This is a selective guide to library materials and Internet resources on international security policy and military affairs. For suggestions to other material, please check with Lehman staff.
Please consult CLIO or Pegasus; for other materials in the Columbia University Libraries or, for older material, the General Catalog, Reference Department, 325 Butler Library.
 Access Restrictions: available to current Columbia faculty, staff and students only.
Columbia University Resources
- SIPA International Security Policy (ISP)
- Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIPA)
- Center for International Conflict Resolution (SIPA)
- Security Council Report (SIPA)
Guides to Research
- Arkin, William M.
- Research Guide to Current Military Policy and Strategic Affairs.
- Washington, D.C.: Institute for Policy Studies, 1981.
- UA 11 .A69 - Lehman
- Arkin, William M.
- The U.S. Military Online: a Directory for Internet Access to the Department of Defense. 2nd ed.
- Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, 1998.
- A detailed guide to U.S. military web sites, with an excellent index. Contains helpful annotations, and can be a real time saver.
- Overview, Table of Contents, and Links to Recommended Sites
- Blewett, Daniel K.
- American Military History : a Guide to Reference and Information Sources.
- Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1995.
- R016.355 B61 - Butler Reference
- Booth, Ken and Herring, Eric.
- Keyguide to Information Sources in Strategic Studies.
- London, New York: Mansell, 1994.
- U 162 .B73 1993 - Lehman
- Chapman, Bert.
- Researching National Security and Intelligence Policy.
- Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2004.
- UA 23 .C5135 2004 - Lehman
- David, James E.
- Conducting Post-World War II National Security Research in Executive Branch Records : a Comprehensive Guide.
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
- UA 23 .D275 2001 - Lehman
- Directory Guide of European Security and Defense Research.
- Mclean, Va. : Pergamon-Brassey's International Defense Publishers, c1985.
- UA 646 .D57 1985 - Lehman
- Guide to the Sources of U.S. Military History.
- Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1975; and supplements, 1981, 1986, 1993.
- Z 1249 .M5 G83 1975 - Lehman
- Handbook of War Studies II.
- Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000.
- U 21.2 .H35 2000 - Lehman
- How to Get It: a Guide to Defense-Related Information Resources.
- Ft. Belvoir, Va. : Defense Technical Information Center, 1998.
- Z 1361 .D4 H68 1998g - Lehman
Find Journal Articles
- Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals. Quarterly.
- Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: Air University Library, 1949-
- Z 5063 .A2 U8 - Lehman
- Current Military and Political Literature: Comment and Abstracts & Citations of Important Articles from International Military and Defence Periodicals.Bimonthly.
- Oxford: Military Press, 1983-1990.
- Z 6721 .C82 - Lehman
- Although it has ceased publication, still a useful index.
- Current World Affairs.Quarterly.
- Alexandria, VA.: John C. Danon, 1981-1997.
- Z 1361 .D4 Q261 - Lehman
- EINIRAS Database Network
- The EINIRAS database makes available several databases of citations to security-related articles, 1990-present. They can be searched by English, French, Spanish, and German keywords.
- International Political Science Abstracts. Bimonthly.
- Paris: International Political Science Association, 1951-
- JA 36 .I5 - Lehman
- R053 In8 - Butler Reference
- Jane's Online
- Access to full-text of a subset of the entire Jane's Online databases. Titles include: Jane's Defence Weekly, Jane's International Defense Review, Jane's Intelligence Review, Foreign Report, Jane's Fighting Ships, Jane's All the World's Aircraft, Jane's World Defence Industry, Jane's Sentinel Security Assessments, Jane's Intelligence Watch Report, Jane's Terrorism Watch Report, Jane's Counter Terrorism, Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism, Jane's Chem-Bio Handbook, Jane's Chem-Bio Review, Jane's Geopolitical Special Reports.
- Nation Building - Post Conflict Reconstruction, Air University Library, September 2005
- PAIS International. Monthly.
- New York: Public Affairs Information Service, 1915-
- Z 7163 .P922 - Lehman
- SCAMPI: Staff College Automated Military Periodicals Index
- The Joint Forces Staff College Library is a specialized military library, focusing on research in joint and multinational operations, military history and naval science, operational warfare, and operations other than war. Library staff members regularly scan the weekly news magazines, monthly and bimonthly journal. The resulting database serves as a guide to articles on military and naval art and science, operational warfare, joint planning, national and international politics, and other areas researched by JFSC faculty, staff, and students. The SCAMPI database covers the period from 1996 thru the present.
Find Books, Reports, & Documents
- CLIO: Columbia Libraries Online Catalog
- CLIO is the online catalog for the Columbia and Barnard libraries. It includes over 4 million records for books, journal or newspaper titles (not articles), online resources, government documents, microforms, sound or video recordings, archival collections, etc.
