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What is conflict? Explore the reasons why tensions, violence, and war break out and what the consequences are for the world in this video.

What Is Interstate Conflict?

Bombs and bullets are not always required for countries to come into conflict. From Russia’s war in Ukraine to a U.S. trade war with China, explore the different ways countries come into tension.

Understanding Intrastate Conflict

From civil war to terrorist violence, explore the types, causes, and consequences of conflicts within countries that are increasingly threatening world order.

Understanding Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles’

More than twenty years after the Good Friday Agreement was signed, challenges remain for Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland long after the conflict ended.

NATO: The World’s Largest Alliance

What is NATO? Trace NATO’s history and learn how the organization’s mission has evolved over seventy-five years, from the end of World War II to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

What Are the Causes and Consequences of Industrialization?

Learn about the Industrial Revolution and how technological innovations from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries continue to shape society today.

Social Media: Revolutionizing Communication

Social media has connected people at lightning speeds and upended long-held monopolies on information. But like past innovations, it has also created major societal challenges.