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Newsletter of the Centre for Security and Defence Studies
10 February 2012

In this issue

• Greenhill on Threat Perception and Proliferation
• 2012 World Issues Annual Conference
• 2012 Annual Carleton University Model NATO Conference

• 2012 Ottawa Conference on Defence and Security
• NSPS Conference on Defence Procurement
• 2012 NPSIA Soiree Benefit Dinner for War Child Canada

• Call for papers - WIIS Workshop
• 2012 ISA Canada Graduate Student Paper Prize
• Call for papers - Understanding and Improving Intelligence Analysis

Greenhill on Threat Perception and Proliferation

"Whispers of War, Mongers of Fear: Understanding the Origins of Threat Perception and Proliferation"

Kelly Greenhill
Associate Professor, Tufts University and
Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science
International Affairs, Harvard University

In this talk, Kelly M.Greenhill will discuss how, why and under what conditions invented or socially constructed sources of national security-related information (such as conspiracy theories, rumours, propaganda and entertainment media) can affect real world attitudes and policy outcomes. Drawing upon contemporary polling data, survey-based experiments, and historical case studies, Greenhill will show who is likely to embrace “fabricated” information as “fact” as well as when one should expect this kind of information to directly or indirectly inform states’ foreign and defence policy.

Kelly M. Greenhill is Associate Professor (with tenure) at Tufts University and Research Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Much of Greenhill’s research focuses on the use of military force and what are frequently called "new security challenges," including civil wars, the use of forced migration as a weapon, intervention and (counter-) insurgency, and international crime and corruption as a challenge to domestic governance. She is author of Weapons of Mass Migration: Forced Displacement, Coercion and Foreign Policy (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs), which is recipient of the 2011 International Studies Association’s Best Book of the Year Award; and co-author and co-editor (with Peter Andreas) of Sex, Drugs and Body Counts: The Politics of Numbers in Global Crime and Conflict (Cornell University Press.) Greenhill’s research has also appeared in a variety of other venues, including in the journals International Security, Security Studies, Civil Wars, and International Migration, in media outlets such as the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Thursday, 16 February 2012
4:00 - 5:30pm
Dunton Tower, Room 2017
Carleton University

Metered public parking is available in Parking Garage P9, adjacent to Robertson Hall.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Registration is requested by Tuesday, 14 February 2012.

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2012 World Issues Annual Conference

Date: February 24, 2011
Location: Carleton University campus
Time: 9:00 AM - 2:45 PM

The 2011 Conference will be hosted February 24, 2011 at the Carleton University campus. This annual conference brings together about 400-500 Ottawa-area senior level students from English and French high schools to hear a Keynote Address (presented in English and French at different scheduled times) by notable professionals.

Students select from a list of workshops on a wide range of topics in international affairs that are offered during the day. Workshop presentations are offered at multiple times during the conference day. Students are recommended to bring a brown bagged lunch for the day; the food court in the university centre does offer a limited selection of food service during the break week.

This is a free event offered to students through the support of the Centre and is open to all high schools who wish to attend.

For more information on the conference, or if you are interested in having your school participate, please contact the conference organizer, Ms. Cathleen Schmidt at cathleen_schmidt@carleton.ca, or by calling, 613-520-2600, Ext. 6671.

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2012 Annual Carleton University Model NATO Conference

The 11th Annual Carleton Model NATO Conference will take place 1-4 March 2012 at the Delta Hotel and Suites in Downtown Ottawa. The annual conference -- the only one of its kind in Canada -- brings hundreds of student delegates from across the country and internationally to Ottawa for an intensive three day simulation of NATO's political decisionmaking and crisis management. This year's keynote speaker is Christopher Alexander, Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence. Mr. Alexander was Canada's Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2003-05, and later served as the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

For further information, click here.

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2012 Ottawa Conference on Defence and Security

From: CDA Institute <director@cda-cdai.ca>
Subject: 2012 Ottawa Conference on Defence and Security, 23-24 February

The Conference of Defence Associoations (CDA) and the CDA Institute are pleased to announce that registration for the 2012 Ottawa Conference on Defence and Security is now open!

23-24 February 2012
Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, Canada

Click here for more information on registration, or call (613) 236-9903.