- WorldCat
- An online catalog of the collections of 24,000 member libraries of the OCLC consortium, comprising more than 36 million records for books, serials, manuscript collections, audiovisual materials, computer files, and other media.
- BorrowDirect
- A borrowing service offered by the university libraries of Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale. It is designed to allow students, faculty and staff to request (and receive in four days) books directly from each other's collections.
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- Atkins, Stephen E.
- Arms Control and Disarmament, Defense and Military, International Security and Peace: an Annotated Guide to Sources, 1980-1987.
- Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO, 1989.
- Z 6464 .D6 .A85 1989 - Lehman
- Ball, Nicole.
- The Military in the Development Process: a Guide to Issues.
- Claremont, CA.: Regina Books, 1981.
- Z 6724 .C58 B34 1981 - Lehman
- Beaumont, Roger.
- Special Operations and Elite Units, 1939-1988: a Research Guide.
- New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
- Z 6724 .S66 B4 1988 - Offsite
- Beede, Benjamin R.
- Intervention and Counterinsurgency: an Annotated Bibliography of the Small Wars of the United States, 1898-1984.
- New York: Garland Pub., 1985.
- Z 1249 .M5 B43 1985 - Lehman
- Beede, Benjamin R.
- Military and Strategic Policy: an Annotated Bibliography.
- New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
- Z 1361 .D4 B4 1990 - Lehman
- CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
- Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.
- Computer Science and Technical Reports, Engineering Library, 422 Mudd
- Most military research results from U.S. government contracts. While some reports of this research may appear in the Rand collection or U.S. Government Documents materials, the great majority of these research reports (and the indexes to identify them) are located in the Technical Reports Center. Since 1986, one large group of technical reports, the NTIS (National Technical Information Service) reports, are also searchable with a CD-ROM in the Engineering Library.
- Dias, Joffre P. F.
- Militarism, Armament and Social Change in Africa: Reflections and a Guide Research Bibliography. 2nd ed.
- Geneva: J.P.F. Dias, 1993.
- Z 6725 .A4 D53 1993 - Lehman
- House, Jonathan M.
- Military Intelligence, 1870-1991: a Research Guide.
- Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993.
- UB 250 .H68 1993 - Lehman
- LexisNexis Congressional
- LexisNexis Congressional is a web version of the CIS Index, above, enhanced with links to many full text documents, bill tracking features, and other new features; an excellent product and the best place to start for congressional legislation and publications relating to defense.
- Milner, Helen and Baldwin, David A.
- The Political Economy of National Security: an Annotated Bibliography.
- Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1990.
- Z 6724 .N37 M54 1990 - Lehman
- Nation Building - Post Conflict Reconstruction, Air University Library, September 2005
- National Security Archives.
- Indexes shelved on Lehman Index Tables
- Lehman Library has printed indexes and guides to 16 microfiche collections compiled by the National Security Archives from FOIA requests to the federal government. As a group, it comprises "the largest collection of contemporary declassified national security information outside the United States Government." Topics include foreign relations and operations in various countries, and the operation of U.S. intelligence agencies.
- Online access is available through the Digital National Security Archive
- Rand Corporation.
- Rand Books and Publications. Quarterly.
- Santa Monica, CA.: Rand, 1964-
- Z 7911 .R151 - Lehman Index Table
- The Rand collection consists of commissioned research published in several series, including Rand Report, Rand Note and Rand Paper. All are available in the Lehman Library stacks (check CLIO under each series title).
- SearchMil.com
- SearchMil.com is an internet search engine which is limited to only U.S. government military web sites.
- Selected Listing of Bibliographies Compiled at Air University Library
- A collection of very subject-specific bibliographies of books, articles, and internet sites.
- STINET ( Scientific and Technical Information Network): Advanced Fielded Search
- STINET is the database for retrieving publications from the Defense Technical Information Center, the main clearinghouse for DoD publications. Many of the publications are available in full text.
- To focus on military research papers done at the major military academic institutions, limit your search to:
Corporate Author: (carlisle OR maxwell OR newport)
- Tillema, Herbert K.
- International Armed Conflict Since 1945 : a Bibliographic Handbook of Wars and Military Interventions.
- Boulder : Westview Press, 1991.
- Z 6204 .T53 1991 - Lehman
- United States. War College.
- Bibliographies
- Publications for Current Awareness
- Both of these sites provide current bibliographies of periodical articles covering various geographic areas and numerous military topics, including wargaming, joint forces, and strategic vision.
- Van Fleet, David D.
