The velvet divorce, 1992
Theo Gorman, Chair
Akshath Rajesh, Crisis Director
tag9908@nyu.edu
akshath.rajesh4@gmail.com
As the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, Eastern Europe clutched back their freedom from the tyranny of Moscow. While the other Warsaw Pact states embarked on moving toward liberal democracy and abandoning communist dictatorship, Czechoslovakia had a different issue to solve: A question of national existence itself. It's the year 1992 and chaos has ensued throughout the nation: The economy is in shambles, Moscow has fallen, the liberals are mad, the communists are mad, the Czechs and the Slovaks are both furious. With the threat of collapse on the horizon, delegates navigate the complexities of forming a new society amongst the dysfunction. Taking on the roles of the elite cohort forming the post revolution leadership, critical decisions must be made: What economic system should Czechoslovakia adopt? Who should they align with now? Should the country even remain one nation?