Research Guides: International Relations & Foreign Policy: Overview

Recommended Resources

Library Search
Use to find books and interdisciplinary resources. Useful subject searches are "diplomatic history," "foreign policy" "international relations" and "foreign relations."

PAIS This link opens in a new window
Best database to start with for policy and international relations topics.
Political Science Complete This link opens in a new window
Good for topics related to policy, international relations, and politics. Add "international relations" as a subject to help focus your searches.
Policy Commons: Global Think Tanks This link opens in a new window
Objective, fact-based research from the world’s leading policy experts, think tanks, IGOs and NGOs

Foreign Affairs (1922-present)
News and analysis on global issues and policy, from the Council on Foreign Relations.
Foreign Policy (1990-present)
American news publication focused on global affairs, current events, and domestic and international policy

New York Times This link opens in a new window
NYTimes.com, podcasts, newsletters, multimedia, and live events. Archived articles between 1851-present

The Economist (1986 - present)
Balanced news reporting from the UK, good for international topics. Editorial stance supports free trade, globalization, open immigration, environmental protection, and social liberalism.

Wall Street Journal, The This link opens in a new window
Access the default edition of Wall Street Journal and WSJ.com articles.

Council on Foreign Relations: Explainers
Background information on contemporary foreign policy topics from this non-partisan think tank
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
Reports for Congress on policy issues from multiple perspectives. Reports can include historical context. From the early 90s to present.

Oxford Bibliographies: International Relations This link opens in a new window
Overviews & annotated bibliographies on an array of topics within international relations

The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations
Publication Date: 2021
Overviews of the research on the historical, theoretical, global, regional, and national foreign-policy dimensions of peaceful change.
A World of Nations: the International Order since 1945 by William R. Keylor
Publication Date: 2002
Great Power Diplomacy, 1814-1914 by Norman M. Rich
Publication Date: 1991
Diplomatic history
Great Power Diplomacy by Norman M. Rich
Publication Date: 2002
Diplomatic history from World War I to the end of the Cold War, the dissolution of the Soviet Empire, and the breakup of Yugoslavia.