DECEMBER 7, 2020 In this edition of Comm(Unity), we take a look back at the history of election interference with David Shimer. We also look at how Assad’s Syria resembles Saddam’s Iraq, witness an unlikely friendship form between a painter and a thief and applaud a prosthetics expert giving animals a second chance. Weekly Episode… Continue reading Comm(Unity) Weekly: Election Interference
NOVEMBER 30, 2020 In this edition of Comm(Unity), we bring you a conversation with Christian Brose on the future of warfare. We also dive deeper into the recent assassination of another high-profile Iranian official, take a look at North Korea’s nuclear program and deliver good news about Paris’ famous bookshop, Shakespeare and Company. Weekly Episode… Continue reading Comm(Unity) Weekly: The Future of High-Tech Warfare
Security Council Special Committee According to the United Nations, the Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. It has 15 Members, and each Member has one vote. Under the Charter of the United Nations, all Member States are obligated to comply with Council decisions. The Security Council takes the… Continue reading MUN 2020: Security Council
Building Economic Equity in Post-Crisis Scenarios Committee II: Economic and Financial COVID-19 has dramatically disrupted the global economy, pushing countries around the world into deep recession. While almost nowhere has been fully spared from the pandemic, the economic impacts of lockdowns and fearful consumers are being felt harder by some than by others. As the… Continue reading MUN 2020: Building Economic Equity in Post-Crisis Scenarios
2500th Anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae Committee: Historical Committee In 480 BC King Xerxes I of the Achaemenid Persian Empire launched an invasion of Greece to seek revenge for his fathers’ defeat a decade beforehand and subdue the Greeks, who the Persians blamed for fomenting the Ionian revolts on the western coast of Anatolia.… Continue reading MUN 2020: 2500th Anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae
Building Economic Equity in Post-Crisis Scenarios Committee II: Economic and Financial COVID-19 has dramatically disrupted the global economy, pushing countries around the world into deep recession. While almost nowhere has been fully spared from the pandemic, the economic impacts of lockdowns and fearful consumers are being felt harder by some than by others. As the… Continue reading MUN 2020: Building Economic Equity in Post-Crisis Scenarios
NOVEMBER 23, 2020 In this edition of Comm(Unity), we discuss the priorities of the National Guard, from civil unrest to diversity in leadership. We also take a deep dive into the largest plurilateral trade agreement, read a Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry book and chronicle what your teddy bears are doing on Thanksgiving with a Toy Story-esque cartoon.… Continue reading Comm(Unity) Weekly: A Conversation with GEN Daniel Hokanson
Modern Slavery Committee III: Social, Humanitarian, Cultural Modern slavery exists in four principal forms: bonded labor, domestic servitude, sexual exploitation, and forced marriage. Despite recent gains, experts still estimate that more people are enslaved today than at any other point in human history. Somewhere between 20 and 40 million people are suffering enslavement, a majority… Continue reading MUN 2020: Modern Slavery
Valentina is a junior at the University of St. Joseph, majoring in political science with a minor in (Levantine) Arabic and psychology and a concentration in pre-law! Valentina is our Education Assistant and has been a huge help with Model United Nations and other education-related projects. We’re so happy to have you on the team,… Continue reading Fall Intern Spotlight: Valentina Krasniqi
NOVEMBER 16, 2020 In this edition of Comm(Unity), we revisit a conversation on leadership in America and congratulate Council CEO Megan Torrey on receiving the WACA Chairman’s Individual Award! We also dive deeper into the narrative surrounding vaccine development and put a Moroccan spin on roasted carrots. Weekly Episode Recap the conversation — In a time of… Continue reading Comm(Unity) Weekly: Renew America
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