agenda - Conference of Defence Associations Institute

LES INTÉRÊTS CANADIENS
CANADA’S
SECURITY & DEFENCE
INTERESTS
EN MATIÈRE DE
SÉCURITÉ ET DÉFENSE
18TH ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
18ème SYMPOSIUM ANNUEL DES ÉTUDIANTS DIPLÔMÉS
15 – 16 OCTOBER 2015 ~ 15 – 16 OCTOBRE, 2015
Royal Military College of Canada ~ Collège militaire royal du Canada
Currie Hall ~ Salle Currie
Kingston, Ontario
STRATEGIC PARTNERS/ PARTENAIRES STRATÉGIQUES
SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS/ COMMANDITAIRES / PARTISANS
AGENDA/ ORDRE DU JOUR
Day 1
THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER / JEUDI 15 OCTOBRE 2015
Salle Currie Hall
0730 – 0800
Registration/Inscription
0805 – 0815
Introduction
Tony Battista, Executive Director CDA/CDA Institute/Directeur-général
CAD/Institut de la CAD and Major-General Daniel Gosselin (Ret’d), President CDA
Institute/Président de l’Institut de la CAD
0820 – 0840
Welcome to Participants/mot de bienvenue aux Participants:
Brigadier-General S.G. Friday, RMC Commandant/ Le commandant, CMR and/et
Dr. Pat Heffernan, Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Dean of Graduate
Studies/Bureau du Vice-recteur à la recherche et Doyen des études supérieures
0845 – 0900
Brigadier-General Chris Ford (Ret’d)
Professional Speaker & President of "Generally Speaking"
Conférencier professionnel et Président de ‘Generally Speaking’
0905 - 1015
Panel I – The Anti-ISIS Campaign: A New War on Terrorism?
1020 – 1050
Break / Pause
1055 – 1205
Panel II – Technology, Energy Security, and Nuclear Proliferation
1210 – 1240
Dr. John Scott Cowan, "Iconoclastic Ideas in Defence”
1245 – 1355
Lunch / déjeuner – l’édifice Yeo Hall
LUNCH
Lieutenant-General Stephen Bowes
Commander, Canadian Joint Operations Command
Commandant du Commandement des opérations interarmées du Canada
1400 – 1510
Panel III – Brick by Brick: Peace-Building Past, Present and Future
1830 – 2200
Reception and Dinner / Réception et Dîner
Lieutenant-General Christine Whitecross, Chief of Military Personnel and
Commander Military Personnel Command / Chef du personnel militaire et
Commandante pour le Commandement du personnel militaire
AGENDA/ ORDRE DU JOUR
Day 2
FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER / VENDREDI 16 OCTOBRE 2015
Salle Currie Hall
0800 - 0830
Registration / Inscription
0835 - 0945
Panel IV – From Russia Without Love: Inside Russian Head’s & NATO Thoughts
0950 - 1045
Panel V – #Trending: Twitter Tactics of Terrorists
1050 - 1120
Break / Pause
1125 - 1235
Panel VI – Strategy and Weapons of the 21st Century
1240 – 1305
Dr. John Scott Cowan, "Currie Hall”
1310 – 1500
Lunch / Déjeuner – l’édifice Yeo Hall
Awards / Prix
Closing Remarks / mots de cloture:
Major-General Daniel Gosselin (Ret’d)
PANEL 1: The Anti-ISIS Campaign: A New War on Terrorism?
Moderator: Dr. Emanuele Sica, Visiting Associate Professor, RMC
State Failure and the Emergence of Extremist Islamist Groups: A New Framework for the Analysis of
Terrorism
Said Yaqub Ibrahimi: PhD, Political Science, Carleton University
Le Canada sur la ligne de front? La contribution canadienne à la lutte contre l’État islamique
Maxime Soutière-Kucharski: candidate doctorale, sciences politiques, l’Université du Québec à
Montréal
Bombs at Home or Fighters Abroad: Domestic Security Policy and its Impact on Migration of Foreign
Fighters
Raphaël Leduc: MA, GPSIA, University of Ottawa
PANEL 2: Technology, Energy Security, and Nuclear Proliferation
Moderator: Andrew P. Rasiulis, Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)
Energy for Defence: Physics, Technology, Policy, and Consequences
Captain Ross Franklin: MA, Applied Sciences, RMC
Canadian Energy Security and Potential for a Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Joshua McEvoy: PhD, CMSS, University of Calgary
The Importance of Domestic Factors in the Iranian Nuclear Agreement, Canadian Engagement
Strategies with Iran for the Future
Lauren Cardinal: MA, Public Administration, Queen’s University
PANEL 3: Brick by Brick: Peace-Building Past, Present and Future
Moderator: Major H. Christian Breede, Assistant Professor, RMC
Reconsidering Success in Peace building: The Case of Central America Twenty Years Later
Christian Medina-Ramirez: MA, NPSIA, Carleton University
Peacekeeping Operation and Conflict Resolution: the Role of a Nation in Reinforcing the Social
Contract in Kosovo
Ksenia Polonskaya: PhD, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
Canada's Engagement in Latin America and The Caribbean: An Assessment of a Shifting Security
Environment
George Stairs: MA, NPSIA, Carleton University
PANEL 4: From Russia Without Love: Inside Russian Head’s and NATO
Thoughts
Moderator: M. Ferry de Kerckhove, Executive Vice-President, CDA Institute
The New Geopolitics of Anti-Liberalism: Aleksandr Dugin, Vladimir Putin and the Rise of Eurasianism
Ben Woodfinden: MA, Political Science, Carleton University
A return to Soviet-era dynamics between NATO and Russia: Lessons Learned in Afghanistan for success
in Ukraine
Philippine Colson: PhD, War Studies, Royal Military College of Canada
The Battle of Statistics: NATO’s First Burden-Sharing Debates from the Canadian Perspective
Dominika Kunertova: PhD, Political Science, Université de Montréal
PANEL 5: #Trending: Twitter Tactics of Terrorists
Moderator: Dr. Craig Leslie Mantle, CDA Institute Fellow
Social Media and Irregular Warfare: Understanding Insurgent Tactics in the Twitter Age
Nicholas A. Glavin: Research Assistant, United States Naval War College
What we Tweet About when we Tweet about Terror
Kendra J. Eyben: JD-MA, Common Law/NPSIA, University of Ottawa/Carleton University
PANEL 6: Strategy and Weapons of the 21st Century
Moderator: Colonel Charles Davies (Ret’d), CDA Institute Fellow
Innovation in contact with the enemy: special forces and counterinsurgency in Iraq
Rebecca Jenson: PhD, CMSS, University of Calgary
Airpower and Counterinsurgencies: The Implications of the ‘Precision-Guided’ Era
R. Matthew Ritchie: MA, GSPIA, University of Ottawa
Mobile Change and Armoured Continuity: An Analysis of Canada’s Mobile Gun Procurement
Harris Stephenson, MA, CMSS, University of Calgary