Research Guides: POLS 248: American Foreign Policy (HC): News and Blogs

General News Sources

New York Times
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Full-text access to news articles, blog posts, videos, images, and multimedia features. Coverage from 1851 to the present. Use the link New York Times for the most recent 5 years. It requires an initial registration but then you will have access with your password for a full year.
If you want articles in the NY Times more than 5 years old, use the Proquest Historical Newspapers link for a more sophisticated search interface.
Washington Post
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Use the Nexis Uni link for coverage of recent years as well as the current issue.
Wall Street Journal
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Use the E-journals link for the latest two years of issues. The username and password will be supplied when you connect.

Economist
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Weekly analysis of news and issues worldwide. Use your college's Tripod link for full access from 2000 to the present.
Politico
Delivers reliable information in close to real time. AllSides rates it as left-leaning.

Foreign Affairs
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Use the E-Journals link to access the full text along with blogs and other pieces appearing only on the journal's website.
Foreign Policy
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National Interest
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Realist-oriented opinion
American Interest
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Realist-oriented opinion. Latest six months of issues not available in tricollege subscriptions.
Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs
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Haverford students can search and browse Orbis articles in ScienceDirect. Use the FindIt button to request articles through Get It Now Elsevier for email delivery within 8 hours.
Washington Quarterly
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The tricollege libraries don't have a current subscription. Search or browse the issues' tables of contents and then request the articles you want. They will be sent to your emaill address generally within 2 days.
Some articles from the most recent issue can be accessed on the journals homepage.

War on the Rocks
70+ regular contributors analyze "foreign policy and national security issues through a realist lens."
Lawfare
Covers national security policy with a focus on legal aspects. Published in cooperation with Brookings.
Monkey Cage
Political scientists bring research to bear on headline issues. See more entries through Tripod's online subscription to the Washington Post:
Duck of Minerva
Duck of Minerva " focuses on world politics from an academic perspective."