National Security Council of the Russian Federation

From the ashes of the Soviet Union and the tumultuous economic and political transitions of the 1990s, Vladimir Putin has led the Russian Federation to renewed power and global prominence in the 21st Century. Securing and strengthening Russia, however has been neither an easy nor a bloodless process. Putin’s Russia faces potential threats, not just from a retrenching NATO and European Union, but also from a rising China and not least from unwieldy oligarchs vying for political power and ordinary Russian citizens impatient to realize the political and economic promises of the post-Soviet transition. The National Security Council of the Russian Federation must help President Vladimir Putin chart a path to security and stability through tumultuous waters. The advisors on the National Security Council will deal with domestic and foreign crises that threaten the security and global importance of the Russian Federation, while also considering their personal security and the tumultuous internal politics of the Kremlin.

 

Background Guide

 

 

Chair - Greg Barancik

Greg is a fourth year at the University of Chicago studying Political Science. Greg comes to UChicago by way of New Jersey and has participated in Chicago Model UN as a delegate on the Model UN team, and as Chair and Chief Financial Officer at Chicago’s high school conference, MUNUC. At ChoMUN XIV, Greg staffed the Coalition side of the Iraq JCC, and atChoMUN XV he chaired the United Nations Security Council. Greg is looking forward to an exciting time debating topical issues with the National Security Council of the Russian Federation.

Email: gregbarancik@uchicago.edu

 

Crisis Director - Aidan Milliff

Aidan is a fourth year at the University of Chicago majoring in Political Science. Aidan is from Boulder, Colorado. Previously, he has competed with Chicago’s Model UN team, taught Model UN through the University’s Collegiate Scholars Program, and Chaired at Chicago’s high school conference (MUNUC) where he has also served as an Under-Secretary-General. Aidan’s ChoMUN experience includes staffing the Prussian General Staff at ChoMUN XIV, crisis directing the UN Security Council at ChoMUN XV, and chairing the First Roman Senate at ChoMUN XVI.

 

Crisis Director - Sam Neal

Sam is a fourth year at the University of Chicago, studying Mathematics. A native Chicagoan, Sam has done Model UN in Hyde Park as a delegate at the University of Chicago Lab School, and as a Chair, Under-Secretary-General, and now, Secretary-General of Model United Nations of the University of Chicago (MUNUC), UChicago’s high school conference. At ChoMUN, Sam has staffed the Open Government Working Group and the Congress of Vienna, and chaired the Finnish War Cabinet at ChoMUN XVI.