A booklet I put together for my Year 12 and 13 classes to cover all the case studies I have taught them in the Superpowers section of Globalisation and Superpowers. It contains the following topics: The British Empire (Unipolar Power) The British Raj (Colonial Power) The Cold War and its flashpoints EG: Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam etc (Bipolar World) Hard and Soft Power; HP: Operation Desert Shield or Op Iraqi Freedom SP: China in Africa Neocolonialism (China in Africa) Multipolar World/ Emerging Powers (BRICs) IGOs (UN, WB, IMF, WTO, WEF etc) TNCs (You can use any large company EG: Mcdonalds, Starbucks etc) UN Climate Change (Montreal, Paris, Kyoto) Military Alliances (NATO) Economic Alliances/ Trade Blocs (NAFTA, ASEAN, EU) Spheres of Influence (South China Sea, Ukraine, Arctic Oil) Conflict in the Middle East (Arab Spring: Syria, Egypt and Libya)