Research Guides: International Relations & Foreign Policy: Primary Sources by Region

General Resources

Wilson Center Digital Archive
Documents from governments all across the globe, on the history of international relations and diplomacy, focusing on the interrelated histories of the Cold War, Korea, and Nuclear Proliferation.
Avalon Project: documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
Browse the list for documents by region.
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations: Primary Source Websites
Links to primary source websites, organized by country

Amnesty International Archives: A Global Movement for Human Rights This link opens in a new window
Political events, global social change, human rights violations, & campaigns against injustice

Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 This link opens in a new window
Documents from the U.K. Foreign Office

Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, 1971-1981 This link opens in a new window
British Foreign Office files about the Middle East

The Middle East 1916-2001: A Documentary Record
Israel's Foreign Policy: Historical Documents
Digital collection of selected documents from 1947-2005
Official Gazette, Palestinian National Authority
Legislations published in the Palestinian Official Gazette since 1994 after the Palestinian National Authority assumed its responsibilities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Middle East Political Sites Archive
Content includes blogs, social media and news sites about Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Kurdistan and others. Topics include political parties, politics and government, elections, Islam and politics and more. 2007-present. Content is in various languages.
Saddam Hussein Sourcebook
Declassified documents from the U.S.-Iraq relationship
Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources
Links to historical Middle Eastern and Islamic newspapers available on the internet
National Library of Israel: Newspapers
Digitized Israeli press, Jewish press, Arabic press and magazines, covers 1783-2021

Foreign Office Files for China, 1910-1980 This link opens in a new window
British Foreign Office files about China, Hong Kong, & Taiwan
Foreign Office Files for Japan, 1919-1952 This link opens in a new window
British Foreign Office files about Japanese relations
Foreign Office Files for Southeast Asia, 1963-1980 This link opens in a new window
Government documents from the U.K. National Archives about Southeast Asia
China: Trade, Politics & Culture This link opens in a new window
Original source material detailing China's interaction with the West
Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1947-1980 This link opens in a new window
British Foreign Office files about India, Pakistan, & Afghanistan

Books of primary source documents are an important resource for finding things that are not otherwise available digitally.