Useful mailing lists for diplomats

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last update 09/01/06

© 1998 Stefano Baldi

Here are some interesting mailing lists in order to be able to receive news and interesting information to ones own e-mail address. For subscribing (free) to the mailing lists follow the indications in brackets provided in the pages of each service.

H-Diplo - The Mailing list on the history of diplomacy (http://h-net2.msu.edu/~diplo/)

Info-Diplo - The mailing list of Le Monde Diplomatique (http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/forum/info-diplo/index.html)

TransAtlantic - The Newsletter of The Atlantic Monthly (http://www.The Atlantic.com/atlantic/agora/taautobt.htm)

Reliefweb - The most updated news on the major international emergency situations provided by the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) of the United Nations. (http://www.reliefweb.int/bul_sub.html)

Stratfor System - Global Intelligence updates - The GIU is a daily intelligence update on geopolitical and economic news. To receive FREE Red Alert updates via e-mail go to http://www.stratfor.com/mail/contact.html

The following bodies have a "What's New" e-mail notification system for new items posted on their website.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan - To register go to page: http://www.mofa.go.jp/mail/add.html

International Monetary Fund - To register go to page:
http://www.imf.org/signup

Servizi in italiano

ANSA - 7 giorni di vita italiana, rassegna settimanale dei principali avvenimenti italiani (http://www.ansa.it/notiziari/not_7gi.html)

What is a listserv

A Listserv can be a public or private electronic mailing list. People "subscribe" to , or "unsubscribe" from, a listserv by asking that their E-Mail addresses be added or deleted from the mailing list. Restrictions can be applyed by the owner of the list concerning the rights to send or receive messages Listserv is an easy and cheap way of sending one notice to many different people on many different computer systems.

Listservs are one of the more popular ways to quickly disseminate information, share opinions, and get advice through the Internet. When you subscribe to a listserv you will get a copy of every message sent to the list in your electronic mailbox. You will also have the ability to send your messages to all other subscribers by sending them to one, central address for quick, electronic distribution to everyone on the list.

Useful mailing lists (Listservers) for diplomats

What is a listserv