- Online Bibliography of Military Leadership
- Contains over 4200 references, to both monographs and journal articles; searchable.
- World Military History Bibliography: Premodern and Nonwestern Military Institutions and Warfare
- Boston: Brill, 2003.
- Z 6724 .H6 H33 2003 - Lehman
Background Information
- Aall, Pamela R.
- Guide to IGOs, NGOs, and the Military in Peace and Relief Operations.
- Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace Press, 2000.
- JZ 4850 .A17 2000 - Lehman
- Armed Conflict Database
- The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has produced an interactive and user-friendly source of information on 70 armed conflicts including terrorism, refugees/ and returnees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), weapons used and their flows, fatalities, costs ($US), historical backgrounds, annual updates and timelines. With the ACD, users can generate reports and download data as well as browse through year-by-year analyses and fact sheets online.
- Armed Conflict in the World Today: a Country By Country Review, Spring 2000
- Prepared for Humanitarian Law Project/ International Educational Development and Parliamentary Human Rights Group.
- Arnold, Guy.
- Wars in the Third World Since 1945.
- New York: Cassell, 1995.
- D 883 .A7 1995g - Lehman
- Beckett, I. F. W.
- Encyclopedia of Guerrilla Warfare.
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1999.
- U 240 .B43 1999 - Lehman
- Bercovitch, Jacob.
- Regional Guide to International Conflict and Management from 1945 to 2003.
- Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, c2004.
- D 842 .B464 2004 - Lehman
- Border and Territorial Disputes of the World. 4th ed
- London, U.K. : John Harper Pub. ; Farmington Hills, Mich. : Distributed exclusively in the U.S. and Canada by Gale Group, 2004.
- D 843 .D623 2004g - Lehman
- Brogan, Patrick.
- World Conflicts: Why and Where They Are Happening. 2nd ed.
- London: Bloomsbury, 1992.
- D 840 .B76 1992g - Lehman
- Clodfelter, Micheal.
- Warfare and Armed Conflicts: a Statistical Reference to Casualty and Other Figures, 1500-2000. 2nd ed.
- Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2002.
- D 214 .C54 2002 - Lehman
- R355 C621 - Butler Reference
- Contemporary Conflicts
- Links to internet sites and documents related to current world conflicts; from the Canadian Forces College.
- Country Profiles of Countries with Weapons of Mass Destruction, from Nuclear Threat Initiative
- Cragg, Dan.
- Guide to Military Installations. 6th ed.
- Mechanicsburg, Pa. : Stackpole Books, c2001.
- UA 26 .A2 C723 2000 - Lehman
- Defense and Security : a Compendium of National Armed Forces and Security Policies. 2 vols..
- Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, c2005.
- UA 10 .D432 2005 - Lehman
- The Defense Policies of Nations: a Comparative Study. 3rd ed.
- Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.
- UA 11 .D387 1994 - Lehman
- Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. Annual.
- Washington, D.C. : Joint Chiefs of Staff : 1972-
- D 5.12: - U.S. Government Documents
- Dunnigan, James F. and Bay, Austin.
- A Quick & Dirty Guide to War. Revised ed.
- New York: Morrow, 1991.
- U 21.2 .D83 1991 - Lehman
- Dupuy, Trevor N. and Dupuy, Ernest R.
- The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History. 4th ed.
- New York: Harper Collins, 1993.
- D 25 .D86 1993 - Lehman
- Ellison, D. Hank.
- Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents.
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 1999
- UG 447 .E44 2000 - Lehman
- Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II. 4 vols.
- Armonk, NY : Sharpe Reference, c1999.
- D 843 .E46 1999 - Lehman
- Encyclopedia of the American Military. 3 vols.
- New York: Scribner's, 1994.
- UA 23 .E56 1994 - Lehman
- Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict. 3 vols.
- San Diego ; London : Academic Press, c1999.
- HM 291 .E625 1999g - Lehman
- Garrett, Benjamin C.
- Historical Dictionary of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Warfare.
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007.
- U793 .G37 2007 - Lehman
- Glossary: Defense Acquisition Acronyms and Terms. 6th ed.
- Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1995.
- D 1.2:G 51/2/995 - U.S. Government Documents
- Gutzman, Philip.
- Dictionary of the Military, Defense Contractor & Troop Slang Acronyms.
- Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO, 1990.
- U 26 .G88 1990 - Lehman
- A Handbook of American Military History: from the Revolutionary war to the Present.
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996.
- R355.73 H19 - Butler Reference
- Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2007
- Prepared by the Congressional Research Service, provided by the Federation of American Scientists.
- International Military and Defense Encyclopedia. 6 vols.
- Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, 1993.
- U 24 .I58 1993 - Lehman
- Jessup, John E.
