IB Global Politics Resources from CFR Education

CFR Education offers a range of free resources that can supplement your IB Global Politics curriculum. Browse articles, timelines, videos, assessments, and simulations that align with core units and higher level (HL) extension case studies.

Core Units (People, Power and Politics): alignment with four compulsory units covering fundamental political concepts
HL Extensions (Global Political Challenges): alignment with six global political challenges that are researched and presented through a case study approach

CORE UNIT Power, Sovereignty, and International Relations
State Power Types of Power International Organizations Conflict	What Is Sovereignty? [video] The Various Challenges to Sovereignty What Kinds of Governments Exist? Unilateralism Versus Multilateralism Isolationism Versus Engagement What Is the Liberal World Order? [video] What Is the UN Security Council? What Is the World Trade Organization? NATO: The World’s Largest Alliance [timeline] What Is Interstate Conflict? What Is Terrorism? [video] The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
Foreign Policy	Approaches to Foreign Policy [6 resources] Tools of Foreign Policy [14 resources] U.S. Foreign Policy [7 resources]
International Relations	Forms of Government [7 resources] Global Governance [7 resources] Nationalism, Self-Determination, and Sovereignty [9 resources]
Global Era Issues	Conflict [10 resources] Cyberspace and Cybersecurity [10 resources] Nuclear Proliferation [8 resources] Terrorism [11 resources]
Simulations	Boko Haram in Nigeria Cyber Clash With China Dispute in the East China Sea Drones in Pakistan Humanitarian Intervention in South Sudan Russia’s War in Ukraine [4 mini-simulations] Tools of Foreign Policy [9 mini-simulations]

CORE UNIT Human Rights
Human Rights	Human Trafficking in a Global Era Statelessness Around the World The Civilian Consequences of Conflict Marriage Equality Around the World What Is International Law? Laws, Norms, and Democratic Backsliding The Rise and Fall of the Responsibility to Protect [timeline] How Companies and Governments Do (and Don’t) Protect Your Data
Global Era Issues	Cyberspace and Cybersecurity [10 resources] Global Health [8 resources] Migration [10 resources]
International Relations	Forms of Government [7 resources] Global Governance [7 resources] Nationalism, Self-Determination, and Sovereignty [9 resources]
Simulations	Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Southern Border Humanitarian Intervention in South Sudan Unrest in Bahrain Peacekeeping Cuban Immigration in 1980

CORE UNIT Development
Development	What Is Development? [video] Understanding the Last Fifty Years of Global Development [timeline] The Marshall Plan [video] Technology and Development [video] Two Koreas, Two Development Policies A Brief History of U.S. Foreign Aid The Sustainable Development Goals Global Population Growth Is Slowing Down The Race to Develop COVID-19 Vaccines What Is Economic Inequality? Why Do Taxes Matter? Why Is The Free Flow of Oil Important?
Global Era Issues	Globalization [10 resources] Global Health [8 resources] Monetary Policy and Currencies [7 resources] Trade [9 resources]
International Relations	Global Governance [7 resources]
Simulations	Global Climate Change Policy Solar Geoengineering Economic Statecraft: Foreign Assistance

CORE UNIT Peace and Conflict
Peace	What Is Peacekeeping? The Rise and Fall of the Responsibility to Protect [timeline] What Is Diplomacy? What Tools Do Foreign Policymakers Have at Their Disposal? What Is the Liberal World Order? [video] What Is the UN Security Council What Is International Law?
Conflict	How Is Conflict Changing? [video] What Is Interstate Conflict? Understanding Intrastate Conflict The Civilian Consequences of Conflict Resource Conflicts, Explained NATO: The World’s Largest Alliance [timeline] What Is Sovereignty? [video] What Is Armed Force?
International Relations	Global Governance [7 resources] Nationalism, Self-Determination, and Sovereignty [9 resources] Tools of Foreign Policy [14 resources]
Simulations	Dispute in the East China Sea Drones in Pakistan Humanitarian Intervention in South Sudan North Korean Nuclear Threat Russia and NATO in the Baltics NATO Enlargement in 1993 Tools of Foreign Policy [9 mini-simulations]

HL Extension Environment
Introduction to Climate Change	What Is Climate Change? [video] The Greenhouse Effect Why Scientists Are Watching Greenland Sources of Energy: A Comparison
Climate Change Effects	Climate Change and the Coffee Industry [video] What Is Water Scarcity?
Climate Change Policy	Who Releases the Most Greenhouse Gases? Who is Responsible for Climate Change? [video] The Paris Agreement Climate Change Inequality How Do Governments Combat Climate Change? Climate Change Adaptations
Simulations	Global Climate Change Policy Stopping Deforestation in the Amazon Solar Geoengineering

HL Extension Poverty
Development	What Is Development? [video] The Sustainable Development Goals Understanding the Last Fifty Years of Global Development [timeline] What Is Economic Inequality? Why Do Taxes Matter? Why Is The Free Flow of Oil Important? A Brief History of U.S. Foreign Aid The Marshall Plan [video] Technology and Development [video] Two Koreas, Two Development Policies Global Population Growth Is Slowing Down The Race to Develop COVID-19 Vaccines
Global Governance	What Is the Liberal World Order? [video] What Is the UN Security Council? What Is International Law? What Are the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund? What Is the World Trade Organization? What Is the World Health Organization?
Simulations	Global Climate Change Policy Stopping Deforestation in the Amazon Solar Geoengineering

HL Extension

Health

Introduction to Global Health

Global Health Policy

The Rising Tide of Diabetes in Mexico [video]
Noncommunicable Diseases and How They Are Measured
The Changing Response to AIDS [timeline]

HL Extension Borders
Migration	What Is Migration? [video] For Migrants, Labels Matter Migration Today National Migration Policies [video] The Lasting Effects of Emigration [video] Internally Displaced Persons: Migrants Who Do Not Cross a National Border
International Relations	Conflict [10 resources] Nationalism, Self-Determination, and Sovereignty [9 resources]
Simulations	Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Southern Border Dispute in the East China Sea Cuban Immigration in 1980

HL Extension Security
Security	What Is Sovereignty? [video] The European Union: The World’s Biggest Sovereignty Experiment Tanks, Sanctions, and Separatists: The Various Challenges to Sovereignty Reimagining Sovereignty in a Global Era [video] How Self-Determination Shaped the Modern World Understanding the Constructive and Destructive Natures of Nationalism Statelessness Around the World The Rise and Fall of the Responsibility to Protect [timeline]
International Relations	Tools of Foreign Policy [14 resources] Conflict [10 resources]
Simulations	NATO Enlargement in 1993 Russia and NATO in the Baltics North Korean Nuclear Threat Strategic Ambiguity Toward Taiwan Russia’s War in Ukraine [4 mini-simulations] Tools of Foreign Policy [9 mini-simulations]

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