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simulation were: Chad, China, Corporate Consortium, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, European Union, NGO Consortium, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone,
Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, United
States and World Bank.
The last step in preparing the simulation was to determine the specific
questions that the students would be asked to discuss and debate. Some of
the issues they were asked to consider were
The Tufts students both mentored the delegations
during the simulation and facilitated the
committee meetings, essentially wearing two
hats. To prepare for their facilitating roles, Inquiry
worked with the graduate students in education
and the department of education’s social studies
coordinator Dr. Steve Cohen. The graduate
students held a facilitating workshop for the
students, helping them strategize for the intense
and spirited interactions of the simulation.
This year’s featured speakers were Senator Sam Nunn and
Professor Graham Allison. While not specific to the topic of the
April simulation, the challenge of nuclear proliferation was a topic
addressed with the high school students throughout the year. The
talk on “Nuclear Proliferation: A Race between Cooperation and
Catastrophe” was held on the first night of the simulation, followed
by small-group discussions on the topics among the students. The
Nunn-Allison exchange was organized by IGL External Advisory
Board Member Ed DeMore, CEO of the Boston Digital Bridge
Foundation.
Senator Sam Nunn is co-chairman and chief executive officer of
the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological
and chemical weapons. He served as a United States Senator from Georgia for 24 years (1972-1996). During his tenure
in the U.S. Senate, Senator Nunn served as chairman
of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and
the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He
also served on the Intelligence and Small Business
Committees. His legislative achievements include the
landmark Department of Defense Reorganization Act,
drafted with the late Senator Barry Goldwater, and the
Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program,
which provides assistance to Russia and the former
Soviet republics for securing and destroying their excess
nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. To date, the
Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program has
deactivated more than 5,900 nuclear warheads. In 2005,
Nunn teamed up with former Senator Fred Thompson to
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