Research Guides
Security studies: Primary sources
- CIA Freedom of Information Act Reading RoomSelection of documents released through FOIA requests.
- Digital National Security Archive
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Declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. - Foreign Broadcast Information Service
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Covers years prior to World News Connection; no fulltext - Foreign Relations of the United StatesThe documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication.
- Oral histories: Association for Diplomatic Studies and TrainingDetailed first hand accounts of foreign policy creation and implementation.
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Index to Congressional publications, 1789 to present; including full-text hearings from, 1824-1979 and full-text bills & laws, 1789 to the present. - United Nations Digital Library This link opens in a new windowUN documents, speeches, votes, publications, and more
- U.S. Declassified Documents Online This link opens in a new window
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Selected previously-classified government documents. 1900-2022.
- Vital Speeches of the Day
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Transcribed speeches by recognized leaders in the public and private sector. - Vital Speeches International
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Transcribed speeches by influential leaders around the world.
Statistics & data
- Correlates of War DatasetsQuantitative data in international relations.
- Global Terrorism DatabaseInformation on terrorist incidents 1970-2016.
- Nuclear Information Project (Federation of American Scientists)Status and trends of arsenals of nuclear-armed countries.
- SIPRI Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International SecurityAssessments and data on a variety of security issues.
- UN Report on Military ExpendituresMilitary expenditures by country back to 2000.
- UN Register of Conventional ArmsArms data in graphic and tabular form.
- World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (WMEAT)Expenditures, arms transfers, armed forces, and related economic data worldwide.