Symposium 1998

Keynote Address
“On Military Education”
Dr. J.L. Granatstein, OC, Director, Canadian War Museum


Panel 1: Today’s Strategic Environment

Threats to Canadian Interests
Joe Varner, Staff, Senate of Canada

The Development of European Security, 1989 – 1998
Mickey Fabry, University of British Columbia

Burgeoning Military Cooperation between Turkey and Israel: Together in “Otherness”
Brent Sasley, University of Manitoba

Panel 2: Security and Defence in the 90’s – Alternative Approaches

Defining Security: Normative Assumptions and Methodological Shortcomings
Sarah Tarry, University of Calgary

A Revision of the Theories of Civil-Military Relations: Is the Prerogatives/Separation Obsolete for the Democratizing World?
Ersel Aydinli, McGill University

The United States is to Violence as Canada is to Peace: A Cursory Review Literary Perspectives of American and Canadian Views of Armed Force
Jeff Koloze, Kent State University

Panel 3: Modes of Modern Warfare

The Canadian Way of War: The Legacy of Operation FRICTION and the Gulf War
Lieutenant Commander Richard Gimblett, Directorate of History and Heritage

“Burn the Witch”: A Case for Special Forces
Lieutenant Colonel Bernd Horn, Royal Military College of Canada

The Viability of Canadian Anti- and Counter-Terrorist Response in the Shadow of the Millenium
Major Bernard J. Brister, Royal Military College of Canada


Second Keynote Address
“A Military Viewpoint”
Major-General Christian Couture, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Human Resources (Military,) National Defence Headquarters


Panel 4: Revolution in Military Affairs

The Revolution in Military Affairs: A Canadian Viewpoint
Major J. Craig Stone, Canadian Forces Command and Staff College

Aurora Borealis Rekindled: RMA and Civil-Military Space in Canada
Captain Andrew Godefroy, Royal Military College of Canada

The Impact of Operational Research
Dr. Jay Adamsson, Maritime Operational Research Team, Department of National Defence

Panel 5: The Revolution in Military Affairs and the Canadian Forces

Canadian Land Forces 21: A Multi-Purpose Force for the Next Century
Dr. Thierry Gongora, Institut québécois des hautes études internationales

The Revolution in Military Affairs and Air Command
Dr. David Hall, Royal Military College of Canada

Panel 6: Scourge of the 90’s: The Rise of Ethnic Conflict

Characteristics of Ethnic Conflicts: The Case of Kosovo
Les Caractéristiques des Conflits Interethniques: La Cas du Kosovo

Dr. Marcel Belleau, Chaire Raoul Dandurand en études stratégiques et diplomatiques, Université de Québec à Montréal

The Role of Identity in Post-Conflict State Building: The Case of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Dayton Agreement
Captain Patrick O’Halloran, 12e Régiment Blindé du Canada

War and Peace in Sierra Leone
Lansana Gberie, Wilfred Laurier University


Panel 7: Defence Matters and Domestic Policy

Hong Kong Veteran Compensation: Lasting Honour or Lasting Horror?
Maureen Brioux, Royal Military College of Canada

Aboriginal Claims and the Canadian Military
P. Whitney Lackenbauer, University of Calgary