Presentation by (in order of speaking) Lucie Slamova, Hadar Goldberg, Jacklin Kwan, Matt Caito, and Naomi Panovka. Delivered over Zoom to fundraise for Ukraine, on 21/03/2022.

You can find a PDF of the presentation on the slides & recordings database: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

00:00:00 - Start
00:07:50 - 'State Power' principle
00:20:58 - 'The Social Contract'
00:25:34 - Technocracy
00:31:47 - Democracies
00:41:44 - Non-democracies
00:52:46 - How to casefile (IR) sensibly
00:59:39 - How to not say silly things about countries
01:04:48 - IR basics: incentives/capacities
01:08:48 - IR basics: North Korea/United States example
01:13:03 - Barriers to voting
01:23:29 - Analysing voters' incentives
01:31:59 - Political campaigns
01:41:30 - Political parties
01:49:46 - Lobbying
01:53:39 - Questions from the audience

GoFundMe link: https://gofund.me/0c73340f

After consultation with Ukrainian debaters and friends, we have decided to distribute all donations raised among the following organisations:

— People In Need Ukrainian Emergency Appeal (a non-profit focused on providing immediate humanitarian aid to those affected by the war);
— Direct Relief (an organisation that is working directly with Ukraine’s Ministry of Health and other partners in the region to provide requested medical aid);
— Kyiv Independent (a media outlet seeking to provide independent and high-quality local reporting from Ukraine).

Links referenced by Naomi:
'Iron triangle' video:    • Iron triangles and issue networks | U...  
'Africa Is a Country': https://africasacountry.com/

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