Historical committee

A classic…

By Anny Miliara

Once more, modern history is occupied by the same conflict: the USA vs. the Russian Federation, communism vs. capitalism. The cold war between  the USA and the USSR reached one of its peak moments in 1962, when the Cuban and the Russian leaders, after they claimed that they had been provoked by the US, installed missiles in Cuba, threatening the US coast. This is the so-called “Cuban Missile Crisis”.

Each delegate of the Historical Committee represents a leader of the countries involved in the incident, and they all have the responsibility to stand for what their historical personality did at the time. Although their task is quite demanding, this year’s delegates have been conducting an interesting and passionate debate. Obviously, the most active ones were the representatives of the US, Cuba and the USSR, but also Romania. Interestingly enough, after Cuba stated that they would proceed to a nuclear war if the US threatened to remove the missiles, the US delegate declared that they never planned to invade. There has also been a question on whether the act of planting nuclear weapons was a defensive or an offensive move. The day ends with the threat of a crisis for the Historical Committee…