Online Resource Highlight--CIAO, Columbia International Affairs Online

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.

CIAO is also widely-recognized source for teaching materials including original case studies written by leading international affairs experts, course packs of background readings for history and political science classes, and special features like the analysis of a bin Laden recruitment tape with video.

All sections of CIAO are updated monthly. This month CIAO examines suicide terrorism with resources such as:

On Suicide Bombing Talal Asad,Date of Paper: May 2007.

Religion, faith and global politics , Lorraine Elliott, Mark Beeson, Shahram Azbarzadeh, Greg Fealy, Stuart Harris. Columbia University Press, 2007.

The John Carroll University community has access to this resource through an ongoing subscription by Grasselli Library and Breen Learning Center.