Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC)
APPROXIMATE COMMITTEE SIZE: 165 double DELEGATIONS
DISEC brings together UN member states to negotiate and recommend solutions to security challenges that transcend borders. Topic A will explore the growing threat of extremism and its impact on inter-state relations. Delegates will evaluate how extremist ideologies gain traction, the role of digital platforms in amplifying them, and how international cooperation can address the resulting instability. Topic B will focus on the increasing role of private cybersecurity firms in national defense infrastructure. Delegates will examine the balance between public oversight and private sector efficiency, and how international frameworks can guide regulation, cooperation, and accountability in this emerging defense frontier.
Chairs: Saanvi Bhagwat & q gallant
TOPICS
Topic A: Mitigating Extremism in Inter-State Violence
Topic B: Involvement of Private Cyber-Security Firms in National Defense
lEARNING OBJECTIVES
Analyze how extremist ideologies influence global security and how diplomatic tools are used to prevent interstate violence.
Understand the diplomatic and ethical challenges in defining and countering extremism across political and cultural contexts.
Explore the evolving role of private actors in state security and how international law addresses cybersecurity threats.
about the chairs
Saanvi Bhagwat is a member of the Class of 2027 in the College of Arts and Sciences at Georgetown University. She is pursuing a double major in economics and computer science. She is originally from West Windsor, New Jersey, and very proudly so! On campus, she is a part of a campus consulting club, Hilltop Consultants, and also loves working at The Corp, an on campus business. She has been involved in Model UN since her freshman year of high school and is so excited to be back for NAIMUN LXIII!
Q Gallant is a member of the 2028 Class of the College of Arts and Sciences. He is planning to double major in philosophy and political economy. On campus, he is part of the Blue and Gray Tour Guide Society as well as many of the Center for Social Justice Programs. Some of these include Georgetown Students for Prison Justice and the D.C. Schools Project, among others. He has been involved with debate since the 6th grade but has never competed in MUN, so he could not be more excited about NAIMUN LXIII!
Committee Speaker
Jacob Ware is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and at DeSales University. Previously, he was a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where he studied domestic and international terrorism and counterterrorism. Together with Bruce Hoffman, he is the author of God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America, published in 2024 by Columbia University Press and recipient of the Airey Neave Book Prize.
Jacob serves as a Survivor Fellow at Everytown for Gun Safety as well as a non-resident fellow with the Illiberalism Studies Program, part of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. He has also completed visiting research stays at Cornell Tech’s Digital Life Initiative and the University of Oslo’s Center for Research on Extremism. Jacob serves on the editorial boards for the academic journal Studies in Conflict & Terrorism and the Irregular Warfare Initiative, and his work has appeared in publications including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, War on the Rocks, National Interest, CNN, and the Wall Street Journal.
Ware holds an MA in security studies from Georgetown and an MA (Hons) in international relations and modern history from the University of St Andrews.