Columbia International Affairs Online - CIAO

Dates vary. Some journal archives are back to 1996. the earliest content is 1991

International affairs, comparative politics, area studies, international law and human rights, security and strategic studies, development and globalization, and peace and conflict studies.

The original case studies, written by leading scholars, examine the effects of important events in history, such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, explore conflicts as recent as the U.N. intervention in East Timor and address recurring topics in world politics classes like weapons of mass destruction. Policy briefs are contributed by a number of research institutions and think tanks

Working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. Also original case studies written by leading international affairs experts, course packs of background readings for history and political science classes, and special features.

This comes to over 260,000 pages of content.

Course packs are ready-made selections of materials from CIAO - journal articles, book chapters, working papers and policy briefs - for learning about international affairs.

The articles and chapters are chosen to provide students with opposing views and provocative arguments for issues ranging from security issues to free trade. Each pack includes links to other textual materials, maps, and primary materials.

No print equivalent in one source. The Library has some of the content in print but not a great deal.

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