Profiles
- Council of Europe and Russian Federation
-------------------------------- - A Guide to Legal Research in Russia (Updated)
-------------------------------- - Guide to Russian Federation Law in English--------------------------------
- Law Library of Congress - Russia
-------------------------------- - Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the OSCE
-------------------------------- - Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
-------------------------------- - Russia - CIA World Factbook
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- US Embassy and Consulates in Russia
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- Council of Europe Office in Ukraine--------------------------------
- Council on Foreign Relations--------------------------------
- Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine
-------------------------------- - Embassy of Canada to Ukraine
-------------------------------- - Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine
From the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.
-------------------------------- - Law Library of Congress - Ukraine--------------------------------
- NATO-Ukraine Relations
This guide from the NATO Multimedia Library offers information resources for researching NATO's relations with Ukraine.
-------------------------------- - OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine--------------------------------
- Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations--------------------------------
- Researching Ukrainian Law (Updated)From the Globalex guide published New York University School of Law.
-------------------------------- - Russian invasion of UkraineThis guide from Pennsylvania State University provides context to the culture and history of Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainian and Russian news sources, Russian-Ukraine conflict maps, and Ukrainian libraries and cultural heritage. Resources for the critical review of news and media sources provide suggestions for the verification of information.
-------------------------------- - The Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Special FocusA guide from the NATO Multimedia Library.
-------------------------------- - Ukraine - CIA World Factbook--------------------------------
- Ukraine from Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019
Credo eBooks.
Ukraine. (2019). In T. Lansford (Ed.), Political handbook of the world 2018-2019. CQ Press.
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- The Council of Europe - International Law Guide--------------------------------
- Cyberwarefare and collateral damage--------------------------------
- European Convention on Human Rights--------------------------------
- Federal Documents, Sources on the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict
-------------------------------- - The Geneva Conventions and their Commentaries
-------------------------------- - Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute's "War on Ukraine" Guide
-------------------------------- - International Humanitarian Law--------------------------------
- International Statistical Programs - Census Bureau
List of links from the U.S. Census Bureau to international statistical agencies and websites.
-------------------------------- - Law of War Deskbook, 2011
United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School.
-------------------------------- - NATO's "The Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Special LibGuide"A structured information resource compiled by the NATO Library, including texts of official documents (NATO, EU), articles, reports, and multimedia content related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
-------------------------------- - Population Reference Bureau - Eastern EuropeProvides international data on population, health, and the environment.
-------------------------------- - Researching the International Weapons Law--------------------------------
- Researching the Legal Aspects of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and the European Union--------------------------------
- Sources on the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict, Part Two: The Russian Military and Eastern Europe--------------------------------
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
-------------------------------- - United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
-------------------------------- - World Health Organization
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Country Profiles & Reports
The following databases and websites will provide you with country specific information for individual countries of the world and their territories. These resources include such information as history, politics, economic background and key institutions.
- Background NotesInformation on economic conditions, geography, government & political conditions, history, people, & U.S. relations for all nations. Compiled by the U.S. Department of State.
-------------------------------- - BBC Country Profiles
Full profiles of individual countries, covering history, politics and economic background of each country and territory, and background on key institutions. Also includes audio and video clips from BBC archive.
-------------------------------- - Bilateral Relations Fact Sheet (US State Department)US Dept. of State.
-------------------------------- - CIA World FactbookProvides information from the US Central Intelligence Agency on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
-------------------------------- - Countries from the Washington DiplomatInformation on diplomatic representation.
-------------------------------- - Country Reports from the Economist
Reports include recent news articles, country profiles, forecasts, fact sheets, and economic data.
-------------------------------- - Country StudiesDetailed studies of countries with a focus on economic conditions, geography, government & politics, history, national security, society, & transportation & telecommunications. Compiled by the US Library of Congress.
-------------------------------- - CountryWatch.com [geopolitics]--------------------------------
- Ethnologue"An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,912 known living languages."
-------------------------------- - Foreign Information by CountryInformation and links organized by country.
-------------------------------- - GlobalEDGEInformation about emerging, frontier, and mature markets. Contains market resources, risk information, and economic, governmental, and financial statistics.
-------------------------------- - Library of Congress -Country StudiesThe Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
-------------------------------- - Nation Master"...a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. ... generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease." Some maps of major stats, pre-viz and embeddable. Includes citation info.
-------------------------------- - Nations of the World - Library of CongressAn annotated guide to sources of information on government and law. Includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information for different nations.
-------------------------------- - Portals to the WorldFrom the Library of Congress.
-------------------------------- - U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets (U.S. Department of State)--------------------------------
- UNdata (United Nations Statistics Division)
Provides a single point of entry for all United Nations statistical databases -- find stats on demographics, health, environmental indicators, economics, education, and more.
-------------------------------- - UN Humans Rights Commission: Country listing--------------------------------
- United NationsOffers Daily Briefings; Press Releases; Radio, TV & Photo selections; Document, Maps & Publications. Subsections cover information on UN efforts for Peace & Security; Economic & Social Development; Human Rights; Local Humanitarian Affairs; esp. UNICs.
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- World Bank: Country Profiles
Country profiles prepared by World Bank staff, available for 157 nations.
-------------------------------- - World Digital Library-developed by the Library of Congress with UNESCO. offers primary source materials from countries around the world.
- The World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous People
This resource comes from Minority Rights Group International.
-------------------------------- - World Health Organization (WHO) - Countries
Provides overviews and analysis of world nations focusing on health and health care issues including statistics relating to all countries.
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