• Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis.· The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, India is an autonomous body to conduct study and research on problems of national security and the impact of defence measures on the economic, security and social life of the country: http://www.idsa-india.org/

• Institute for Security Studies (Institut d'etudes de securité). Our mission is to conceptualise, inform and enhance the debate on human security in Africa in order to support policy formulation and decision making at all levels towards the enhancement of human security for all in Africa: http://www.iss.co.za/

- Darfur Conflict (Sudan) - Key documentation: http://www.iss.co.za/AF/profiles/Sudan/darfur/index.htm

- Download Peace, Profit or Plunder? The Privatisation of Security in War-torn African Societies for free, collaborative project between the Institute for Security Studies and the Canadian Council for International Peace: click here

• Institut für Afrika-Kunde (Institute of African Affairs). IAA was founded in February 1963 on the initiative of the Afrika Verein (Africa Association) and members of Hamburg University. The Institute principally covers the whole of sub-Saharan Africa with respect to research, advisory services, documentation and information. The Institute cooperates closely with other research institutions and individual researchers working in and about Africa; the results of these endeavours also find their way into different publications of the Institute: http://www.duei.de/iak/

• International Consortium for Alternative Academic Publication. ICAAP is a Canadian initiative whose members are committed to help lower the cost of scholarly publication by encouraging and facilitating independent, non-commercial publication. ICAAP journals and resources are full-text online resources provided at very low cost to individuals and institutions: http://www.icaap.org/

• International Crisis Group. Crisis Group is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, with over 110 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict. Crisis Group's approach is grounded in field research. Teams of political analysts are located within or close by countries at risk of outbreak, escalation or recurrence of violent conflict: http://www.crisisgroup.org/

• International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights. IHFHR is a self-governing group of non-governmental, not-for-profit organizations that act to protect human rights throughout Europe, North America, and the Central Asian republics formed from the territories of the former Soviet Union. In addition to gathering and analyzing information on human rights conditions in OSCE participating States, the IHF acts as a clearing house for this information, disseminating it to governments, inter-governmental organizations, the press and the public at large: http://www.ihf-hr.org/index.htm

• International Institute for Strategic Studies. The IISS is the primary source of accurate, objective information on international strategic issues for politicians and diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business, economists, the military, defence commentators, journalists, academics and the informed public: http://www.iiss.org/

• International Peace Academy. IPA is an independent, international institution dedicated to promoting the prevention and settlement of armed conflicts between and within states through policy research and development. IPA works closely with the United Nations, regional and other international organizations, governments, and nongovernmental organizations, as well as with parties to conflicts in selected cases: http://www.ipacademy.org/

• International Peace Research Institute, Oslo. Founded in 1959, PRIO was one of the first centres of peace research in the world. We are Norway's only peace research centre. The foundation of the institute and its early influence were instrumental in promulgating the idea of peace research. PRIO is an independent, international institute in staff, audience and perspective: http://www.prio.no/

• Knowledge Services for Financial & Private Sector Development. Brought to you by Rapid Response, the World Bank Group's knowledge hub on financial and private sector development in developing countries, this site offers best practice public policy advice for private sector led growth and financial market development in developing countries: http://rru.worldbank.org/