Building Blocks

Understand the principle that has underpinned world order for the past four hundred years.

Learn how the world’s nearly two hundred countries came to be, and whether the map is set in stone.

Nationalism can unify diverse societies. But when taken to extremes, it can also fuel violence, division, and global disorder.

Countries fight to protect their sovereignty. So why would they willingly give it up?

Sovereignty is sacred. But when lives are in danger, does that principle still apply?

A government’s authority within its borders gets challenged all the time. Here is how.

Without a country to call their own, millions of people experience discrimination and persecution.

When fires in the Amazon affect countries around the world, is there a need to rethink a centuries-old understanding of sovereignty?

Questions to check your understanding.