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Sources for American Foreign Relations

CIA World Factbook
Information on the world's countries, produced by the CIA. Check the introduction and the section on Transnational Issues for current US relations.
US Department of State
News, press releases, and official information on US foreign relations.

Policy Commons This link opens in a new window
Reports from policy experts, nonpartisan think tanks, IGOs and NGOs.
Access World News This link opens in a new window
Newspapers from around the world. You can drill down to just the country you're presenting on so that you can get that country's unfiltered perspective on world events.
US Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
Five major US papers - The New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune - from 1985 to present. This is a great source for finding the US's perspective on international events.