Keynote Address
Hugh Segal, President of the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)
“A Grand Strategy for a Small Country”
Panel 1: Military Issues in the New Threat Environment
Chair: Dr. Michael A. Hennessy, Chair, Department of History, RMC
Principles of Peacetime Readiness
LCdr Richard Moller, Royal Military College of Canada
Military Operations in Urban Terrain – Ramifications for Canadian Defence Policy
Rob Engen, University of Calgary
Panel 2: Nuclear/Conventional Non-Proliferation
Chair: Col Glenn Brown (Ret’d), Queen’s University
Small arms and Regional security in the Euro-Mediterranean
Jaouad Haqhaqi, Institute for European Studies, University of British Columbia
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: Trying to Maintain the Status Quo
Francois de Soete, University of British Columbia
Nuclear Terrorism post 9/11: Assessing the Risks
Robin Frost, Simon Fraser University
Panel 3: The Revolution in Military Affairs
Chair: Dr. B.J.C. McKercher, Chair of War Studies, RMC
Thinking Outside the Black Box: Some Historical Inquiries into the Relationship of Technology and Warfare
Jason S. Ridler, Royal Military College of Canada
Preparing for Change in Technology, Tactics and Organization in Canada: Late 19th Century Military Revolution and 1990’s RMA
Robert Addinall, Royal Military College of Canada
False Expectations? Technology and the Political and Social Implications of Precision Warfare
Major Andrew B. Godefroy, Royal Military College of Canada
Organizational Change within the Context of the Contemporary RMA
Lt(N) WC (Bill) England, Royal Military College of Canada
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and the Revolution in Military Affairs
Victoria Edwards, Royal Military College, and Dalhousie University
Panel 4: International Security
Chair: Dr. Charles Pentland, Director, Centre of International Relations, Queen’s University
Knowledge-Related Asymmetries in Strategic Alliances: Implications for Military Alliances
Yan Cimon, Université de Montréal
Reform of the Security Council and its implications for Global Peace and Security
Maria Mikhailitchenko, Queen’s University
Ethnic Identities, Ethnic Groups, and Ethnopolitical Violence: Dispelling the Myths of Ethnic Conflict
Cynthia Drader, University of Calgary, CMSS
Panel 5: Defence Economics
Chair: LCol John Marteinson (Ret’d), Editor, Canadian Military Journal
Trade-offs and Tough Choices: Contemporary Dilemmas in Canadian Defence Economics
Philippe Lagassé, NPSIA(CSDS) Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Carleton University
The Canadian Defence Industrial Base in the 21st Century
Matthew Williams, Queen’s University
Panel 6: Historical Analysis of Military Affairs
Chair: Dr. Scot Robertson, Associate Chair of War Studies, RMC
Incomparably the Greatest Navy in the World: Woodrow Wilson, Political Strategy and American Naval Building in 1916
Stéphanie Cousineau, University of Calgary, CMSS
Training, Multi-National Formations, and Tactical Efficiency: The Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigades in 1918
Michael Holden, University of New Brunswick
Brig. R.E.A. Morton and the setting up of the military component of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Laos, 1954-55
Andrew C. Young, Royal Military College of Canada
Canadian National Security: Legislations vs. Practices 1919-1946
Joshua Bennet, Royal Military College of Canada
Panel 7: Stability Operations and Problems Abroad
Chair: LCol John Marteinson (Ret’d), Editor, Canadian Military Journal
Balkan Rats and Balkan Bats: The untold story of Canada’s air force during the Kosovo war
Bob Bergen, University of Calgary, CMSS
The Implications of Illegal Maritime Activities for Canadian Security and Methods of Enhancing Surveillance and Monitoring in East Asian Waters
Karsten von Hoesslin, University of Calgary, CMSS
Panel 8: Canada’s National Security
Chair: Dr. Michael Boire, RMC
The Terrorist Changed the Battlespace – Surveillance and Canadian Maritime Domestic Security
Capt(N) Peter Avis, Norman Paterson School of International Relations, Carleton
Y a-t-il un rôle pour les Forces armées en sécurité publique?
Richard Garon and Dany Deschenes, Département de science politique de l’Université Laval
The degree of change: United States and Canadian security relations since the events of September 11, 2001
Shaun Hohman, University of Calgary
Panel 9: Terrorism
Chair: Dr. Sean Maloney, RMC, Canadian Defence Academy
Canada- Trivial or Target: Canadian Response to the Threat of International Terrorism
Brooke Miller, University of Calgary, CMSS
Terrorism in the Twentieth Century: The Evolution from a Subnational to a Transnational Entity
LCol. Gordon Greavette, Canadian Forces College
Striking a Balance between Civil Liberties and Terrorist Protection: Comparing Canadian, American and Historical Responses to Terrorist Attacks
Brad Verhulst, University of Calgary