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The Use of a Middle East Crisis Simulation in an International Relations Course

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2008

Chad Raymond  and
Kerstin Sorensen
Chad Raymond
Affiliation:
Elon University
Kerstin Sorensen
Affiliation:
Elon University
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In November 2006, undergraduate students in a Model United Nations Club (MUN) conducted an exercise intended to simulate a series of crises in the Middle East. In the exercise, a total of 66 undergraduate students role-played cabinet-level officials in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, and were required to make foreign policy decisions based on knowledge acquired in the classroom and on information delivered as the exercise unfolded.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 179 - 182
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© 2008 The American Political Science Association

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