Country/Region Information: Regional Information
World summary
CIA World Factbook profile of the world
UN Atlas of the Oceans
Africa
Africa Focus 'Sights and sounds of a continent'
African Union "Africa's premier institution and principal organization for the promotion of accelerated socio-economic integration of the continent"
CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies - reports
CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies - (Maghreb) reports
Encyclopedia of the Orient (North Africa)
Index on Africa - The Norwegian Council for Africa
NEPAD: New Partnership for Africa's Development
PBS Explore the regions: Sahara
WWW Virtual Library - African regional studies
Antarctic
BUBL World Area Studies
CIA World Factbook profile
CIA World Factbook profile (French Antarctic Lands)
Arctic
BUBL World Area Studies
CIA World Factbook profile
Asia
Access Asia : Asia in brief
AsiaSource
BUBL World Area Studies
CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies - reports
Financial Times reports
WWW Virtual Library - Asian regional studies
Atlantic Ocean
CIA World Factbook profile
UN Atlas of the Oceans
Caribbean
BUBL World Area Studies
Latin America Bureau
Latin American Network Information Centre
World History Archives - history of the Caribbean & Bermuda
Caucasus
BBC: North Caucasus: At a glance
PBS: What is the North Caucasus: interactive map
Central America
BUBL World Area Studies
Latin America Bureau
Latin American Network Information Centre
WWW Virtual Library - Latin American regional studies
Commonwealth
BBC Monitoring quick guide
BBC Monitoring Timeline - a chronology of key events
World History Archives - history of the Caribbean & Bermuda
Europe
BUBL World Area Studies
CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies - reports
EURODATA Research Archive
WWW Virtual Library - European & National homepages
Europe: Eastern
BUBL World Area Studies
CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies - reports
Financial Times reports
Osteuropa-Institut - links to information on Eastern Europe (NB: main page is in German)
Transitions Online
European Union
See the separate page on the European Union
Indian Ocean
CIA World Factbook profile
UN Atlas of the Oceans
Middle East
Arab Net
The Arab League (in Arabic: English site is under construction)
The Arab World: your guide to everything Arab
BBC Arabic Service
BBC Middle East News
BBC Persian Service
BBC Monitoring quick guide : Arab League
BBC Monitoring Timeline : Arab league - chronology of key events
BBC Monitoring quick guide : Organisation of the Islamic Conference
BBC Monitoring Timeline : Organisation of the Islamic Conference - chronology of key events
BUBL World Area Studies
CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies - reports
Encyclopedia of the Orient (Middle East)
Global Connections - Middle East
Introduction to the Arab World
MENA: "Financial markets in a new age of oil"
Middle East Economic Survey
Middle East Institute
Middle East Institute, Columbia University
Middle East Institute, Columbia University : Middle East & Islamic Studies
Moshe Dayan Centre for Middle Eastern and African Studies
NITLE: Arab culture and civilization
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
BBC Monitoring quick guide
BBC Monitoring Timeline - chronology of key events
Pacific Ocean
AsiaSource (Pacific Island countries)
CIA World Factbook profile
UN Atlas of the Oceans
Scandinavia
Financial Times reports
South America
BUBL World Area Studies
Latin America Bureau
Latin American Network Information Centre
WWW Virtual Library - Latin American regional studies
Southern Ocean
CIA World Factbook profile
UN Atlas of the Oceans
Tropics
BUBL World Area Studies
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