To try to tap into comparative government's attempts to solve a real Crisis of Nation building building currently developing in the Ukraine, on Wednesday we will hold a Model UN-type of General Assembly meeting, with the goal of producing a resolution on the situation in Kiev.
First: Watch the videos linked above and read the article, Europe's New Battlefield. Individually, you will need to fill out a dialectical journal (dialectical journal Ukraine linked and Shared at Wolak Google Docs page).
Second: You and your partners in your country of case study, will follow the Model UN format, and draft a resolution on what to do about the situation in the Ukraine. Each resolution must have a comparison to political cleavage that your country has/or is dealing with. The format for your resolution is linked here:
Sample Model UN Resolution
Third: On Wednesday, will have a simulation with the goal of drafting a joint resolution of the multi-national organization. Would this solve the crisis? Is it even possible to agree to a joint resolution coming from these comparative/contrasting political cultural perspectives.
Country Briefs to get you started:
Russia: Russia to help Ukraine solve the crisis, if Yanukovych asks Is this a crisis for Putin's Russia, as Sen. John McCain suggests above. Russia considers the Ukraine a near abroad. An Ukrainian cleavage can be seen in the map below. As written in The Economist article, "Of all the former Soviet republics that won independence in 1991, Ukraine was arguably the most passive." Also, may need to consider Chechnya.
Think Tibet and/or Taiwan here.
Mexico: Interestingly, as U.S. President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Harper made strong statements on the Ukraine this week from Mexico where the NAFTA leaders are meeting, Mexico has been pretty silent diplomatically. Ukraine comments underscore how NAFTA trade partnership is drifting. Research and consider the Mexican ethnic conflict in Chiapas here.
Iran: Not exactly a global partner in the UN, the Iran foreign ministry had this to say Thursday. Foreign intervention to exacerbate situation in Ukraine: Iran.
Nigeria: Nigeria has its own rebel issues, this week President Goodluck Jonathan order the closing of the northern boarder of Cameroon. But as long as two years ago, the Nigerian ambassador to Ukraine warned against Nigerian students from studying there
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