global security and prosperity. Founded in 1962 by David M. Abshire and
Admiral Arleigh Burke, CSIS is a bipartisan, non-profit organization headquartered
in Washington, D.C with more than 220 employees."
The Brookings Institution:
Foreign Policy Studies
CATO Institute:
Foreign Policy
Heritage Foundation: Foreign
AEI: Foreign
and Defense Policy Studies
United Nations
"The United Nations was
established on 24 October 1945 by 51 countries committed to preserving
peace through international cooperation and collective security. Today,
nearly every nation in the world belongs to the UN: membership totals 191
countries."
The World Bank
"Working for a World Free
of Poverty...IBRD and IDA provide low-interest loans, interest-free credit
and grants to developing countries for education, health, infrastructure,
communications and many other purposes."
International Monetary Fund
"...international organization
of 184 member countries... established to promote international monetary
cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements; to
foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary
financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment."
The G8 Group - 2006 St. Petersburg
"an unofficial forum of
the heads of the leading industrialized democracies"
Amnesty International
"... a worldwide movement
of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights."
Human Rights Watch
"...the largest human rights
organization based in the United States."
Freedom House
"...an independent non-governmental
organization that supports the expansion of freedom in the world."
The National Endowment for Democracy
"...a private, nonprofit
organization created in 1983 to strengthen democratic institutions around
the world through nongovernmental efforts."
CIA:
The World Factbook
Law and Government Resources
(Hieros Gamos)
08 PROSPECTS...Starting Points on International Relations
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DODD CLINTON KUCINICH |
BROWNBACK
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Foreign Travel by 08 PROSPECTS
in 2005
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