Keynote speakers include:

The Right Honorable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada (invited)
The Honorable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence (invited)
General Walter Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff
General Sir David Richards, UK Chief of Defence Staff
General James Mattis, Commander US Central Command
Dr. Uzi Arad, former Israeli National Security Advisor
Ray Mabus, US Secretary of the Navy
Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, commander NATO forces in Libya

Panels and speakers include:

Asia-Pacific security concerns
Rear-Admiral (ret'd) Tyrone Pile, former commander, Maritime Forces Pacific
Dr. Jim Boutilier, Maritime Forces Pacific
Dr. John Blaxland, Australian National University
Captain(N) Raul (Pete) Pedrozo, US Naval War College

Fragile, failing and failed states in the Arc of Instability
Ferry de Kerckhove, former Canadian Ambassador to Egypt, CDA Institute
Dr. Ann Fitz-Gerald, Cranfield University
Reuel Marc Gerecht, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Dr. Fawaz A. Gerges, London School of Economics

Energy security
Colin Robertson, CDA Institute
David Collyer, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
David McLaughlin, National Roundtable on the Environment and Economy
Jeffrey Schott, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Canadian Forces environmental updates
Lieutenant-General (ret'd) Michel Maisonneuve, CDA Institute
Vice-Admiral Paul Maddison, Commander, Royal Canadian Navy
Lieutenant-General Peter Devlin, Commander, Canadian Army
Lieutenant-General André Deschamps, Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force

Canadian Forces and operations
Lieutenant-General (ret'd) Michel Gauthier, CDA Institute
Lieutenant-General Stuart Beare, Commander, Canadian Expeditionary Force Command
Lieutenant-General Walter Semianiw, Commander, Canada Command

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NSPS Conference on Defence Procurement

From: Heather Salsbury <salsburh@queensu.ca>
Subject: NSPS Conference in February 2012 - Queen's University

Good afternoon:

On behalf of Ugurhan Berkok, Chair of Defence Management Studies at Queen?s University, I would like to draw to your attention our upcoming conference entitled ?New Paradigms for Defence Procurement and Industrial Policy?? being held on 27 February 2012 in Kingston. The conference aims at exploring whether a new Canadian industrial policy is in the works, feasible, and desirable in light of the NSPS. For more information please visit our web pages at www.queensu.ca/dms/Ship2012/home2012.htm.

Attached please find the conference poster in English and French ?could we please impose upon you to circulate and/or post these on our behalf.

Many thanks, and wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

Heather Salsbury
Rm 417 - Defence Management Studies
School of Policy Studies
Queen's University
Kingston, ON K7L 3M6
salsburh@queensu.ca
phone/ext.: 613-53(3-6483)

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2012 NPSIA Soiree Benefit Dinner for War Child Canada

From: NPSIA Soiree Committee <npsiasoiree@gmail.com>
Subject: Soiree 2012 ~ Benefit dinner in support of War Child Canada, featuring Founder and Executive Director Dr. Samantha Nutt

The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), Carleton University
Soiree 2012 ~ Benefit dinner in support of War Child Canada, featuring Founder and Executive Director Dr. Samantha Nutt

Soiree 2012

The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs proudly presents a benefit dinner in support of War Child Canada, featuring Founder and Executive Director Dr. Samantha Nutt.

Bringing together students, professors, alumni and the greater NPSIA community, Soiree 2012 will be held on Friday, March 2, 2012 at the National Arts Center. This year's keynote speaker is Dr. Samantha Nutt, founder and executive director of War Child with all proceeds going to support War Child.

A chance for the NPSIA community to mingle, students shall be able to connect with alumni and hear about their lives after NPSIA. Former students will have the chance to re-connect with their old professors and friends. Not only is this a benefit dinner, but Soiree 2012 will also serve as Professor Hampson's last Soiree as Director.

It would be our great honor and pleasure if you could join us for this memorable evening.

Details:

When: Friday, March 2, 2012
Where: National Arts Center, 53 Elgin Street, Ottawa
Time: 6:30pm Cocktails, 7:00 pm Dinner
Dress: Black Tie or Formal Attire

Tickets: $75 Students, $130 General

Please note: The first 50 tickets sold will receive a complimentary copy of Dr.Nutt's book, Damned Nations. Buy online! At www.npsiasoiree.com.

