General Reference Works
- Country Reports on Terrorism. (formerly Patterns of
Global Terrorism)
Publisher: Washington, DC: United States Department of
State. Annual.
Location: Firestone (F)
Call Number: HV6431 .P377
Library Has: 1986-present
Current Volume: SSRC Ready Reference
URL:
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS1488
- Defense and Security: A Compendium of National Armed Forces and Security Policies.
Publisher: Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005.
Location: Social Science Ready Reference (SSRC)
Call Number: UA10 .D432 2005
- Encyclopedia of Arms Control and Disarmament.
Publisher: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993.
Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC)
Call Number: JX1974 .E57 1993
- Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security.
Publisher: Detroit, MI: Gale, 2004.
Location: Social Science Ready Reference (SSRC)
Call Number: JF1525.I6 E63 2004
- Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. 2nd ed.
Publisher: New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2000. 6 vols.
Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC)
Call Number: KF4548 .E53 2000
- Encyclopedia of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Publisher: New York: Facts On File, 2003.
Location: Social Science Ready Reference (SSRC)
Call Number: UB251.U5 S63 2003
- Encyclopedia of United States National Security.
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2006.
Location: Social Science Ready Reference (SSRC)
Call Number: UA23 .E571274 2006
- Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism.
Publisher: Alexandria, VA: Jane's Information Group. Semiannual.
Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC)
Call Number: U240 .J36q
- Political Violence Against Americans.
Publisher: Washington, DC: United States Department of
State. Annual.
Location: Firestone (F)
Call Number: HV6431 .S47
Library Has: 1987-present
Current Volume: SSRC Ready Reference
URL:
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS1492
- Researching National Security and Intelligence Policy.
Publisher: Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2004.
Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC)
Call Number: UA23 .C5135 2004
- Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Encyclopedia of Worldwide Policy, Technology, and History.
Publisher: Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005.
Location: Social Science Ready Reference (SSRC)
Call Number: U793 .W427 2005
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Additional Databases
For most of your topics, you should be able to find many useful journal
articles, book chapters, working papers, etc. by doing some very careful
searching in the main
politics databases we've already discussed. Here are some additional
databases that should be of help as well:
- ABI Inform
A comprehensive index to worldwide business periodicals. Provides
in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management
techniques, theory and practice of business, advertising, marketing,
economics, human resources, finance, and taxation.
-
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
URL: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/aulimp/search.html
AULIMP is a subject index to significant articles, news items, and editorials
from English language military and aeronautical periodicals covering
all branches of the military. Covers articles published from 1988-present.
- Alternative Press Index
This international and interdisciplinary database indexes journals covering
cultural, economic, political and social change in the humanities and
social sciences. Covers nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals,
newspapers and magazines with selected abstracts from research journals
from 1991-present. - America: History & Life
Indexes books and journal articles on the history of the United States
and Canada from prehistory to the present. Covers works published 1954-present.
This resource can be useful for finding articles that discuss U.S. relations
with, and influences on the countries in question. - CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online
CIAO publishes online a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that
includes working papers from university research institutes, NGO occasional
papers, foundation-funded research projects, conference proceedings,
books, journals, and policy briefs.
-
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Prepared in co-operation with the Don M. Gottfredson Library of Criminal
Justice at Rutgers University Law Library, Criminal Justice Abstracts
provides indexing and abstracts of international journal articles, books,
and reports on a wide range of topics in criminal justice. Topics covered
include crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile
delinquency and justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing.
Coverage goes back to 1968.
- EconLit
Provides citations and selected abstracts of journal articles, books,
dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings and book reviews
dating back to 1969. Covers topics including regional and international
economics, urban economics, economic development, fiscal and monetary
theory, business and public finance. - Ethnic NewsWatch
Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English
and Spanish), full-text database of the newspapers, magazines
and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. This
database is very helpful for identifying literature from the
point of view of various racial and ethnic groups. Covers
materials published 1960 to the present.
- Homeland Security Digital Library
The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is a compendium
of materials available for scholarly research in the area of
homeland security. The HSDL collection provides quick access
to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives,
and national strategy documents as well as specialized
resources such as theses and reports from various
universities, organizations, and local and state agencies.
