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Blog: Teaching Iran
Explore background resources to help students think critically about Iran.
Timeline: U.S. Relations With Iran
Onetime allies, the United States and Iran have seen tensions escalate repeatedly in the four decades since the Islamic Revolution.
What Is Gender Inequality?
Learn how gender-based discrimination harms countries around the world.
Test Your Knowledge of How the World Works
Ten-question quiz on the issues, forces, and actors that shape today’s world.
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Featured Learning Resources
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What Is Arms Control?
In this free resource on arms control agreements, learn how countries try to regulate the world’s most powerful weapons through foreign policy.
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Six Essential International Organizations You Need to Know
Learn about the most prominent international organizations tackling the world’s biggest issues in this free resource.
Learning Journey
Approaches to Foreign Policy
Explore this collection of learning resources to understand the critical debates behind foreign policy strategy.
Video
How Do Countries Decide Whether to Go to War?
Learn how balances and imbalances of power contributed to World Wars I and II in this historical video.
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The Nuclear World
Where are the world’s nuclear weapons today and whom do they protect? Explore maps, charts, and graphs to learn about current and future nuclear weapons states.
Featured Teaching Resources
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Gender Inequality
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Mini Simulation
Solar Geoengineering
Should the United States consider the use of solar geoengineering to combat climate change? Explore this simulation.
Mini Simulation
Nuclear Negotiations With Iran
What should U.S. goals for nuclear negotiations with Iran be? Explore this simulation.
Featured Events
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Future at Stake: How Students Debate Today Affects Tomorrow
Join this session in partnership with A Starting Point at SXSW EDU 2026.
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Global Affairs Expert Webinar: Laws of Warfare
Saira Mohamed, professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, and Matthew C. Waxman, adjunct senior fellow for law and foreign policy at CFR, will colead a conversation on the laws of warfare.
Webinar
Engage Students Through Simulation: A Practical Guide with CFR Education
Join this webinar in partnership with the International Baccalaureate to learn how to run a simulation.