Politics Research Guide

Click on a country's name for links to cultural, political, and economic web sites for each African nation. Not all links are active.

News briefs, reports on current campaigns and issues, and membership information for this human rights organization.

Identifies, assesses, and communicates key issues and problems in this unique region of spectacular natural beauty and cultural wealth, abundant resources and fragile environment. Discussion of some key issues that confront the Rockies: energy, the condition of the national parks, urban sprawl, toxic waste, creative occupations, and civic engagement.

From the US State Department, these handy guides provide information on a country's leaders, politics, economy, and relations with the US.

This US State Department site contains links to US policies on promoting democracy and human rights. Recent congressional activities are tracked.

Brief entries on other countries' political, economic, military, and geographic features.

The successor to the venerable THOMAS site from the Library of Congress, Congress.gov allows you to track current federal legislation, look up recent public laws, and directs you to information on current members of Congress. Also provides access to the Congressional Record from recent years.

Historic texts such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers, Articles of Confederation plus contemporary sources like Supreme Court Decisions, Executive Orders, the U.S. Budget, and the Economic Report of the President.

Sponsored by the Department of the Army, these handbooks provide an up-to-date portrait of a country's social, economic, and political life.

News, activities, institutions, and official documents of the European Union. Includes a history of the EU, major treaties, and other general information.

Extensive public documents site on U.S. defense policy, military analysis, nuclear non-proliferation, biological weapons, space policy, cyber security, and related issues. Contains agency reports, congressional hearings, and special studies.

Enables cross-searching of federal government web sites as well as linking to federal agencies ranging from the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency to the National Endowment for the Arts.

This site contains reports and photo essays on current human rights concerns around the globe.

Declassified government documents on a variety of issues, including 9/11, Iraq, the Cold War, Nixon in China, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Tiananmen Square, and political crises in Latin America.

Track the voting patterns of elected state and federal officials. Search by issues, politician's name, or by your ZIP+4 code for a list of all of your public officials. Site has a built-in ZIP+4 finder if you don't know all 9 digits.

This site has been replaced by Congress.gov.

Available in multiple languages, this site includes information on the UN's activities, structure, and agenda.