Winning Papers
Overall Award Winner: Major Brent Beardsley
First Place: Andrea Charron
Second Place: Sumon Dantiki
Third place: Jorim Disengomoka
Honourable Mention: Benoît Gagnon
Photo Gallery Symposium 2004
Keynote speakers
Major-General Lewis MacKenzie (Ret’d)
Dr. Bercuson, Director Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary and Vice-President of CDFAI
“Serving Canadian Interests: A Defence Policy for Canada”
Panel 1: CANADA’S NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
Chair: Dr. Brian McKercher, War Studies Programme, Royal Military College (RMC)
Canadian Security: Threats and Responses in the 21st Century
Lt Jessica Davis, War Studies Programme, RMC
La politique canadienne de sécurité nationale, une conséquence de la transformation des institutions publiques de sécurité depuis la fin de la Guerre froide ?
Julie Breton et Richard Garon, Département de science politique, Université Laval
Sécurité nationale: Une approche Canadienne?
Jean-François Rancourt, Chaire de recherche du Canada en politiques étrangère et de defense canadiennes, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Panel II: THE MILITARY IN THE 21ST CENTURY- PART ONE
Chair: Major-General Lewis MacKenzie (Ret’d)
Time for Consideration: One Combat Arms Classification
Lieutenant-Colonel Shane Brennan, War Studies Programme, RMC
Is it Unlimited or Limited Liability? A Sign of Ethical Erosion
Pamela Stewart, CMSS, University of Calgary
Alliance or Network? An Approach Based on the Capabilities of Armed Forces
Yan Cimon, HEC Montréal
Civil-Military Relations and Aid to the Civil Power in Canada: Implications for the War on Terror
Commodore Eric Lerhe (Ret’d), Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University
Panel III: NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES
Chair: Dr. Joel Sokolsky, Dean of Arts, RMC
The Northwest Passage: Is Canada’s Sovereignty Really Floating Away?
Andrea Charron, War Studies Programme, RMC
Lost at Sea: Port Security and Canada
Tiffany Farion, CMSS, University of Calgary
Canadian Participation in Ground Based Ballistic Missile Defence in an Era of Uncertainty
Mercedes Stephenson, CMSS, University of Calgary
The Time is Right: Developing a UAV Policy for the Canadian Forces
Stephen Wheatley, CMSS, University of Calgary
PANEL IV: CANADA-US RELATIONS: THE FALLOUT FROM IRAQ AND WAR ON TERROR
Chair: Ambassador Louis Delvoie, Queen’s University
Caught between Kagan’s Venus and Mars – Canadian Earthlings Role in the Transatlantic Relations after Iraq
Benjamin Zyla, War Studies Programme, RMC
Le refus du Canada de participer à la guerre en Irak: Conséquences sur les relations canado-américaines
Justin Massie, Département de science politique, UQAM
Les influences idéologiques sur la politiques étrangère de George W. Bush et leurs répercussions sur les relations canado-américaines
Jean-Frédéric Légaré-Tremblay, Départment de science politique, UQAM
Canadian Identity and the Global War on Terror
G. Gabriel Serbu, War Studies Programme, RMC
Panel V: THE MILITARY IN THE 21ST CENTURY PART TWO
Chair: Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Bradley (Ret’d), War Studies Programme, RMC
Canadian Special Operations Forces-Blueprint for the Future
Major B. Brister, War Studies Programme, RMC
La révolution dans les affaires terroristes
Benoît Gagnon, Chaire Raoul-Dandurand en études stratégiques et diplomatiques, UQAM
Revolution in Military Affair Doctrine and the Ethics of War: Assessing Ethical Conundrums in the Utilitarian Basis of Disengaged Combat Doctrine
Michael Lewis, Department of Political Science, University of Calgary
e-Forces: The Evolution of Battle-Groupings in the Face of the 21st Century Challenges
Major Eric Dion, Defense Management & Policy Program, RMC
Panel VI: LESSONS LEARNED IN PEACE OPERATIONS
Chair: Dr. Roch Legault, History Department, RMC
Lessons Learned or Not Learned from the Rwandan Genocide of 1994
Major Brent Beardsley, War Studies Programme, RMC
Mature Peacekeeping Operations as Facilitators of Organized Crime
Major Irv Marucelj, War Studies Programme, RMC
Watching, Writing and Waiting: Canadian Participation in Observer Peacekeeping Missions, 1948-1956
Andrew Theobald, History Department, Queen’s University
Le Canada et l’OTAN : Les leçons à tirer de l’évolution des opérations militaires de l’OTAN
Dorothée Roy, Chaire de recherche du Canada en sécurité internationale, Université Laval
PANEL VII: INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
Chair: Dr. Bercuson, Director CMSS, University of Calgary and Vice-President of CDFAI
Analyzing the Implications of the West Bank Barrier in Israel
Michael Lejeune, Department of Political Science, University of Calgary
United Nations Sanctions in Iraq: What Worked? What Didn’t? What Next?
Roger Parenteau, Department of Political Science, University of Calgary
PANEL VIII: INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
Chair: Dr. Charles Pentland, Director, Centre of International Relations, Queen’s University
Sharing the Near Abroad: Conceptualizing the Sino-Russian Security Dynamic
Elliott Brown, Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba
Beyond Westphalia: Why Neo-Imperialism is the True New World Order
Scott Kemp, School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University
Can Private Military Companies Replace Special Operations Forces?
Richard Victor Smith, War Studies Programme, RMC
An Encouraging Outcome: Why South Africa’s Recent History with Private Military Companies Demonstrates that Using Afghan Private Forces in Iraq Could be Good for Global Security and Afghan Society
Captain Roberto Bran, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
PANEL IX: ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE IN THE “WAR ON TERROR”
Chair: David B. Harris, President, Insignis
Information in Warfare from Sun Tzu to the “War on Terror”
Robert Addinall, War Studies Programme, RMC
Terror Financing: Back in Business. A Case Study of the Democratic Republic of Congo (ex-Zaire)
Jorim Disengomoka, CMSS, University of Calgary
The Essence of the Intelligence Function
Brigadier-General James S. Cox (Ret’d), War Studies Programme, RMC
Panel X: HUMAN SECURITY
Chair: Lieutenant-Colonel John Marteinson (Ret’d), War Studies Programme, RMC
La contribution du Canada à la reconstruction de l’Afghanistan, une mise en application du concept de “sécurité humaine”
Louis-Philippe Désilets, Département de science politique, UQAM
Comprehending Communal Violence and Human Security in the Era of Postcoloniality: The Case Study of Gujarat
Ajnesh Prasad, Political Studies, Queen’s University
The Canadian Forces: A cosmopolitan-minded military?
Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Rostek, War Studies Programme, RMC
Solving the Collective Action Problem: Policy Options for future Humanitarian Interventions
Sumon Dantiki, McGill University