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Cornwallis XIV: Analysis of Societal Conflict and Counter
Insurgency
Seminarhotel
Springer-Schlößl.
Vienna, Austria
6
– 9 April 2009
Initial
Call for Papers and Participation
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The Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the
Cornwallis Group will be held at the Seminarhotel Springer-Schlößl.
(http://www.springer-schloessl.at/en/index.php) in Vienna,
Austria. This call for papers invites the submission
of abstracts of papers to the Program Committee on the
general topic of Analysis of Societal Conflict and Counterinsurgency.
The Proceedings of the Cornwallis Group will be published
by the Canadian Peacekeeping Press.
For the last thirteen years the Cornwallis
Group has been studying various aspects of the interface
between the military and civilian actors in Peace and
Stability interventions. From Cambodia, Somalia, Rwanda,
Bosnia and Herzegovina of the early 90’s through
to the current complex operations in the Sudan, Congo,
and Middle East not to mention the coalition and NATO
operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. These operations
are different from those that had previously been studied
in that they rely on the local society’s consent
and assistance more than the purely combat operations
envisioned during the cold war. U.S. and NATO military
doctrine are reacting to this need to interact with
the people in an area in an ever increasing way.
Unlike the earlier operations, more
active resistance to the international community is
now found in the growth of insurgencies. Insurgencies
depend on the same people that
the intervention is now, most appropriately, increasing
its involvement with. These two facts – increased
need to deal with the populace and increased insurgent
activity – form
the basis for this call for papers. Papers are invited
that address one or the other of these topics. However,
papers that address the complex interplay of both topics
will be given priority consideration. All presentations
at the Workshop are one hour in length, giving ample
time to develop the topics. This hour per presentation
does, however, limit the number of papers that can be
presented in the four days. Participants who are not
presenting papers are also encouraged to attend and
actively participate in the
discussions.
This year, papers to be included in
the published proceedings of Cornwallis XIV must be
delivered to the Program Committee PRIOR TO THE END
OF THE WORKSHOP on the 9th of April 2009.
Requests for participation and abstracts of papers
for the theme of Cornwallis XIV should be sent NO LATER
THAN 16 January 2009 by e-mail to: Ted Woodcock (aerw@gmu.edu),
George Rose (George.Rose830@mod.uk),
Dave Davis (ddavis@gmu.edu);
or to other members of the Program Committee: Larry
Wentz (lwentz@bellatlantic.net),
Anders Christensson (S.Anders.Christensson@fhs.mil.se),
Paul Chouinard (chouinard.p1@forces.gc.ca),
Gene Visco (genevisco@embarqmail.com),
Ann Livingston (alivings@peaceoperations.org)
and Karl Bertche (karl.bertsche@eads.com)
or to the Cornwallis Administrator Ms Heidi Davis (heidi@pidi.com).
Total costs for Cornwallis XIV are still being determined.
However we expect that they will not exceed €1200.00
which will include lodging (Sunday evening through Wednesday
night), meals (beginning Sunday dinner through Thursday
lunch) and all registration fees. Transportation costs
from the Vienna airport to the hotel are not included;
however the hotel is in south central Vienna, not far
from the airport and is on various public transportation
routes. The Hotel Schölßl has only 32 rooms
in house and will be allocated to the first 32 reservations.
Rooms are also being held at the Kaiserpark Hotel which
is within short walking distance of the workshop hotel.
Please contact Ms Heidi Davis (heidi@pidi.com)
who will coordinate the room reservations.
This year the Cornwallis Group will continue two programs
initiated at Cornwallis XII: The identification of Cornwallis
Fellows and of a Best Paper. The criteria for Cornwallis
Fellows are listed below (further guidance can be found
by reviewing the Cornwallis Charter, herewith attached),
and nominations continue to be solicited. Please make
your nominations to a member of the committee listed above.
The award for Cornwallis Fellows includes the waiving
of registration fees for the workshop of the award and
the
following three consecutive workshops. The Best Paper
award includes the reimbursement of the registration
fee for the workshop of the award.
Preliminary Program
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