The following links provide further information on the topics touched upon by Ronald Tiersky in his introduction. Links are organized in different sections: history, European institutions, international institutions, research centers and a last section with other relevant links.

Homepage of the author: Ronald Tiersky


HISTORY

History of Europe
This site of the Library of the University of Washington is a great starting point for any research on European history.

History of the Cold War
The Cold War International History Project of the Woodrow Wilson international center for scholars is a leading prject on new insights on the Cold War. It seeks to accelerate the process of integrating new sources, materials and perspectives from the former "Communist bloc" with the historiography of the Cold War which has been written over the past few decades largely by Western scholars reliant on Western archival sources


EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS

Gateway to the European Union
This is the official site of the European Union. You will find a sea of information related to its institutions, its activities, its services as well as all important documents underpinning the European Union.

European Central Bank
This is the official site of the ECB, the central bank for Europe's single currency, the euro. The ECB’s main task is to maintain the euro's purchasing power and thus price stability in the euro area. The euro area comprises the 13 European Union countries that have introduced the euro since 1999. The site provides information on the European monetary system, its policies as well as relevant statistics.

EU Institutional reform
This website offers summaries of the process of institutional reform which began with the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) in 2000 and which has resulted in the adoption of a European Constitution (which has not been ratified). The site offers a comprehensive guide to theTreaty of Nice, the European Convention, the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) 2003/2004 and the European Constitution.

EU institutional reform, part II
Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council (21/22 June 2007). The outcome is a draft Treaty substituting the more ambitious European Constitution

Homepage of Javier Solana
High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union

EU's relations with Afghanistan
Information on the European Union's external relations

EU's relations with Iran
Information on the European Union's external relations

EU's relations with Israel
Information on the European Union's external relations

EU's relations with Russia
Information on the European Union's external relations

The Lisbon Agenda
A midterm review of the Lisbon strategy in 2005 has made the European Commission conclude that the European economy has failed to deliver the expected performance in terms of growth, productivity and employment. It therefore decided to focus attention on the action to be taken rather than targets to be attained. This site provides the latest information provided by the EU.

EU's relations with Libanon
Information on the European Union's external relations


INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

UN
The official site of the United Nations

NATO
The official site of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

IMF
The official site of the International Monetary Fund

World Bank
The official site of the World Bank


RESEARCH CENTERS

Migration Policy Institute
The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Washington, DC dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide. At the request of several recent EU Presidencies, the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the European Parliament, MPI has helped to develop and advance many of the policies that comprise the EU’s emerging legislative framework for migration and integration.

Centre for Strategic and International studies
The Centre for Strategic and International studies has a special "Iraq briefing book" that includes analyses of the developments in Iraq as well as discussions of post-September 11 international relations. The "Europe Program" category focuses on transatlantic relations.

Council of Foreign Relations
The council on Foreign Relations website provides research papers and commentaries on international developments and US foreign policy.

French Institute of International Relations
The French Institute of International Relations website provides research papers about the EU, Russia and the post-Soviet world, as well as transatlantic relations. Most publications are in French.

German Society for Foreign Affairs
German Society for Foreign Affairs publishes materials on transatlantic relations as well as European foreign policy.

Konrad Adenauer Foundation
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation website publishes research papers and commentaries on (besides other things) international politics. Most publications are in German, but some are also in English and Spanish.

Institute for the study of Europe
This Institute of Colombia University forms a consortium with the Center for European Studies at NYU and the New School University. The center houses a Western European Center and, in cooperation with the Harriman Institute, an East Central European Center.


OTHER LINKS

About Robert Kagan
Homepage of the author of the influential book "Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order"

About Tony Judt's "Postwar"
Site of Judt's Remarque Institute (NYU) with information on his influential book "Postwar"

Electronic resources on European integration
A compilation by Richard T. Griffiths of the University of Leiden, the Netherlands