The HSDL is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security's National Preparedness Directorate, FEMA, and the
Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and
Security. - Jane's Online
Founded in 1898, Jane's Information Group provides a host of information
products and consultancy services including technical and market information
on military, law enforcement, and transportation equipment; country-by-country
threat assessments; and news analysis. When using Jane's, the easiest
approach is to go directly to the sources Princeton subscribes to by
clicking on the My Account button. Princeton subscribes only
to the following Jane's Online products: All the World's Aircraft,
Armour & Artillery, Fighting Ships, World Defence
Industry, Defense Magazine Library, and IntelWeb.
- Left Index
This database is a guide to the diverse literature of the left,
with an emphasis on political, economic, social, and cultural
scholarship from significant but little known sources of news
and ideas. Covers 1982 to the present.
- Military Education Research Library Network (MERLN)
URL: http://merln.ndu.edu
Hosted by the National Defense University, MERLN is a comprehensive
Web site devoted to international military education outreach. It
represents a consortium of military education research libraries
(including U.S. military education libraries, Department of Defense
regional center libraries, and their international counterparts)
that work together to provide access to a variety of resources.
The MERLN page provides links to lots of online publications, as
well as the NDU Library's Military Policy Awareness Links (MiPALs)-
a series of country and issue-based online bibliographies.
Use MERLN's Public Search to locate a wealth of literature relevant
to politics, the military, national security, terrorism, homeland
security, and many other related areas. Be sure to consult the Main Catalog first
to determine if Princeton holds any of the titles listed in MERLN.
You may submit interlibrary loan requests for materials we do not
have (just cut and paste the necessary information into the ILL
form online).
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National Criminal Justice Reference Service
URL: http://www.ncjrs.gov
NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance
abuse information to support research, policy, and program development
worldwide. The materials covered in this database are particularly
useful for researching areas such as crime, criminal justice, law
enforcement, victim assistance, and public safety.
- Peace Research Abstracts Journal.
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. Bimonthly.
Location: Pitney Collection (PITN)
Call Number: 576.7033
Library Has: 1964-present
Current Volume: Current Periodicals Reading Room (PR)
This is not an online database, but a relevant index for the topic of
international conflict resolution published six times a year by the
Peace Research Institute- Dundas (in Ontario, Canada). It provides indexing
and abstracts for books, journal articles, government publications,
scholarly papers, major speeches and research studies concerning peace
studies and international relations. Each issue has an author and subject
index, and the last issue of each year has an annual cumulative index. - Policyfile
Provides indexing and abstracts of research publications addressing
the complete range of public policy research. PolicyFile draws its content
from public policy think tanks, university research programs, research
organizations, and trade publishers. The database consists of over 50,000
abstracts dating from 1990 to present, with some full-text where available
and links to organizational home pages. - Social Sciences Citation Index
Multidisciplinary index to more than 1,725 journals in the social and
behavioral sciences. This database covers works published 1956-present,
and is very useful for tracing the chain of citations in social science
literature. Use SSCI to find references to articles that were cited in
a given article, as well as other articles that cite that article. - Sociological Abstracts
Indexing and abstracting of the world's literature in sociology and
related disciplines, both theoretical and applied. Covers 2,500 journals,
conference papers, dissertations, and book reviews. Includes materials
in 30 languages and covers works published 1963-present. - Staff College
Automated Military Periodicals Index
URL: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/scampi/search.html
SCAMPI is an index to journal articles on military and naval science,
operational warfare, joint planning, and national and international
politics, as well as reports from RAND and the GAO. SCAMPI is a cooperative
effort of the Joint Forces Staff College Library, the National Defense
University Library and the Defense Technical Information Center. Covers
articles published from 1997-present.
- StratFor
Founded in 1996, StratFor (short for “Strategic Forecasting”) provides
up-to-date geopolitical analysis and forecasts focused on international
political, economic, and security issues.
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Government Sources
- Marcive WebDOCS
This is an online catalog of U.S. government publications going back to mid-1976. See the U.S. Documents staff for help obtaining documents you find in this catalog and for documents published earlier.
- Government Accountability Office
URL: http://www.gao.gov
Formerly the General Accounting Office, the GAO is the investigative
arm of Congress that monitors and reports on the various activities
of U.S. government agencies. Many GAO reports deal with national
security and intelligence issues, of which many are available online
directly from this site. See the U.S. Documents staff for earlier
reports not available online.
- Major Studies and Issue Briefs of the Congressional Research Service.
