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04 February 2011

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Burney on Managing Transition in Government
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CSDS-CCISS Strategic Analysis Seminar Series

Derek Burney on Managing Transition in Government

The speaker for the first CSDS-CCISS Strategic Analysis Seminar Series of the new year will be Derek Burney, who will speak on Managing Transition in government, including the issuance of mandate letters. Mr. Burney's long public service as a Canadian diplomat, included assignments as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and as Ambassador to the United States (1989-93). Following retirement from the diplomatic service, Mr. Burney worked in Canadian industry before heading the Conservative Transition Team in 2006 when Prime Minister Stephen Harper formed a new government.

Tuesday, 08 February 2011
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Naval Officers' Mess
HMCS Bytown, 78 Lisgar St., Ottawa

Pre-registration is required by Thursday, 3 February to Dr. Kurt Jensen at kurt.jensen@sympatico.ca

Please note that this presentation will be conducted under the Chatham House Rule.

general announcements

Please note that travel funding support is available to NPSIA graduate students who wish to participate formally in any of the conferences listed below. For more information, contact Prof. David Mendeloff or visit: www.carleton.ca/csds/funding.html

CDA Institute Roundtable on the U.K. Strategic Defence and Security Review
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From: Alain Pellerin director@cda-cdai.ca
Subject: CDA Institute Roundtable on the U.K. Strategic Defence and Security Review, 10 February, Ottawa

Dear Colleagues,

The Conference of Defence Associations Institute is pleased to announce the next roundtable in its series of events on important security and defence issues.

The discussion will take place on the topic of the "UK Strategic Defence and Security Review – the context, the implications and the necessity of reform", and will be conducted by Brigadier Barry Le Grys, Defence Adviser at the British High Commission in Canada. Brigadier Ly Grys' biography is appended below.

Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011
Time: 10:30am - 1:00pm
Place: Fleishman-Hillard, 100 Queen Street-13th floor, Ottawa (venue provided courtesy of Fleishman-Hillard, through LGen (Ret'd) Richard Evraire, Chairman CDA)

An RSVP is absolutely required, and space is expected to be at a premium. To reserve a spot, please contact projectofficer@cda-cdai.com or phone (613) 236-9903.

Regards,

Alain Pellerin, Colonel (Ret'd)
Executive Director, CDA-CDAI
222 Somerset Street West, Suite 400B Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2G3
T: (613) 236-1252
F: (613) 236-8191
director@cda-cdai.ca

Biography: Barry Le Grys

Barry Le Grys worked in the offshore oil industry before going to Sandhurst in 1979. More recently he has commanded 59 Independent Commando Squadron RE in Plymouth and 32 Engineer Regiment based in Germany, seeing active service in Northern Ireland, the Falkland Islands, the Gulf, the Balkans and Kosovo.

Lieutenant Colonel Barry Le Grys served with the UN Assistance Mission In Sierra Leone through 2001 before a short stint in the Cabinet Office prior to attending Higher Command and Staff Course in 2002.

He assumed the appointment of Deputy Chief of Staff Headquarters 3rd (UK) Division, in 2002, on promotion to Colonel. The Headquarters deployed to Iraq in 2003 and Colonel Le Grys found himself acting Governorate Co-ordinator in Dhi Qar Province for the greater part and establishing national and multinational logistic arrangements for the lesser.

On promotion to Brigadier in late 2003 he assumed the appointment of Chief Engineer, Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. The Headquarters focused on its forthcoming tour as Headquarters International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. Brigadier Le Grys took the lead on welding with civil authorities and organisations on the economic and development front.

Towards the end of 2005 Brigadier Le Grys returned to Sierra Leone as Military Adviser to the Government of Sierra Leone and Commander International Military Advisory and Training Team. Working to keep the 2007 national election campaign within the law and downsizing the Armed Forces were primary concerns.

