At Harvard Model Congress over 100 DoDEA Pacific high school students join peers from countries as far as way as Jordan, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Indonesia, Philippines, and others in order to practice statecraft and diplomacy by assuming leadership roles as representatives of over 20 nations. The students are challenged through mock scenarios based on contemporary international disputes and must work together to forge solutions through diplomatic, judicial, legislative and journalistic exercises. Topics cover a wide range of issues and have included in the past overfishing and sustainable trade, six-party talks with North Korea, China and U.S. Military talks, immigration and energy reform, modern piracy, disaster risk management,  and preferential trade agreements. Facilitators from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government lead the mock legislative and international bodies which in the past have included the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, G-15, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations and Domestic Policy committees, U.S. Supreme Court, World Trade Organization, lobbyists, among others. Delegates focus on learning and applying the skills of cooperation, leadership, critical thinking, and public speaking