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Goal of
the General Assembly Session:
The General Assembly provides a forum for the presentation of
policy recommendations with respect to the most urgent security challenges
facing the international community.
The sector groups for the studio focus on five thematic
areas relating to the problems we analyze in this class. The groups are: Drug trafficking; Weapons trafficking;
Weapons of Mass Destruction; Strategy of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency;
and Ideology.
The sector groups function as working groups organized under
the auspices of the “Inter-state Coalition for International
Security.” (ICIS) This is an (hypothetical) organization
whose purpose is to help coordinate national policies in addressing urgent
threats to security. The group
concludes its work with the development and presentation of policies to
promote greater international security.
Venue:
The General Assembly will take place on July 25th
and July 26th in class.
Procedure
of the General Assembly
Participants in the General Assembly are charged with adopting
recommendations to most effectively, efficiently, and equitably address the
international security agenda.
Each group has been asked to determine the optimal use of
public funds. The Drug trafficking
group should develop a plan for reducing the production of drugs and
identify the extent to which drug revenues finance terrorism; The Weapons
trafficking group should develop a plan for interdicting or controlling
weapons; the Weapons of Mass Destruction group should identify the dangers
of WMD or improvised WMD and develop a plan to contain this threat; the Strategy of Insurgency and
Counterinsurgency group should identify appropriate counter-strategy; the
Ideology group should identify the means for undermining support for
terrorist activities.
Following standard parliamentary procedure, the General
Secretary will call for a vote on the optimal recommendations for
addressing future challenges. The
proposal selected by the General Assembly is considered the winning
proposal. Members of this team win
extra credit for their efforts.
Outcome
of the General Assembly
The outcome of the General Assembly will be discussed in the
“debriefing session.”
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