In 2007 Brigadier Le Grys attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in London (focusing upon the Near East and West Africa) before assuming the appointment of Engineer-in-Chief (Army), concentrated upon generating sufficient military engineers with the right training, equipment and procedures primarily for Iraq and Afghanistan. Brigadier Le Grys took up post in Canada in September 2010.
Fall 2010 Issue of The Journal of Military and Strategic Studies (JMSS)
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From: Nancy Pearson Mackie njmackie@ucalgary.ca
Subject: Fall 2010 Issue of The Journal of Military and Strategic Studies (JMSS)

Welcome to the Fall 2010 issue of The Journal of Military and Strategic Studies (JMSS). You have been specifically selected to join our forum and to receive quarterly issues of this Journal. You may link to the JMSS at http://www.jmss.org. As one of the few electronic journals dedicated to the study of security related issues based in Canada, we are pleased to provide a forum in which security issues can be examined and discussed.

This issue of The Journal of Military and Strategic Studies is a special issue which presents a number of manuscripts that evolved from a workshop at the University of Calgary in the summer of 2010. This workshop brought together a small group of historians from the University of Calgary, the United States, and the German Armed Forces who struggled with the question “what is the impact of strategy on battlefield outcomes?” in a wide variety of historical circumstances from ancient Greece to the 21st Century.

Also included is this issue are three book reviews: Mark Osborne Humphries and John Maker, eds. Germany’s Western Front, 1915: Translations from the German Official History of the Great War, Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2010; John Rickard. The Politics of Command: Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton and the Canadian Army, 1939-1943. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2010; and Jeffery A. Lockwood. Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2009.

The Journal of Military and Strategic Studies extends an open invitation to readers across the world, whether students, soldiers, workers in NGOs, to contribute to its new sections, Commentary, and Notes From the Field. These sections will increase the range of the voices and experiences which we represent, and our ability to illuminate events as they happen across the earth.

We hope you enjoy this issue of the Journal for Military and Strategic Studies.
Atlantic Council of Canada Ottawa Roundtable on the New NATO Strategic Concept
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From: Dr. Norman Hillmer nhillmer@connect.carleton.ca
Subject: “The New NATO Strategic Concept: A Critical Perspective”.

Dr. Norman Hillmer will be hosting a panel to discuss NATO’s new Strategic Concept, which was announced at the NATO Summit in Lisbon, Portugal this past November. Dr. Hillmer will be joined by Dr. Philippe Lagassé of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at Ottawa University and Mr. Paul Chapin, a Director of the Conference of Defence Associations Institute. Ms. Julie Lindhout, President of the Atlantic Council, will provide concluding remarks.

Friday, February 11th, 2011
14:30 – 16:30
Paterson Hall Room 433
Carleton University

Fees:
Members: $20.00
Non-Members: $25.00
Non-Member Students: Free
Student Members: Free

Please contact the ACC by February 9th, 2011 to register by calling (416) 979-1875 or e-mailing william.simmons@atlantic-council.ca
CDA's 2011 Ottawa Conference on Defence and Security
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From: Alain Pellerin director@cda-cdai.ca
Subject: 2011 Ottawa Conference on Defence and Security, 24-25 February 2011

Dear Colleagues,

The Conference of Defence Associations (CDA) and the CDA Institute are pleased to announce that its annual conference, "The 2011 Ottawa Conference on Defence and Security", will be held on 24-25 February 2011, at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa, Canada.

For a full agenda and registration options, please visit: www.cda-cdai.ca/cdai/defence-seminars/seminar2011 http://www.cda-cdai.ca/cdai/defence-seminars/seminar2011

On day 1, the theme of the conference will be "Canada-US Security Interests - Ten years after 9/11", and will feature:

- The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada (invited)
- Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary-General of NATO (invited)
- John Hamre, President, Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Colin Robertson, CDA Institute
- Michael Wilson, former Canadian Ambassador to the United States
- Admiral James Winnefeld, Commander US NORTHCOM
- James Blanchard, former US Ambassador to Canada
- John Adams, Chief, Communications Security Establishment
- Ward Elcock, former director CSIS, security coordinator for G8/G20 and 2010 Olympics
- General (ret) Michael Hayden, former director CIA & NSA
- Ian MacDonald, Institute for Research on Public Policy
- Commander James Kraska, US Naval War College
- Dr. Andrea Charron, Carleton University
- Chris Alexander, former Canadian diplomat

Day two's theme will be "The Canadian Forces Post-Combat Mission in Afghanistan," and will feature:

