POL/GLA 4973: Senior Seminar in Global Affairs (Stefanova)

A guide for Dr. Boyka Stefanova's course.

Country Information

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
Provides access to select EIU publications, including Country Commerce, a guide to operating conditions, commercial laws, and business regulations in 55 countries. Also included are Country Reports for China, Singapore, and Taiwan, as well as Country Risk Briefings, and Country Forecast for China only.

CIA World Factbook Country Profiles
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
Background Notes - U.S. Department of State
Under "Countries and Areas". Current and archival reports include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations on each region.

Corruption Perceptions Index
Ranks almost 200 countries by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys.
Global Corruption Barometer
Provides surveys of more than 90,000 people in 86 countries around the world for .The 2010 barometer also examines bribery.
Global Peace Index
Ranks 140 countries their 'absence of violence', using metrics that combine both internal and external factors. Most people understand the absence of violence as an indicator of peace. This definition also allows for the measuring of peacefulness within, as well as between, nations.
Transparency International
Non-profit non-partisan that promotes transparency in governments by fighting corruption. View corruption by country.

Eurasianet.org
Provides information and analysis about political, economic, environmental and social developments in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in Russia, Turkey, and Southwest Asia.
Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Supports African leadership that will improve the economic and social prospects of the people of Africa. The Foundation publishes an annual index of African governance.
Political Database of the Americas (PDBA)
The Political Database of the Americas (PDBA) is a non-governmental project of the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at Georgetown University. The PDBA offers centralized and systematized information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies and other subjects related to the strengthening of democracy in the region.

MIT Center for International Studies
Publishes the Foreign Policy Index, which is an annual review of U.S. foreign policy by subject area.