2014.

 

Stability continues to elude the Middle East. Over the past year, the Islamic State had made considerable ground in Iraq and Syria, posing a severe threat to the sovereignty of these nations. The region continues to grow as a global extremist hub, attracting extremists from a wide range of backgrounds. World security is once again under threat and our hearts go out to those who living under the tyrannous rule of these militants.   

 

The Iraqi War Cabinet assembles together some of the most shrewd politicians and advisors from countries that are directly threatened by the advance of the Islamic State. This is a committee where most of you will have a common agenda but not a common plan of achieving it. Here you will find yourself among individuals who are just as passionate about finding a long term solution to the Middle East’s troubles. A solution to such a complex problem, with so many racial and religious differences to consider, will not be easy, but I do expect that all of you will be creative and think critically about the policies you will implement. Expect twists and turns, betrayals and the weirdest of Allies, this is the Iraqi War Cabinet.

 

“You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.”

~ P.J. O’Rouke

 

Wrong.

 

See you at EMUN!

Saad Khan

Chair of the IWC