Links to general sources on Asia

General (governmental, reference, libraries, associations)

Governmental

• APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum) (regional IGO)
• ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) (regional IGO)
• Center for Security and Cooperation in Asia (regional IGO)
• China Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Asian Affairs
• Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, East Asian relations
• US Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia
• US Congressional Research Service reports on Asia (compiled by GlobalSecurity.Org)

Scholarly

• Asia-Pacific.Com (Business resources and issues on Asia compiled by a group of Business School Profs from several universities in the US)
• Association for Asian Studies (The professional organization for scholars of Asia in North America)
• Australian National University, Virtual Library on Asia
• Brookings Institution Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
• Columbia University Journal of Asian Law home page (with resources on law in East Asia)
• Council on Foreign Relations Asia program
• East Asian Libraries Cooperative World Wide Web (Ohio State University and several other libraries around the world, mostly focused on Japan)
• East Asia Virtual Library (scholarly, Sweet Briar College)
• East West Center (scholarly program which sponsors research and conferences designed to enhance cooperation between the US and East Asian nations; initially created by the US Congress in 1960)
• International Institute of Asian Studies (Netherlands)
• Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (New Delhi)
• Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Institute for Strategic and International Studies (think tank based in Malaysia)
• Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (think tank, Singapore)
• National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR -- a US-based non-profit, non-partisan organization that studies Asia)
• Portal to Asian Internet Resources (University of Wisconsin – Madison)
• Stimson Center East Asia Program (think tank)
• Stimson Center South Asia Program
• Stimson Center Southeast Asia Program

Non-governmental

• Asia Society (non-profit organization with members from around the Asia-Pacific dedicated to strengthening ties between the nations of the region – US, China, Japan, SE Asia, NE Asia)
• Human Rights Watch Asia
• International Crisis Group, Asia Program (the best site for in-depth and up to date research on conflict, terrorism, social, religious, and political issues in the region)
• List of links to Asia-based NGOs
• Amnesty International (links to reports on specific countries)
• Reporters without Borders (Asia focus)

Media

• Asia News Network (based in Thailand)
• Asia Times (Hong Kong-based news on all of Asia)
• Asia Today Online (based in Sydney, Australia)
• BBC News for East Asia and the Pacific
• BBC News for South Asia
• BBC World Service
• CNN International
• Eurasianet.Org (news on central Asia and the Caucasus)
• Far Eastern Economic Review (weekly)
• Kidon Media Link (compilation of links to many media sources throughout Asia)
• New York Times Asia
• Radio Free Asia (US government-run radio station broadcasting news to East Asia, designed to provide news of the world to people in nations with government-controlled media – Burma, Cambodia, China, Laos, Singapore, Viet Nam…)
• Southeast Asia Press Alliance (international group promoting freedom of the press in Southeast Asia – some nations have it; some don’t)
• The Times of Central Asia (news on Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan)
• Washington Post Asia Pacific
• World News Network – Asia (compilation of news stories on Asia from around the world)
• Newspapers from specific nations are included on the syllabus under the home nation