AFET Edition
KUOPIOPOLITAN
The Committee of Love
Trust, love and heated mo-
ments in the Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
Love and romance seem follow the
Committee on Foreign Affairs wherever
they go. In their Committee room there
are hearts hanging on the wall and their
theme for the Committee presentation
was romance – the love is flourishing in
AFET.
The amiable atmosphere in the Com-
mittee of Love struck me when I re-
joined the Committee after being away
for about an hour. When I left they
were still doing name games, when I
returned they had established a relaxed
and friendly environment. They were
easily chatting, tossing out jokes and nor details; I will just let the quotes be-
seemed unified as a team. low speak for themselves.
One thing always leads to another and “Jonas, you opened my belt!”
the loving mood in the Committee has “Gentle!” – “I am being gentle. I just…
led to some heated moments. When I Well, he does not like it gentle”
joined the Committee for a round of “Push harder!”
“Honey, tell me that you love me” I was “You did it again, you opened my belt.”
surprised of how jocular they acted. Katarina Warg
The flourishing love seemed to inspire
the Delegates to trust one another and
step out of their normal comfort zone.
All Committee members were commit-
ted to the game and allowed themselves
to laugh together. “Honey, tell me that
you love me” is a game that allows plen-
ty of physical interaction. AFET chal-
lenged the conventions, stretched the
limits and left no physical boundaries
uncrossed. Furthermore, one pair was
crystallised quite early in the Commit-
tee of Love. I will mention no names,
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Europe’s High,
Afghanistan’s Low
From opium production to
sustainable rural and eco-
nomic development: how
can the EU help developing
countries, such as Afghani-
stan, fight drug production
within their borders?
All over the world, in developed as well
developing countries, there is a demand
for drugs. Within the European Un-
ion, drug production is prohibited and
relatively under control, but since the
demand for drugs remains the produc-
tion has moved elsewhere. Developing
countries without a functioning legal
system have instead become the new
centers for drug production.
The developing countries’ extensive
drug markets supply the worldwide
demand for drugs. The drug industry
employs large numbers of people and
many individuals and families depend
on their income from this illegal mar-
ket. In order to survive they are forced
to work under horrible working con-
ditions. The drug market is a well-
established and, in some countries,
even makes up a major part of the na-
tional economy. Prohibiting drugs and
eliminating all drug production would
therefore have major consequences for
these societies, their people and their
economy. Eliminating these produc-
tions would increase the risk of finan-
cial crises in already unstable econo-
mies and could result in many people
losing their employment and source of
income. Nevertheless, the drug market
must be fought on grounds of being
toxic and not a sustainable alternative.
The core problem of this topic is how
to eliminate the drug market without
impeding the developing countries’
progress. The European Union, as well
as AFET, must aim to improve this del-
icate situation, however, they must be
careful to not inflict with the develop-
ing countries’ sovereigntiy.
Katarina Warg
The Kuopio’10 Press team
Journalists
Anni Marttinen
Anna Westerlund
Eoin O’Leary
Katarina Warg
Kati Pärn
Nikolas Rawlins
Sara Juricic
Editors
Elsa Horn af Rantzien
Konrad Staeger