Future Crisis challenges delegates to imagine a world still taking shape. Set in 2075, this committee moves beyond the institutions and assumptions of the present day, asking delegates to navigate a transformed international order where new powers have risen, old alliances have weakened, and the rules of global leadership are being rewritten.
Rather than debating a fixed historical crisis or a current policy question, Future Crisis places delegates in a world defined by uncertainty. The balance of power has shifted. Emerging economies have grown in influence. Artificial intelligence, automation, climate pressure, technological competition, and changing demographics have reshaped the way states interact. The question is no longer simply who leads the world, but what leadership means in a future where power is more contested, more complex, and less predictable than before.
A World in Transition
The international order of the twenty-first century was shaped by institutions, alliances, and economic systems built after the Second World War and expanded through the age of globalisation. For decades, much of global politics revolved around the influence of established powers, the dominance of Western-led institutions, and the assumption that economic integration would bring stability.
By 2075, those assumptions can no longer be taken for granted. New centres of economic and technological power have emerged, challenging older models of global governance. States that were once described as “emerging” may now sit at the centre of global decision-making, while established powers must adapt to a world in which their authority is no longer automatic.
This committee asks delegates to think seriously about what happens when the structures designed for one era are forced to confront the realities of another.
THE FORCES RESHAPING POWER
Future Crisis is built around the pressures that could define the world of 2075. Artificial intelligence and new technologies may transform economies, militaries, labour markets, and political systems. Climate change may alter patterns of migration, resource competition, food security, and state stability. Demographic shifts may change which countries have growing workforces, ageing populations, or increasing political influence.
At the same time, the rise of new economies and regional powers may create alternative visions of international cooperation. Delegates may be forced to consider whether the future world order will be more multipolar, more fragmented, or shaped by new blocs with different priorities, values, and models of development.
In this environment, diplomacy becomes more difficult. States must respond to crises without the comfort of familiar rules. Alliances may be temporary. Interests may shift quickly. Technological advantage may matter as much as military strength. Economic influence may be measured not only in GDP, but in control over data, energy, supply chains, and innovation.
The Crisis Ahead
As the committee unfolds, delegates will be asked to respond to events whose consequences are still uncertain. They will need to make decisions with incomplete information, balance short-term security against long-term stability, and decide how far their states are willing to go to protect their interests in a rapidly changing world.
Future Crisis rewards delegates who can think creatively, strategically, and realistically. The strongest contributions will imagine how power might operate differently in the future, whilst deciding which aspects of today’s world to defend. Delegates will need to ask difficult questions: which institutions should survive, which should be reformed, and which new systems might emerge in their place?
At its heart, Future Crisis is a committee about change. It asks delegates to consider how diplomacy adapts when old certainties collapse, how states respond when the future arrives faster than expected, and how tomorrow’s global order may be shaped by decisions made in moments of uncertainty.