Call for Papers: International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS) Annual Conference 23-24 October 2012
General theme of the conference: "Balancing domestic and international security requirement"
Deadline for Abstract Submission: June 15, 2012
You are invited to attend the 4th annual conference of the International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS) Annual Conference 23-24 October 2012 to be held at the Royal Military College of Canada, in Kingston, Ontario.
The costof the warin Afghanistanis considered to be aheavy burden on taxpayersin the countries thatparticipated inthis war. Domestic pressure, political/electoral deadline and the context ofeconomic crisis inthe worldsince 2008 led these countries tomake tough choices.Thus, the issue ofbalancingnational interests and internationalsecurity considerations has become more urgentthan ever.
The ISMS is calling for academic papers in all aspects of military and security studies.
Deadline for proposals and sending a 500-word abstract to the conference organiser, Professor Houchang Hassan-Yari [:
* June 15, 2012
* July 31st, 2012: Selected authors will be notified
The conference is built around the following eight working groups:
Armed Forces and Society; Defence Management; Law and Ethics; Leadership, Command and Control; Military History; Military Technology; Security Defence Policy; War Studies
Description of the ISMS Working Groups
1. War studies. Military strategy, operational art and tactics, contemporary operations, conflict, future warfare, asymmetrical warfare, psychological operations, peace support ops, COIN, military support for civil authority, doctrine development, military theory and practice, lessons learned and identified, terrorism and counter-terrorism, organized crime, intelligence, military policing, international police operations, regional approaches, privatization of security, special forces.
2. Military history. Chronological, geographical, component (army, navy, air force), thematic, military biography.
3. Military technology. Information systems, systems testing, impact of technology on operations, weaponry, interaction with human dimension, R&D agendas, industry connections, life cycles and defence acquisition, network centric warfare and network enabled capabilities.
4. Leadership, Command and control and basic competence. Sense-making, trust, stress, group cohesion and resilience, case studies, cultural awareness, gender, communication skills, mediation & negotiation, self-reflection, organizational culture, diversity management, temporary units, physical and psychological characteristics, human factors analysis, cognitive abilities, recruitment and selection, education and training, post-traumatic stress, military medicine.
5. Law and ethics. International law of armed conflict, international humanitarian law, rules of engagement, jus in Bello, jus ad bellum, jus pos bellum, status of forces agreements, pre-emptive action, moral dilemmas, values and transmission of values.
6. Security and defence policy and strategy. International organizations, actors, factors-threats, cooperation, security regimes, alliances and coalitions, interests, risk evaluation and management, international relations, scenario development, crisis management, security complexes, influence strategy, coercion, deterrence, modelling, game theory, defence diplomacy, etc.
7. Armed forces and society. Nation-building, institutional gaps, military sociology, armed forces as societies, armed forces in society, civil-military relations, conscription and professional armies, gender-ethnicity-identity and minorities, military families, unions and soldier associations, social experimentation and social activism with armed forces, media, public opinion, democratic control of armed forces, security sector reform, international cooperation, privatization.
8. Defence management and economics. Resource management, change management, transformation, cost-benefit analysis, logistics, defence acquisition, strategic personnel policy, accounting, defence administration, military industrial complex, measures of effectiveness, benchmarking, outsourcing, privatization, base closures, infrastructure issues.
The ISMS is an international academic organization composed of eight military universities/national defence colleges: The Royal Military College of Canada, the Norwegian Military Academy, the Finnish National Defence University, the Swedish National Defence Academy, the Netherlands Defence Academy, the Austrian National Defence Academy, the Belgian Royal Military Academy and the Baltic Defence College. The purpose of the ISMS is to foster academic research, cooperation and publication in the fields of security studies and military studies.
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