National SecurityThe Town Hall
Role Playing The United States will first stand up and present its solution to the North Alderian situation. Thereafter, each of the countries will stand up and present their reponse and work with each to formulate a policy that meets their individual and collective needs. The United States and the other nations will negotiate a solution or present their own solution for group approval. At the end of the class, we will wrap up and take a vote on which policy will produce the best results for regional economic and political stability. Background on North Alder North Alder: North Alder is a totalitarian regime ruled by an unpredictable, eccentric recluse. The North Alder government and communist party exercise complete control over its population. From birth, North Alder's citizens are bombarded with images of the North Alder communist party and North Alder's leader. In recent years, North Alder isolated from the rest of the world, has experienced catastrophic economic failure. North Alder has also been wracked by a series of natural disasters including drought and a major earthquake. Added to this, economic sanctions imposed by the West, have created massive famine with over 1 million starvation deaths in the last year. North Alderians, from birth, are told that the cause of their misery is the United States. They are unlikely to greet any U.S. military action as liberation. The bottom line, North Alder represents a desperate nation and people have nothing to lose. Student Roles The United States of America: The United States of America has had troops in Asia since the end of World War II. It has maintained a military presence on the Alderian peninsula since the end of the Alderian War. The only ground forces available to the U.S. are the 60,000 ground troops in South Alder and Tapan. Most of the U.S. Air Force has been tasked to provide air support in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo and for Homeland Security. Nevertheless, the United States has no reason to permanently occupy North Alder. They have embraced a policy of regime change for the last 20 years. Diplomatic options are hamstrung by the anti-U.S. climate precipitated by the unilateral action in Iraq. The U.S. must overcome these obstacles in order to generate a solution to contain, remove, or destroy North Alder's capability to use and proliferate weapons of mass destruction. South Alder: South Alder is a strong western ally, but shares ethnic, racial, and historical ties with North Alder. Many in South Alder consider North Alderians as their countrymen and seek a peaceful reunification of the two nations. At the same time, they have fielded an army of over 500,000 troops to counter the million man army of the North Alder. While able to contain North Alder, the South Alderian army is judged as unable to attack North Alder without significant U.S. support. As a result of their close relationship with the west, South Alder enjoys a democratic system of government and has emerged as world economic power. Because of its small size, much of its industrial infrastructure is within range of thousands of pieces of North Alderian artillery. Any all-out attack against North Alder would surely result in millions of South Alderian civilian casualties as well as devastating the South Alderian economy. Chino: Chino is a communist nation that has long been a rival of the west, but in recent years the totalitarian government realized basic flaws of a socialist economy and has instituted a number of economic reforms. This move to openness has brought Chino, economically speaking, closer to the west. Many U.S. companies have located operations in Chino. This has meant prosperity to parts of Chino and has fueled a worldwide boon in global manufacturing. Chino is concerned about developments in North Alder and has always been concerned about the presence of U.S. troops in South Alder. Chino has used North Alder as a buffer between itself and South Alder. During the Alder war, Chino was a key ally of North Alder and invaded South Alder to drive U.S. and U.N. forces from its borders. In recent years, North Alder's economic woes, along with their development of WMD, have made North Alder a liability to Chino. While they do not want to see North Alder occupied by the U.S., peaceful reunification and regime change would be acceptable to Chino. Their continued economic development and ascension to world power status is their primary long term objective. Tapan: Tapan boasts one of the strongest economies in the world. Since the end of World War II, Tapan has been one of the U.S.'s closest allies in the East. U.S. forces have many military bases and are primarily responsible for Tapan's national security. This has allowed the Tapanese to focus on becoming a manufacturing and technology giant. Tapan has historical ties to the Alderian Peninsula, which it occupied during World War II. During the Tapanese occupation, the Alderians suffered greatly. Thousands of Alderian men, women and children were summarily executed and hundreds of Alderian women were kidnapped were kidnapped and transported to Tapan to serve the Tapanese Imperial Army. The memory of Tapanese brutality continues to burn in both the North and South. North Alder further resents Tapan for its special relationship with the United States. Earlier this year, North Alder conducted a test of its newest medium range surface to surface missile which flew over Tapanese territory. This not only enraged the Tapanese population but also demonstrated North Alder's first strike capability against Tapan. While Tapan wants to see an end to North Alder's aggressive regime, it fears the impact of a war between the U.S. and North Alder as the U.S. would stage most of its forces out of Tapan.
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