Politics and International Relations

This collection contains the research, publications, speeches and archives of the leading international affairs think tank, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London. The Library has access to Part I, 1920-1979 & Part II, 1980-2008

The Digital National Security Archive is a comprehensive collection of primary documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. The Library has access to selected collections within this database.

Daily Reports (1941-1996) consist of translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals and government statements from nations around the globe. These media sources were monitored in their languages of origin, translated into English and issued by an agency of the U.S. Government

This collection presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. The series began in 1861 and continues until the administration of Richard Nixon in 1975.

Single, central access point about Australian trade union history from the 19th century. Includes union amalgamations, expansions, name changes and ceased unions reflecting the industrial, legislative, political, technological and economic environmental changes. Details existing knowledge regarding trade union and industrial bodies involving the location, quantity, contents and archival access conditions.

Human Rights Documents Online (HRDO) will ultimately contain all human rights documents collected by the Human Rights Internet (HRI) in Ottawa in Canada since 1980. These documents emanate from 483 non-governmental human rights organizations (NGOs) worldwide, some of which have a universal scope, whilst others focus on the attainment of human rights in a specific area of the world.

This collection of 2,360 formerly classified U.S. government documents (most of them classified Top Secret or higher) provides readers for the first time with the declassified documentary record about the successes and failures of the U.S. intelligence community in its efforts to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

The Economist Historical Archive delivers a complete searchable copy of every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2009. n more than 8,000 issues since its first publication in 1843, The Economist has presented timely reporting, concise commentary and comprehensive analysis of global news every week. It presents the worlds political, business, scientific, technological and cultural developments and the connections between them and is a primary source of research covering the 19th and 20th centuries.

Officially titled United States - Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense. These "Pentagon Papers" are a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967.