Welcome
Welcome to the Centre for Security and Defense Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa.
CSDS is housed at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.
CSDS Events
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Model NATO
The Centre proudly supports the Carleton Model NATO simulation conference, held annually in Ottawa for undergraduate students from across Canada and North America.
Click here to learn more about the conference, including delegation and volunteer opportunities.
Upcoming Events
March 2013
CSDS Speaker Series
7
Trials and Tribulations: Lessons and Legacies of 20 Years of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Rachel Kerr
King's College London
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11:30-1:00, Dunton Tower, Room 2017, Carleton University
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Advance registration is requested at: kerr.eventbrite.ca.
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February 2013
Roundtable
28
The Deconstruction of Mass Atrocity Prevention
Ambassador Stephen Rapp
US Ambassador at Large for War Crimes
Tibi Galis and Samantha Horn
Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
Conference
21-24
2013 Annual Model NATO Conference
Carleton University
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Thursday, 21 February - Sunday, 24 February 2013
Opening Ceremonies for this year's conference will take place at the Lord Elgin Hotel. All committee sessions will take place in the River Building at Carleton University. For more information, click on the event title above.
December 2012
Joint CSDS/CIC Roundtable
12
Could Mali be the Next Afghanistan?
Robert Fowler
Former Deputy Minister of Defence and Ambassador to the United Nations
Robert Rotberg
Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and past president of the World Peace Foundation
CSDS Speaker Series
5
Algeria and The Crisis in Mali
Anouar Boukhars
McDaniel College and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
November 2012
CSDS Speaker Series
12
Conversing with the Adversary: Interviews with Failed Suicide Bombers and Their Dispatchers
Yoram Schweitzer
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Tel Aviv
October 2012
CCISS Intelligence and National Security Seminar
26
The Globalization of Intelligence
Adam D.M. Svendsen
University of Copenhagen
CSDS Speaker Series
23
The United States and Israel: Why Netanyahu and Obama Can't Get Along
Peter Beinart
Author of The Crisis of Zionism
Joint CIC/NPSIA Workshop
16
US Foreign Policy After the Election
Anthony Quainton
Distinguished Diplomat in Residence, School of International Service, American University, Washington
John Curtis
Former Chief Economist, DFAIT
Joel Sokolsky
Principal, Royal Military College of Canada
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Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
This invitation-only workshop is organized by the CIC Ottawa Foreign Policy Initiative and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Participation is restricted to CIC National Capital Branch members, NPSIA faculty and students, DFAIT personnel, and invited guests. Registration is required. For more information on how to register, please email ottawa@opencanada.org or telephone 613-903-4011.
September 2012
CSDS Speaker Series
11
Democracies & Counter-Terrorism: Challenges & Solutions
Jonathan Fine
Interdisciplinary Centre (IDC) Herzliya, Israel
Announcements
2013 Model NATO Conference
Posted 1 March 2013
The 2013 Model NATO conference took place February 21-24 on the Carleton University Campus. Lt-Col Kay Kulen, Military Attache of Germany to Canada CSDS, gave the keynote address at this year's opening ceremonies, held at the Lord Elgin Hotel in downtown Ottawa. Croatia's Ambassador to Canada, Veselko Grubisic, gave the annual lunchtime keynote address on Saturday, February 23. The winner of this year's Dr. Lee Windsor Award for Best Delegation was Team U.S.A., represented by the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University -- the first NPSIA delegation ever to participate in the annual event. Congratulations to delegate members Nour Fadol, Jennifer Boyczuk, Adam Reid, Andrei Marinescu and Jonathan Jeffrey. Click here for more information.