iCivics
I Civics: International Affairs
Students learn about the complex interactions that exist in our globalized world. They examine the evolution of diplomacy and international interdependence by looking at recent and historical global events. It includes games and...
University of North Carolina
American Diplomacy: Rwanda, Trials of Concurrent Jurisdiction
While the focus of this article is on the genocide trials in Rwanda and before the International Tribunal, there is information on the concept of concurrent jurisdiction as it applies to this specific situation. (Published January 1998)
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Multi Track Diplomacy: Lesson 3
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the concept of multi-track diplomacy as a means of international conflict resolution. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Multi-Track Diplomacy."
US Department of State
Office of the Historian: u.s. Diplomacy and Yellow Journalism
"You furnish the pictures, I'll provide the war!" was a quote said by William Randolph Hearst in the time leading up to the Spanish-American War. Learn how yellow journalism led to international conflict and was one cause of the...
Mount Holyoke College
International Relations: William Howard Taft: Dollar Diplomacy
President Taft's 1912 comments on his foreign policy that substituted "dollars for bullets."
Mount Holyoke College
International Relations: Wilson's Address to Congress: The Tampico Affair
Read the full text of Wilson's 1914 address to Congress regarding the Tampico Affair in Mexico.
US Department of State
U.s. Dept of State: Diplomacy in Action: Patterns of Global Terrorism
This resource gives a summary of the number of terrorist attacks that occurred and where they are happening, along with charts and tables.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: The United Nations
Read how the United Nations emerged after World War II as an international peacekeeping organization.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: The League of Nations
After World War I, US President Woodrow Wilson helped to build an international peacekeeping organization.
University of Pennsylvania
United Nations Scholars' Workstation
Very scholarly site that provides a starting point for research into the United Nations. The best information lies under research tools and research approaches.
Sam Houston State University
Shsu: The Warsaw Pact
Contains a wealth of information about the Warsaw Pact. Includes information about the Soviet Alliance System, the organization of East European National units, the development of Socialist Armies in Eastern Europe, East-West diplomacy...
US National Archives
Docsteach: Apollo Soyuz: Space Age Detente
In July 1975, the first joint Soviet-American spacecraft docking took place. In this activity, students will analyze the way that government officials in both the United States and the Soviet Union valued space exploration for more than...
Digital History
Digital History: The Monroe Doctrine and the Roosevelt Corollary [Pdf]
The United States' intervention in Latin American countries has been interpreted in several ways. First read about President Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine before investigating the times the corollary was invoked....