Tag: Sovereignty

  • Ukraine Resists Russian Invasion Lesson Plan

    Ukraine Resists Russian Invasion Lesson Plan

    Experts expected Ukraine and its capital, Kyiv, to fall within days. It didn’t. This lesson examines the different explanations for Ukraine’s defense and asks how much of Ukraine’s defence of its own sovereignty depended on other countries.

  • Mecca Joint Defense Agreement Lesson Plan

    Mecca Joint Defense Agreement Lesson Plan

    Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have signed a defence pact stating that an attack on one is an attack on all. A three-level lesson on why states pool their security and what they give up to get it.

  • USA – Canada Trade War Lesson Plan

    USA – Canada Trade War Lesson Plan

    Hours before a midnight tariff deadline, Canada suspended trade negotiations with the United States and 50% tariffs took effect. Both governments blame the other. This lesson uses the collapse to ask why trade disputes are so difficult to end, especially considering the power asymmetry at play. In this case, is interdependence preventing conflict – or…

  • Background to the Ukraine War lesson plan

    Background to the Ukraine War lesson plan

    How did the largest war in Europe since 1945 begin? Students trace Ukraine’s path from independence to invasion, touching on the Budapest Memorandum, NATO expansion, Euromaidan, Crimea, and the Minsk agreements. Students then rank five competing explanations for why the war happened.

  • Iran War Deal in Jeopardy Lesson Plan

    Iran War Deal in Jeopardy Lesson Plan

    A ceasefire deal was signed, then the two sides sat down to negotiate peace while openly threatening each other with force, and disagreed over whether a core promise had already been broken. This differentiated, three-level lesson uses a fast-moving crisis to explore why signed agreements fail, and what it takes to make them successful.