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What Is the Enlightenment and How Did It Transform Politics?
Explore how calls for liberty, equality, and individual rights caused revolutions around the world, from the American Revolution to the French and Haitian Revolutions.
How Did the Cold War Stay Cold?
Learn how the world’s superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR), avoided nuclear war.
Why Does U.S. Foreign Policy Matter?
In this educational video on U.S. foreign policy, learn how the United States has shaped the world with its military and economic might.
How Do Treaties Get Made?
In this U.S. foreign policy video, understand the challenges of negotiating treaties and dive into two international climate agreements.
What Is the National Security Council?
Learn how the president’s advisors protect U.S. national security and help with foreign policy decision-making and coordination across the executive branch.
How Do Forces Outside Government Influence Policymaking?
Learn how journalism, social media, public opinion, and lobbies are all a part of American democracy and influence U.S. foreign policy.
What Is the Relationship Between Domestic and Foreign Policy?
Explore maps and charts that illustrate how climate change, terrorism, COVID-19, and internet freedom require both international and domestic solutions in an increasingly interconnected world.
What Roles Do Congress and the President Play in U.S. Foreign Policy?
What does the Constitution say about foreign policy? In this free resource, explore how the powers of Congress and the president protect and advance the country’s interests abroad.
The Inflation Reduction Act
What is the IRA? In this free resource, learn what the United States' largest-ever climate change legislation does.
How State and Local Governments Can Fight Climate Change
When it comes to climate action, the federal government can coordinate and fund many measures. But state and local governments also play a critical role in helping—or hindering—the fight against climate change.