Data Sources
Title |
Description | Subject Area | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Global Peace Index | "The GPI, produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace, is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness. It gauges ongoing domestic and international conflict, safety and security in society, and militarisation in 153 countries by taking into account 23 separate indicators." | Security | Click here |
| 9/11 Commission Final Report | "The Commission’s Final Report provides a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. It also includes recommendations designed to guard against future attacks." | Security | Click here |
| A.T. Kearney & Foreign Policy Globalization Index | Ranks countries based on global connectedness, as measured by trade, travel, technology, and economic and political relations. | Economic | Click here |
| ABC News National Poll in Iraq | The national poll was conducted by ABC News, the BBC, ARD German TV and the Japanese broadcaster NHK in 2008. Link to the ABC News article. |
Political Economic Social Security |
Click here |
| ABC News National Public Opinion Poll in Afghanistan | A national public opinion poll in Afghanistan by ABC News, the BBC and ARD German TV from 2009. Link to ABC news article. |
Political Economic Social Security |
Click here |
| ACLED Armed Conflict Location and Event Data | ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Events Dataset) is designed for disaggregated conflict analysis and crisis mapping. This dataset codes the location of all reported conflict events in 50 countries in the developing world. Data are currently being coded from 1997 to early 2010 and the project continues to backdate conflict information for African states to the year of independence. |
Political Security |
Click here |
| ADL Surveys of American Attitudes Toward Anti-Semitism | Anti-Defamation League (ADL) fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry in the U.S. and abroad through information, education, legislation, and advocacy. |
Political Social |
Click here |
| ADL Surveys of Anti-Semitism in Europe | Anti-Defamation League (ADL) fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry in the U.S. and abroad through information, education, legislation, and advocacy. |
Political Social |
Click here |
| Afghanistan in 2010, A Survey of the Afghan People | A poll of the Afghan people by The Asia Foundation. |
Political Economic Social Security |
Click here |
| Amercian Terrorism Study, 1980-2002 | Data collections relate specifically to acts of American terrorism from ICPSR. Note: Access for Haverford users but requires setting up an individual account. | Security | Click here |
| American Politics: Foreign Affairs and Defense | Provides illustrated concepts, facts, figures, cartoons, image features and video features. | Security | Click here |
| Amnesty International Annual Report 2011 | Reports on the status of human rights throughout the world. Report available on the Middle East and North Africa, including Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco and Western Sahara, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen. | Political | Click here |
| Angus Reid Public Opinion: Terrorism | Concise articles describing the latest polling results related to terrorism from throughout the world. | Security | Click here |
| Anwar Sadat Chair: Arab Public Opinion Surveys | The Anwar Sadat Chair, in collaboration with Zogby International, has been conducting public opinion surveys in six Arab countries since 2003 - Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and United Arab Emirates (UAE). Latest data from 2008. |
Political Economic Social Security |
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| Arab Barometer | "The Arab Democracy Barometer was established in 2005 by the Institute for Social Research of the University of Michigan in close collaboration with institutions and scholars in the Arab world." Survey results from Jordan, Palestine, Morocco, Algeria and Kuwait from 2006. |
Political Economic Social Security |
Click here |
| ASN Aviation Safety Database | "The ASN Safety Database, updated every week, contains descriptions of over 12,200 airliner, military transport category aircraft and corporate jet aircraft safety occurrences since 1943." | Security | Click here |
| Association of Religious Data Archives (ARDA): Cross-National Data 2005 | Data sources: 2003 US State Dept.’s International Religious Freedom Reports and other cross-national measures of interest to researchers on religion, economics, and politics, including adherent information from the World Christian Database, scales from Freedom House and the Heritage Foundation, and various socio-economic measures from the United Nations. Compiled between 2003 and 2005. | Social | Click here |
| Association of Religious Data Archives (ARDA): International Religious Freedom Data | Indices: Government Regulation of Religion index (GRI), Social Regulation of Religion index (SRI), Government Favoritism of Religion index (GFI). Data collected 2006. | Social | Click here |
| Battle Deaths Data | This project maintains a dataset on battle deaths (soldiers and civilians killed in combat) in state-based armed conflicts. The original release in 2005 covered the period 1946–2002. | Security | Click here |
| Building a Global Terrorism Database | This book provides datasets on terrorist attacks in its appendices. | Security | Click here |
| Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC) List of Treaties and Agreements | The Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC) is a bureau within the U.S. State Department. The AVC focuses on arms control, verification and compliance with international arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements or commitments. | Political | Click here |
| Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) List of Treaties and Agreements | The Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation provides a full-text list of agreements related to their mission. The ISN is a bureau within the U.S. State Department. | Political | Click here |
| Charity & Secuirty Network Resource Library | The Charity and Security Network was "launched in November 2008 by charities, grantmakers, faith-based and advocacy groups to eliminate unnecessary and counterproductive barriers to legitimate charitable work found in current counterterrorism measures." |
Political Social Security |
Click here |
| CIA World Factbook | Provides up-to-date U.S. government profiles of virtually all countries and territories. | Political | Click here |
| CIRI Human Rights Data Project | The CIRI dataset "contains standards-based quantitative information on government respect for 15 internationally recognized human rights for 195 countries, annually from 1981-2009." | Political | Click here |
