Topic: Security Cooperation in East Asia
Country: Cuba
Delegate Name: Laura Lynch
School: Royal Oak High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Cuba position papers GLIMUN 2017 committees
The problem of tension caused by collision power is not foreign to the international community. China is rapidly gaining clout and has become a modern global power within East Asia, a region already dominated by several sources of international power now threatened new regional authority. That in mind, the area has struggled with power concentration previously, along with the push and pull of imperialistic forces. This has only furthered tensions in a multitude security issues. The goal of this committee is to stop the cycle of imbalance before the potential held by said tension embodies itself. The Republic of Cuba understands the dire need for equilibrium in the region but understands it will not come easily or without compromise. Cuba understands the complexities of this issue after witnessing the harmful effects of disequilibrium first-hand during the Cold War, and the damaging repercussions that accompanied it. During this period, countries without nuclear power, or lacking great-power status, felt pressured to choose sides which caused an even greater strain. Effects of this era are still present today throughout the world. This situation has happened before, and we, as a committee, need to learn from the happenings of the past so that the same mistakes and divides of the past are not repeated in the future. This is a complex issue that will need to be broken down, and considering it as a whole will be ineffective. It’s important to the delegation of Cuba that the interconnectedness of nations is considered in all action. The committee must find a point of commonality in security in the region and build from that. It is also important we consider security issues that run deeper than disarmament itself. How can we as a committee begin to promote unification and disarmament for countries in the area? Our job is to provide regional solidity and a sense of equilibrium, not equality, in East Asia. The delegation of Cuba sees this as being viable in the future so as long as the committee recognizes the fragility of relations and that our interconnection cannot be ignored and therefore we shouldn’t let differences rip us into opposing sides. The Republic of Cuba hopes the resolution produced in our committee will bring a sense of calm to the region that has been absent.
