2003
- Dr. Peter Langille
2002
- Dr. Wayne Nelles
Peter
Langille, 2003 CFGS Human Security Research Fellow
Project
Title: Fast-Tracking a Complementary Agenda: Enhancing Rapid Deployment
Capabilities and Initiating a UN Emergency Service
Project Description
During
his term at CFGS, Peter will pursue five related objectives. First, he
is directing a project on the multinational Standby High Readiness Brigade
(SHIRBRIG) for UN peace operations and its potential adaptation for protecting
civilians. This is a collaborative initiative of the Liu Institute for
Global Issues, University of British Columbia and the Centre for Global
Studies, University of Victoria, co-chaired by Dr. Lloyd Axworthy and Dr.
Gordon Smith. The project will entail extensive consultations with SHIRBRIG
member states, UN officials and the community of interested NGOs and institutes.
The first meeting of these parties -- 'Exploring the SHIRBRIG's Potential
in Protection Operations'-- has been funded by the Canadian Centre for
Foreign Policy Development. This is a policy-oriented initiative to identify
further requirements and prompt corresponding reform at the political,
strategic, operational and tactical levels. Consideration will also be
accorded to the planning of a larger conference on the SHIRBRIG and protection
of civilians, attracting additional participants and developing similar
partnerships elsewhere.
Second, he is working with several groups to develop a transnational network
of non-governmental organizations and academics to support more rapid, reliable
and effective UN peace operations. This is a cooperative endeavour to expand
on the models and outreach established by the Partnership for Effective Peacekeeping
(PEP) and the Peace Operations Working Group (POWG).
Third, he is attempting to initiate an annual NGO-academic dialogue with the
United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations. If approved, this would
provide a forum for disseminating and exchanging reliable information with
a broad community of interested parties.
Fourth, he will continue to refine terminology, plans and proposals for the
development of a UN Emergency Service. Aside from building a more sophisticated
model, he is outlining a cumulative development process and an alternative
approach, which may help to 'fast-track' the start-up of a dedicated UN mechanism,
designed for diverse operations.
Finally, he plans to research, publish and speak on these issues over the next
year.
Bio:
Peter Langille
Dr.
Langille has an MA in Conflict Analysis from the Norman Paterson School
of International Affairs, a graduate diploma in Peace Research from
the University of Oslo and a PhD from the Department of Peace Studies,
University of Bradford, England. He is the author of two books, Changing
the Guard: Canada's Defence in a World in Transition (Toronto:
University of Toronto Press, 1990), and Bridging the Commitment-Capacity
Gap: A Review of Existing Arrangements and Options for Enhancing UN
Rapid Deployment (Wayne: Centre for UN Reform Education, 2002).
He has also published related articles in International Peacekeeping, Human
Security, Peace Magazine, Mondial, Ploughshares Monitor, Policy Options,
Multinational Policy Towards Peace, UN Rapid Reaction Capabilities:
Requirements and Prospects and Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution. He
formerly taught courses in 'Canadian Defence and Foreign Policy', 'Conflict
Prevention and Management', 'Advanced International Relations', 'World
Politics', 'Contemporary Approaches to Intra-State Conflict' and 'Canada
in International Conflict' at the University of Western Ontario, Carlton
University, York University, Huron and King's College. Recently, he
has focused on initiatives to enhance training, role specialisation
and rapid deployment for UN peace operations. He has had practical
and professional experience in each area. In 1995, he was on the Core
Working Group of the Canadian Government's Study, Towards a United
Nations Rapid Reaction Capability(this was a joint study of the DND
and DFAIT). As a partner in Common Security Consultants, he co-authored
the initial proposals and blueprints recommending the establishment
of a dedicated Canadian and Multinational Peacekeeping Training Centre
at CFB Cornwallis (The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre). He was a former
member of the Canadian Government's Consultative Group on Arms Control
and Disarmament and formerly a co-director of the Canadian Peace Research
and Education Association. He is on the Board of the World Federalists,
Canada, as well as a Director of the Peace Operations Working Group
of the Canadian Peacebuilding Consultative Committee. His
academic interests include:
· Peace Research
· The Prevention, Management and Transformation of Armed Conflict
· UN Peace Operations
· UN Rapid Deployment Capabilities and development of a UN Emergency Service
· Human Security and Alternative Defence Initiatives
· Canadian Defence, Security and Foreign Policy, and
· World Politics.
Contact: plangill@uvic.ca
Tel. 250 472-5178
2002-03
CFGS Human Security Fellow - Wayne Nelles
Project: Education, Multilateralism and Human Security in the Balkans:
Reconciling Military Intervention with Aid for Conflict Prevention
Project
Description
NATO's humanitarian intervention over the 1999 Kosovo crisis
spawned new international dialogue and multilateral programs
about alternatives to military action. New
approaches to peace-building and reconstruction, some involving education,
came after the crisis that have not been well assessed. "Conflict prevention" is
now one of five DFAIT human security priorities outlined in Canada's 2000 foreign
policy statement, Freedom From Fear, but raises questions about when, how,
and if military action is appropriate. The DFAIT-CFGS fellowship explores conceptual
issues, empirical trends and policy implications for education's role in avoiding
a military response to future conflicts in Kosovo and South East Europe (the
Balkans) as well as other regions. The study examines broader implications
for Canada's policies and programs for development cooperation. But it mainly
focuses on multilateral education and policies and programs, particularly educational
or scientific aid, as a conflict prevention and peace-building tool. The analysis
includes an assessment of range of issues from textbook and curricula revisions
to aid programs. The project also explores broader theoretical, curricular,
program and policy implications surrounding relationships between education
and human security.
