ACUNS 2011 Annual Meeting
Workshop Panels Session I
FRIDAY, 3 JUNE 2011 (11:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. Location: WLU)
Panel 1: Frontier Governance: Upgrading Institutions and Policy Tools for Tomorrow’s
Global Challenges
Location: BA111
CHAIR: Deanne Leifso, Project Officer, Centre for International Governance Innovation
PANELISTS:
“The Challenges of Improving Maternal Health: Policy Statements versus Action Realities”
Meagan A. Kay, Research Officer, Centre for International Governance Innovation
“The Securitization of Global failed States Policy: Rethinking the Conventional Wisdom on Ungoverned Spaces”
Geoff Burt, Project Officer, Centre for International Governance Innovation
“Pirating Policy? Emerging Challenges in the International Intellectual Property Regime”
Joseph F. Turcotte, PhD Candidate, York University and Research Assistant, Centre for International Governance Innovation
“Filling the Institutional vacuum: Emerging Competition in the Governance of Global Energy”
Andrew Schrumm, Partnerships Manager, Centre for International Governance Innovation
Panel 2: The United Nations and the Use of Force (I) – The Dynamics of International
Intervention
Location: BA112
CHAIR: A. Walter Dorn, Canadian Forces College
PANELISTS:
“Intervention in the Emerging Multipolar System: Why the R2P will Miss the Unipolar Moment”
Robert W. Murray, University of Alberta
“Peacekeeping vs. Peace Enforcement; Why the United Nations Seeks to Use Force to End Civil Wars”
Lise Morjé Howard and Anjali Dayal, Georgetown University
“Urgent Need: a UN Mechanism for Prevention, Protection and Prompt Deployment”
H. Peter Langille, Global Common Security i3
“Can the EU find a New Paradigm for Conflict Prevention?”
Radim Sršeň, Jan Masaryk Centre of International Studies , University of Economics Prague
Panel 3: Academic and Practitioner Perspectives on Multilateral Processes: Convergence or
Divergence? A Roundtable Discussion
Location: BA209
CHAIR: James P. Muldoon, Jr., Rutgers-Newark
PANELISTS:
Alynna J. Lyon, University of New Hampshire
Carolyn M. Stephenson, University of Hawaii at Manoa
John Monahan, The Mosaic Institute
H.E. Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed, Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations
Michael G. Schechter, James Madison College of Michigan State University
Panel 4: Security on the Korean Peninsula and the Role of the United Nations
Location: BA210
CHAIR: Abiodun Williams, United States Institute of Peace
PANELISTS:
“North Korea’s Nuclear Challenge and United Nations Sanctions – The Politics of Multilateralism of the UN Sanctions regime”
Heung-Soon Park, Sunmoon University
“North Korea’s Contingency Situation and the Role of the United Nations”
Ki-Joon Hong, Kyung Hee University
“North Korean Human Rights Situation and the Role of the United Nations”
Young-Dahl Oh, Chungnam National University
DISCUSSANT: Shin-wha Lee, Korea University
Panel 5: Engaging Global Citizens in Sustainable Development Governance: Human Rights and
Human Responsibilities – A Roundtable Discussion
Location: BA211
CHAIR: Charlotte Ku, College of Law, University of Illinois
PANELISTS:
“Cultural Dimensions of a Multilateral World”
Zuzana Lehmannová, Jan Masaryk Centre of International Studies, University of Economics Prague
Roundtable contributions from:
Miroslav Polzer, Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Llubljana
Michael K. Platzer, ACUNS Vienna Liaison Office
Workshop Panels Session II
FRIDAY, 3 JUNE 2011 (2:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. Location: WLU)
Panel 6: Middle Powers and the G20: Leadership and Legitimacy
Location: BA111
CHAIR: TBA
PANELISTS:
“Middle Power Leadership of/in the G20”
Andrew F. Cooper, Distinguished Fellow, CIGI
“Middle Power Leadership and the Evolution of the G20”
Jongryn Mo, Yonsei University and Asan Institute for Policy Studies
“National or Regional Representation in the G20?”