- The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence (invited)
- General Walter Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff
- General Keith Alexander, Commander US Cyber Command
- General Mieczyslaw Bieniek, Deputy Commander, NATO Supreme Allied Command Transformation
- Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) Michel Maisonneuve, CDA Institute
- Vice-Admiral Dean McFadden, Chief of the Maritime Staff
- Lieutenant-General André Deschamps, Chief of the Air Staff
- Lieutenant-General Peter Devlin, Chief of the Land Staff
- BGen (Ret’d) Don Macnamara, CDA Institute
- Robert Fonberg, Deputy Minister of National Defence
Symposium on the Future of the Canadian Forces Post-Afghanistan
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From: Vivianne Vatavalis vvataval@yorku.ca
Subject: Symposium on the Future of the Canadian Forces Post-Afghanistan, 11 February 2011

In conjunction with the Political Science Department at McMaster University, the York Centre for International and Security Studies will be hosting a one day symposium entitled 'The Future of the Canadian Forces Post-Afghanistan'. The focus and purpose of this event is to critically contemplate what the future might or should hold for the Canadian Forces (CF). Please agenda below.

To register for the event please click the following link:

http://www.yorku.ca/yciss/forms/view.php?id=25

Please register for the event no later than 4 February 2011.

Agenda

The purpose of this one-day symposium is to critically contemplate what the future might or should hold for the Canadian Forces (CF). As a battle-hardened force in the midst of substantial personnel expansion and materiel procurement, the CF is no longer (and is no longer content with being) a minor feature of the socio-political landscape in Canada. In other words, the future of ‘operational tempo’ and ‘force structure’ are not simply institutional concerns for the CF, but are rather challenges that affect how Canadians answer key questions: What is a military for? What or who is a threat? Who or what needs to be secured? What is Canada’s place in the world?

10:30-12:15 - Session I: How Did We Get Here? Where Are We?

Discussion is this session will focus on a thorough accounting of the shifts that have occurred between the Canadian public and the Canadian Forces since the deployment of combat-ready forces to southern Afghanistan in 2006.

12:15-12:45 Lunch

12:45-2:15 - Session II: How about ‘less bang for less bucks’?

Discussion in this session focuses on the political-economic ‘rationale’ for the Canadian government’s commitments to purchasing new military hardware in a time of overall budget restraint.

2:15-4:00 - Session III: Armed for the Future

Discussion is this session will focus on key questions about what the primary role of the Canadian Forces should be in the twenty-first century. What ‘new frontiers’ might pose the most significant challenges? Which technologies, tools and strategies will be necessary, unnecessary or outmoded?

For people interested in serving as provocateurs for the last two sessions please e-mail Chris Hendershot (hender@yorku.ca).

Chris Hendershot
Assistant Director SDF Programming
York Centre for International and Security Studies
hender@yorku.ca

opportunities

Please note that travel funding support is available to NPSIA graduate students who wish to participate formally in any of the conferences listed below. For more information, contact Prof. David Mendeloff or visit: www.carleton.ca/csds/funding.html

The Diplomat's New Defence and Security Blog for the Asia-Pacific Region
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From: Jason Miks jason@the-diplomat.com
Subject: The Diplomat's New Defence and Security Blog for the Asia-Pacific Region

The Diplomat, a leading online magazine focusing on the Asia-Pacific, has recently launched a new defence and security blog for the Asia-Pacific region, Flashpoints, (http://the-diplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/). As part of the blog, we welcome guest entries, and we would therefore be happy to hear from anyone with an interest in contributing.

Please feel free to get in touch should you have any questions.

Yours sincerely,

Jason Miks
Editor
The Diplomat
9F West Co Bldg.,1-9-6 Ebisu-Nishi
Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150-0021
Canadian Defence Academy Symposium on Military Scholarship
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From: Lawrence McDonough mcdonough-l@rmc.ca
Subject: CDA Symposium on Military Scholarship

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to inform you of a Canadian Defence Academy sponsored Symposium on Military Scholarship and Professional Education to be held on 6-7 June, 2011 in downtown Ottawa. The Call for Papers gives more detail.

You are being contacted because you have a direct interest in both Military Scholarship and Defence Education and the linkages both weak and strong that connect the two. We hope that you will have time to participate actively by presenting a paper or discussing a paper. You may also wish to participate from the floor through questions, challenges and conversation.

