2007

7 December 2007

What is Success in Afghanistan?

Dr. Barnett R. Rubin

Center on International Cooperation, New York University

10:30-12:00, Room 303 Paterson Hall, Carleton University

Hosted by The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

RSVP by email to: Jeremy_Littlewood@carleton.ca

6 December 2007
Strategic Analysis Seminar Series

Canadian Perspectives on Trends in the USA

Tony Campbell

President, Campbell Intel Services Inc.

20 November 2007

Stability and Security in the Middle East: Israel, Syria, Lebanon - A Year after the War

A Conversation with Eyal Zisser, Chair of the Department for Middle Eastern and African History and a Senior Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Centre for Middle Eastern and African Studies at the Tel Aviv University

12:30-2:00, Room 2017, Dunton Tower

A complimentary light lunch will be served.
RSVP is required by Friday, 16 November 2007 to csdsevents@carleton.ca or by calling 613.520.2600 ext. 6671.

6 November 2007

Russia's Back! New and Improved

His Excellency Mr. Christopher Westdal, Former Ambassador of Canada to Russia

3:30-5:00, Senate Room, 608 Robertson Hall, Carleton University

Presented by The Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, The Centre for European Studies and the Centre for Security and Defence Studies.

For more information, contact ginette_lafleur@carleton.ca or 613-520-2888.

5 November 2007

Foreign Policy Formation in Germany and the EU: Do Think Tanks Call the Tune?

Ulrich vom Hagen, Visiting Scholar at Dalhousie University

Ph.D. Humboldt University, Berlin

1:00-2:30, Room 279 University Centre, Carleton University

Presented by: The Centre for European Studies and the Centre for Security and Defence Studies. The event is financed, in part, by a grant from the European Commission.

For information contact ces@carleton.ca or 613-520-2600, ext. 1179.

31 October 2007
CSDS Speaker Series

Leadership Challenges in a Multinational Medical Unit

A Conversation with: Major James Bradley, Acting Commanding Officer, Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan

12:30-2:00, Room 2017, Dunton Tower

RSVP is required by Friday, 26 October 2007 to csdsevents@carleton.ca or by calling 613.520.2600 ext. 6671.

31 October 2007

Re-assessing NATO's Role in Afghanistan: A European Perspective

Dr Citha Maass, Research Fellow (Afghanistan, Pakistan), German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)

5:30-7:00pm, Room 2017 Dunton Tower, Carleton University

Presented by: The Centre for European Studies and the Centre for Security and Defence Studies in cooperation with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany. The event is financed, in part, by a grant from the European Commission.

For information contact ces@carleton.ca or 613-520-2600, ext. 1179.

29 October 2007

Canada as the Emerging Energy Superpower : Testing the Case

Keynote Speakers: Hon. Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry & Hon. Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources

Ottawa Congress Centre

7:30am-5:00pm, 55 Colonel By Dr

To register visit: www.peopleware.net/1540 or www.cdfai.org.

24 October 2007
CSDS Speaker Series

Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in Besieged Sarajevo

A Conversation with Peter Andreas, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

3:00-4:30, Room 382, Loeb Tower D

RSVP is required by Friday, 19 October 2007 to csdsevents@carleton.ca or by calling 613.520.2600 ext. 6671

12 October 2007

International Criminal Court

A Conversation with: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands

2:30-5:00, Room 2017, Dunton Tower

Wine and Cheese Reception to follow.
RSVP is required by Tuesday, 9 October 2007 to csdsevents@carleton.ca or by calling 613.520.2600 ext. 6671

12 October 2007

Roundtable: NATO and the EU in Canadian Foreign Policy

Panel members include:

1:00-3:00, Room 608 Robertson Hall, Carleton University

Presented by The Centre for European Studies, The Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies and the Centre for Security and Defence Studies. The event is financed, in part, by a grant from the European Commission.

1 October 2007

NATO: A British Perspective

A Conversation with Matthew Kidd, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to NATO

1:30-3:00, Room 2017, Dunton Tower

RSVP is required by Friday, 28 September 2007 to csdsevents@carleton.ca or by calling 613.520.2600 ext. 6671.

Beyond Afghanistan - Canadian security and defence priorities in light of - and in spite of - the Afghan Commitment

Annual Conference of the Security and Defence Forum Centres

Hosted by the Centre for Security and Defence Studies

Sheraton, Ottawa Hotel

Advanced Registration Required. For more information visit: http://www.carleton.ca/csds/beyondafghanistan.htm.

24 September 2007
Strategic Analysis Seminar Series

Iran 2008 - Policy Makers' Perspectives on Tehran

Alex Vatanka, Managing Editor of Jane's Information Group, Washington

12:00-1:45pm, The Crowsnest at the Naval Officers Nest, 78 Lisgar St., Ottawa

11 September 2007

Counter-Terrorism as Global Governance

Ronald Crelinsten, Senior Research Associate, Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria

12:30-2:00, Room 2017, Dunton Tower