Research task (Historical Analysis):
The 1956 Suez Crisis marked a pivotal moment in the reshaping of global power after World War II. In what ways did the crisis reveal the limits of European imperial influence and accelerate the transition to a bipolar global order centered on the U.S. and USSR?

Evaluation rubric:
criterion: The response accurately dates the nationalization of the Suez Canal (July 26, 1956) under Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
weight: 5
axis: Explicit Criteria

criterion: The response mentions the Sevres Protocol otherwise referred to as the covert Anglo-French-Israeli collusion.
weight: 4
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response describes the distinct roles of UK, France, and Israel in the invasion (e.g, all three were invaders, the UK sought to regain control of the canal and remove Nasser, France sought to regain control of the canal and remove Nasser, Israel aimed to secure its border and break the blockade of the Straits of Tiran).
weight: 4
axis: Explicit Criteria

criterion: The response explains the economic pressure from U.S. (e.g., the US threatening to sell its sterling reserves to devalue British pounds, blocking loans, withholding oil access, restricting access to capital).
weight: 4
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response notes the U.S.'s interest in preventing Egypt from falling into the Soviet sphere of influence.
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response describes the Soviet response to the Suez Crisis (e.g., public condemnation of the States involved in the invasion, threats of intervention, economic support for Egypt, diplomatic support for Egypt)
weight: 5
axis: Explicit Criteria

criterion: The response provides evidence of the British and French imperial decline (i.e., Fall of Singapore in 1942, Treaty of Versailles diminishing power, resistance movement in Indochina , resistance movement in Algeria).
weight: 5
axis: Explicit Criteria

criterion: The response defines postcolonial shifts as transformations that follow the end of a region's history as a colonized State.
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response mentions the United Nations Emergency Force.
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response uses "bipolarity" as a structure for contextualizing the post-Suez power structure.
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response cites at least five academic or archival sources  (e.g., Gamal Abdel Nasser's speech in Alexandria on July 26, 1956, Decree of the Nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, diary of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Suez Crisis).
weight: 2
axis: References & Citation Quality

criterion: The response mentions the Non-Aligned Movement also known as the 1956–61 realignment.
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response names a key postcolonial leader outside of Nasser (e.g., Kwame Nkrumah from Ghana, Ho Chi Minh from Vietnam, Mahatma Ghandi from India, Mohammad Mosaddegh from Iran).
weight: 2
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response provides a modern analog to the crisis post-1990 (e.g., Taiwan Strait Crisis, Red Sea Crisis, Russo-Georgian war, Korean peninsula standoff).
weight: 1
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response evaluates a strategic failure of the modern analog (e.g., Taiwan Strait Crisis, Red Sea Crisis, Russo-Georgian war, Korean peninsula standoff).
weight: 1
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response discusses the limits of unilateralism in detail (e.g., perceived lack of legitimacy, difficulties in addressing global challenges such as climate change, potential for conflict with adversaries, international backlash from the other parties).
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response posits a thesis on the crisis’s role in global power transition.
weight: 4
axis: Explicit Criteria

criterion: The response uses anachronistic framing or modern projection.
weight: -2
axis: Communication Quality

criterion: The response provides quantitative details (e.g., troop count, votes, Egyptian, US, and Soviet GDP,  economic value of shipping through the canal) where relevant.
weight: 2
axis: Communication Quality

criterion: The response discusses both short- (e.g., Israeili invasion of Sinai Peninsula, British and French support, Soviet Union rocket threats, blockade of the canal) and long-term consequences (e.g., demonstration of U.S. influence, Eisenhower Doctrine, Arab Nationalism, economic significance of the canal to Egypt's economy) of the nationalization.
weight: 4
axis: Explicit Criteria

criterion: The response focuses on the history of Egypt, rather than the broader context of 20th century bipolar relations.
weight: -4
axis: Instruction Following