We hope that you will extend this call for papers to potentially interested colleagues both locally and internationally.

All information can be found at the following sites:

http://www.cda.forces.gc.ca/new-nou/reg-eng.asp

http://www.cda.forces.gc.ca/new-nou/symposium-eng.asp

Sincerely,

Professor Lawrence McDonough
Royal Military College of Canada
Call for Papers - 6th Annual Political Science Graduate Symposium on Security and Conflict
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From: Centre for Foreign Policy Studies centre@dal.ca
Subject: Call for Papers - Security and Conflict: Evolving Theory and Practice, March 10-11, 2011

Dear Colleagues,

Dalhousie University is pleased to announced its 6th Annual Political Science Graduate Symposium entitled "Security and Conflict: Evolving Theory and Practice" to be held on March 10-11, 2011 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We encourage abstracts from a wide range of disciplines. For information please click on the link below.

http://centreforforeignpolicystudies.dal.ca/pdf/CFPgradsymp2011Final.pdf

Best Regards

Carla Suarez
PhD Student
Department of Political Science
Dalhousie University
Call for Papers - 17th Air Force Historical Workshop
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From: Major Bill March william.march@forces.gc.ca
Subject: Call for Papers - 17th Air Force Historical Workshop

“On the Wings of Peace: Aerospace Power in United Nations Operations.”

Aerospace power has been an important element of United Nations (UN) peace operations. At first, aerospace power was limited to the provision of basic capabilities such as transport and observation, but the complexity of UN operations has increased the need for support from air and space-based assets. Mission requirements have expanded to include the provision of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and when required, application of force. This workshop will explore the evolution of aerospace power in UN operations past, present, and future.

Individuals wishing to submit a paper for consideration should address it to one of the co-chairs listed below no later than 31 March 2011. Proposals should be at least 200 words in length and include a curriculum vitae (CV). This conference will take place on 15 and 16 June, 2011, at the Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre (CFAWC), 8 Wing, Trenton, Ontario, Canada.

This Workshop is co-sponsored by the Canadian Forces College (CFC), Toronto, Ontario and CFAWC.

Major Bill March
Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre
613-392-2811 x 4656
william.march@forces.gc.ca

2011 CARFMS Graduate Student Paper Competition
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From: James Milner James_Milner@carleton.ca
Subject: 2011 Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) Graduate Student Paper Competition

The Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) seeks to foster an independent community of scholars dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of Canadian refugee and forced migration research. The Association aims to engage graduate students as active members of the Canadian refugee research community, and invites graduate students to participate in the second annual CARFMS Graduate Student Essay Contest.

The CARFMS Graduate Student Essay Contest will recognize the most outstanding research produced by graduate students in the field of refugee and forced migration studies. The authors of the shortlisted papers will be invited to present their work on a panel at the 4th Annual CARFMS Conference, which will take place at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec from 11-13 May 2011. The winners of the CARFMS Graduate Student Essay Competition will be announced at the conference in Montreal. Papers submitted to the Graduate Student Essay Contest may address any issue relevant to refugee and forced migration studies.

The selection committee will shortlist three authors, and will award a prize of $250 for the best essay. In cooperation with the Refugee Research Network, CARFMS hopes to provide funding to support the participation of shortlisted authors in the 2011 Annual CARFMS Conference. Subject to peer review, the authors of the winning papers will be invited to publish their work in Refuge: Canada’s periodical on refugees.

Eligibility
• Participants in the contest must be members of CARFMS, or join the association in advance of the 2011 Conference.
• Participants must be Canadian graduate students (Masters or PhD), or international students registered at a Canadian university. Law school students are eligible to participate in the contest. Papers from any disciplinary background are welcome.
• The student must be the sole author of the submitted paper.
• The authors of shortlisted papers are encouraged to present their work in person at the 2011 CARFMS Conference, but students may participate in the competition even if they cannot attend the conference.

