Scenario: The African Union conduct a security conference to resolve the sectarian violence and security instability in the Central African Republic. The security meeting will focus on conflict resolution with the CAR and the region. The security meeting will focus on the Christian and Muslim violence, natural resource sharing, and regional security cooperation. Focus: Conflict Resolution Exercise Inter-state, Non-inter state, and intra state security issues Cooperation and/or protection policies for scarce natural resources Human rights and state sovereignty issues International Political Economics Results: Effectiveness of the process in resolving the regional issues Identification of non negotiable items Identification of negotiable items

Proposed Timeline DAY 1: – Intro and Breakdown into player roles – Overview of read-ahead Packet – Overview of conflict resolution – Airing of grievances Day 2: – Prioritizing of grievances – Group and one on one negotiations – Break – Grievance resolution talks Day 3: – Grievance resolution talks – Group and one on one negotiations – Break – African Union security resolution results – AAR, distribute AAR to participants and evaluators and dismissal

Teams: – Committee (class members/ NDU faculty) Committee Chair Staff – Advisors to the states (class members) 1 per team – States (Participants) African Country teams Leader of the state Minister of State (Secretary of State equivalent) Minister of Defense (Secretary of Defense equivalent) Auxiliary Cabinet/Ministry members Deliverables for elective – Read ahead packet Regional assessments Strategic assessments Way Forward Shell Scenario – Updated Scenario Outside influences (France or UN) Catastrophic/cataclysmic monkey- wrench (news articles, outside influencers, splinter groups, non sectarian/sectarian violence) – AAR Deliverables for participants – List of grievances – Negotiation talking points – Resolution talking points – Trade or security treaties – AAR