- An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996.
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
- D842 .J47 1998 - Lehman
- Jones, Rodney W.
- Tracking Nuclear Proliferation : a Guide in Maps and Charts, 1998.
- Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1998.
- U 264 .S635 1998 - Lehman
- Kerr, Donald.
- World Directory of Defence and Security.
- NY : Stockton Press, 1995.
- JX 1905.5 .K47 1995g - Lehman
- Lumpe, Lora.
- The Arms Trade Revealed: a Guide for Investigators and Activists.
- Washington, D.C. : Federation of American Scientists, Arms Sales Monitoring Project, 1998.
- UF 543.A3 L86 1998 - Lehman
- Munro, David and Day, Alan J.
- A World Record of Major Conflict Areas.
- London: Edward Arnold, 1990.
- D 843 .M84 1990g - Lehman
- National Security Law. 3rd ed.
- New York: Aspen Law & Business, 2002.
- KF 4651 .N377 2002 - Lehman
- National Security Scorecard
- A publication for each session of Congress which scores members of Congress on their pro-national security votes, according to the Center for Security Policy.
- The Political Role of the Military: an International Handbook.
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.
- JF 195.C5 P67 1996 - Lehman
- Smith, Dan.
- Atlas of War and Peace. 4th ed.
- London, Eng. : Earthscan, 2003.
- G 1046 .R1 S6 2003g - Lehman
- Sturgill, Claude C.
- The Military History of the Third World Since 1945: a Reference Guide.
- Westport Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994.
- D 883 .S79 1994 - Lehman
- Tomajczyk, Stephen F.
- Dictionary of the Modern United States Military.
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 1996.
- UA 23 .T647 1996 - Lehman
- Tsouras, Peter G.
- Changing Orders; the Evolution of the World's Armies, 1945 to the Present.
- New York: Facts on File, 1994.
- UA 15 .T78 1994 - Lehman
- U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Policy and Strategy, July 2004
- U.S. Low-intensity Conflicts 1899-1990.
- Washington, D.C.: Government Publications Office, 1990.
- U 240 .U6 1990g - Lehman
- U.S. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence.
- Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States.
- Text of a hearing, February 2000. Includes testimony by George Tenet (CIA) and Thomas Wilson (DIA).
- Watson, Cynthia.
- U.S. National Security Policy Groups: Institutional Profiles.
- New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
- UA 23 .W364 1990 - Lehman
- Wilson, Thomas R.
- Global Threats and Challenges to the United States and its Interests Abroad Through 2015, February 7, 2001
- Prepared by the Defense Intelligence Agency for the Senate Armed Services and Select Committees.
- World Court Digest
- The World Court Digest represents a reproduction, in a systematic arrangement, of the views on questions of international law which are expressed in the judgements, advisory opinions and orders of the International Court of Justice as well as in the separate opinions of individual judges. Conflict law is well represented.
- World Directory of Strategic Studies Centres.
- London : International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1998.
- U 162 .W67 1998g - Lehman
Annual Reviews
- American Defense Annual.
- Lexington, MA.: Lexington Books, 1985-
- UA 23 .D89 - Lehman
- Defense and Foreign Affairs Handbook.
- Washington, D.C.: G.R. Copley, 1976-
- UA 10 .D43 - Lehman
- Jane's NATO Handbook.
- London: Jane's, 1988/89-
- UA 646.3 .J3 - Lehman
- Middle East Military Balance. Annual.
- Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, 1983-
- UA 853 .N3 T35 - Lehman
- The Military Balance. Annual.
- London : International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1962/63-
- UA 15 .M53 - Lehman
- Peace and Conflict. Annual.
- College Park, MD: Center for International Development and Conflict Management, 2000-
- JZ 6385 .G87 - Lehman
- RUSI International Security Review. Annual.
- London: Royal United Services Institute for Defense Studies, 1993-
- U 15 .R681 - Lehman
- Continues R.U.S.I. and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1890-1992
- SIPRI Yearbook, Armaments, Disarmament and National Security. Annual.
- New York: Humanities Press, 1971-
- UA 10 . I551 - Lehman
- Press release and chapter summaries, 1993-present, at the SIPRI Yearbooks Web page.
- Arms Transfer Database
- SIPRI Data on Military Expenditure: tables and graphs.
- Small Arms Survey. Annual.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001-
- HD 9744 .F55 S62 - Lehman
- The web versions contain mostly chapter summaries, but often with statistical tables.
- Strategic Assessment. Annual.
- Washington, D.C.: Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, 1995-1999.
- UA 223 .S827.. - Lehman
- D 5.402: IN 7/4 - U.S. Government Documents
- Strategic Survey.
