Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Each of these gateway pages includes an overview, unique “perspectives” articles written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary source and statistical information.

Rich multimedia including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs enhance each portal. Use “Browse Issues and Topics,” “Country Finder,” “Basic Search” or “Advanced Search” to explore this database.