Guides to the World
A growing collection of short, illustrated guides to the international-relations stories the world is living through right now. Each one is built to be read in an evening — with maps, timelines, quizzes, and a clear-eyed look at what people actually disagree about.
The guides
How it works
Every guide takes one current story and breaks it into six short sections. The reader moves from the basic facts (the disease, the conflict, the technology) to the international-relations concepts that explain why the story is everyone’s problem.
After each section there’s a quick multiple-choice quiz with instant feedback. When the sections are done, a cumulative Final Challenge earns a printable certificate. A Glossary & Sources page lists every term and every citation.
Everything runs locally — open index.html in a browser and that’s it, no install, fully offline.
What you’ll find in every guide
- 📚 Six short, illustrated sections — read each in a few minutes.
- 🧠 ~3–10 quiz questions per section, with explanations.
- 🗺️ Maps, timelines, stat strips — editorial reading, light dashboard.
- ⚖️ One debate-forward section that steelmans both sides.
- 🏅 A cumulative Final Challenge + printable certificate.
- 📑 Every fact sourced, with a dedicated Glossary & Sources page.
What’s next
The grid above shows the topics in planning. Suggestions welcome — the best guides come from a real question someone is already chasing.
Each guide is a self-contained folder in guides/ (the Ebola one is guides/ebola-2026/). To start a new guide, copy that folder, rewrite the content and the quizzes (in data/quizzes.js), edit the per-guide settings in data/sections.js, and register the guide in assets/data/guides.js. The shared design system, quiz engine, and nav come along for free. The full instructions are in the project README.