cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/484594
Hey everyone! As some of you may know, I’ve finally started university this month and am pursuing Psychology and Political Science. My PoliSci professor mentioned we have a model UN club that even goes to the actual UN in New York!
The problem is I have to fill out a registration form listing 3 countries I’d like to represent, I also have to submit a one-page position paper, and a 90 second speech about climate change.
I’m asking here because I’d like your input on what countries to list and how to go about my position paper. They’re kind of vague on details about how to write said paper so I thought I’d look for guidance here since you’ve all been somewhat of a rock for me. I feel safe and balanced here especially since school is full of well meaning libs. I have horrible debilitating anxiety and I’m sort of throwing myself into the fire but I feel it’s necessary for my journey into fighting misinformation and red-scare propaganda.
I want to take advantage of the resources available to me that many are barred from accessing.
So yeah, that’s my whole thing haha. If you have any advice for dealing with the anxiety especially when it comes to debates I’d be incredibly grateful.
Will be cross posting this to freechat as I’m unsure if this fits here.
Belarus was actually one of the countries I was considering!
Most people don’t even know the name “Belarus” so that’s a huge win for subverting liberal bias, preconceptions and ugly narratives (e.g. Xinjiang w China). And they’re (IMO) about as close as you can get to a socialist state without actually being one.
All the others that aren’t China or the DPRK similarly go under the radar for most libs.
https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/worlrevipoliecon.11.4.0428 If you have time to skim through this, you may be able to use some of this info, assuming you cite your sources accordingly. Chinese Economists studied Belarus’s economic and governmental structure and analysed the viability of their Market Socialist policies. I haven’t finished reading it because I have so many random dumb questions that I google that I rarely get around to reading it but it’s always open in a tab and I slowly scroll through it every now and then and the info is top-notch