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About Model Diplomacy
Model Diplomacy offers free National Security Council (NSC) and UN Security Council (UNSC) simulations that present both historical and hypothetical scenarios based on real issues,with content informed by Council on Foreign Relations experts. Cases focus on topics that offer a balance of newsworthiness and evergreen educational value, and are accessible to both high school and college students. Students who participate in a Model Diplomacy simulation gain essential knowledge, build important skills, and broaden perspectives surrounding global issues.
Current Case Studies
Tailor Model Diplomacy to fit your specific needs and circumstances.
Free and adaptable simulations featuring student and instructor guides, multimedia content, research materials, and assessment exercises—everything you need in one program.
One Class
Run a brief simulation that supplements your course.
Two to Three Classes
Run a full, realistic simulation that takes advantage of all that Model Diplomacy has to offer.
Extended
Use a Model Diplomacy simulation as the basis for a broader study of foreign policy decision-making.
What users are saying about Model Diplomacy
I was quite impressed with how students were so interested that they read well beyond the materials that were provided to them.
Allison Stanger
Professor of International Politics and Economics, Middlebury College
It is a tremendous resource.
Brian Donlon
High school teacher, Richard Montgomery High School
CFR case studies are accessible and appealing, grounded in the realities and nuances of contemporary events, and fully vetted by the world’s top experts.
Nancy Walbridge Collins
Adjunct Research Scholar in the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University
Introducing the first Model Diplomacy pop-up case: Coronavirus Response
Model Diplomacy is pleased to announce the launch of our first ever pop-up case: Coronavirus Response. Pop-up cases are a new series of shorter, more accessible one-page cases that enable students to immediately engage with the most current issues and events in foreign policy, without the time commitment or background research often required by a full Model Diplomacy case. Pop-up cases are a great way to spark discussion and help students to think through what they would do if they were decision makers. View the pop-up case.Feedback? Questions? Email us at modeldiplomacy@cfr.org and we’ll get back to you right away.