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CDC Travel Information
The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) has "Reference Material," "Disease Outbreaks," "Geographic Health Recommendations," and more. Go to data on regions through a "Graphical Travel Map."

Civilitas Research
Civilitas is a political risk analysis company that specializes in events and developments in South East Europe and Turkey. The site includes the full text of analysis and sample research reports.

Corruption Perception Index (Internet Center for Corruption Research)
The Corruption Perception Index ranks countries for corruption. On the scale a 10 is "totally clean" and a 0.0 is "totally corrupt".

Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP): Risk Assessments
From Carleton University, Canada, CIFP is a content-rich site includes full-text reports and country ranking tables that rank by such factors as armed conflicts, political instability, and population heterogeneity.

Country Risk Analysis
Country Risk Analysis presents a large amount of full-text country risk data. The data include narrative, charts, and graphs on individual countries.

Global Risk Assessments, Inc.
Global Risk Assessments, Inc. is the site of Prof. Jerry Rogers, College of Business Administration, Cal Poly Pomona. Select GRA Research Hotlinks in left-hand column for "one stop shopping " for Internet sites relevant to country and political risk research.

ISN International Relations and Security Network
The ISN site is a "one-stop information network for international security; International Relations and Security Network." Subjects covered include international relations, arms, control, and human rights; there are also country-specific reports. The ISN International Relations and Security Network is from the Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich.

Political and Economic Risk Consultancy, Ltd. (PERC)
PERC has a "Library " where the public can "upload " documents. This site also has free Country Outlooks: Country Risk Reports and Economic Indicators for China, Hong Kong, and other Asian countries.

PRS Online
PRS Online, from the PRS (Political Risk Services) Group, provides some brief country information free through its Internet site.

Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets
The US Government Travel Warnings are organized by country. The US State Department issues Travel Warnings when the department decides, based on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a certain country.