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Peace and conflict studies

Find resources in peace and conflict studies, including books, journal articles, statistics and primary source databases.

Why use news items

News items, whether from print or audiovisual media, can provide you with real-life examples of international political processes and decisions, and their impact on the global public. You can use the latest news for current examples or look at historical news sources for contemporary reports of key historical events.

Finding current newspaper articles

To find a recent news article:

  1. try the newspaper's website
  2. use one of the following resources:

For news stories from a variety of newspaper and broadcast sources, a headline aggregator will link you to articles.

Popular aggregators:

Broadcast news - TV and radio

Television and radio news broadcasts are an excellent source of news and commentary about international political events and activities. Browse or search one of the following websites or library resources:

Historical news

If you're looking for older newspaper reports there are a number of websites of digitised archives. Some key archive sites for political science: