INSCT is proud to
announce its co-sponsorship of The
Journal of National Security Law & Policy,
by joining the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
in supporting the nation's only journal devoted exclusively to
national security law and policy. INSCT Director
William C. Banks will take over as Editor-in-Chief from
Co-Editors-in-Chief John Sims of Pacific McGeorge and Steve
Dycus of Vermont Law School.
SU
Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor awarded INSCT a
Chancellor's Leadership Award in recognition and support of its
interdisciplinary work
with the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
The Mapping Global Insecurity project is developing methods of
detecting, mapping, and analyzing regions throughout the world
located outside effective governmental controls that often serve
as breeding grounds for criminal activity and terrorism.
INSCT recently held a
reception and program honoring supporter Gerald Cramer at
Syracuse University's Lubin House in New York City. The
guest speaker was Ambassador Martin Indyk, former U.S.
Ambassador to Israel. Pictured below: Gerald Cramer, SU
Chancellor Nancy Cantor, and Ambassador Indyk.
On April 22, 2009, INSCT held a
reception in honor of the 36 students who earned the Certificate
of Advanced Study in Security Studies and the 16 students who
completed the Law Certificate in National Security and
Counterterrorism in 2009. (click on heading above for the names
of the students who earned certificates and to view additional
pictures.)
Pictured:
Meryl White (JD 2009) and Sofiya Avramova (MA-IR/Econ 2009)
INSCT Partners in the
Field
INSCT Partner and supporter,
Colonel David Everett, poses with recent graduates of the
Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Academy of the Afghan National
Police in Kabul, Afghanistan. Colonel Everett is currently
serving as a Senior Military Advisor to the Chief of Police of
Kabul where he plays an active role in
developing and implementing plans for improving security and
training the National Police.
Edited by INSCT
Faculty, Bruce W. Dayton, Louis
Kriesberg.
The book examines the
causes of escalation and de-escalation in intrastate conflicts.
Renée de Nevers participated in a Wilton Park conference in Nyon,
Switzerland that explored the possibility of developing an
international code of conduct for private military and security
companies. The conference was organized in cooperation with the
Geneva Centre for the Democract Control of the Armed Forces, the
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human
Rights, and was supported by the Swiss Federal Department of
Foreign Affairs.
The American Bar
Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security has
announced
The 2009 National Security Writing
Competition, Redefining Liberty in the 21st
Century. It is open to all law students.
Deadline for submission is August 15, 2009. Winner will receive
a cash prize and a free registration to the 2009 National
Security Law Conference. Click
here for competition guidelines.
ALUMNI NEWS
Marie-Claude Francoeur (INSCT '08) was recently appointed by
Quebec's Premier and cabinet as Assistant Deputy Minister for
Policies and Treaties in the Ministry of International
Relations.
Major Edward Cox (INSCT ’08) had an op-ed published in the Times
Herald Record on the implications for rescinding DoD’s “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell Policy”. Click
here.
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