Application process and editorial guidelines
• Papers must be submitted by email (in MS Word) by 5:00 PM EST, 15 March 2011.
• Papers may be submitted in either English or French.
• Papers must not exceed 7,500 words or 30 double-spaced pages. Please use 12-point font and standard margins.
• Submissions must include an abstract of no more than 150 words, setting out the main arguments or findings of the paper.
• Papers should follow the Chicago Manual of Style, or the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation for essays in law.
• The papers will be evaluated through an anonymous review process. Submissions should include a cover page indicating the title of the article and the authors name and institutional affiliation. This cover page will be removed before the review process. Please do not include any identifying information in the rest of the article.

Submissions that do not meet the basic editorial guidelines will not be reviewed by the assessment committee.

Submissions and questions should be sent to:
Professor Megan Bradley
Conflict Studies Program, Saint Paul University
223 Main Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 1C4
Tel: +1 613 236-1393, ext. 2519
mbradley@ustpaul.ca
International Policy Summer Institute
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From: James Goldgeier jim.goldgeier@gmail.com
Subject: New International Policy Summer Institute

Dear Colleagues,

As a Principal of the Bridging the Gap Project, I am pleased to announce the inaugural International Policy Summer Institute (IPSI), to be held June 13-17, 2011, in Washington DC.

IPSI is a weeklong professional development program for professors (all ranks) and post-docs in the fields of international relations and comparative politics who seek to build the tools and networks to produce and disseminate policy-relevant academic research. The Institute will deliver an intensive curriculum designed to teach participants how to develop and articulate their research for a policy audience, what policy-makers are looking for when they look to IR scholarship, whom to target when sharing research, and which tools and avenues of dissemination are appropriate. IPSI will also provide a forum for scholars to develop professional networks with their colleagues in the discipline and with the broader policy community.

More information, about both the International Policy Summer Institute and the Bridging the Gap Project (funded by the Carnegie Corporation and coordinated by UC Berkeley, Duke University, and the George Washington University), can be found at: http://www.gwu.edu/~btg/

Warm regards,

Jim
4th Annual Workshop for Women in International Security: International Security and the Law: New Challenges Since 9/11
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From: Dr Melissa Ptacek mptacek@unb.ca
Subject: 4th Annual Workshop for Women in International Security: International Security and the Law: New Challenges Since 9/11

The Gregg Centre for the Study of War & Society is pleased to host the 4th Annual Workshop for Women in International Security on May 5-7, 2011 in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

The Gregg Centre, together with the Law Faculty of the University of New Brunswick at Fredericton and Women in International Security (WIIS)-Canada, invite applications from graduate students and law students for participation in this year’s WIIS-Canada workshop, to be held May 5-7, 2011, at the University of New Brunswick at Fredericton. The workshop brings together students, scholars and professionals in the field of international security with the goal of advancing the position of women in the field. WIIS is able to provide reimbursement for most travel and accommodation expenses for the graduate and law students selected for participation.

The workshop is an opportunity for graduate students to join a growing network of Canadian scholars, professionals working in the areas of security policy and foreign affairs and military professionals and to engage in discussion of contemporary issues in international security. The workshop will involve panels by mentors from academe, government, and the military, an interactive simulation of conflict resolution, research presentations by graduate participants, and plenty of opportunity for networking. For the research portion of the workshop we invite graduate participants to submit proposals broadly related to the conference theme, International Security and the Law: New Challenges Since 9/11.

This includes but is not limited to:
* the role of international humanitarian law, international criminal law, and human rights law in creating and maintaining international security;
* the relationship to international security of laws and treaties regarding human rights;
* humanitarian interventions: legal justifications and security interests;
* the effects on international security of the interaction of domestic and international legislation relating to civil liberties, development and the environment;
* the relationship to international security of immigration and refugee flows;
* the relationship to international security of legal recognitions of cultural, religious and sexual differences;
* the effects on international security of the regulation of technology and the effects of technology on the laws and practices governing international security; and
* the uses and abuses of law as an instrument of war, including the effect of legal and human rights norms in military decision-making (e.g., targeting, detainee transfer).

Students are encouraged to submit research related to their thesis or dissertation projects. Proposals may be submitted in English or in French.

Deadline: Wednesday, February 16th, 2011.

To apply please submit a proposal of no more than 250 words, a C.V., and a cover letter indicating your interest in the 4th Annual Workshop for Women in International Security to Dr Melissa Ptacek by February 16th, 2011.

For more information please e-mail Melissa Ptacek or call her at 506-453-4771.
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