Publisher: Frederick, MD : University Publications of America, 1916- .
Location: SSRC Index Tables
Call Number: KF49 .G84
Library Has: 1916-present
Microfilm: MICROFILM S01835
The Congressional Research Service is the non-partisan public policy
research arm of the U.S. Congress that provides members and committees
with in-depth analysis of legislative issues. This index and the
accompanying microfilm provide access to a select set of CRS reports
going back to 1916.
- GalleryWatch (Congressional Research Service Reports)
GalleryWatch provides full-text access to Congressional Research Service reports and
Electronic Briefing Books as of 1993.
- Lexis-Nexis Congressional
This is an extensive database that indexes the publications of the U.S.
Congress such as hearings, committee reports, documents, prints, and Congressional Research Service reports.
Coverage in this database goes back to 1789 and much of the material
is available online in full text with even more available in microfiche at Firestone (ask for help to find these).
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National Technical Information Service
The NTIS database provides an index to U.S. government-sponsored research
and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related
information. NTIS is the central source for the sale of unclassified and
publicly available information from research reports, journal articles,
data files, computer programs and audio visual products from Federal
sources. Information is also available from international government
departments and other international organizations including those from
Canada, Japan, the former Soviet Union, Western and Eastern European
countries. Covers back to 1964.
- C-SPAN
URL: http://www.c-span.org
The primary mission of the C-SPAN is to provide live gavel-to-gavel
coverage of both houses of Congress. In addition, when Congress is
not meeting C-SPAN provides coverage of a variety of public affairs
events. Their site provides access to a wealth of resources relating
to the debate over national security, U.S. intelligence, and civil
liberty. Also provides transcripts and archived video coverage. The
Video Collection in East Pyne also holds many videos from C-SPAN and
other sources relevant to these topics.
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Legal Sources
For additional help in legal research as well as links to additional resources, be sure to consult the Law & Legal Studies research guide.
- Black's Law Dictionary.
Publisher: St. Paul, MN: West Group, 1999.
Location: Social Science Ready Reference (SSRC)
Call Number: KF156 .B53 1999
This is the standard dictionary for clarifying legal terminology.
- The Constitution of the United States of America:
Analysis and Interpretation.
Publisher: Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 2004.
Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC)
Call Number: KF4527 .U54 2004
URL: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS67433
This annotated edition of the U.S. Constitution prepared by
the Library of Congress Congressional Research Service includes
notes to cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Includes an extensive analytical scholarly comment on each
Article and Amendment of the Constitution.
- Constitutional Law in a Nutshell. 5th edition.
Publisher: St. Paul, MN: West Group, 2003.
Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC)
Call Number: KF4550 .Z9 B35 2003
This introduction to American constitutional law discusses leading
U.S. Supreme Court cases within in-depth summaries of constitutional
principles and their history.
- National Security and Military Law in a Nutshell.
Publisher: St. Paul, MN: West Pub. Co., 2003.
Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC)
Call Number: KF7210 .S52 2003
Provides authoritative coverage of the Constitution and national
security, entering the military, and service members' rights.
Also discusses the military criminal justice system, discharge,
and compensation for injury or death.
- A Practical Companion to the Constitution: How the Supreme
Court Has Ruled on Issues from Abortion to Zoning.
Publisher: Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1999.
Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC)
Call Number: KF4548 .L54 1999
- Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
This index includes citations to U.S. law review articles
and selected United Kingdom and Australian law journals
going back to early 1980 (print version covers articles
back to circa 1900).
- LexisNexis Academic
The law component of this comprehensive news and information
database includes the full text of U.S. court cases, statutes
and law review articles and selected sources of international
law. Click on Legal in the red bar to begin your search. - Westlaw Campus
Provides full text electronic access to U.S court cases, statutes
and law review articles. Contains current statutes and law
reviews since early 1990s. - Hein Online
This database contains full-text articles (PDF versions) from
selected law reviews from the first issue, excluding a few recent
years.
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News Sources
News sources can be very useful for finding primary coverage of specific events, as well as feature articles and editorials related to your topic. For additional resources, be sure to consult the Newspaper Indexes page.
Contemporary News - U.S. & International (mid-1980s to present):
- Lexis Nexis Academic
Provides full text access to news from across the U.S. and around the
world. Coverage of most newspapers goes back to the mid 1980s, but varies
widely. Also provides access to business, legal, and medical journals,
as well as corporate financial information. Click on News in the
red bar to begin your search.
