Resources on the shifting global balance

List© compiled for 'Re-engage! America and the World After Bush' by Helena Cobban


In the list of organizations, I have tagged each entry with its strengths. These tags are:
A = Activism
P = Print information
W =Web-based information
Many of the texts listed as “Web-based resources” are also available in print form. Usually, the website gives information about ordering the print version.


Organizations:

Name

Mailing address

Web address/ Strengths

Comments

Global Policy Forum

777 UN Plaza, #3D, New York, NY 10017

www.globalpolicy.org

A,W

Monitors the United Nations and the global financial institutions, among other projects.

United Nations Association of the USA

801 Second Ave., 2nd fl., New York, NY 10017

www.unausa.org

A,P,W

Advocates for stronger U.S. support of the United Nations, organizes local chapters, publishes informative quarterly, The InterDependent.


Web-based resources:

Aspen Institute, U.S. in the World: Talking Global Issues with Americans, at www.gii-exchange.org/guide/. (Interesting, if slightly bossy, guide to discussing these topics with friends and colleagues.)

Institute for Policy Studies, Foreign Policy in Focus, at www.fpif.org.

Tim Johnson, China Rises, at washingtonbureau.typepad.com/china. Well-written blog by McClatchy’s bureau chief in Beijing, describes daily life and policy issues in China and its neighbors. (See also the blogs written by McClatchy staffers in other countries, linked to on China Rises.)

NationMaster, at www.nationmaster.com. Great tool for retrieving and displaying comparative statistics about different countries’ performance in many fields.

People’s Daily Online, Sino-US Relations in the Eyes of Chinese: Survey, at tinyurl.com/34p7jf. Revealing survey, conducted in five Chinese cities in 2005. The rest of PD’s English-language website is also worth exploring: english.peopledaily.com.cn.

Program on International Policy Attitudes, WorldPublicOpinion, at worldpublicopinion.org. Excellent, well-organized site.


Books:

Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership (New York: Basic Books, 2004).

Josef Joffe, Uberpower: The Imperial Temptation of America (New York: W.W. Norton, 2007).

Jackie Smith et al., Global Democracy and the World Social Forums (Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2007).

Stephen M. Walt, Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy (New York: W.W. Norton, 2005).