Prior Simulations

In our simulations, participants will be given the role of a Cabinet Member in a national Government: President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, head of intelligence services. These diverse roles are meant to simulate a country's real strategic options, and offer gameplay at four overlapping levels:
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Military Tactics

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Diplomatic
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Intelligence Operations

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Economic Statecraft

The different cabinet members on a team must work together, combining their skill sets towards their nation's common goals. But every other country team has their own objective . . . As the simulated crisis unfolds, different country teams will have to figure out how to work with or against each other to end up on top.

Scroll below to see a selection of past and future scenarios DWP has hosted.

Absent Eagle, Waking Bear

[Coming June]
In the wake of a settlement to the Ukraine War, Russia is resurgent and a nativist movement in the United States has led to a significant reduction in American involvement on the continent. If Russia strikes again, can Europe unify to reverse their advances?

The Taiwan Straits Crisis

Following the election of a nationalist government in Taiwan, tensions are extremely high with China. Hawks in the Chinese politiburo are pressuring for annexation if Taiwan formally declares independence. The United States and a half dozen other countries watch warily to try and determine the shape of the coming conflict.
This simulation was prepared in partnership with the George Washington University, the Global Taiwan Institute, and Young Professionals in Foreign Policy.

Baltic 203X

Tensions build between unaligned Baltic states and Russia over nationalism and treatment of minorities. As conflict inches closer, both NATO and Russia will have to move carefully to ensure that they don't lose the support of their populations, and that they don't lose strategic advantage within Europe.
This simulation was prepared in partnership with the Young Professionals in Foreign Policy.

South China Sea: Storm over the Spratlys

Following an alleged attack on a Vietnamese shipping vessel by a Chinese ship, tensions are at a boiling point in the South China Sea. Every country involved has a a massive stake in the outcomes, both in terms of sovreignty and in securing the flow of resources through the Malacca Straits.
This simulation was prepared in partnership with the Young Professionals in Foreign Policy.

Poland / Russia: Red Winter

In the only two part simulation thus far, this simulation explored the aftermath of a previous war with Poland partially occupied. Numerous factions within Poland, ranging from ultranationalists to Russian collaborationists, all jockey for a certain vision of post war Europe by allying with different outside powers. This simulation was meant to model how factional in-government forces interact with broader international relations trends.

Jungle Blitz: The Sandanistas Strike

In Somoza's Nicaragua, resurgent Contras duel it out with Sandanistas for control of the country, both funded by outside powers with an active interest in the outcome. This simulation modeled a specialty focus on transnational, non-state actors to model conflict spilled across borders between non-conventional forces

Cold War: Iranian Civil War

The first major simulation held by DWP simulated a Cold War era conflict focusing in on the Middle East. As tensions ratcheted up between Iran and Iraq over Khuzestan, a conflict spills out. Every major power has something to gain and something to lose, and everyone must apply their best cunning to stay one step ahead of the others.

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