- NewsBank Full-Text Newspapers
Provides full-text of many major national and regional newspapers from the United States and around the world. Use the clickable map to select a country or state to search.
- Factiva
Database from Dow Jones & Reuters that provides full text access to
various newspapers and news wire services.
- ProQuest Newspapers
Provides indexing and full text of the Wall Street Journal (back to 1984) and the New York Times (back to 1980) and abstracts only of USA Today (back to 1989).
- Google - News
URL: http://www.google.com/news
Google News pulls together related headlines and photos from approximately
4,500 news sources worldwide, automatically arranging them to present the
most relevant news first. Google News enables you to see how different news
organizations around the world report the same events. Stories are updated
continuously throughout the day, making this an especially useful source
for breaking news.
- National Public Radio
URL: http://www.npr.org
NPR is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor
of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. The
NPR web site provides a searchable, full-audio archive of programs,
including All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Talk of the
Nation, etc., going back to 1996. Transcripts are available on the
site for purchase, but these are also available for free via
Lexis-Nexis back to 1992.
- Public Broadcasting System
URL: http://www.pbs.org
Here you can find pages highlighting the award-winning PBS news-related
programs, including Frontline, POV, NOW, NewsHour, and NOVA. Transcripts,
audio, and video files of previous broadcasts are available. Transcripts
of NewsHour are also available via LexisNexis back to 1982. Podcasts and
RSS are also available on this site.
- Vanderbilt University Television News Archive
URL: http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu
The Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt
University is the world's most extensive and complete
archive of television news dating back to August 1968.
The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network
evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national
broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC (1968- ), CNN (1995- ),
PBS (2000- ), FOX (2003- ); more than 9,000 hours of
special news-related programming; and ABC's Nightline
(1989- ). Access to TV-NewsSearch is free, but requires
registration. You may request video segments (on loan only)
for reference, study, classroom instruction and research
for a fee. Important: the fees (up to a limit) are
covered by our Interlibrary Loan Services, so contact a
librarian if you need to obtain material from this
collection before placing an order.
Foreign News (1975-present):
- Finding World Newspapers at Princeton
URL: http://libweb.princeton.edu/help/research/history/guides/world_news.php
This is a very helpful guide compiled by our History Librarian Elizabeth
Bennett that offers some guidance on locating foreign newspapers of interest.
- ABYZ News Links
URL: http://www.abyznewslinks.com
ABYZ News Links is a portal to online news sources from around the world. It is
primarily composed of links to newspaper pages but also includes links to many
broadcast stations, internet services, magazines, and press agencies. Be aware
that the actual news sources you will ulimately find are likely not to be in
English.
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index
Provides indexing to the Daily Reports of the CIA's Foreign Broadcast
Information Service. These reports include translated broadcasts, news
agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements
from nations around the world. Search by keyword, region and date.
This index only covers reports from 1975-1996, which are mostly available
in microfiche with some in paper. Ask for help locating these reports
at the Social Science Reference Center. For earlier material, contact me.
For more recent material, see the World News Connection below.
- World News Connection
Continues coverage of the FBIS reports mentioned above from 1996 to
present, and with full text. The search functions are similar (by keyword,
region, and date) with a "latest headlines" feature for monitoring
current news.
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Public Opinion Sources
For additional sources, see the Politics, political attitudes and behavior, Public opinion polls, and the Race, ethnicity and ethnic relations sections of the Data & Statistical Services page.
Databases for finding opinion sources:
- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
URL: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu
Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the ICPSR provides member colleges
and universities with access to an extensive data archive, as well
as training facilities for social scientists conducting quantitative
analysis. Search their data holdings by keyword or browse by thematic
categories.
- iPOLL Databank
Based on the files of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research,
this database is a comprehensive, up-to-date source for U.S.
nationwide public opinion. It is a full-text retrieval system
updated daily and organized at the question-level, providing
tools to sift through nearly a half million questions asked on
national public opinion surveys since 1935. A one-time free registration is
required to use this database.
- Polling Report
URL: http://www.pollingreport.com
Polling Report bills itself as an independent, nonpartisan
resource on trends in American public opinion. Their Web site
provides selected questions and summaries of responses taken
from nationwide polls conducted by major pollsters, including
Gallup, Harris, CNN/USA Today, Fox News, and others. Data and
state-level surveys are available only to subscribers, but
there are lots of alternatives out there, so I strongly
recommend you talk to a librarian before subscribing!
