late updated on April 7, 2006

debaters' area:
china web links


General Think Tanks

           

Primer

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace http://www.carnegieendowment.org/

 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) www.csis.org

 

Council on Foreign Relations http://www.cfr.org/ (also publisher of Foreign Affairs)

 

Nixon Center www.nixoncenter.org

 

RAND corporation www.rand.org

 

Libertarian/Independent

Cato Institute www.cato.org

 

Independent Institute www.independent.org

 

Conservative

American Enterprise Institute www.aei.org

 

Center for Security Policy http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/ (article links to major conservative magazines and papers)

 

Competitive Enterprise Institute www.cei.org

 

Conservative Caucus Website http://www.conservativeusa.org/ (check out the “issues” link on the Left, especially the “Red China” link)

 

Heritage Foundation www.heritage.org

 

Hoover Institute http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/ (Especially check out their Hoover Policy Review Journal)

 

Hudson Institute www.hudson.org (See its National Security Studies site http://nss.hudson.org/)

 

Liberal

The Brookings Institute www.brookings.edu or www.brookings.org

 

 

Journals

 

Foreign Affairs (published by the Council of Foreign Affairs.

Most recent articles available here http://www.foreignaffairs.org

Full back issue articles are on www.lexis-nexis.com/universe

 

Foreign Policy Journal (Published by CEIP) http://www.foreignpolicy.com/

 

Orbis—go to the Wayne State Electronic Journals page

http://www.lib.wayne.edu/resources/journals/index.php, search for Orbis, select Expanded Academic ASAP and login.

 

Parameters Journal

http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/parameters/issues.htm

(Check back issues from 2000-now—lots of China articles, particularly concerning China’s military)

 

Survival—go to the Wayne State Electronic Journals page

http://www.lib.wayne.edu/resources/journals/index.php, search for “Survival”, select Proquest and login.

 

Washington Quarterly www.twq.com (links in the top right-hand corner to

the current issue and archives—the opening page to the website isn’t all that useful)

 

World Press Review www.worldpress.org (publishes articles from

international newspapers, has good links to international newspapers also)

 

 

General International Relations/Military/International Security Links

 

Arms Control Association www.armscontrol.org (publishes Arms Control

Today)

 

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists www.thebulletin.org

 

British American Security Information Council (focused on the NPT and

Nuclear Proliferation) http://www.basicint.org/

 

Center for Defense Information (www.cdi.org)

 

Center for Nonproliferation Studies  http://cns.miis.edu/

 

Commonwealth Institute http://www.comw.org/ (lots of Military, Defense,

and Security Stuff)

 

Global Security www.globalsecurity.org (good website that archives a ton

of news stories on global security issues)

 

Gyre.org www.gyre.org (site that archives webstories…very good for

advanced military, space weapons, and missile technology, nuclear prolif and missile defense stuff)

 

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis http://www.ifpa.org/home.htm

 

International Institute for Strategic Studies http://www.iiss.org/

 

Jane’s Information Group www.janes.com (awesome intelligence network

on military, security, and international relations info)

 

Nuclear Control Institute www.nci.org (operated by Ted Turner & Sam

Nunn (of the Nunn-Lugar Act)

 

Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

http://www.cfc.forces.gc.ca/spotnews_e.html (Site collects daily updates on military & international affairs—changes every day)

 

Strategic Studies Institute http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/

 

 

General Asia/East-Asia/Pacific

 

Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada http://www.asiapacific.ca/

 

Asia Research Centre on Social, Political and Economic Change

(Australia) http://wwwarc.murdoch.edu.au/arc/

 

Australian Defense College Publications http://www.defence.gov.au/adc/

 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute www.aspi.org

 

Center for Independent Studies (Australia) http://www.cis.org.au/

 

CSIS Pacific Forum, http://www.csis.org/pacfor/ (Especially check out the

quarterly journal, Comparative Connections http://www.csis.org/pacfor/ccejournal.html)

 

Lowy Institute for International Policy (Australia)

http://www.lowyinstitute.org/

 

National Bureau of Asian Research www.nbr.org (pretty good think-

tank/NGO out of US; look at the publications link on the left-side of the homepage)

 

Nautilus Institute http://www.nautilus.org/

 

Royal Institute of International Studies (UK) http://www.riia.org (check out

the “Asia” link on the right-hand side)

 

Stimson Center http://www.stimson.org (pretty good general Asia-Pacific

think-tank; has stuff on Chinese military and US-Chinese Confidence-Building Measures)

 

Wilson International Center of Scholars Asia Program (Check out the

Publications Page on the right-side of the homepage http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1462

 

 

Regional Newspapers/News Magazines

 

General:

Far Eastern Economic Review http://www.feer.com/

 

Australian Papers:

            Age, The (Centrist) www.theage.com.au

APN News & Media www.apn.com.au

Australian, The (Conservative) www.theaustralian.com.au

Australian Financial Review (Centrist) www.afr.com.au

Business Review Weekly (Centrist) www.brw.com.au

Canberra Times (Centrist) www.canberratimes.com.au

Courier-Mail, The (Conservative) www.couriermail.news.com.au

Daily Telegraph Mirror (Conservative) www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/