Wayne
Nelles, Bio
Wayne Nelles has a Ph.D. in Comparative and International Education. Dr. Nelles
has been a Director of several non-governmental and professional organizations,
and was appointed Senior Associate at the Sustainable Development Research
Institute (SDRI) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1999. He founded
SDRI's International Youth Internship Program, manage it from 1996 to 2000
as Program Director, and supervised 80 university graduates on projects in
22 countries. He has worked in Asia-Pacific countries such as China, India,
Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand but also in
Latin America, Africa and East Central Europe. This work has included project
monitoring and evaluation in multilateral agencies and with national governments.
He has also done commissioned policy work for CIDA and IDRC.
His research
has focused on education, youth, sustainability and security issues.
He has done commissioned policy work and published articles in: Asian
Perspective; BC Historical News; Canadian and International Education,
Canadian Journal of Development Studies; Higher Education in Europe;
International Journal (of the CIIA); International Journal of Canadian
Studies; Learning Quarterly; Our Schools-Our Selves, P.A.G.E. Journal;
and the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. He recently
facilitated a small collaborative research project between Mongolia
and Canada on "human security." This work, funded by CIDA
was published in UBC's Canada-Asia Policy paper series under the
title: "Reconciling Human and National Security in Mongolia:
A Canadian Perspective."
Project Reports
Fellowship
Activity and Publications Report - May 2003
Kosovo
Mission Report - March 2002 Project Publications
Articles and Reviews
“American
Public Diplomacy as Pseudo Education: A Problematic
National Security and Counter-terrorism Instrument,” International
Politics: A Journal of
Transnational Issues and Global Problems, Vol. 40, No. 3, September
2003.
"Canada's Human Security Agenda in
Kosovo and Beyond:
Military Intervention versus Conflict Prevention". International
Journal,
Vol 57, No. 3., Summer 2003.
"Review of David Coulby and Crispin
Jones, Education and Warfare in Europe. Basingstoke, UK: Ashgate,
2001." Comparative Education Review, Vol.47, No.1,
2003.
“Review of Humanitarian Action: Improving Performance
through Improved Learning, ALNAP Annual Review 2002. London, ANLAP/Overseas
Development Institute, 2002”. Canadian Journal of Development
Studies, 2003.
"Review of Human Development Report 2001:
Making New Technologies Work For Human Development". Canadian
Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2002,
pp. 372-374.
"UNESCO Reflections on Educational Aid, Rights
and
Development: A Review Essay". Canadian Journal of Development
Studies, Vol.23, No. 2, 2002, pp.
3682-372.
“Will education serve war or human security?” University
Affairs, a Monthly Magazine by the Association of Universities and
Colleges of Canada,
November 2002.
Books
Nelles, Wayne. Ed. (forthcoming Fall 2003). Comparative Education,
Terrorism and
Human Security: From Critical Pedagogy to Peace-building (New York/London:
Palgrave-
MacMillan Press).
Conference Papers, Seminars and Workshop Presentations
Nelles, Wayne. (accepted for June 2003). “Comparative
Education for Human Security in Bosnia-
Herzegovina and Kosovo/Kosova,” International Studies Association
Conference (Budapest).
_______________. (December 2002). “Education in the Eurasia
Pacific Security-Development
Nexus,” Canadian Consortium on Asia Pacific Security Annual Meeting,
(Ottawa).
_______________ (November 2002) “Education, Terrorism and Human
Security,” American
Educational Studies Association Annual Conference, (Pittsburgh).
_______________. (November 2002). “Education and the Global
Human Security Agenda:
Theoretical Issues, Research Imperatives, and Policy Implications,” Seminar
Presentation.
Centre for Global Studies (CGS), University of Victoria (Victoria).
_______________. (July 2002). "Educational and Human Security
Challenges for The Balkans: A
Canadian Perspective." Conference on Democracy and Human Rights
in Multiethnic Societies.
Sponsored by Institute for Strengthening Democracy (Sarajevo/Konjic,
Bosnia-Herzegovina).
_______________. (May 2002) “Education, Development and Security
Challenges in Kosovo/Kosova:
Foreign, Defence and Aid Policy Implications” Canadian Association
for Study of International
Development Conference – (Toronto).
_________________. (March 2002 ) “From Marginality to Terrorism
and War: Radicalization of the
Educationally Disenfranchised from the Balkans to South Asia.” presented
to Comparative and
International Education Society Conference, (Orlando, Florida).
______________. (March 2002). “Education, Peace-building and
International Relations in
Central and Southeast Europe: Historical Trends and Future Prospects” International
Studies Association Conference (New Orleans, Louisiana).
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