We look forward to seeing everyone there!

NPSIA Benefit Dinner in Support of War Child
www.npsiasoiree.com
npsiasoiree@gmail.com

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Call for papers - WIIS Workshop

From: Gaëlle Rivard Piché <gaelle.rivard.piche@gmail.com>
Subject: WIIS-Canada : Call for papers

WIIS-Canada is organizing the 5th annual Workshop for Women in International Security on May 24-26 2012, Montreal. This year, the focus is on Canada-US relations and the appraisal of new security and defence concerns, after a decade defined by the threat of international terrorism. We would appreciate if you could circulate the    call for papers in your Centre and to your affiliated graduate students. The deadline to submit a proposal is March 1.

Best regards,

Gaëlle Rivard Piché

Project Coordinator/Coordonatrice - projets

Women in International Security Canada
gaelle.rivard.piche@gmail.com
(613)618-8775

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2012 ISA Canada Graduate Student Paper Prize

From: Andrew Grant <andrew.grant@queensu.ca>
Subject: Call for Papers for 2012 ISA Canada Graduate Student Paper Prize

ISA Canada is pleased to announce the call for papers for the 2012 ISA Canada Student Paper Prize.

Value: $300.00

According to the terms of reference adopted by the membership of ISA Canada in March 2011, the ISA Canada Student Paper Prize is:

•     Open to all PhD students who are members of ISA and ISA-Canada
•     Open to PhD students in any of the disciplines that fall under the aegis of International Studies
•     To be awarded for a previously unpublished, single authored paper delivered at the ISA meeting in that given year.
•     PhD dissertation chapters will be accepted if they are previously unpublished.
•     To be awarded to a paper written in either French or English.
•     To be awarded at the reception held by ISA-Canada at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association.
•     Papers must be received by the prize jury three weeks in advance of the ISA meeting.

In addition to the criteria above:

•     Submissions are to be no longer than 8000 words
•     Submissions will be evaluated for: originality, strength, clarity of argument, and contribution to the appropriate literature.
•     Submissions are due Monday, March 12, 2012.
•     Submissions will be made to members of the jury. Jury members will be announced by January 15, 2012.

Dr. J. Andrew Grant, Queen's University
Secretary/Sécrétaire, ISA-Canada
andrew.grant@queensu.ca

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Call for papers - Understanding and Improving Intelligence Analysis

From: Stephen Marrin <Stephen.Marrin@brunel.ac.uk>
Subject: CFP: Understanding and Improving Intelligence Analysis: Learning from Other Disciplines

This is a call for papers and presentations (CFP) for two events we are hosting this summer related to ?Understanding and Improving Intelligence Analysis: Learning from Other Disciplines.? The events will be held 8 June and 13 July 2012 at Brunel University in London.

The purpose of these two events is to engage in a cross-disciplinary discussion about the value of learning from other fields to improve both the understanding and the practice of intelligence analysis. It will also create the network and infrastructure for an international consortium for the study of intelligence analysis.

The event on 8 June 2012 will be devoted to what we can learn from the comparison between intelligence analysis and journalism since both fields involve the acquisition, evaluation, and dissemination of information.

The event on 13 July 2012 will be devoted to explaining how practitioners in a wider set of non-intelligence fields overcome challenges in their respective domains, to include medicine, the social and behavioural sciences, history and historiography, anthropology and other disciplines engaged in ethnographic research, econometric forecasting, and legal reasoning.

We welcome paper and presentation proposals evaluating best practices for overcoming challenges in any non-intelligence field that are analogous to those that exist in the intelligence field, or compares/contrasts challenges in intelligence analysis to those faced by professionals in other disciplines.

To submit a proposal, send an email to Stephen Marrin (stephen.marrin@brunel.ac.uk) by 18 March 2012 with: (1) Name of author/presenter, affiliation/institution and contact information (email and phone); and (2) Paper Title and Abstract (a brief 200-500 word overview of the paper/presentation).

Notifications of acceptances will be made on or before 1 April 2012.

Please let me know if you have any questions?

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Dr. Stephen Marrin
Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies
Department of Politics and History
Brunel University
Uxbridge (West London), England
stephen.marrin@brunel.ac.uk
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/sss/research/research-centres/bciss

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