Resource Links
Websites & Blogs
- Big Think by Vali Nasr, Tufts University
- Camden Conference - founded in 1987 as a nonprofit, non-partisan educational organization whose mission is to foster informed discourse on world issues
- ChinaFile by the Asia Society. Look especially for contributions by publisher Orville Schell
- ClimateReanalyzer.org - a teaching sub-site of NOAA's Climate.gov website
- Fareed Zakaria, foreign policy advisor
- Foreign Policy by Stephen M. Walt, Harvard University - A realist in an ideological age
- Going to Tehran by Flynt Leverett & Hillary Mann Leverett
- Informed Comment by Juan Cole, University of Michigan - Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion
- Interesting Times by George Packer, "The New Yorker" - Thoughts on foreign affairs, politics, and books
- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) - a coalition of non-government organizations in one hundred countries advocating for a strong and effective nuclear weapon ban treaty
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) - who share the common goal of creating a more peaceful and secure world freed from the threat of nuclear annihilation
- Jane's 360 - a British publishing company specializing in military, aerospace and transportation topics
- LobeLog Foreign Policy - Good for Mideast issues
- The Middle East Channel by Marc Lynch
- Middle East Eye - to learn more, see "About Us"
- Middle East Institute "Regional Cooperation Series" - articles on a range of topics
- National Iranian American Council
- Nir Rosen
- Rami George Khouri
- "Riverbend" by Girl Blog from Iraq (Note from Ed Knox: When the war started with our invasion of Iraq, I began following the girl blogger for the details of Baghdad under occupation. She gave the daily story of how to live with spotty electricity, daily violence, terror, uncertain food, and gave a voice to the unfortunate collateral damage of our foreign policy. Heartbreaking. I followed her to Syria where she soon quick blogging. Now I know she is two countries further on. Some of our colleagues may wish to follow her story back into deeper history. She is not dull.)
- Stratfor - a subscription website with a few free articles and videos
- Syria Comment by Joshua Landis, University of Oklahoma - Syrian Politics, History & Religion
- United Nations Meetings Coverage and Press Releases
- Vice News - News source
- War on the Rocks - a platform for analysis, commentary, debate and multimedia content on foreign policy and national security issues to which Rebecca Davis Gibbons contributes
- We Meant Well by Peter Van Buren
News Media
- 10 Investigative Reporting Outlets to Follow on "Moyers & Company," Jan 13, 2017
- Al Jazeera with links to their live programming in English
- Gulf News, a daily English-language newspaper published in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- The Gulf Today, a daily English-language newspaper published in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- The National, a daily English-language newspaper published in the Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- The New York Times
- "Fareed's Global Briefing" by Fareed Zakaria - Click here and scroll down to sign up
- "Axios World" by David Lawler - Posted two evenings a week. Click here to subscribe.
- "The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily" - Click here to sign up for once-a-week national-security-focused edition (and maybe other editions, too)
- "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing" - Click here and search for "Monday Briefing" for current and past posts. Not sure how, or if, you can subscribe.
Other
- The World Factbook by the CIA
- Frequently Asked Questions posted by the U.S. Energy Information Administration
- Wikipedia can by useful but must be regarded with caution on Mideast Affairs owing to diligent editors with fixed opinions.
- Bowdoin College Calendar of Events lists lectures, films, and other events, most of which are open to the public
- TSA Pre-Check
- www.jstor.org - Journals, primary sources, and books
- FiveThirtyEight: 2016 Election Forecast - see especially "honeycomb" map of electoral districts in connection with discussion of American Nations