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

In this issue

• Wallace on Public Attitudes toward Wartime Violence
• Modern Military Strategy: An Introduction, by Elinor Sloan

• 2012 Ottawa Conference on Defence and Security
• NSPS Conference on Defence Procurement

• Call for papers - WIIS Workshop
• 2012 ISA Canada Graduate Student Paper Prize

Wallace on Public Attitudes toward Wartime Violence

"International Law and Public Attitudes toward Wartime Violence"

Geoffrey P.R. Wallace
University of Kentucky

What effect does international law have on public attitudes toward violence during wartime? In this talk, Professor Wallace considers the effects of international law on mass attitudes toward wartime violence. In particular, Wallace focuses on public support for torture, an issue area where national security concerns are often considered paramount. Contrary to the common contention of the inefficacy of international law, he finds that legal commitments exert a discernible restraint on public support for the use of torture. The effect of international law is also strongest in those contexts where pressures to resort to torture are frequently at their highest. Professor Wallace also finds that the relative precision of the rules, along with the degree to which enforcement is delegated to third parties, plays a much greater role in shaping public preferences than the actual level of obligation under international law.

Geoffrey P.R. Wallace is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky and author of the forthcoming book, Surrendering the Higher Ground: Explaining the Abuse of Prisoners During War, which examines variation in the treatment of prisoners across armed conflicts. His research interests include international security, international law, and public opinion toward foreign policy. Wallace holds a PhD in Political Science from Cornell University. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation(NSF), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), among others.

Thursday, 9 February 2012
12:30 - 2:00 pm
Alumni Boardroom, 617 Robertson Hall
Carleton University

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

Light sandwich lunch will be provided.

Registration is required by Monday, 6 February 2012.

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Modern Military Strategy: An Introduction, by Elinor Sloan

CSDS Faculty Associate Elinor Sloan's new book, Modern Military Strategy: An Introduction will be published this month by Routledge. Here is what reviewers have to say:

'Modern Military Strategy is an outstanding study of the major aspects of contemporary warfare and defense preparation. The book is respectful of history while being anchored firmly in current realities, yet manages to be future-leaning persuasively.' -- Colin S. Gray, University of Reading, UK

'In this compact volume, Elinor Sloan has produced a unique contribution to the literature on post-Cold War military affairs. I know of no more instructive an introductorry read for novitiates in this field, nor of a more balanced and thorough tour dâhorizon of the field for its more expert practitioners.'-- Benjamin S. Lambeth, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Washington DC

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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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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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