Symposium Prizes
First place: Justin Massie
Second Place: Ty Curran
Third place: Bruno Charbonneau
Honourable mentions
Julie Boileau, Andrea Charron, Michael Cole, Jeremy Lammy, Jeevan Nallainayagama, Ben Zyla, Julie Auger, and Alexandre Wilner.
Keynote Speaker
Senator Hugh Segal
“The Canadian Forces and the Public”
Canadian Military in the 21st Century I: Societal Constraints on the CF
Chair: Dr. Allan English, Department of History, Queen’s University
Whoever excels in what we prize, becomes the hero in our eyes: Roles, ideals, and Canadian Land Force Expansion
Joshua Flumerfelt, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary
Une culture stratégique idéaliste et défensive? Analyse de l’Énoncé de politique internationale du Canada
Justin Massie, UQAM
Transformations of War and Public Perception in the 20th Century: Implications for 21st Century Warfare
Robert Addinall, RMC War Studies Program
Canadian Military in the 21st Century II: Military Capabilitie
Chair: Dr. Brian McKercher, Chair War Studies Program, RMC
The Role of Canada’s Forces in Homeland Security: Responding to Terrorist Threats and Natural Disasters
Ёfe Louis Ösemwegie, RMC War Studies Program
L’évolution de la politique de maintien de la paix du Canada de la crise de Suez au Darfour
Louis-Philippe Désilets, UQAM
Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan: A Canadian Perspective
2Lt Jessica M. Davis, RMC War Studies Program
Clandestine Politics: The History and Evolution of Canadian Unconventional Warfare
Jeevan Nallainayagam, University of Calgary
State Sovereignty
Chair: Dr. Charles Pentland, of Queen’s University
Maritime Security: Shield or Sieve?
Tiffany Farion, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary
Fighting over fish: A look at the 1995 Canada-Spain Turbot War
Beth Sneyd, RMC War Studies Program
Defending Canada’s Arctic Sovereignty
Christopher Martin, University of Calgary
The Corporation: A New State Actor in the International Political System
Bryan Bereziuk, RMC War Studies Program
Concepts of Security
Chair: Dr. Joel Sokolsky, Dean of Arts, RMC
The Value of Promoting Rapid Reaction Forces to Pursue Multilateralism in Global Security
Stephen D. Buckley, Simon Fraser University
The Impact of Axworthy’s Conceptualization of Soft Power and Human Security on Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy
G. Gabriel Serbu, RMC War Studies Program
Human Security in Canada and Peru: How ‘National Security’ is Variable in Nature and the Theoretical Effect of this on Barry Buzan’s ‘mature anarchy’
Youri Cormier, RMC War Studies Program
Repenser l’État et la sécurité nationale: le cas de la France au Rwanda
Bruno Charbonneau, Queen’s University
Terrorism
Chair: David Harris, Director INSIGNIS International and Terrorist Intelligence Program
Disaggregating al-Qaeda: a framework for understanding the post 9/11 Al-Qaeda threat
Anthony Romanelli, Carleton University
Assessing Responses to Terrorism: A Canada-U.S. Comparison
Michael Zekulin, University of Calgary
Great Aspirations: The Fall and Rise of Muammar Qaddafi
LCol Gordon Greavette, Sir Wilfred Laurier
US Security Policy
Chair: John Noble, Senior Distinguished Fellow, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, and former ambassador of Canada to Greece and Switzerland.
Bush’s Foreign Policy Revolution: A Radical Change?
Ben Zyla, RMC War Studies Program
Le Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) : Dynamiques globales et effets sur la prolifération nucléaire et ses vecteurs balistiques
Mathieu St-Laurent, UQAM
Keynote Speaker
Major-General Andrew Leslie, Director General Strategic Planning, Department of National Defence
Civil-Military Relations
Chair: Major Andrew B. Godefroy, Directorate of Land Strategic Concepts
The Challenges of Doing Good Work: Canadian Forces CIMIC Capability and NGOs
Dave Peabody, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary
Who is in charge? The need for a comprehensive model of Civil-military cooperation
Julie Boileau, Université Laval
An Evolution in Military Affairs: Civil-Military Relations in an Age of Unconventional Warfare & Catastrophic Terror
Alexandre S. Wilner, Dalhousie University
Canadian Military in the 21st Century III: Military Capabilities
Chair: David Rudd, President Canadian Institute for Strategic Studies (CISS)
Closing the Gap: Canada’s Defence in the New Millennium
Christopher B. MacDonald, Queen’s University
Canadian Military Transformation in the Face of 21st Century Challenges
Major Eric Dion, Directorate General of Strategic Planning, Force Planning and Program Coordination 3-4
Sole-Sourcing in Canadian Defence Contracts
Ty Curran, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary
Reflecting on the Reserves – Today’s 41 Canadian Brigade Group
Pte. Russ Benneweis, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary
Terrorism
Chair: Dr. Bob Martyn, Queen’s University
The Kurtz Factor: Charismatic Leadership in War & Terrorism
J. Michael Cole, RMC War Studies Program
Biometric Authentication and Identification Systems for Border Controls: A look at U.S. and Canadian Programs
Neil Chuka, RMC War Studies Program
Préparation canadienne contre le bioterrorisme : une analyse préliminaire
Julie Auger, UQAM
Conflict prevention and resolution
Chair: Dr. Roch Legault, RMC
La participation canadienne aux opérations de maintien de la paix : “No one would share in power who did not share in responsability”
Charles Létourneau, UQAM
Managing the Unexpected: An Examination of the Effects of Departmental Culture on Crisis Management
Richard Shimooka, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Expanding the UN’s Collective Security System: Do the Responsibility to Protect and the Duty to Prevent Conform to its Ideas?
Andrea Charron, RMC War Studies Program
Rhetoric or Genuine Effort? Evaluating the Potential Effectiveness of Rapid Reaction Forces in Preventing Conflict
Kristine St-Pierre, Carleton University
International Security Issues
Chair: Dr. David Bercuson, Director of Programs, CDFAI
(Re) Designing Security Institutions in the Post-Cold War era: the case of the OSCE
Antoine Vandemoortele, Université de Montréal
Security Policy in the European Union: Is There a Future for Security Integration?
Claire Bennett, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary
Carl von Clausewitz and Insurgency
Jeremy Lammi, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary
Investigating the paradox of Human Security Theory – A case for arms control in West Africa
Valerie Yankey-Wayne, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary