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Policy Information Pathfinder

Sample Questions That Can Be Answered Using This Pathfinder

• How can I find current U.S. policy toward Vietnam?
• Where can I find information about U.S policy toward Africa in the 1950's?

Thank you for your question regarding United States foreign policy. The following are resources in the State Department site that may be helpful to you.

State Department: Policy
http://www.state.gov/www/policy.html

By Subject:
Arms Control Policy:
http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/index.html

Economic and Trade Policy:
http://www.state.gov/www/issues/economic/index.html

Environmental Policy:
http://www.state.gov/www/global/oes/index.html

Human Rights Policy:
http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/index.html

Law Enforcement and Narcotic Policy:
http://www.state.gov/www/global/narcotics_law/index.html

Population, Refugees, and Migration Policy:
http://www.state.gov/www/global/prm/index.html

Regional Affairs:

African Affairs :
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/index.html

East Asian and Pacific Affairs :
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eap/index.html

European Affairs:
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/index.html

Near Eastern Affairs :
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nea/index.html

New Independent States of Former USSR:
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nis/index.html

South Asian Affairs
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/sa/index.html

Western Hemisphere Affairs:
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/wha/index.html

Background Notes: Country Information
http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/index.html

Governments on the WWW
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/world.html

State Department Publications dealing primarily with historic United States foreign policy:

Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)
Su Doc No: S 1.1
(online) http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/frus.html

US Department of State :Dispatch
Su Doc No.: S 1.3/5:
http://www.state.gov/www/publications/dispatch/index.html

American Foreign Policy: Current Documents
Su Doc No: S 1.71/2:

American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1977-1980
Su Doc No: S 1.69: 346

US Department of State : Bulletin
Su Doc No: S 1.3:

To find books, try these subject heading in your local library's catalog.

Use this type of subject heading to find information about a particular country's foreign policies, generally.

(place)--Foreign Relations
(example, Africa--Foreign Relations)

Use this type of subject heading to find information about one country's foreign policy with another.

(place)--Foreign Relations--(place)
example, China--Foreign Relations--United States
example, United States--Foreign Relations--China