- Polling the Nations
Polling the Nations is a compilation of public opinion surveys
conducted in the United States and more than 80 other countries.
Each record includes the question asked and the responses given,
the polling organization responsible for the work, the date the
information was released, the sample size, and the groups or
areas included in the interview.
Individual opinion studies:
- American National Election Studies (ANES)
URL: http://www.electionstudies.org
Since 1948, the mission of the American National Election
Studies has been to produce high quality data on
voting, public opinion, and political participation that
serve the research needs of those interested in the
theoretical and empirical foundations of mass politics in
a democratic society. ANES conducts national surveys of
the American electorate in presidential and midterm
election years and carries out research and development
work through pilot studies in odd-numbered years. The
main series of ANES studies encompasses biennial election
studies spanning five decades.
- Chicago Council on Global Affairs
URL: http://www.thechicagocouncil.org
Founded in 1922, as the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations,
the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, is a leading independent,
nonpartisan organization committed to influencing the discourse
on global issues through contributions to opinion and policy
formation, leadership dialogue, and public learning. The Chicago
Council undertakes a large-scale public opinion study every two
years that compares American and international public opinion on
a wide range of important international issues. Check out their
survey page.
- Pew Global Attitudes Project
URL: http://pewglobal.org
A project of the Pew Research Center, the Global Attitudes Project
is a series of worldwide public opinion surveys that encompasses a
broad array of subjects ranging from people's assessments of their
own lives to their views about the current state of the world and
important issues of the day.
- WorldPublicOpinion.org
URL: http://www.worldpublicopinion.org
A publication of the Program on International Policy Attitudes at
the University of Maryland, WorldPublicOpinion.org is a source of
in-depth information and analysis on public opinion on international
issues from around the world.
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Useful Web Sites
For additional resources, including some helpful bibliographies, see my research guide on Geopolitical & Security Information Sources.
Official U.S. Government Sites:
- U.S. Intelligence Community
URL: http://www.intelligence.gov
The intelligence community is a federation of executive branch
agencies and organizations that conduct intelligence activities
necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and the protection
of the national security of the United States. Use this site to
learn more about intelligence activities, the organizations that
gather intelligence, and their relationships with other government
organizations.
- Director of National Intelligence
URL: http://www.dni.gov
The DNI serves as the head of the U.S. intelligence community and acts
as the principal advisor to the President, the National Security Council,
and the Homeland Security Council for intelligence matters related to the
national security. The Web site provides links to press releases,
Congressional testimony, speeches, and other publications including the
National Intelligence Strategy of the United States.
- Department of
Defense
URL: http://www.defenselink.mil
The DoD is responsible for providing the military forces needed to deter
war and protect the security of the United States. See these links for
more information: Annual
Report to the President and the Congress, Defense
Almanac, Dictionary
of Military Terms, and
DoD 101: Introduction to the U.S. Department of Defense. See also
the individual armed forces pages:
Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army,
Navy,
Air Force, and Marine
Corps.
- Department of Homeland
Security
URL: http://www.dhs.gov
Homeland Security leads the unified national effort to secure the United
States from terrorist attacks, threats, and hazards. DHS works to ensure
safe and secure borders, welcome lawful immigrants and visitors, and
promote the free-flow of commerce.
- Department of State
URL: http://www.state.gov
The State Department advises the President in the formulation and execution
of foreign policy. Their primary objective in the conduct of foreign
relations is to promote the long-range security and well-being of the
United States. The State Dept. website can be a good source for press
releases concerning recent events in U.S. foreign relations.
- Central Intelligence
Agency
URL: http://www.cia.gov
The Central Intelligence Agency was created in 1947 with the signing
of the National Security Act by President Truman. The National
Security Act charged the Director of Central Intelligence with
coordinating the nation’s intelligence activities and correlating,
evaluating and disseminating intelligence which affects national
security.
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FBI - War on Terrorism
URL: http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/counterrorism/waronterrorhome.htm
Today, the FBI is part of a vast national and international
campaign dedicated to defeating terrorism. Working
hand-in-hand with partners in law enforcement, intelligence,
the military, and diplomatic circles, our job is to
neutralize terrorist cells and operatives here in the U.S.
and to help dismantle terrorist networks worldwide.
- National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the
United States (9/11 Commission)
URL: http://www.9-11commission.gov
The 9/11 Commission was an independent, bipartisan commission
created in late 2002 to prepare a full and complete account of
the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response
to the attacks. The Commission was also mandated to provide
recommendations designed to guard against future attacks. This
archived Web site provides access to video and transcripts of
the commission's hearings and its reports. Copies of the videos
of the hearings are also avilable in the Video Collection located
in East Pyne. Copies of the 9/11 Commission Final Report are
also available in Firestone and other locations. - National
Security Council
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc
Established by the National Security Act of 1947, the NSC
is the President's principal forum for considering national
security and foreign policy matters with his senior national
security advisors and cabinet officials.
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
URL: http://www.intelligence.senate.gov
Established in 1976, this committee is responsible for overseeing and
making continuing studies of the intelligence activities and programs
of the U.S. government, submitting to the Senate appropriate proposals
for legislation, and reporting to the Senate concerning intelligence
activities and programs.
- House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence
URL: http://intelligence.house.gov
Created in 1977, this is the analogous committee in the House of
Representatives that oversees the intelligence organizations of the U.S.
government. This committee has jurisdiction over the organization or
reorganization of any department or agency as it relates to
intelligence-related activities, and authorizes appropriations for
intelligence activities.
Research Centers & Think Tanks:
-
American Civil Liberties Union
URL: http://www.aclu.org
Founded in 1920, the ACLU is a nonprofit, nonpartisan
organization devoted to the protection of civil liberties. The
ACLU maintains the position that civil liberties must be
respected, even in times of national emergency.
- American Enterprise Institute
URL: http://www.aei.org
Founded in 1943, the American Enterprise Institute is a conservative
policy research institution dedicated to research and education on
issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare. AEI
seeks to defend the principles and improve the institutions of
American freedom and democratic capitalism, including limited
government, private enterprise, individual liberty and
responsibility, vigilant and effective defense and foreign policies,
political accountability, and open debate. -
Brookings Institution
URL: http://www.brookings.edu
Founded in 1916, the Brookings Institution is one of Washington's
oldest think tanks. It is an independent, nonpartisan organization
devoted to research, analysis, and public education with an
emphasis on economics, foreign policy, governance, and metropolitan
policy.
- Center for Democracy and Technology
URL: http://www.cdt.org
The Center for Democracy and Technology works to promote
democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital
age.
- Council on Foreign
Relations
URL: http://www.cfr.org
Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations is a nonprofit
and nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to improving the
understanding of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs through
the free exchange of ideas. The Council's Web site is a
good source for current issues in international affiars.
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Federation of American Scientists
URL: http://www.fas.org/main/home.jsp
The Federation of American Scientists is a nonprofit, tax-exempt,
organization founded in 1945 as the Federation of Atomic Scientists.
Its founders were members of the Manhattan Project and deeply
concerned about the implications of the use of atomic weapons for
the future of humankind. FAS is the oldest organization dedicated
to ending the worldwide arms race and avoiding the use of nuclear
weapons for any purpose.
- Heritage Foundation
URL: http://www.heritage.org
Founded in 1973, the Heritage Foundation is a research and educational
institute whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative
public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited
government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a
strong national defense. -
The National Constitution Center
URL: http://www.constitutioncenter.org
Located nearby in Philadelphia, the National Constitution Center is an
independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing public
understanding ond appreciation for the Constitution, its history,
and its contemporary relevance.
- RAND Publications
URL: http://www.rand.org/Abstracts/abstracts.html
A nonprofit public policy research institution established after World
War II to study national security, in the 1960s RAND added domestic
policy problems to its research agenda. Current areas of research and
analysis include national defense, education and training, health care,
criminal and civil justice, labor and population, science and technology,
community development, international relations, and regional studies.
The publications database goes back to 1946, many of which are available in PDF. See the RAND
Publications Research Guide for more help in locating RAND publications
held in Princeton libraries.
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U.S. Army War College - Strategic Studies Institute
URL: http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil
The SSI is the U.S. Army's institute for geostrategic and national
security research and analysis. Its primary function is to provide
direct analysis for Army and Department of Defense leadership, and
serve as a bridge to the wider strategic community.
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