The concept of power has a long and distinguished place in world politics. However, what are the bases of power, how is it distributed? These questions lead to an inventory of capabilities that nation-states hold, but also raise thorny questions about how intangibles and even intelligence can be important aspects of world politics.
The OECD/OCDE maintains a wonderful server, rich with information.
For information on the European Union, try any of the following links:
Some good UN links include:
The United Nations Scholars' Workstation at Yale University is also a very fine resource for information about the United Nations and its various programs.
The Cuban Missile Crisis is a classic case, and this site has an enormous amount of detailed, useful information about it, some of it newly de-classified. However, the Soviet archives is also chock full of important and interesting stuff.
Everyone probably knows about the CIA factbook, but an additional resource is the CIA map collection. Here is a GIF map of Nigeria. These are wonderful for producing overheads to talk about particular crises. You can even include them in your powerpoint presentations!
The best overall source is the Library of Congress' page on the CIA. Drill down for more information about the intelligence community more broadly, with links to other intelligence organizations in the U.S. Federal Government.
Finally, some great stuff on Canada, Korea (this is a great! general resource on intelligence related content), and Israel are available. As you might think, there are a variety of reasons for creating homepages about intelligence agencies. Individual mileage may vary.
