by Sarah Schwartz | Aug 1, 2022 | MUN 101
Structure of a Crisis Committee in Model UN Crisis committees are a popular committee style you can find at almost every conference on the Model UN circuit. These committees are unique in the fact that they deviate from the more recognizable and common understanding...
by Simon Rosenbaum | Apr 20, 2022 | Feature Article, MUN Articles, Strategy
If you have done a crisis committee before, you’ve seen a variety of crisis arc archetypes. There’s the Cult Arc, where your base asset is a cult you create to impact the committee. There’s the arc where you create a shell company to fund your...
by Collin Dwyer | Mar 2, 2022 | Feature Article, MUN Articles, Strategy
Many crisis delegates are familiar with the pain of a crisis arc gone sideways or resistant chair, and I have fallen victim to the Crisis Director blaming many times. However, before getting frustrated with the dias, remember a few key steps that can set you up to...
by Maheen Safian | Feb 24, 2020 | MUN Articles, Strategy
The sport of Model United Nations in the present day has far strayed from the activity it once was upon inception in the early 1900s, originally accessible only to elite preparatory educational institutions. Strictly adhering to traditional committee formats, such as...
by Benjamin Knight | Jan 27, 2020 | Feature Article, MUN Articles
Have you ever been in a committee where zombies were invoked? Where nukes were deployed in the first committee session without regard for loss of life? Where a worldwide cannibalism epidemic took form? Where the Republic of [insert delegate name here] was formed...