“Global Security Challenges.Implications for Canada and the International Community”

Call for Papers
5th Annual REGIS Graduate Student Conference
April 20th 2007
Montreal, Québec

The Research Group in International Security (REGIS) will hold its 5th annual graduate student conference April 20th 2007. REGIS is a collaborative undertaking between Université de Montréal and McGill University faculty specializing in International Relations, and is funded by the Canadian Department of National Defense’s Security and Defense Forum (SDF). We invite graduate students to submit proposals on security issues, defined in a broad sense. Here are a few topics of interest:

• Strategic Studies
• Military History
• Civil War
• Disarmament
• Security and Defense Policies
• Civil-Military Relations
• Peace Operations
• Weapons Proliferation

The primary goal of this colloquium is to allow graduate students to present their research, while fostering collaboration amongst students of participating North American institutions. Papers can be presented in both English and French.

Proposals should not exceed 200 words. Please include a short biography. Submit proposals at gersi@umontreal.ca. Address all questions and comments to Stefanie von Hlatky. Information about REGIS can be found at www.gersi.umontreal.