Symposium Prizes
1st place – Andrea Charron, RMC
2nd place – Lawren Guldemond, RMC
3rd place – Capt Nils French, American Military University
Honourable Mentions
Megan Bradley, University of Oxford
Steve Davis, University of Western Ontario
Karsten von Hoesslin, United Nations World Maritime University
Chad Kohalyk, RMC
2Lt Michael Kolton, University of Hawaii
Anita Singh, Dalhousie University
Yannick Quéau, UQÀM
Jessica Nicole Trisko, McGill University
Keynote Speaker
M. Claude LeBlanc, Director-General Policy Planning, Department of National Defence
Session I: New World Order Part 1 – 21st Century Security Challenges
Chair: Prof. Louis Delvoie, Senior Fellow, Queen’s University
Emma Csák, Royal Military College of Canada – The New Policies of the United States in Central Asia
Lawren Guldemond, Royal Military College of Canada – Between Two Milestones the Battle of Popular Mobilization in Counterinsurgency Warfare
Steve Davis, University of Western Ontario – An analysis of China’s Strategy for Neo-conservatism in Asia
Session II: New World Order Part 2 – The World after September 11
Chair: Dr. Ken Calder, former ADM-Pol
Sean Clark , Dalhousie University – Seized by Horror: The Illogic of Emotional Response
Jay Joshi, Carleton University – Towards a New Geopolitical Equilibrium: Macromanaging World Order
Michael Kolton, University of Hawaii – Reaching Peace: An Optimal Control Model for Low Intensity Conflict
Session III: The Canadian Forces – Past, Present, and Future
Chair: Maj Andrew Godefroy, Directorate of Land Concepts and Doctrine
Chad Kohalyk, Royal Military College of Canada – Netwar 2.0: Towards a new military theory of social networks
Adam Lajeunesse, University of Calgary – Sovereignty, Security and the Canadian Nuclear Submarine Program
Steve Nolan, Queen’s University – The importance of Cultural Intelligence in Military Matters
Charles Letourneau, Université du Québec à Montréal & Justin Massie, Queen’s University – Un symbole à bout de souffle? Le maintien de la paix et la culture strategique canadienne
Session IV: Europe – Alliances and Continental Security Concerns
Chair: Dr. Charles Pentland, Queen’s University
Mils Farmus, Royal Military College of Canada – The 1999 Round of NATO Enlargement: A Case Study with Consequences for Canada
Claude Vuille-Lessard, Université de Montréal – Switzerland, NATO and the Partnership for Peace
Session V: The Privatisation of Military Affairs
Chair: LCol Michael Rostek, Directorate of Land Concepts and Doctrine – Futures
Chris Hendershot, York University – Privatising Peace?
Michael Skinner, York University – Building Peace from Democratic Chaos or Authoritarian Order? An Analysis of the UN Peacebuilding Mission in Guatemala, 1994-2004
Jon Baker, Carleton University – Private Military Companies: The Solution to a UN Rapid Deployment Capability
Session VI: Canada in the World
Chair: Dr. Laura Robinson, Royal Military College of Canada
Andrea Charron, Royal Military College of Canada – Canada’s 3T’s of non – Trade Sanctions ‘Employment:Tertiary,Timid and Tepid
Yannick Quéau, Université du Québec à Montréal – Ventes et transferts d’armes du Canada dans l’aprés 11 septembre
Anita Singh, Dalhousie University – Canada, the US and Human Security – Implications for Foreign Policy Making
Ssession VII: International Issues
Chair: Dr. Bercuson, Director CMSS, University of Calgary and Vice President of CDFAI
Michael Lejeune, Department of Political Science, University of Calgary – Analyzing the Implications of the West Bank Barrier in Israel
Roger Parenteau, Department of Political Science, University of Calgary – United Nations Sanctions in Iraq: What worked? What didn’t? What next?
Troy Sale, Department of Political Science, University of Manitoba – In the Name of National Interest: Resource security and the war on Terror
Keynote Speaker
Dr. John S. Cowan, Principal, Royal Military College of Canada
“A War on Terror”
Session VIII: Terrorism
Chair: Mr. David Harris, Senior Fellow for National Security, Canadian Coalition for Democracies
Jason Burke, University of Utrecht – Terrorism and the City: Transformations since September 11
Karsten von Hoesslin, United Nations World Maritime University – Re-evaluating Risk Assessment in the Maritime Theatre Against Transnational Security Challenges
Jessica Nicole Trisko, McGill University – The Power of the Word: Internet Reporting on Terrorism in Uzbekistan
Session IX: Afghanistan
Chair: Dr. Richard Gimblett, Canadian Navy Command Historian
Heather Hrychuk, Royal Military College of Canada – British COIN in Oman: Lessons Learned for Contemporary Afghanistan?
Capt Nils French, American Military University – Our Seven Wars in Afghanistan: Progress under the SWORD Model
Karen Lu, Canadian Institute of International Affairs - R2P and 3D: Why are we so confused about Canada’s mission in Afghanistan?
Jeremy Lammi, University of Calgary - Saving Afghanistan – an integcrated plan
Session X: Peace Operations and the United Nations
Chair: Dr. Ali G. Dizboni, Royal Military College of Canada
Liz St-Jean, Carleton University – Decision-Making and the Use of Force in Peace Operations
Papa Samba Ndiaye, Université d’Ottawa – La sous-traitance des opérations de maintien de la paix des Nations Unies: Le cas de l’ECOMOG en Afrique de l’Ouest?
Megan Bradley, University of Oxford – “In safety and dignity”: Refugee return, redress and post-conflict security
Elise Leclerc-Gagné, Université du Québec à Montréal – Le poids des normes de genre au sein de l’ONU et leurs effets au sein des missions des paix
Session XI: The Challenges Facing Military Intervention
Chair: LCol (ret’d) Rémi Landry, Defence Analyst
LCol Stephen J. Mariano, Royal Military College of Canada – US Army Attitudes toward Small Wars: Marginalization or Institutionalization?
2Lt Melanie Graham, University of Northern British Columbia – Security Implications of Selective Intervention in Regional Conflicts: Rwanda and Afghanistan
Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé, McGill University – Tackling the Anarchy within: The role of Deterrence and of Great Power intervention in Peace Operations
Philippe Münch, Université du Québec à Montréal – Heurs et malheurs de la responsibilité de protéger: Comment sortir de l’impasse?