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Additional international data sources 

Type		Name	Web Site	Information
Organization		U.S. Dept. of State	www.state.gov
		U.S. Government	www.data.gov	All the information anyone could ever need on the U S A, or at least our government
		GPO (U.S. Government Printing Office)	www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
		American Foreign Service Association	www.afsa.org
		Peace Corps	www.peacecorps.gov
		DACOR	www.dacorbacon.org	An organization of foreign affairs professionals
		The Institute for Civility in Government	www.InstituteForCivility.org
		LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT	www.utexas.edu/lbj
		Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, UT	www.strausscenter.org
		Austin Newcomers	www.austinnewcomers.com	400 links for visitors and newcomers
International Coverage	U.S. based	Foreign Affairs magazine	www.foreignaffairs.com	Published by the Council on Foreign Relations
		Breaking Defense	www.breakingdefense.com
	U.S. based	Reuters	www.reuters.com	Latest news from around the world, covering breaking news in business, politics, entertainment, technology, video and pictures.
	French based	France24	www.france24.com	International news 24/7
		HAARETZ.com	www.haaretz.com	English language site for Israel and Mid East news
	Internationally based	Gateway House	www.gatewayhouse.in	Indian Council on Global Relations
		Eurasia Net	www.eurasiagroup.net
		Geopolitical Monitor	www.geopoliticalmonitor.com
		worldnewsconnect.net	www.worldnewsconnect.net	Over 120 news sources from around the world
	U.S. based	DOS magazine	www.state.gov/m/dghr/ statemag/
		Foreign Policy magazine	www.foreignpolicy.com
		Quartz	https://qz.com	A digitally native news outlet for the new global economy
	Retired diplomats in Research Triangle area, N.C.	American Diplomacy	www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/	Electronic journal of commentary and analysis on international issues
		Al Jazeera (in English)	english.aljazeera.net	Live feeds from Cairo
	Internationally based	BBC	www.bbc.co.uk
		Monocle magazine	www.monocle.com	A briefing on global affairs, business, culture, & design
		The Economist magazine	www.economist.com
		Stratfor	www.stratfor.com	Global intelligence, non-political and non-ideological
		The Guardian	www.guardian.co.uk
Countries	Canada	Connect2Canada	www.connect2canada.com
	Mexico	various sites for Mexican centers, such as educational institutions, foundations, think tanks	Mexican sites
Think Tanks	U.S. based	Center for Strategic and International Studies	csis.org	Providing strategic insights and bipartisan policy solutions to decision makers
	U.S. based	Brookings Institution	www.brookings.edu	Top ranked think tank in the world
	U.S. based	Belfer Center	belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/	Harvard's center on international and science affairs
	U.S. based	Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)	www.esri.com	A non-profit think tank that produces and writes about visual messages such as maps
	U.S. based	Foreign Policy Research Institute	www.fpri.org	Adding perspective to events by fitting them into the larger historical and cultural context of international politics
	London-based	Chatham House	www.chathamhouse.org	Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, is an independent policy institute based in London.
	U.S. based	Rand Corporation	www.rand.org	A think tank for policy and decision making
		The Carnegie Endowment	http://carnegieendowment.org
		American Academy of Diplomacy	www.academyofdiplomacy.org
International Service Organizations with a Texas group		The Friendship Force - HQ	www.the friendshipforce.org
		GlobalAustin	www.globalaustin.org
		Partners of the Americas	www.partners.net	An international grassroots organization
Free e-books		The Gutenberg Project	www.gutenberg.org	36,000+ ebooks & 100,000+ from partners in 60+ languages
Maps		Similarities & Differences in the World		Contributed by H. Keith Sterzing
Information for prospective retirees		The FLO Office	www.state.gov/m/dghr/flo/ reentry/index.htm	USA FSO retiree contacts