SSI: Security and Governance: Foundations for International Stability

SSI: Security and Governance: Foundations for International Stability

June 21-23, 2010
Four Points Sheraton, Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Open to the General Public
Registration Fee: $TBD

Most of the violent conflicts to which western armed forces have responded over the past two decades have had their origins in the incapacity of states to perform their most basic function - to provide for the safety and security of their citizens. Governments of states variously described as fragile, failing or failed are marked by weak public administration, notably though not exclusively in the provision of public services related to security and the rule of law. Because these conflicts generate civil conflict which is destructive of societies, economies and cultures within states and liable to spill over into broader interstate and regional instability, the international community has found itself increasingly engaged in attempts to foster effective governance strategies, most often during or immediately after civil or transnational wars. Western armed forces and police have gained considerable experience in reforming security institutions and training personnel at the national and local levels, while at the same time coping with difficult issues of civil-military relations. How to provide the human, technical and tactical capabilities for effective national and local security in these countries, how best to deploy international military and civilian forces for such purposes, and how to recognize when the job is well-enough done to permit gradual or complete disengagement – these are the central questions that will animate KCIS 2010.
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Partners: Queen's University Centre for International Relations, US Army War College Strategic Studies Institute

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