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The growth of information technology, and the Internet in particular, has in a short period of time come to play an important role in the global economy and in the lives of much of the world's population. The Center for Democracy makes use of the Internet on a daily basis in numerous ways, from e-mail communication around the world to research on current events.

The following is a list of links to websites related to international affairs which we have found useful. If you have suggestions for additional links.



United States Government

Agency for International Development (USAID)
Department of Commerce
Department of Treasury
House of Representatives
International Information Programs (formerly the U.S. Information Agency)
Library of Congress 'Thomas'
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Senate
State Department
Voice of America
White House

Multilateral Organizations

Asian Development Bank
Council of Europe
European Union
Inter-American Development Bank
International Monetary Fund
International Labor Organization
Organization of American States (OAS)
United Nations
United Nations Development Programme
World Bank
World Trade Organization

Foundations

The Asia Foundation
Eurasia Foundation
The Ford Foundation
The Foundation Center
Global Opportunity Foundation
Inter-American Foundation
The Mott Foundation
Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation)
The Stanley Foundation

Public Policy Research Organizations

American Enterprise Institute
Brookings Institution
Carnegie Institute for International Peace
Carnegie Institute of Washington
CATO Institute
Center for Strategic & International Studies
Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
EastWest Institute
Economic Strategy Institute
Heritage Foundation
The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis
The International Center
International Research Page
National Security Archive (GWU)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Worldwatch Institute
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (Harvard)
RAND Corporation
U.S. Institute of Peace

Media

Albanian news service
CNN
C-SPAN
Christian Science Monitor
Congressional Quarterly
The Economist
Foreign Affairs
Los Angeles Times
New York Times
Time Magazine
U.S. News and World Report
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
Washington Times

Time Zones

World Time Zone
WORLDTIME: interactive atlas, time info, public holidays
The Time Zone Page