            Green Left Weekly (Radical Liberal) www.greenleft.org.au/

            Herald Sun News (Conservative)  heraldsun.news.com.au

Sunday Telegraph (Centrist) sunherald.com.au

            Sunday Mail, The (Conservative) www.thesundaymail.com.au

            Sydney Morning Herald (Centrist) www.smh.com.au

 

Indian Papers:

            Assam Tribune, The (Independent Daily) www.assamtribune.com

            Business Line (Financial News) www.thehindubusinessline.com

            Business Standard (Financial News) www.business-standard.com

            Business World (Financial News) www.businessworldindia.com

            Economic Times, The (Conservative) www.economictimes.com

Frontline (Independent Weekly) www.flonnet.com

            Hindu, The (Centrist) www.hinduonline.com

Hundustan Times (Centrist) www.hindustantimes.com

            Indian Express (Liberal) www.expressindia.com

Indian Today (Centrist Weekly) www.india-today.com

            Mainstream (Independent Weekly) www.mainstreamweekly.com

            Outlook (Independent Weekly) www.outlookindia.com

            Statesman, The (Independent) www.thestateman.net

            Times of India, The (Conservative) www.timesofindia.com

 

Japanese Papers:

            Asahi Weekly www.asashi.com/english

Yomiuri Shinbun -- http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm

Japan Times, The www.japantimes.co.jp

Kyodo News Service home.kyodo.co.jp

            Mainichi Shimbun www.mainichi.co.jp/english

            Sankie Shimbun (Right wing)

www.sankei.co.jp/pr/seiron/koukoku/seiron.html

           

 

Korean Papers:

Chosun Ilibo (conservative Korean Newspaper, English version)

http://english.chosun.com/

            Electronic Times (Korean Electronic Newspaper, English version)

                        http://english.etnews.co.kr/

            Korean Central News Agency (owned by North Korea government)

                        www.kcna.co.jp

Korea Herald (English Version)

                        www.koreaherald.co.kr/

            Korea Times (English Version)

                        www.hankooki.com/times.htm

 

 

New Zealand:

            Dominion Post (Conservative) www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/

New Zealand Press Assoc.

www.knowledge-basket.co.nz/nzpa/welcome.htm

            Otaga Daily Times (Conservative) www.odt.co.nz

            New Zealand Herald (Conservative) www.nzhearld.co.nz

            New Zealand Listener (Liberal) www.geocities.com/artimpnz/listener

            Waikato Times (Independent) www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/

 

Philippines:

            Business World (Independent) bwworld.com.ph

            Manila Bulletin (Conservative) www.mb.com.ph

            Manila Standard (Independent) www.manilastandardonline.com

            Manila Times (Pro-government) www.manilatimes.net

Newsbreak www.inq7.net/nwsbrk

            Philippine Daily Inquirer (independent) www.pinoyweekly.org

            Philippine Star (independent) www.philstar.com

            Sun-Star (Independent) www.sunstar.com.ph

 

Singapore:    

            Strait Times, The (pro-government) straitstimes.asia1.com.sg

 

Taiwan:

            Central News Agency (Independent) www.nca.com.tw

            China Post (pro-government) www.chinapost.com.tw

            CommonWealth (Business/Econ) www.cw.com.tw

            China Times (Liberal) news.chinatimes.com

            Next Magazine twnext.atnext.com

            Taipai Times (Liberal, pro-independence) www.taipeitimes.com

            Taiwan Daily (liberal, pro-independence) www.taiwandaily.com

 

 

China Specific

 

General Background on China

General background links to China: http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/

 

Chinese Newspapers/News Sites:

China Daily http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/

Xinhua News Agency: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/

China Times http://news.chinatimes.com/

China News Digest http://www.cnd.org/

 

Good Updates on Chinese Regional Relations, Politics and Security Matters:

Jamestown Foundation: China Brief (Site deals a lot with Sino relations with regional nations, especially C. Asia) http://www.jamestown.org/publications_view.php?publication_id=4

 

Chinese Politics Links:

Chinese Leadership Monitor  http://www.chinaleadershipmonitor.org/

China Reform Monitor (found on the American Foreign Policy Center page)

http://www.afpc.org/crm/crmmain.htm

 

Chinese Human Rights Links:

Amnesty International China Site

http://web.amnesty.org/library/eng-chn/index

Human Rights in China http://iso.hrichina.org/iso/ (NGO Site)

 

Chinese Military Links:

Chinese Defense http://www.china-defense.com/

              Chinese Defense Today www.sinodefence.com

             Commonwealth Institute “Chinese Military Power” site

http://www.comw.org/cmp/

Royal United Service Institute (UK)—Chinese Military Update

http://www.rusi.org/publications/cmu

 

Chinese Proliferation Links:

Chinese Proliferation Page http://www.nti.org/db/china/

Nuclear Control Institutes’ articles on US-Chinese Nuclear Tech Transfer

Issues http://www.nci.org/nci-usc.htm

 

Chinese Environmental Issues:

Chinese Desertification Website http://www.din.net.cn/

China’s Environmental and Energy Change Page (From the Wilson Center

for Scholars) http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1421

 

Taiwan:

 

Taiwan Security Research http://www.taiwansecurity.org/

American Institute In Taiwan http://ait.org.tw/en/

Taiwan Security and Strategy Research http://www.taiwanstrategy.org/