FIV - The German Information Network for International Relations and Area Studies is a collaborative initiative established to run the World Affairs Online database (WAO). It receives funding from the German government.
The German Information Network for International Relations and Area Studies is a collaboration between the libraries and documentation departments of ten German research organisations, coordinated by the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), German Institute for International and Security Affairs. All member institutes are largely publicly financed and active in the fields of international relations, foreign and security policy or area studies.