OVERVIEW
5-way joint committees with full crisis elements (25 delegates)
The National Security Apparatus (NSA) is NAIMUN’s most dynamic and unique organ. The only one of its kind on the high school circuit, the NSA is made up of five crisis-style committees existing within the same simulated world. Each committee has approximately 25 delegates, simulating the government or National Security Apparatus of different countries. The coordinated nature of the NSA means that the actions of delegates in one committee can influence the others.
The NSA is unique on the circuit because it asks delegates to balance multiple levels of diplomacy in real time. While domestic concerns will play a large role in individual committees, the interactive nature of the NSA means that international considerations will always be involved. Furthermore, this NSA is designed to facilitate coalitions that reflect geopolitical factors at play in the region. Thus, individual delegates’ crisis arcs will have impacts beyond their committees, and communication between delegates and cabinets will be critical to coordinate responses. The stakes are high, and this interconnected crisis will surely challenge even the most seasoned delegates.
This year, our NSA committees simulate the administrations of five key players responding to the 1467 Ōnin War.
PREMISE
All hail the future shogun, the successor to Ashikaga Yoshimasa … but who will it be? In 1465, the birth of Ashikaga Yoshihisa, the reigning shogun’s newborn son, muddled the question of succession. The feudal lords split, supporting either Ashikaga Yoshimi, Yoshimasa’s brother and named heir, or Yoshihisa, his son. Tensions continued to rise until 1467, when the Ōnin War began, turning the political conflict into a civil war. The Eastern and Western Armies fought for control of Kyoto, while the house of Yoshimasa and his wife, Hino Tomiko, fought to maintain the shogunate and their power. Frustrated by the power struggle, peasants across the land also began rioting, forming groups like the Ikkō-Ikki. All the while, various warlords and influential families offered their support to either side, trying to manipulate the outcome and ensure their own prosperity under the new Shogun. With Japan in turmoil, will delegates find a path towards peace, or will they be forced to determine what they are willing to sacrifice in the name of victory? Delegates, in this clash of clans, the fate of the shogunate rests in your hands.
COMMITTEES
The Eastern army
the western army
The Court of Hino Tomiko
The Cabinet of Ashikaga Yoshimasa
The Ikkō-ikki
GRAND CRISIS MANAGER: sanjay rajesh
Sanjay Rajesh is a member of Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences Class of 2028, studying government with a minor in Law, Justice, and Society. Originally from the rainy, dreary, yet still superior city of Seattle, he first got indoctrinated in Model UN when he got to college, travelling with GUMUN to conferences across the East Coast. After staffing both NCSC and NAIMUN, he stumbled his way into being Secretary General for NCSC LIV, Georgetown’s Collegiate Conference. When he’s not gone every weekend for a MUN trip, you can often see him getting iced coffee from Midnight Mug in the depths of night, or playing board games with his friends (which he always wins). Equipped with his Seahawks merch (SUPERBOWL!), maroon fits, and general whimsy, Sanjay is so excited to see all the delegates return to the best version of NAIMUN yet. Model UN has become his family here at Georgetown, and he hopes that every delegate can leave with a new memory or friend from their time here in DC.
UNDER-SECRETARIES-GENERAL
maddyx bride & selena ziz
About maddyx
Maddyx Bride is a student in Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service Class of 2029, majoring in International Politics and minoring in Chinese. Maddyx is proud to be from the amazing Bay Area, California, but now calls New York City home.
Maddyx’ Model UN journey began her freshman year when she joined Georgetown’s Model UN team, where she currently competes. Prior to serving as NAIMUN LXIV’s USG of NSA, Maddyx staffed NCSC LIII as a director, and staffed the NSA as the director of the FENA-GH committee at NAIMUN LXIII.
Outside of MUN, Maddyx works as a fundraising associate for reproductive rights-focused organizations and progressive candidates. You can always find her listening to Hamilton, drinking mochas, and sidequesting with friends.
Maddyx is thrilled to be your Co-USG of the NSA and is excited to see how delegates will experience and utilize the unique five-way nature of the NSA!
ABOUT Selena
Selena Ziz is a member of the class of 2029 in the Walsh School of Foreign Service, where she studies International Politics with a minor in Spanish. She is originally from a small town near Seattle in (the better) Washington.
Selena was introduced to Model UN in college. At NAIMUN LXIII, she served as a Crisis Analyst for the United Nations Security Council (and briefly for the Honduran cabinet of the NSA). She has also served as a Crisis Analyst for the National Collegiate Security Conference (NCSC) and DistrictMUN and competes on the Georgetown Model United Nations team (GUMUN).
Outside of Model UN, Selena serves as a print editor for the Georgetown Journal of History and as a tutor for the DC Schools Project. She is always craving either coffee or boba, and is always on the lookout for new places. In her spare time, Selena enjoys reading, writing poetry, and professing Washington (state) superiority via a plethora of fun facts.
Selena can’t wait to see how delegates interact with the unique five-way premise of the NSA, and is extremely excited to serve as your Under-Secretary-General for the National Security Apparatus.