Politics Links
Internet resources
The below list is a selection of useful English language links for students in Politics and/or International Relations. It is by no means intended as complete, and should be regarded as nothing more than a starting point. Please also note that Internet addresses come and go, and some of the links below may be out of date by the time you see this. Comments, suggestions, additions and updates can be emailed to a.widfeldt@abdn.ac.uk.
The Inter-Parliamentary Union has links to virtually every national parliament in the world: www.ipu.org/
The EU parliament can be found at: www.europarl.eu.int/
Two sites with information on elections, governments and parties around the world are Electionworld (www.electionworld.org/) and Manuel Álvarez-Rivera’s site (electionresources.org/).
UK parliaments and governments/executives:
The UK parliament at Westminster: www.parliament.uk/
The UK government: www.ukonline.gov.uk/
10 Downing Street: www.number-10.gov.uk/
UK Politics http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk.htm
Web Links to important international organisations:
NATO: www.nato.int/
United Nations: www.un.org/
The EU parliament: www.europarl.eu.int/
European Union: europa.eu.int/
The University of Mannheim in Germany has a collection of EU related resources: www.uni-mannheim.de/users/ddz/edz/doku/especial.html
OSCE, Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe: www.osce.org/
OECD: www.oecd.org/
The World Bank: www.worldbank.org/
The G8 (network of the world’s eight wealthiest economies) does not
have its own website, but documentation and commentary can be found at: www.g7.utoronto.ca/
Other Web Resources
Several newspapers are available on the Internet, but in many cases
there is a charge. However, the Guardian has an archive of articles that
can be accessed without cost:
www.guardian.co.uk/
If you want to keep up to date with current affairs, TV channel websites
are often useful, for example:
BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/
CNN: www.cnn.com/
Sky News: www.sky.com/skynews/
Scottish newspapers:
The Herald (Glasgow) www.theherald.co.uk/
The Scotsman (Edinburgh): www.scotsman.com/
The Press and Journal and Evening Express (Aberdeen) do not have websites per se, but articles from both papers can be accessed via This is North Scotland’s site (www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk/).
A relatively new site designed by an undergraduate student for undergraduate students seeking a platform to publish their papers as they travel through their studies, seeking to offer not only a springboard but an academic assembly of peers for discourse, providing inspiration to other students looking at similar topics as well as research and revision material. The "Student Journal of International Affairs" based at the URL:http://www.thesjia.net
Other resources of interest:
You are probably already familiar with the most well-known Internet search engines, such as Yahoo (www.yahoo.com/) and Google (www.google.com/).
If you are looking for an academic job, it is useful to keep up to date with www.jobs.ac.uk/, which lists available positions, from short-term assistantships to permanent chairs, in the British Isles as well as overseas. The Times Higher Education Supplement (www.thes.co.uk/) is also worth a visit.
http://www.allsafetravels.com/