Security and Governance: Foundations for International Security
Abstract
The fifth annual Kingston Conference on International Security (KCIS), entitled "Security and Governance: Foundations for International Security," was held June 21-23, 2010, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The conference was organized by the Queen's Centre for International Relations (QCIR), Queen's University's Chair of Defence Management Studies, the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) of the U.S. Army War College, and the Land Force Doctrine and Training System of the Canadian Forces. It was designed to outline strategies for coping with the threat posed to international stability by fragile, failing, or failed states. The keynote speakers were: Dr. Richard Downie of the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (National Defense University); Lieutenant-General Peter Devlin, Chief of Land Staff (Designate) of the Canadian Forces (CF); and Joseph Quesnel of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. This conference was attended by over 150 government officials, academic experts, think tank members, and U.S. and Canadian military personnel, and included a wide range of presentations that outlined various strategies for identifying and ameliorating the security challenges that result from state failure in contemporary international environments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA540043
Entities
People
- Andrew Vine
- Dru Lauzon
Organizations
- United States Army War College