Symposium Presentation Photographs
Keynote Speaker
Dr. J. L. Granatstein
“Canada and the Cold War”
PANEL I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CANADIAN DEFENCE POLICY
Moderator: Dr. Ali Dizboni, Royal Military College of Canada
“The Search for Continental Security: Canadian Air Defence policy in the 1950s”
– Matthew Trudgen, Queen’s Universityf
“The Election of Pierre Elliot Trudeau and the Cessation of Canadian Military Assistance Missions After 1969″
– LCol C.R. Kilford, Queen’s University
“Intérêt national et unité nationale du Canada à l’ère d’un nouvel interventionnisme militaire”
– Justin Massie, Queen’s University
“Le poids de la Géographie sur l’Histoire: concordance des intérêts donc divergence des moyens entre le Canada et les USA en matière de sécurité”
– Jérémie Cornut, Université du Québec à Montréal
PANEL II: A NEW WARFARE?
Moderator: Dr. Danielle Charbonneau, Royal Military College of Canada
“Vers une nouvelle typologie des conflits”
– Richard Garon, Université Laval
“Fundamentals of Modularity: Alternative Force Structures for the Future”
– Chad Kohalyk, Royal Military College
“Expanding Self-Defence? Studying the Legality of Preventive Strikes against Nuclear Threats”
– Scott M. Davy, Royal Military College
“The Future of Warfare and the Misinterpretation of History”
– Lawren M. Guldemond, Royal Military College
PANEL III: CANADA IN AFGHANISTAN: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
Moderator: Paul Chapin, Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
“Le Canada en Afghanistan: Guerre ou mission de paix?”
– Kathia Légaré, Université Laval
“Working Hard or Hardly Working? An Evaluation of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Model”
– Lt Jon Baker, Carleton University
PANEL IV: CIVILIANS, CIVILIANIZATION AND THE HOME FRONT
Moderator: Dr. Charles Pentland, Queen ’s University
“Institutional Reform of Canadian Intelligence: Lessons from Australia, Spain and Germany”
– Amanda-Jean Caouette, Concordia University
“War and Peace Inc. – The Privatization of Security”
– 2nd Lieutenant Christian R.W. Mattern, Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Forces Germany, University of Calgary
PANEL V: ASPECTS OF COUNTER-INSURGENCY
Moderator: Ian MacDonald, Institute for Research on Public Policy
“Developing a Review Capability to Create de facto Civilian Neutrality and Bridge the Demands-Implementation Gap Faced by Western Militaries in Counterinsurgency Warfare”
– Bonnie Butlin, Carleton University
“Ethics in Counterinsurgency”
– Capt. Nils N. French, American Military University
“Lessons from Medieval Baghdad: The Abbasid Caliphate”
– Mark S. Williams, McMaster University
PANEL VI: TERROR AND COUNTER-TERROR
Moderator: David Harris, Democracy House
“The Begotten Bastard Children of the Godfather Ideologue: From the Qur’anic Origins of Sayyid Qutb’s Radical Islamic Politics to al-Qaeda Today”
– Matthew J. Gordner, University of Alberta
“Understanding Terrorist and Counter-terrorist Change: Lessons for Canada from Northern Ireland, 1969-1998″
– Doug Munroe, University of Calgary
“Engaging India: Canada-US Counter-Terrorism Strategies in South Asia”
– Anita Singh, Dalhousie University
“A Precarious State? Bangladesh in the Shadow of Terror”
– Julian Dawson, University of Calgary
Keynote Speaker
MGen D. Gosselin, Commandant, Canadian Defence Academy
“The Perfect Wave: How the Canadian Military is Coping with its Most Significant Change in 50 Years”
PANEL VII: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES
Moderator: Dr. Stéphane Roussel, Université du Québec à Montréal
“Le pétrole contre la démocratie: Les Etats-Unis et la sécurisation énergétique dans le Golfe de Guinée”
– Modeste Mba Talla, Université d ‘Ottawa
“The United States Army School of the Americas: Fostering Democracy and Dictatorship?”
– Adam Gough, University of Ottawa
“A Violent Green: The Strategy of Radical Environmentalism”
– Teale Phelps Bondaroff, University of Calgary
PANEL VIII: AFGHANISTAN AND CANADIAN POLICIES
Moderator: Colonel (Ret’d) Brian MacDonald, Conference of Defence Associations
“The Failure to Protect: Human Security and Canadian Foreign Policy in Afghanistan”
– Wilfrid Greaves, University of Calgary
“Surveying the Solitudes: The Impact of the Afghan War on Canadian Civil-Military Relations“
– Dragos Popa, Carleton University
“The Real Costs of Afghanistan”
– Dave Perry, Dalhousie University
“Aerial Fumigation as a Counter-narcotics Strategy for Afghanistan: Lessons Learned from the Colombian Experience”
– Clayton Dennison, University of Calgary
PANEL IX: OLD THREATS WITH NEW TEETH
Moderator: Ambassador (Ret) Louis Delvoie, Queen’s University
“Russian neo-mercantilism”
– Frederic Labarre, Royal Military College
“L’enjeu énergétique russe dans l’Arctique: quelles consequences pour le Canada?”
– Mirko Palmesi, Université de Montréal
“Iran-US Relations and the Nuclear Impasse: Where Interests and Ideologies Collide”
– Afshin Hojati, Université de Montréal
PANEL X: CANADIAN DEFENCE POLICY: ALLIES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Moderator: Dr. Fahim Youssofzai, Royal Military College of Canada
“L ‘OTAN et l’ordre regional au Moyen-orient”
– Brahim Saidy, Université du Québec à Montréal
“Criteria for Stability Campaigns in ‘Wars Amongst the People’”
– Andrew Quinlan, Queen ’s University
“Canada ’s policy towards the African Union ’s Peace and Security Architecture: Towards a Constructivist Analysis”
– Edward Ansah Akuffo, University of Alberta
“La politique canadienne de renseignement dans le contexte de la cooperation avec ses allies”
– Mathieu Barsalou, Université du Québec à Montréal