Case Studies for Students

Welcome to the ISD Case Study Library. The library was established at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy in 1985 as part of the Institute's mission to advance and expand the understanding and appreciation of the role of diplomacy in advancing national interests. The library offers scholars, instructors and students a link between the theories of international relations and political science and the practice and dynamics of diplomacy through issue-specific cases, many written by practitioners who lived the events they recount.

The ISD Case Studies Library is made possible in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The statements made and views expressed in the case studies are solely the responsibility of the authors.

 Case Study Summaries
Case 324 - Taking on Turkmenistan
Case 321 - Gazprom's Grab for Sakhalin-II
Case 185 - Atomic Diplomacy in the Korean War
Case 148 - The End of the U.S. Atomic Monopoly
Case 142 - The Second Berlin Crisis, 1958-1959
Case 124 - The Russo-Japanese Alliance of 1916