The 1st Asia-Pacific Global Youth Forum

in collaboration with The Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society

Jeju Global Initiatives

Summer 2013

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Program Overview

The Jeju Global Youth Forum is an international youth forum focused on introducing

youth to the fast-paced world of public policy, international relations, and global issues,

while building leadership skills through classes, speeches, and workshops. The forum is

designed for upper middle to high school students from South Korea, China, Taiwan, and

other countries whose citizens can bring a unique perspective to the forum. About eight

teachers, primarily Harvard students, will be on staff to teach, give speeches, and help

facilitate thought-provoking discussions about important global issues. The students will

benefit from this experience in many ways, but the most important of all is the

opportunity to discuss the world’s most important issues with and learn from not only

their peers, but from some of Harvard’s brightest students, influential policymakers, and

other important guests.

Forum Theme

The Pursuit of Peace: Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy

The theme each year at the Jeju Global Youth Forum provides a lens through

which students can enhance their thinking, argumentative, communication, and

leadership skills. This year’s topic is “The Pursuit of Peace: Nuclear Weapons and

Foreign Policy”. Nuclear proliferation is without a doubt one of the most pressing issues

facing the international community and is particularly relevant in the South Korea context.

Students will critically engage with the history of nuclear weapons, theories behind the

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use of nuclear weapons, and how nuclear weapons are

impacting the world today. They will become familiar

with relevant theories in international relations and

foreign policy, as well as current efforts to secure nuclear

disarmament and international cooperation. Through the lens of nuclearization, students

will explore how and why pressing international situations arise, what can be done to

control them, and the complex factors that affect international collaboration and decision

making.

Activities

The primary activities that students will take part in during the Jeju Global Youth Forum

include the following:

1. Classes

The following is a list of tentative classes that the forum is likely to include:

Nuclear Weapons: Past, Present, and Future: an overview of relevant events,

theories, and concepts in the history of nuclearization. This class will introduce

students to the context of the current debate and ask them to engage critically with

historical texts, as well as formulate their own arguments regarding the

development of the current situation. Existing theories (such as mutually assured

destruction and disarmament) for the resolution of nuclear tensions will be

discussed and students will argue for their preferred theory.

Foreign Policy: Sanctions, Treaties, and International Organizations: This class is

a general introduction to the theories behind foreign policy and state interaction.

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The various ways that international relations operate will be discussed and

students will learn the groundwork that lies behind global events and decision

making. This class will focus on the role of international organizations such as the

United Nations in mediating and shaping the international landscape.

The UN, Collaboration and the road to disarmament: This class will critically

engage the current efforts being made to control the world’s nuclear stockpiles.

Students will be introduced to the details of the Six-Party Talks with North Korea,

UN, and other diplomatic efforts to stabilize the nuclear situation, as well as

NGOs and private organizations such as Global Zero. Students will examine these

proffered solutions and others, before crafting their own position papers in which

they critique existing efforts and propose their own path to disarmament.

Public and Competitive Debate: The Art of Argumentation: This is a practice-

based class the focuses on developing and presenting cogent, powerful arguments

in both public speaking and competitive contexts. Students should expect to

develop prepared and impromptu speeches, deliver them, and learn the

fundamentals of argument construction. This class will involve a lot of

speaking—and the best students will have the opportunity to present their

speeches to the rest of the forum.

These classes will involve some element of lecturing by the teacher but will also be very

interactive. Students are expected to participate, question the instructor, and provide

unique ideas.

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2. Keynote Speeches

Students at the forum will have the opportunity to hear influential policymakers and

important members of the global community speak about peace, nuclear weapons, and

global affairs, offering their own perspectives and challenging students to develop their

own views as well. Keynote speakers include Ambassador Oh Joon, Korean ambassador

to Singapore and chairman of the United Nations 2006 Disarmament Commission.

3. Public Debates and Speeches

The best students at the forum will be asked to speak before all of the students,

teachers, and guests. This will be in the form of debates and individual speeches.

Having the opportunity to speak before this audience should be considered a great honor.

Students will develop public speaking skills and see first hand the importance of effective

self-expression in international affairs and cooperation.

4. Teacher Lectures

Teacher lectures afford students the opportunity to hear presentations on a variety of

relevant topics which are drawn from the background and specialties of the staff.

Potential topics include interesting case studies in international relations, the role of

student activism in global events, student political engagement, current topics in

philosophy and economics, and the role of science in public policy and international

decision making.

Seoul Schedule (tentative) 참가신청자 대상 프로그램 배포 시 확정됩니다.

Day 1

7.24 (Wed) Day 2

7.25 (Thurs) Day 3

7.26 (Fri) Day 4

7.27(Sat)

9:30-10:50

Plenary Session

Plenary Session_ Keynote Address

Plenary Session_ Keynote Address

Plenary Session_ Keynote Address

11:00-12:25 Class#1 Class#1 Class #1 Class#1

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:45-3:15 Class#2

Registration Teachers meeting

Class#2 Class#2 Class#2

3:15- 4:10 Teachers Lecture

Teachers Lecture

Teachers Lecture

4:15- 5:00 Class#3 Ice breaker Class#3 Class#3 Class#3

5:00- 6:00 Keynote Address Dinner

6:15- 7:15

Gala Reception Teachers Student

Introduction

Student Speech

Student Speech

Awards &

Closing Ceremony 7:15- 8:30 Student

Speech Student Speech

8:30 Dismissal

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Jeju Schedule

Co-Executive Director

Madeline Zhu

Madeline Zhu is a senior at Harvard College, and has been

a two-time board member of the Harvard Speech and

Parliamentary Debate Society. She has taught debate and

public speaking to elementary, middle, and high school

students on three continents, trained graduate school

speakers, and served as the public speaking coach for a

local political candidate in her home town of Claremont,

California. In 2012, the seventh year of her competitive debating career, Madeline

participated in the biennial Harvard-Trinity College debate held at Trinity College Dublin,

where the Harvard team won in front of a judging panel that included the Dean of Economics

of Trinity College, and the head of the Irish National Bank. As Tournament Director of

HSPDS, Madeline directed America’s largest college-level debating tournament.

Day 2

8.1 (Thurs) Day 3

8.2 (Fri) Day 3

8.3 (Sat)

9:30-10:50 Plenary Session

Plenary Session_ Keynote Address

Plenary Session_ Keynote Address

11:00-12:25 Class #1

Class #1 Class #1

12:30-1:30 Lunch lunch

1:45-3:15 Class #2

Class #2 Class #2 Keynote Address

3:15- 4:10 Teachers Lecture

Teachers Lecture Awards

Closing Ceremony 4:15- 5:00 Class #3

Class #3 Class #3

5:00- 6:00 Dinner Dinner

6:15- 7:15 Student Speech

Student Speech

7:15- 8:30 Student Speech

Student Speech

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Co-Executive Director

Alex Amis

Alex Amis is a sophomore at Harvard concentrating in

Economics. Currently as a member of Harvard’s

parliamentary debate team—the Harvard Speech and

Parliamentary Debate Society. Alex is incredibly

experienced in the realm of public speaking—having served

as a guest speaker for the Mississippi Immigrants Rights

Alliance and a guest debater at the 2012 NAACP National

Convention in Houston, Texas. Alex has spoken before

audiences across the United States, expressing his ideas before thousands of audience

members. Alex also has experience in international relations, as he was awarded the two

highest honors in his state for Model United Nations, being named Most Outstanding

Diplomat and Most Outstanding Statesman for the conference.