Recent and archival news about countries, from The New York Times.
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Country Profiles from BBC News
Each profile contains a succinct overview, links to media from that country (including some in English), and a chronology of significant eventsDelete Table
What USAID does (global problems) and Where USAID Works (places)
"USAID is the lead U.S. Government agency that works to end extreme global poverty and enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their potential."
tab on the Global Studies guide for access to media outlets for countries, including many in English.
OECD Factbook 2015-2016: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics by Provides a global overview of todays major economic, social and environmental indicators. Countries are covered in detail, enabling direct comparisons for many indicators between OECD Members and Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation and South Africa.
Society at a Glance 2016: OECD Social Indicators by This is the eighth edition of Society at a Glance, the biennial OECD overview of social indicators. This report addresses the growing demand for quantitative evidence on social well-being and its trends. It updates some indicators included in the previous editions published since 2001 and introduces several new ones, with 25 indicators in total. It includes data for the 35 OECD member countries and where available data for key partners (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa); other G20 countries (Argentina and Saudi Arabia) are also included. The report features a special chapter on the NEET challenge and what can be done for jobless and disengaged youth. It also provides a guide to help readers in understanding the structure of OECD social indicators.See summaries of U.S. relations with individual countries around the world, from the U.S. Department of State
Streaming video, a wide range of documentary and educational films. Browse a region from the
Area Studies collection.
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Constitute: The World's Constitutions to Read, Search, and Compare, from the Comparative Constitutions Project
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Country Pages or Fact Sheets or Policy Issues
on individual countries, featuring U.S. relations with the country, from the U.S. Department of State
The United States Institute of Peace posts information on the countries where it currently works.
Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures
Full text of this "historical guide to some of the world's peoples, from the earliest times to the present."
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Book of Peoples of the World: A Guide to Cultures
REF 305.8 B6445
Native Peoples of the World
REF 305.8003 N21
Country Studies from the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress
Europa World Yearbook
Offers an in-depth assessment of a country's recent political history and relations with other countries
REF 341.184 Eu74
Financial Times World Desk Reference
Maps, charts and diagrams, and facts and statistics on the world's nations. Ebook from DK.
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Geography of the World
Full text of this DK reference book
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Statesman's Yearbook
Annual publication with detailed information on government and economy of each country.
REF 310 St29
The Cultural Orientation Resource Center offers Refugee Backgrounders for some refugee groups in the U.S.
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural AmericaNational Bureau of Asian Research
A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that provides independent research about US relations with Asia.
Encyclopaedia Iranica
From Columbia University's Center for Iranian Studies. Treats all aspects of Iranian history and culture. Entries are peer-reviewed by an editorial board.
French Culture, from Cultural Services of the French Embassy, U.S.
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From the National Library of Australia, a portal for content on Australia
Polish Culture from the Adam Mickiewicz Institute
Polska, official promotional website of Poland
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Arab Cultural Studies: Mapping the Field Reflects and engages in an interdisciplinary discussion on the different facets of Arab cultural studies, including gender, economy, history, epistemology, language, method, politics, literary and cultural criticism, institutionalization, popular culture, creativity and much more.
