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  1. Art in America  New!
  2. Atlantic Monthly
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  3. Business Week
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  4. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning  New!
  5. Current History: a journal of contemporary world affairs
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  6. Economist
  7. Environmental Forum
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  8. Far Eastern Economic Review
  9. Fletcher Forum of World Affairs
 10. Forbes  New!
 11. Foreign Affairs
 12. Foreign Policy
 13. Fortune
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 14. Granta New!
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 15. Harpers Magazine New!
 16. Harvard Business Review 
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 17. International Security
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 18. Journal of American Studies
 19. Journal of Democracy
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 20. National Geographic
 21. New Yorker
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 22. Orbis: Journal of World Affairs New!
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 23. Readers Digest
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 24. Smithsonian New!
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 25. Time
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 26. Wired New!
 

1. Art in America (Subscription starts since Jan 2009)

http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/

575 Broadway, New York New York 10012: Brant Publications, Inc.
Monthly

Each month, Art in America creates a fascinating picture of the colorful, ever changing, often controversial art scene here and abroad. You’ll find everything from contemporary to classical …painting, sculpture, photography…critiques of exciting new talents and important new books. We also have Art in America annual guide to galleries, museums, and artists.

2. Atlantic Monthly

http://www.theatlantic.com/

Boston, Massachusetts: The Atlantic Monthly Co.
Monthly

The Atlantic Monthly Magazine has been a voice for the literate reader interested in the world around them for two centuries, and has won more National Magazine Awards than any other monthly magazine. Atlantic Monthly will place readers at the very epicenter of contemporary issues, and it also features the very best in fiction, travel, food and humor. Atlantic is a thoughtful news and literary magazine that focuses on politics, foreign affairs, economics, arts events, and personalities.

3. Business Week

http://www.businessweek.com/index.html

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Inc.
Weekly

One of the most widely read U.S. business magazines. Business Week concentrates on corporate business, management and finance.  Articles are usually quite short, although the cover story is always examined in more depth

4. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning (Subscription starts since Jan 2009)

http://www.changemag.org/

Washington, DC: Heldref Publications
Bi-monthly

Change provides solid coverage of higher education in the United States. A typical issue includes four to eight articles on pedagogical methods, student life, financing education, and the developmental role of education. While generally accepting of the educational establishment, the magazine can be critical of particular practices and approaches.

5. Current History: a journal of contemporary world affairs

http://www.currenthistory.com

Philadelphia, Philadelphia: Current History, Inc.
Monthly, except June-August

Current History is an international affairs journal with appeal for the non-specialist. Each issue concentrates on a single topic (such as U.S. trade policy) or a geographic area (like Latin America). A typical issue contains seven or eight brief articles written in a non-technical style. The authors are American academics, usually subject specialists. A regular feature, "The Month in Review," is a chronological summary of the most important events of world affairs two months previously.

6. Economist

http://www.economist.com/ 

London, England: The Economist Newspaper, Ltd.
Weekly

Since its beginning, the economist has used economics as a basis for the international news it covers. It gives readers a different perspective--one that is needed to help with globalization of information. Six or seven lead articles are the usual format, with sections on world politics and current affairs in America, Asia, Europe, Britain, and other international areas; followed by business, finance, and science, and a section on books, arts, and sports. 

7. Environmental Forum

http://www.eli.org/Membership/the_environmental_forum.cfm

Washington, DC: Environmental Law Institute
Bi-monthly

The Environmental Forum is the only journal that gives you the full range of views on the environmental issues you need to know about. Authors include corporate executives, EPA administrators, private attorneys, members of Congress, and environmental activists. Read the inside story on how the key environmental statutes were shaped, articles on corporate environmental management, and cutting-edge analysis of the impact of current legislation and litigation. The Environmental Forum is published bi-monthly, as a benefit of membership in the ELI Associates program.

8. Far Eastern Economic Review

http://www.feer.com

Hong Kong: Review Publishing Company Limited
Bi-Monthly

The purpose of this economic publication is to analyze and interpret financial, commercial and industrial developments; to collect economic news; and to present views and opinions with the intent to improve existing conditions. Politics and economics being connatural, it will be inevitable that this publication may at times appear to transgress its primary objective by reporting on, and dealing with, political affairs.

9. The Fletcher Forum Of World Affairs

http://fletcher.tufts.edu/forum/

Medford, Massachusetts: The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Semi-annually

The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, founded in 1975 and published twice a year, is the official foreign policy journal at The Fletcher School. The Forum publishes original, previously unpublished articles, essays, and book reviews on legal, political, economic, and diplomatic aspects of international affairs.

10. Forbes (Subscription starts since May 2009)

http://www.forbes.com/

New York, New York: Forbes, Inc.
Bi-weekly

Forbes is a popular business and financial magazine directed to managers and investors, especially the latter. Articles concentrate on government and company activities, industry developments, investment opportunities, the state of the U.S. economy, and general economic trends. Regular columnists give advice on stocks, bonds and personal finance. We also have Forbes LIFE and Americas Best Big Companies-500 largest private companies.

11. Foreign Affairs

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/  

New York, New York: The Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.
5/year

5/year

This periodical is generally considered the preeminent journal of world affairs and its contributors are experts in their fields. Policy ideas are frequently tested and debated in this publication before being adopted. Foreign Affairs also contains one of the most comprehensive book review sections in the international relations field.

