PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES

Periodicals recommended to facilitate international business and on-going global development

The International Herald Tribune, www.iht.com
The Economist, www.economist.com
The Financial Times, www.ft.com
Foreign Affairs, www.foreignaffairs.org

Suggested reading related to the USA and the world, the East, the West, culture, people, history and the future

The Lexus, and The Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization
Thomas L. Friedman, Anchor Books

An Empire Wilderness: Travels Into America’s Future
Robert D. Kaplan, Vintage

The Clash Of Civilizations And The Remaking Of World Order
Samuel P. Huntington, Simon & Schuster

What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East
Bernard Lewis, Perennial Books

Reconstructing Asia, The Economic Miracle that Never Was, The Future that Is
M.T. Daly and M.I. Logan, RMIT University Press

“Culture Shock” (series) , A Guide to Customs and Etiquette

ONLINE RESOURCES

What time is it in ________ right now!?
www.worldtime.org

What area code/city is that?
www.melissadata.com/lookups/phonelocation.asp?number=

Detailed information on hundreds of countries
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Currency Conversion
www.oanda.com/convert/classic