October 2009
6 posts
Oct 10th
Finally back from Kiev! I just returned to Granada (the Spanish city where I am studying for a semester), and thought this would be a good opportunity to recount the last day of the conference, as well as some thoughts I had following the entire experience. As I mentioned in my previous entry, today was chock-full of activities, and the sessions were packed because this was the first day that ATA...
Oct 10th
Oct 9th
Though this may be too simplistic,  I can sum up my experience at YATA after the second day in one word: amazing. Despite the fact that the conference is being conducted in English, which is overwhelmingly the most common language spoken at the conference (a very big relief),  there is a multitude of cultural diversity here, as the delegates from ATA and YATA hail from all over the world. While...
Oct 9th
Oct 7th
When in Kiev...
Welcome! For the next few days, I will be blogging about my experiences in Kiev, where I will be attending the 55th General Assembly of the Atlantic Treaty Association. Within the Atlantic Treaty Association, there is a component called the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association (YATA), a group of students, professors, and other assorted young people gatherd to discuss many international relations...
Oct 7th