Set in the snow-swept resort town of Yalta, Crimea, as a wartime summit when victory over Germany was close, but yet not certain, Europe enters February 1945 marked by the rapid advance of occupying armies and the emergence of new political authorities in territories the war has only just left behind. This is most evident in Poland, where the competing claims of a government-in-exile in London and a Soviet-installed administration in Lublin converge around the question of who will govern liberated Europe.

 

 

If you want to delve into a time when the world stood tense under the weight of an ongoing global war, and sit at a secret table believing your country to be the most influential voice in the room, tasked with shaping how the war ends and what rises from its ashes, then this committee is for you. Expect an atmosphere of high pressure and higher diplomacy, where you will be tested not on rhetoric alone, but on your capacity to lobby, to research with precision, to negotiate under constraint, and above all, to be pragmatic in a room where idealism rarely survives contact with reality. There's no room for volatile decisions here, every step you take should be strategic, and above everything else, what matters most is how well you can adapt to the situations put in front of you.

 

 

Edward Stettinius Jr., the American Secretary of State present at the real conference, once said, "The agreement reached at Yalta was a compromise, but it was the best we could get under the circumstances." This committee exists to test that very claim. 

 

The war isn't over yet, the peace hasn't been written yet, and this time, that's on you.