Annually-published country-by-country guide to government and politics around the world, covering recent history, current issues, political parties and institutions, and more. Also provides information on about 50 international governmental organizations.

Highly-regarded annually-published reports which review and forecast political and economic risks for countries of the world. (Provided here through the Business Source Complete database.)
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Annual overview of strategic developments throughout the world. This has long been the essential one-volume analytical encapsulation of the year's key events in international relations for government policy-makers, journalists, business leaders and other leading think-tanks. (International Institute for Strategic Studies)

Annual review of "issues on armaments and arms control, conflicts and resolutions, security arrangements and disarmament, as well as longer-term trends in international security." W&L has online access to 2018, 2017, and 2015, as well as earlier years in printed form.

Each of these sites offers overviews of human rights-related issues, including press freedoms, in individual countries. The most significant overviews often are annual reports, but other materials on a country also may be available.

These respected sources contain information on press conditions in individual countries.

"Comprehensive, comparative, and multidimensional study of reform in the former Communist states of Europe and Eurasia."

Country-specific information, travel alerts, and travel warnings. (U.S. Department of State)