Alexander Hudson, University of Waterloo
Panel 7: Academic-Practitioner Dialogue(s) and Teaching the UN
Location: BA112
CHAIR: Michael K. Platzer, ACUNS Vienna Liaison Office
PANELISTS:
“A View from the UN”
Maher Nasser, Outreach Division, UN Department of Public Information
“Rethinking the United Nations: A Partnership Program Proposal"
John Trent, University of Ottawa
“Uplawed.com – International Academic Community for Legal Research”
Petar Radosavljev, Law University of Belgrade
“Connecting the Dots on Nuclear Disarmament Education: The Role of International Organizations”
Tibor Toth, Executive Secretary, Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization
Panel 8: The UN and the Use of Force (II): Case Studies, Consequences and Lessons Learned
Location: BA209
CHAIR:
PANELISTS:
“Air Attacks in Robust Peacekeeping:the UN Operation in Congo, 1960-64”
Walter Dorn, Canadian Forces College
“Is US and NATO-led Security Policy Compatible with the Multiple Frameworks Modelof Peace-building in Afghanistan?"
Katsumi Ishizuka, Kyoei University
“Humanitarian Action under Fire: Reflections on the Role of NGOs in Conflict and Post-Conflict
Settings”
Francis Kofi Abiew, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
“Peace vs. Justice: D’Amato’s Code to Efficient Court Design”
Candace Blake-Amarante, Columbia University
Panel 9: Multilateral Treaties over 500 Years: IGOs and a Nod to Heisenberg
Location: BA210
CHAIR: Charlotte Ku, College of Law, University of Illinois
PANELISTS:
“The CSDMT: Background and Applying the Plurilateral/General Dichotomy”
John Gamble, The Behrend College, Pennsylvania State University
“The Treaty/IGO Nexus: Definitional Rigor and a 500-year Test”
Daniel P. Hido, The Behrend College, Pennsylvania State University
“IGOs as Treaty Makers”
Charlotte Ku, College of Law, University of Illinois
Discussant: Lauren E. Kolb, “Comments: Statistical Approaches to IGOs and Treaties”
Panel 10: Multiple Multilateralisms in Financial Policy- and Rule-making; what do they mean for Global Financial Stability, Development and the UN System of Organizations?
Location: BA211
CHAIR: Christer Jönsson, Lund University
PANELISTS:
“Multiple Multilateralisms in Preventing the Next Crisis: How Successful Can They Be?”
Bessma Momani, Centre for International Governance Innovation
“Development-oriented Financial Reforms after the Crisis: A Job for the UN?”
Aldo Caliari, Rethinking Bretton Woods Project, Center of Concern
Workshop Panels Session III
SATURDAY, 4 JUNE 2011 (1:30 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. Location: WLU)
Panel 11: Framing Human Rights: Multiple Institutions and Interests
Location: BA111
CHAIR: Michael K. Platzer, ACUNS Vienna Liaison Office
PANELISTS:
“Tehran 1968 and Origins of the Human Rights Council?”
Andrew S. Thompson, University of Waterloo
“Institutional Redundancy, Complexity, Sovereignty Constraints, and Compliance Efficacy: The UN Human Rights Treaty System”
Srinivasan Sitaraman, Clark University
Panel 12: Climate Change Governance: National, Regional and Global Policy Dimensions
Location: BA112
CHAIR: John Trent, University of Ottawa
PANELISTS
“Dragonomic Diplomacy: How the UNFCC Influences Chinese Environmental Diplomacy”
Shuxiu Zhang, London School of Economics and Political Science
“Designing Integration: The System of Climate Change Governance in North America”
Neil Craik, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo
“Multilevel Climate Change Governance from an Innovation System Perspective”
Miroslav Polzer, Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Llubljana & IAAI
Panel 13: Governing Trade and Finance: Institutional Reforms and Policy Challenges
Location: BA209
CHAIR: Aldo Caliari, Rethinking Bretton Woods Project, Center of Concern
PANELISTS:
“Innovative Financing Mechanisms: Public-Private Partnerships as Multilateral Agents””
Annett Richter, Sciences Po Visiting Scholar, Columbia University
“Developing Countries’ Influence on the Multilateral Trading System: Opportunity or Misfortune?”
Sarah Dunphy, Dalhousie University
Panel 14: Special Topics in UN Studies
Location: BA210
CHAIR: TBA
PANELISTS:“American Multilateralism and the United Nations: Modeling the Politics of Engagement and Estrangement
Alynna Lyon, University of New Hampshire
“Towards a politicization of technical expertise for development in the United Nations System?”
Dimitri della Faille, Université des Québec en Outaouais
“Multilateral Approaches to Arms Trade Offsets”
Michael Malecki, Wilfrid Laurier University