by mbolton | Mar 20, 2013 | Student Delegate Blogs
As both a head delegate for our Model United Nations team and a participant in Model UN, I am faced with an interesting dynamic in the committee room. The recent 2013 UN University for Peace Model UN conference in Costa Rica was the first time as a head delegate that...
by mbolton | Mar 19, 2013 | News
Model United Nations conferences, in which students engage in simulations of global policymaking bodies, have a tendency to toward “state-centrism.” In most conferences, students represent UN member states, and unlike real world policy processes, they are...
by mbolton | Mar 19, 2013 | News
“The personal is international,” feminist theorist of international relations Cynthia Enloe reminds us. This means that even though global policymaking has traditionally focused on the interactions between states, it is crucial to pay attention to the...
by mbolton | Dec 10, 2012 | News
****NOTE: Applications for Pace’s funding of participation in this conference are now closed — Ed. **** Pace University’s New York City Model UN program is planning to help cover the costs of between eight and 15 students (depending on the number of...