- London: International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1966-
- U 162 .S77 - Lehman
- U.S. Department of Defense.
- Annual Report on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China: 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
- Report to Congress Pursuant to the FY2000 National Defense Authorization Act.
- U.S. Department of Defense.
- Annual Report to the President and the Congress.
- Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1960-
- D 1.1: - U.S. Government Documents
- U.S. Dept. of Defense.
- DSCA (Facts Book): Foreign Military Sales, Foreign Military Construction Sales and Military Assistance Facts. Annual.
- Washington, D.C.: Data Management Division, Comptroller, DSAA, 1973-
- UA 12 .U4613 - Lehman, Latest in Reference
- Foreign Military Sales: Changes Needed to Correct Weaknesses in End-Use Monitoring Program
- GA 1.13:NSIAD-00-208 - US Government Documents
- U.S. Department of State.
- Defense Trade Controls - Section 655 Annual Military Assistance Reports
- Section 655 Annual Military Assistance Reports cover defense articles and defense services licensed for export under 22 U.S.C. 2778 of the Arms Export Control Act. These reports are provided annually to Congress pursuant to Section 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act
- End-Use Reports
- These reports describe the actions the Department of State has taken under 22 U.S.C. 2785 of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) to implement end-use monitoring of the commercial export of defense articles, services, and related technical data subject to licensing under 22 U.S.C. 2778 of the AECA.
- U.S. Military Posture.
- Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1973-
- D 5.19: - U.S. Government Documents
- War Annual.
- London; New York: Brassey's Defense Publishers, 1986-
- U 42 .L34 - Lehman
- Weapons of Mass Destruction Intelligence Threat Assessments
- A page of links compiled by the Federation of American Scientists. It includes annual annual reports from the CIA, Dept. of Defense, and the UK House of Commons, among others.
- World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers. Annual.
- Washington, D.C. : GPO, 1969-
- UA 17 .U423 - Lehman
- Information by country.
Military Hardware
- Chant, Christopher.
- A Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware.
- London; New York: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987.
- UF 500 .C42 1987- Lehman
- Federation of American Scientists: Arms Sales Monitoring Project
- Profiles & Sales Data
- Includes propose arms sales, official arms transfers statistics, foreign military assistance, weapons manufacturers, and recipient profiles.
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft. Annual.
- New York: Jane's, 1909-
- TL 500 .J25 - Lehman
- Jane's Armour and Artillery. Annual.
- London; New York: Jane's, 1979/80-
- UG 446.5 .J28 - Lehman
- Jane's Defence Industry.Annual.
- Jane's Fighting Ships. Annual.
- New York: Franklin Watts, 1897-
- VA 40 .J25 - Lehman
- Jane's Military Communications. Annual.
- London; New York: Jane's, 1979/80-
- UG 590 .J35 - Lehman
- Jane's NBC Protection Equipment. Annual.
- Couldson, Surrey; Alexandria, VA.: Jane's, 1988/89-
- UG 447 .J3 - Lehman
- Jane's World Air Forces. Annual.
- Jane's World Armies. Annual.
- The Militarily Critical Technologies List. Irregular.
- Washington, D.C.: Dept. of Defense, 1984-
- D 1.2:T 22/2/ - U.S. Government Documents
- Military Forces in Transition. Annual.
- Washington, D.C.: Dept. of Defense, 1991-
- UA 770 .S6641 - Lehman
- Continues Soviet Military Power.
- Nicholas, Ted.
- U.S. Weapon Systems Costs, 1987.
- Fountain Valley, CA.: Datasearch Associates, 1990.
- UF 503 .N52 1987 - Lehman
- United Nations Register of Conventional Arms
- On 6 December 1991, the General Assembly adopted resolution 46/36 L entitled "Transparency in armaments", which requested the Secretary-General to establish and maintain at United Nations Headquarters in New York a universal and non-discriminatory Register of Conventional Arms, to include data on international arms transfers as well as information provided by Member States on military holdings, procurement through national production and relevant policies. The Register comprises seven categories of major conventional arms, namely, battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, large calibre artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships (including submarines) as well as missiles and missile-launchers. It has been in operation with effect from calendar year 1992. Thus far, a total of 164 Member States have reported to the Register one or more times. The Register captures the great bulk of the global arms trade in the categories of conventional weapons covered by it.
- U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
- Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions: April 2003, November 2004, May 2005
- U.S. Dept. of Defense.
- U.S. Army: Weapon Systems Handbook, from the Federation of American Scientists
- U.S. Navy: The Navy Fact File
- U.S. Air Force: Air Force Fact Sheets
- U.S. Marines: U.S. Marine Corps' Aircraft, Vehicles and Equipment
- World Defence Systems.
