Getting Started with Mini Simulations

CFR Education simulations put students in the shoes of policymakers facing the most pressing issues in international relations based on various hypothetical, historical, and current event scenarios.

These one- to two-day case studies require less time and preparation than extended simulations while offering different ways to engage your students.

Instructions

Mini Simulation
Intelligence: Covert Action
How should the United States use secret measures to address a national security threat? Explore this hypothetical simulation.
Mini Simulation
Economic Sanctions
How should the United States apply sanctions to influence a crisis abroad? Explore this hypothetical simulation.
Mini Simulation
Who Owns Space?
Should the United States recognize space as a shared global commons? Explore this simulation. 
Mini Simulation
A Red Line in Syria in 2013
How should the United States respond to the use of chemical weapons in Syria? Explore this historical simulation set in 2013.
Mini Simulation
Peacekeeping
Should the United States support peacekeeping in a country filled with ethnic conflict? Explore this hypothetical simulation.
Mini Simulation
Hurricane in the Caribbean
How should the United States assist small island nations facing disasters? Explore this simulation.