12. Foreign Policy

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/ 

Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Quarterly

This journal also provides wide-ranging coverage on all aspects of foreign affairs. A typical issue contains about ten articles written by diplomats or former diplomats and scholars in the field. As with Foreign Affairs, articles in Foreign Policy often test the water for policy innovation prior to such changes being implemented.

13. Fortune

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/

New York, New York: Time, Inc.
Bi-weekly

Fortune is among the best known general business magazines in the United States. Its articles tend to be longer than those in other magazines of this type, and frequent use of sidebars allows the reader to learn more about corollary issues. The magazine is also noted for its special issue focusing on "The Fortune 500", the leading 500 U.S. businesses.

14. Granta (Subscription starts since May 2009)

http://www.granta.com/

London, UK: Granta Publications Ltd.
Quarterly

Granta magazine was founded in 1889 by students at Cambridge University. Since 1979, Granta has published many of the world’s finest writers tackling some of the world’s most important subjects, from intimate human experiences to the large public and political events that have shaped our lives.

15. Harpers Magazine (Subscription starts since May 2009)

 http://www.harpers.org/

New York, New York: Harper's Magazine Foundation
Monthly

Harper's is similar to The Atlantic in both format and focus. It too incorporates five to six articles on the American nation or some aspect of the global political, economic or social scene.

16. Harvard Business Review 

http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/

Boston, Massachusetts: Graduate School of Business Administration
Bi-monthly

This well-known product of Harvard Business School publishes articles in the areas of business and management. Topics include planning, manufacturing, innovation, and so forth. Each issue also incorporates a case study.

17. International Security

http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?tid=26&ttype=4

Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press
Quarterly

International Security publishes lucid, well-documented essays on all aspects of the control and use of force, from all political viewpoints. Its articles cover contemporary policy issues, and probe historical and theoretical questions behind them.

18. Journal of American Studies

http://uk.cambridge.org/journals/ams/ 

New York, New York: Cambridge University Press
3/year

Journal of American Studies publishes works by scholars from all over the world on American history, politics, literature, institutions, economics, film, popular culture, geography, sociology and related subjects. Also included are review essays and book reviews.

19. Journal of Democracy

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_democracy/

Baltimore, Maryland: National Endowment for Democracy and the Johns Hopkins University Press
Quarterly

Since its inception in 1990, the Journal of Democracy has become an influential international forum for scholarly analysis and competing democratic viewpoints. Its articles have been cited in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and widely reprinted in many languages. Focusing exclusively on democracy, the Journal monitors and analyzes democratic regimes and movements in scores of countries around the world. Each issue features a unique blend of scholarly analysis, reports from democratic activists, updates on news and elections, and reviews of important recent books.

20. National Geographic

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/ 

1145 Seventeenth Street N.W., Washington, DC: National Geographic Society
Monthly

Articles deal with interesting people, places, customs, activities and nature on a worldwide scale. Also covers National Geographic Society expeditions and discoveries.

21. New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/

New York, New York: The New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
Weekly

This journal features many well-known American writers. Each issue includes fiction, poetry, commentaries on current political events, and reports on significant social concerns. The New Yorker is also a compendium of information about events in New York City. In addition, there are lengthier theater, music, film, dance, and record reviews.

22. Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs (Subscription starts since Jan 2009)

http://www.fpri.org/orbis/

Stamford, Connecticut: J A I Press Inc.
Quarterly

The Foreign Policy Research Institute is the sponsor of this journal. The journal covers a broad spectrum of subjects relating to American foreign policy and world security.

23. Reader Digest

http://www.rd.com/

Reader's Digest Rd, Pleasantville, NY 10570-7000: Reader's Digest Association, Inc
Monthly

Reader's Digest continues to be a wonderful little magazine that truly caters to every type of reader. Included are many anecdotes, jokes, and witticisms that the readers themselves contribute to the magazine (some even get paid). It publishes a wide range of excerpts from national magazines and newspapers on such topics as smoking, parents ruining kids' sports, and health. It also presents its own impressive articles, such as one naming the country's worst judges. On the whole, the magazine offers its readers a sense of hope, a concept often sadly lacking today. Along with this "old-fashioned" optimism, there are plenty of signs of technology, and web sites are highlighted throughout the magazine.

24. Smithsonian (Subscription starts since May 2009)

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Information
Monthly

This magazine chronicles the arts, environment, sciences and popular culture of the times. It is edited for modern, well-rounded individuals with diverse, general interests

25. Time

http://www.time.com/time/

New York, New York: Time, Inc.
Weekly

Another of the well-known and widely-read U.S. news magazines, Time provides similar U.S. and global news coverage to Newsweek. Indeed, it follows an analogous format -- tight, easily-read prose supported by excellent color photography.

26. Wired (Subscription starts since Jan 2009)

http://www.wired.com/wired

San Francisco, California: Wired
Monthly

A computer magazine for the reader who wants information without jargon, Wired is the hit of the 1990s. Whether profiling the people creating the latest technology or the people making use of it, the writing is always equal parts smart, argumentative, and fun. As befits
a modern computer periodical, the layout and format are high tech with an imaginative layout and bright colors.