Kim
East Sea
My experience with the East Sea is both stressful and rewarding. The team has to deal with speakers who may not be comfortable using electronics or Zoom, who may not reply to emails immediately, and who may bring in totally opposing perspectives and potential for unease. However, as stressful as it was, the rewarding parts kept us all committed.
We have a mission to ensure that the people living around the East Sea region have a good life where they do not have to suffer from wars between East Sea claimants, economic instability from territorial disputes, and lack of regional and international help with natural disasters. We commit to educating the public about the East Sea situations and aiding the governments involved with East Sea disputes to build regional and international cooperation to foster regional peace and stability. Up to date, the East Sea team organized two conferences, inviting speakers from all over the world with all sorts of backgrounds to comment on the East Sea dispute. We had speakers from Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Britain, the United States, and even Argentina! Their expertise range from international law, historical archive, military strategy, data coercion, fishery management to natural disaster control. The most amazing part is that the students choose who to invite to speak at the conference!
Professor Valverde gives us full autonomy in achieving our goals and trust that we are capable of making true the possibility of peace for the countless civilians living by the South China Sea.