- London : Sovereign Publications, c1999.
- U 815 .W67 1999g - Lehman
Statistics
- Arms Sales Monitor. Bimonthly.
- Washington, D.C.: Federation of American Scientists, 1991-
- Ball, Nicole.
- Third World Security Expenditures : a Statistical Compendium.
- Stockholm : National Defence Research Institute, 1984.
- UA 17 .B3 - Lehman
- Although outdated, it serves as a good source for its bibliography of sources.
- Clodfelter, Micheal.
- Warfare and Armed Conflicts: a Statistical Reference to Casualty and Other Figures, 1500-2000. 2nd ed. 2 vols.
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2002.
- R355 C621 - Butler Reference
- Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1998-2004
- An annual report delivered to Congress by the Congressional Research Service.
- FIRST (Facts on International Relations and Security Trends)
- FIRST is a joint project of SIPRI and the International Relations and Security Network. The objective is to offer professionals in the field and in related sciences, such as researchers, politicians and the media, an organized authoritative and structured factual reference system. The integrated database system contains high-quality, up-to-date and clearly documented information covering many areas in the field of international relations and security, such as hard facts on states and international organizations, statistics, chronologies and data on, for example, conflicts, arms transfers and military expenditures.
- Herrera, Remy.
- Statistics on Military Expenditure in Developing Countries: Concepts, Methodological Problems and Sources.
- Paris : OECD, 1994.
- HC 59.72 .D4 H46 1994g - Business
- LexisNexis Statistical.
- Washington, D.C. Congressional Information Service, 1973-
- The LexisNexis Statistical database provides comprehensive access to statistical data. Many of the U.S. government sources are linked to the full text of the data, while state, private, and IGO sources are cited, allowing the researcher to then locate the statistical source in the library.
- The Military Balance. Annual.
- London: International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1959-
- UA 15 .M53 - Latest at Lehman Desk
- The SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
- The SIPRI Arms Transfers Database is a fully searchable online database containing information on all international transfers of seven categories of major conventional weapons from 1950 to the most recent full calendar year. It can be used to generate detailed written reports and statistical data.
- The SIPRI Military Expenditure Database
- The database on military expenditure covers about 167 countries and contains consistent time series for the period since 1988. The online military expenditure database provides military expenditure data by country in the following three formats: Military expenditure in local currency, at current prices, 1988-present; Military expenditure in US dollars, at constant (2005) prices and exchange rates, 1988-present; Military expenditure as a share (%) of gross domestic product (GDP), 1988-present.
- U.S. Dept. of Defense.
- DSCA Facts Book: Foreign Military Sales, Foreign Military Construction Sales and Military Assistance Facts. Annual.
- Washington, D.C.: Data Management Division, Comptroller, DSAA, 1973-
- UA 12 .U4613 - Lehman, Latest in Reference
- The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project
- Provided by the Brookings Institute, the data at this site come from the Department of Defense's Future Years Defense Program Historical Database, and includes most but not all of the programs pertaining either wholly or partly to nuclear weapons. These data cover the period 1962-95.
- World Armaments and Disarmament: SIPRI Yearbook. Annual.
- Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press, 1971-
- UA 10 . I551 - Latest at Lehman Desk
- Press release and chapter summaries, 1993-present, at the SIPRI Yearbooks Web page.
- The SIPRI Programme on Military Expenditure and Arms Production: monitor, describe and analyse trends and developments in military expenditure and arms production worldwide. For this purpose the programme maintains two databases with global coverage: one on military expenditure and one on arms-producing companies.
- World Military and Social Expenditures. Annual.
- Leesburg, VA.: WMSE Publications, 1974-
- HJ 7469 .W6 - Latest at Lehman Desk
- World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers. Annual.
- Washington, D.C.: U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1975-
- UA 17 .U243 - Latest at Lehman Desk
U.S. Government Agencies
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- The CIA provides the President and his senior advisors with accurate, comprehensive, and timely foreign intelligence relating to the national security; and conducts counterintelligence activities, special activities, and other functions relating to foreign intelligence and national security as the President and the National Security Council may direct.
- World Fact Book
- Congressional Research Service Reports
- CRS, a branch of the Library of Congress, is scrupulously objective and nonpartisan. It does reference and prepares research reports at the request of members of Congress, their staff, and Congressional committees
- Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB)
- Congress created the DNFSB in 1988 as an independent oversight organization within the Executive Branch to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy regarding public health and safety at DOE's defense nuclear facilities. Information includes: Recommendations of the DNFSD, DNFSB Annual Report, DNFSB Member Biographies, Notices/Press Releases, Technical Document Log, Policy Statements, Vacancy Announcements, Enabling Legislation, and Trip Reports.
