- Welcome
- Books
- Journal Articles
- Databases
- Journals
- Archives & Primary Sources
- Data & Statistics
- Maps & GIS
- Media
- Websites
- Writing & Citing
Welcome
Start with Exploring Geopolitics:
- Offers valuable insights into key geopoltical questions
- An independent and non-profit initiative
- Aims to bridge the gap between the academic work and policy makers, business community and journalists
Use our reference collection to consult specialized dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, etc. to find overviews or summaries/definitions of terms and/or concepts.
- Conflict in Afghanistan: a historical encyclopedia
- Dictionary of Geopolitics
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts
- Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations
- Encyclopedia of war crimes and genocide
- Political terrorism; a new guide to actors, authors, concepts, data bases, theories, literature
- SIPRI Yearbook: world armaments and disarmament
- Talking Terrorism; a dictionary of the loaded language of political violence
- Terrorism 2002-2004: a chronology
- The Politics of Terrorism: a survey
Books
The following titles provide comprehensive introductions and critical commentaries to the study of geopolitics.
Journal Articles
Click on the Database list to view the list of other sources for finding journal articles in geopolitics.
Databases
Journals
Archives & Primary Sources
Begin with the FIND News page which provides an overview of all of the library's news sources.
Good starting points for full text content includes:
- Canadian Newsstand Complete (major newspapers)
- Factiva (world-wide newspapers)
Google News Archives: includes the major CanWest dailies, such as The (Montreal) Gazette and The Ottawa Citizen.Use the Advanced Search to limit by newspaper title. Note: Some content is copyright protected and requires a subscription to Google News Archives. The Library does not subscribe to this service.
Data & Statistics
Maps & GIS
- Key to Map of Geopolitical Anomalies (GeoCurrents Blog)
- Balkan Battlegrounds (cartographic material)
- Iraq and the heart of the Middle East (cartographic material)
- The 2009 Chart of Armed Conflict (cartographic material)
Atlases:
An Atlas of Middle Eastern Affairs
Media
Websites
Conflict websites
- Crisis Group
- Flashpoints: Guide to World Conflicts
- Geopolitics – Geoeconomics
- INCORE: International Conflict Research
- Institute on Global Conflict and Resolution
- International Institute for Strategic Studies
- International Relations and Security Network
- International Security Monthly Briefing
- Liberty & Security
- PRIO – Centre for the Study of Civil War
- SIPRI – Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- War Report
Writing & Citing
Usefull books to help you with writing your papers and creating properly formatted papers and bibliographies
- Making Sense: a student's guide to research & writing: geography and environmental sciences
- How to do your dissertation in geography and related disciplines
- Communicating in geography and the environmental sciences
- How to do your essays, exams & coursework in geography and related disciplines
- How to do your essays, exams & coursework in geography and related disciplines (e-book)
- Study skills for geography students: a practical guide
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