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  • Baltic Security Crisis
    Baltic Security Crisis
    An explosion shakes a prestigious Russian-language school in Riga, Latvia. Participants now find themselves in the middle of a "gray zone" crisis, navigating unconventional security challenges that exceed normal peacetime competition but fall short of overt armed conflict. Students must work together to respond to cutting-edge security dilemmas.
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  • Border Dispute: The Temple of Preah Vihear
    Border Dispute: The Temple of Preah Vihear
    Competing claims to a sacred Buddhist temple site along the border of Thailand and Cambodia fuel a tense dispute between the countries in this negotiation simulation. Representing various stakeholders, students will attempt to resolve the long-standing conflict and keep the two nations from being pulled into a destructive war.
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  • Borders, Environment, and Trade in the Americas
    Borders, Environment, and Trade in the Americas
    Representing the national governments of countries in North America, South America, and the Caribbean, students in this simulation will debate strategies for addressing the region's security, economic, and environmental problems.
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  • Confronting Globalization
    Confronting Globalization
    Challenge students to examine the effects of globalization from a variety of perspectives as they portray six countries tasked with identifying a shared response to globalization among developed and developing nations. Students represent China, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, and the UK.
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  • Crisis in North Korea
    Crisis in North Korea
    Explore the complexities of negotiating an end to a crisis in an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and mistrust. This simulation places students in the roles of key global leaders as they attempt to determine the cause of a recent explosion in North Korea and de-escalate tensions between parties.
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  • Crisis in Valleyton
    Crisis in Valleyton
    As a dam threatens to burst near the fictional town of Valleyton, Arizona, local, state, and national government actors must work together to avoid disaster. Crisis leadership skills are put to the test as participants in this simulation must quickly develop a plan of action and consider short and long term implications of their decisions.
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  • Democratic Erosion
    Democratic Erosion
    In the country of Estrad politics has become a bloodsport. Politicians and voters once respected one another and each others' positions, but opinions have recently hardened, driven by talking heads elevating extreme positions. Democratic norms are eroding, and each side is determined to win — regardless of the cost.
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  • Designing Democracy: Iraq 2004
    Designing Democracy: Iraq 2004
    With Iraq on the brink of rebirth in 2004, tensions run high in this historical simulation as participants debate options for restructuring the Iraqi government. Students step into the roles of Iraqi political factions as they struggle to negotiate across ethnic and religious divisions in order to shape the future of a nation they will all share.
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  • European Union
    European Union
    Cast as officials from EU member states, students in this simulation examine the overlapping issues of the economy, security and human rights in the European Union and work to develop shared solutions to some of the region's most pressing issues.
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  • Globalization and Nigerian Oil
    Globalization and Nigerian Oil
    Examine globalization through the case of oil-rich, but debt-burdened, Nigeria. Students play the roles of international, national, and local actors participating in negotiations critical to the future of the Niger River delta region.
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  • Green Trade and the WTO
    Green Trade and the WTO
    Navigate the nuances of international trade negotiations. Playing the roles of World Trade Organization country delegations, students in this simulation attempt to craft an agreement that liberalizes the trade of environmental goods.
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  • India-Pakistan Crisis
    India-Pakistan Crisis
    A wave of terrorist attacks in the capital of New Delhi sparks tensions between India and its neighbor and longtime rival Pakistan in this crisis simulation. Suspicions run rampant as the two countries, along with the UN and the United States, engage in high-pressure negotiations.
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  • International Relations of Africa
    International Relations of Africa
    This simulation engages students in addressing the security, economic, and health crises gripping many nations in Africa. Participants play the roles of diplomats from African countries challenged with developing regional solutions to these problems while also struggling to protect national interests.
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  • International Relations of Southeast Asia
    International Relations of Southeast Asia
    Free trade expansion, security, public health, and environmental concerns are all under negotiation in this regional simulation, which casts students in the roles of diplomats from Southeast Asian countries. Participants must work together to craft agreements addressing critical issues facing the region.
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  • International System
    International System
    This simulation focuses on military security, human security, and economic issues affecting the international community. Student teams portray various nations and negotiate online to develop solutions to important global problems.
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  • International Whaling Commission
    International Whaling Commission
    The member nations of this intergovernmental organization, each with their own position and level of involvement in whaling issues, meet in this simulation to discuss a controversial commercial whaling moratorium. Negotiations focus on whether the current moratorium should continue, although many countries have additional concerns.
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  • Northern Ireland: Contested Ground
    Northern Ireland: Contested Ground
    Set in a small town in Northern Ireland, students portray local residents on a committee tasked with determining the location for a new technology training center in town. This simulation challenges students to negotiate in a contentious environment and build community in a region with a long history of religious and political tension.
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  • Piracy off the Somali Coast
    Piracy off the Somali Coast
    When pirate activity in the Indian Ocean wreaks havoc on the world's shipping industry, this simulation challenges students to participate in tense negotiations on the international response to this growing "business."
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  • Presidential Commission: Policy Responses to Terrorism
    Presidential Commission: Policy Responses to Terrorism
    Join in the preparatory work for a blue ribbon commission formed in the aftermath of a fictional Washington, D.C. terrorist attack. As the commission gets ready to hold a hearing, participants negotiate important issues including the agenda and a list of witnesses.
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  • Responding to Genocide in Darfur: The U.S. Inter-Agency Process
    Responding to Genocide in Darfur: The U.S. Inter-Agency Process
    Expose students to the challenges of inter-agency coordination in response to a complex armed conflict and humanitarian crisis. Simulation participants represent U.S. cabinet departments and agencies seeking to further organizational agendas, while simultaneously striving to meet U.S. policy objectives in Darfur, Sudan circa 2006.
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  • The Future of Global Food Security
    The Future of Global Food Security
    Negotiators in this simulation attempt to address a range of issues affecting the availability, access, and utilization of food around the world. Participants will work together to develop a series of short- and long-term proposals for attaining greater food security.
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  • The Resource Curse: Emerging Markets in South America
    The Resource Curse: Emerging Markets in South America
    Navigate global markets and local politics in this high stakes negotiation simulation! Multi-national corporations compete to gain access to Bolivia’s coveted lithium deposits, while the Bolivian government aims to strike a deal that will satisfy internal stakeholders and provide the economic boost the country so desperately needs.
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  • Trash Trouble: Development Politics in St. Ann
    Trash Trouble: Development Politics in St. Ann
    The fictional Caribbean island nation of "St. Ann" provides a compelling setting for this simulation's negotiation between a developing country's government leaders and its civil society organizations over the best solutions to a series of waste management problems. Ethnic tensions along with influential media outlets contribute to the dynamics.
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  • UN Security Council
    UN Security Council
    Step into the roles of United Nations Security Council member countries and make tough decisions about the UN's response to situations affecting the international community. Participants in this simulation negotiate on draft resolutions relevant to issues of human trafficking, ethnic violence, development and conflict, and resource extraction.
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  • World War II and War Crimes
    World War II and War Crimes
    In this simulation set at the end of the Second World War, students become global leaders tasked with decision-making at a key moment in the 20th century. Together, as the Allied powers, they must decide the appropriate legal framework and penalty structure for the defeated German leadership.
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