- Department of Defense
- The Department of Defense is responsible for providing the military forces needed to deter war and protect the security of our country. The department's headquarters is at the Pentagon. Under the President, who is also Commander in Chief, the Secretary of Defense exercises the authority, direction, and control over the department, which includes: The Office of the Secretary, The Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Army, The Navy, The Air Force, The Marines Corps, The Coast Guard (in time of war), The Reserve, The National Guard, The Combatant Commands, The Inspector General of the Department of Defense, The Defense Agencies, and The Department of Defense Field Activities.
- Publications, including:
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- Annual Report to the President and the Congress.
Washington, D.C. : Dept. of Defense, 1990-
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- National Defense Panel Final Report - "Transforming Defense: National Security in the 21st Century", December 1, 1997
- National Defense Strategy of the United States, March 2005
- National Military Strategy of the United States. Annual.
Washington, DC : Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1992-
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Web versions: 1995, 1997, 2004
- Quadrennial Defense Review: 1997, 2001, 2006
-- The Defense Strategy Review Page, from the Project on Defense Alternatives, The Commonwealth Institute
-- American Strategy: Issues and Alternatives for the Quadrennial Defense Review, September 2000
- Report to the Congress on the Military Requirements and Costs of NATO Enlargement, February 1998
- Defense Agencies
- Provides links to all DoD agencies.
- Defense Almanac
- Provides statistics and information on the organization, staff, funding, and equipment of the Dept. of Defense.
- Defense Technical Information Center
- DTIC is a major component of the DoD Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP) within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology (OUSDA&T) and reports directly to the Director, Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E). DTIC contributes to the management and conduct of Defense research, development and acquisition efforts. This is done by providing access to and transfer of scientific and technical information for DoD personnel, DoD contractors and potential contractors, and other U.S. Government agency personnel and their contractors.
- BosniaLink. Under the auspices of DTIC, this site contains operation maps, fact sheets, news releases, biographies of key commanders and leaders, and transcripts of briefings, speeches and testimony regarding operation JOINT ENDEAVOR, the NATO peacekeeping mission in Bosnia.
- Operation Allied Force. A comprehensive official Defense Dept. site on U.S. participation in the NATO operation in Kosovo.
- Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
- The Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO) assesses regional military and security issues through open-source media and direct engagement with foreign military and security specialists to advise Army leadership on issues of policy and planning critical to the U.S. Army and the wider military community.
- Joint Doctrine
- Joint doctrine establishes the foundation of our ability as a joint team to fight and win the Nation's wars. Commanders must understand and apply joint doctrine as they prepare, train and lead the men and women of America's Armed Forces. This Web Site was designed to make joint doctrine more accessible and to foster debate on doctrinal issues. It includes the Joint Electronic Library, with the full text of joint publications, the DoD Dictionary, research publications, and other publications.
- Department of Homeland Security
- On March 1, 2003, the majority of 180,000 employees from 22 agencies were merged to create the 15th department in the federal government. The department has three primary missions: prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America's vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage from potential attacks and natural disasters.
- The National Strategy for Homeland Security, July 16, 2002
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- National Strategy for Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets, February, 2003
- National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, February, 2003
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- The National Strategy for Maritime Security, September 20, 2005
- DHS 2.0: Rethinking the Department of Homeland Security , from the Heritage Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2004
- Department of State
- The Department of State is the primary source of foreign affairs information for the U.S. Government and is responsible for implementing the President's foreign policies. The Department provides much of the national security and economic data used by the government as well as most data on the internal politics of foreign countries.
- UnderSecretary for Arms Control and International Security
- The Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs provides policy direction in the areas of non-proliferation, arms control, regional security and defense relations, and export control policy related to materials that might contribute to proliferation or otherwise harm U.S. interests. The Bureau of Political Military Affairs, which reports to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, advises in the development of policies relating to the national security of the United States and in the development of policies arising from U.S. military activities affecting foreign relations.
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- GAO, commonly called the investigative arm of Congress or the congressional watchdog, is independent and nonpartisan. It studies how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. GAO Reports and Testimony can be searched by topic, date, and agency.
- George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
- The Center provides instruction in national security affairs to Europe's senior defense officials; conducts research on European security issues; holds conferences on those issues; conducts specialized regional studies and language training courses.
- Institute for Defense Analyses
- IDA is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to promote national security and the public interest and whose primary mission is to assist the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the unified commands and defense agencies in addressing important national security issues, particularly those requiring scientific and technical expertise. To avoid institutional pressures in support of Service positions, IDA does not work directly for the Military Departments. To ensure freedom from commercial or other potential conflicts of interests, IDA does not work for private industry or foreign governments.
