Global Political Studies


Online Free (or partially free) Political/ Financial Information Sources
Economic Times 
Online business and financial newspaper 
Free access for students
to the Financial Times 
To help prepare the next generation for life after school, students across the globe who are 16-19 years old and their teachers are now eligible for free access to FT.com. 
Newsela 
Up-to-date, high-interest non-fiction articles - mostly free. 
The Guardian 
British online newspaper 
BBC News 
British online service 
The New York Times 
Online newspaper – has a politics tab 
World View Stratfor 
Stratfor is an American geopolitics publisher and consultancy founded in 1996. Stratfor's business model is to provide individual and enterprise subscriptions to Stratfor Worldview, its online publication, and to perform intelligence gathering for corporate clients. 
The Economist 
The Economist is an international weekly newspaper printed in magazine-format and published digitally that focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, and technology. 
World Politics Review 
Critical analysis of global trends and international affairs. Includes free reports & insights.
EconBiz 
EconBiz is an academic search portal for journals, working papers, and conferences in business studies and economics. It is provided by the ZBW - German National Library of Economics, Leibniz Information Centre for Economics. 
Relief Web 
Humanitarian information portal that provides access to over 500,000 humanitarian situation reports.  Look up “Singapore” to get a feel.
Council on Foreign Relations 
A US-based non-partisan research institute that publishes articles exploring contemporary trends & events in Global Politics. Slightly US-centric but still useful 

Political/Financial Podcasts
BBC Global News Podcast 
The day’s top stories from BBC News. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends 
The World Next Week 
CFR's Director of Studies James M. Lindsay and CFR.org Managing Editor Robert McMahon preview international developments in the week ahead. 
The Economist 
Sound reasoning on current affairs, business and finance, science and technology, and global issues 
World Political  
Information and analysis that provides context for the key trends and events in international affairs and foreign policy. 
Global Dispatches 
A twice weekly podcast covering world news, international relations, foreign policy and global affairs. 
The Human Rights Defender Podcast 
Series that explores the work and lives of brave individuals standing up for our human rights. 
Podcast Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast 
The podcast gives rise to a dialogue around the very principles of human rights, informed by the panellists diverse geographical backgrounds and personal experience 
BBC Sounds – Categories – Politics 
Browse all Politics radio shows, podcasts and mixes in BBC Sounds. See what's new, what's popular, or browse by a-z 
Talking Politics 
Political podcast