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One of the best political websites is Political Resources on the Net. This is a superb
site for locating websites for qovernments, political parties (mainstream and fringe),
NGOs, institutes, and "unrepresented" peoples or areas, such as Kosovo, East
Timor, Hmong, etc. The topics are arranged from global to regional to countryspecific.
For anything political, this is a very good first stop. However, the internal
search does not work. For political information on the Americas, try Georgetown
University's Political Database of the Americas; the site contains both original
information as well as links to reference sources.
European Countries
http://europa.eu/abc/europeancountries/indexen.htm
At the EU's Europa site, each of the European Union member states has a link from
this page. The newly redesigned site has far less information about member nations'
government site and now only provides a link to each country's official website.
Europa still provides information about and links to EU candidate countries and to
other European nations.
Council of the Baltic Sea States
http://www.cbss.st/
The Council of Baltic Sea States also offers a website with information including
news, history, the structure of the Council, lots of documents, contact lists, etc. The
site is completely in English, though external links to member states are usually in
the appropriate national language. The homepage includes a map with links to the
foreign ministries of each country.
East & Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
http://newton.uor.edulDepartments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/index.html
The East & Southeast Asia annotated directory of Internet resources from the
University of Redlands (in California) is an excellent portal for information specific to
Asian nations as well as Asian resources in general as well as "hot topics" such as
the avian flu, the North Korean nuclear crisis, and the tsunami of 2004.
Current Rulers Worldwide
http://www.terra.es/persona/2/monolith/
Rulers of the World
http://rulers.org/
For information on world leaders, be sure to see Zarate's Political Collections, which
includes Current Rulers Worldwide. The site is updated regularly. Rulers of the
World is also kept current but has an accent on history: "This site contains lists of
heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not
occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back
to about 1700 in most cases." Current rulers are also included.
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