- Institute for National Strategic Studies
- The Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) was established in July 1984 as an interdisciplinary research institute staffed by senior civilian and military analysts from all four Services. The Director of INSS reports through the President of the National Defense University to the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense,and to the Commanders-in-Chief of the Unified Commands. The Institute Director sets the research agenda of the Institute to meet the needs and requirements of the Department of Defense.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory:
- Center for Homeland Security
- Strategic Research: National Security
- Threat Reduction Directorate
- National Security Council
- The National Security Council is the President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. Since its inception under President Truman, the function of the Council has been to advise and assist the President on national security and foreign policies. The Council also serves as the President's principal arm for coordinating these policies among various government agencies.
- U.S. Commission on National Security in the 21st Century (Hart-Rudman Commission)
- New World Coming: American Security in the 21st Century: Major Themes and Implications, September 15, 1999
- New World Coming: American Security in the 21st Century: Supporting Research & Analysis, September 15, 1999
- New World Coming: American Security in the 21st Century: Study Addendum, 1999
- Seeking a National Strategy: a Concert for Preserving Security and Promoting Freedom, April 15, 2000
- Road Map for National Security: Imperative for Change, January 31, 2001
- Road Map for National Security: Imperative for Change: Addendum on Structure and Process Analyses, April 15, 2001
- U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute
- U.S. Congress. Congressional Budget Office
- The CBO publishes numerous publications relating to national security, including:
- Budget Options for National Defense.
Washington, D.C. : Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office, 2000.
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- Budgeting For Defense: Maintaining Today's Forces.
Washington, D.C. : Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office, 2000.
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- Budgeting for Naval Forces: Structuring Tomorrow's Navy at Today's Funding Level.
Washington, D.C. : Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office, 2000.
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- Integrating New Allies into NATO, October 2000
- The Ability of the U.S. Military to Sustain an Occupation in Iraq, November 2003
- Options for Changing the Army's Overseas Basing, May 2004
International Agencies
- European Union
- European Commission External Relations: CFSP - Common Foreign & Security Policy
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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The North Atlantic Treaty of April 1949 brought into being an Alliance of independent countries with a common interest in maintaining peace and defending their freedom through political solidarity and adequate military defence to deter and, if necessary, repel all possible forms of aggression against them. NATO is the Organisation which serves the Alliance. Information includes: NATO Basic Texts; Communiques, Speeches and Press Releases; NATO Handbook; NATO Factsheets; Information Sheets and Newsletters; Seminars, Workshops and Colloquia; Biographies; Academic Fellowships; Allied Command Europe (ACE) and other Commands & Organizations; NATO Scientific and Environmental Affairs; NACC and Partnership for Peace Country Documents; NATO Binary Files (Images); and KUL - NATO & ADSN Listserv Logs.
- NATO Ministerial Communiques, 1949-present
- Operation Allied Force: the NATO air operations in Kosovo, 26 March - 10 June 1999
- Operation Joint Guardian: the NATO mission in Kosovo, 11 June 1999 -
- -- NATO Enlargement: In the U.S. National Interest, U.S. Dept. of State web site
- -- Report to the Congress on the Enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Rationale, Benefits, Costs and Implications, U.S. Dept. of State, February 24, 1997
- -- NATO at 50: the Washington Summits, April 23-25, 1999
- -- ExpandNATO.org, publisher of the NATO Enlargement Daily Brief
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- The Chemical Weapons Convention or, as the complete title reads, the "Convention on the Prohibition of the Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction" was opened for signature in Paris, France on 13 January 1993. The CWC is the product of more than twenty years of negotiations at the Conference of Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland. The CWC will enter into force on 29 April 1997, 180 days after the deposition of the 65th instrument of ratification.
- United Nations
- The information at this site is extensive and includes: The UN Charter and other basic info, news, documents (including the full text of the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, and Economic & Social Council), conferences, publications (UN Sales Catalogue), info on the UN 50th anniversary, tours, and other sources.
- Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council, 1946-1988
The Repertoire is the only analytical record of the practice of the Security Council, as reflected in its decisions, positive and negative, and related statements. It presents all the data relevant to the interpretation and application by the Security Council of the provisions of the UN Charter and the Council's provisional rules of procedure.
Independent Research Centers
- American Enterprise Institute: Foreign and Defense Policy Studies
- AEI's work in foreign and defense policy seeks to improve the understanding of how American interests and political and economic freedom can be advanced around the world. AEI scholars analyze relations between the United States and its allies; security threats, currently focusing on Asia and the Middle East; the transition to democratic capi
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