Call For Papers - CSI

Anyone else get this? I presented at last year's "Security Assistance" conference, and thought that this would be right up this forum's alley. An associate of mine is looking to form a panel -

Call for Papers: Deadline 1 July, 2007

Warfare in the Age of Non-State Actors: Implications for the U.S. Army

Organizers: The United States Army Combat Studies Institute, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

The Combat Studies Institute will host a symposium entitled “Warfare in the Age of Non-State Actors: Implications for the U.S. Army.” The symposium will include a mixture of guest speakers, panel sessions, and general discussions.

This conference will explore the impact of conflict between nations and non-state combatants within a historical context. The conference will examine current issues, dilemmas, problems, trends, and practices associated with conflict between constituted nations and trans-national religious, ethnic, or criminal groups.

With this in mind, CSI is issuing a call for papers for the conference. It is planned to publish the proceedings of the conference in an edited volume within four months after the adjournment of the conference. Due to this strict deadline, individuals who are unable to deliver their papers at the time of the conference or who are unwilling to publish in this forum should not answer this call for papers.

Proposed Program: The symposium will be held at the Frontier Conference Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 11-13 September, 2007, and will include a mixture of guest speakers, panel sessions, and general discussions. CSI invites presentation and panel proposals for this symposium.

Projected topics include:

- Non State Actors and their impact on Strategic communications and Information Operations.

- Law of war and military doctrine dealing with Non-State Actors.

- Law of War and military doctrine dealing with Non-State Actors.

- The military’s role in conflict termination and securing the political end state, especially if one or more combatants are a Non-State Actor (e.g. Hezbollah, IRA, FARC, FMLN, al Qaeda).

- The armed forces as part of the interagency process.
- Military operations with International Government Organizations and Non-Government Organizations.

- Tactics of militaries and rogue organizations or Non-State Actors on the battlefield.

- The military and cultural awareness.

- The role of technology in empowering and combating Non-State Actors.

- The Impact of Non-State Actors on global economics and Non-State Actors’ financing.

Please send short proposals (approximately 300 words) for individual papers or panels to CSIconference07@leavenworth.army.mil or contact CSI symposium planners at (913) 684-2138 or -2139 or Combat Studies Institute, Attn: CSI Symposium, 201 Sedgwick Avenue, Ft. Leavenworth, KS 66027.

The closing date for proposals is 1 July 2007