Related Events,
Documents & Resources
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Starting the Fall semester of 2009, the U.S. Army War College will include
a seminar in
their Core
Curriculum on Failed States. This course will look at fragile states and
the problem of ungoverned spaces, humanitarian intervention and genocide.
From there, the class will evaluate the ways in which cases of internal
violence, regional conflict and
urgent humanitarian necessity impact upon U.S. interests, and to define
courses of action for reacting to such contingencies. The Rwandan Genocide will
be used as the case study for the seminar.
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PKSOI have a series of international engagement meetings to brief MARO
in November 2009. They will participate in the International Association of Peacekeeping Training
Centres annual meeting, and attend meetings
at the Asia Pacific
Civil-Military Centre of Excellence as well as take part in the inaugural
Civil-Military
Interaction Seminar. The purpose of the Seminar is to enhance understanding of
civil-military relationships and effectiveness in conflicts and disasters.
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Col. Clint Hinote: Campaigning
to Protect: Using Military Force to Stop Genocide and Mass
Atrocities. April 2008.
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Professor Douglas Peifer. "Genocide and Airpower". Strategic Studies
Quarterly, Vol. 2, no. 2, Summer 2008.
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Panel Discussion: “Preventing
Genocide: A Blueprint for U.S. Policy Makers”
Tuesday, June 30, 2009,
7:00 p.m. Boston Public Library, Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street,
Boston, MA.
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November 6, 2009: Pledge2Protect Conference, Washington D.C.
Project Director Sally Chin participated in panel discussions at
the Pledge2Protect conference, organized by the
Genocide Intervention Network, in partnership with Save Darfur and the Enough
Project . The conference was designed to educate, empower, and highlight the
work of activists who are driving the movement to prevent and stop genocide
and mass atrocities. Over 800 advocates convened to learn organizational
and advocacy skills and receive in-depth education on conflicts of concern.
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October 19, 2009: MARO Brown Bag Seminar, Harvard Kennedy
School. MARO Project Founder,
Faculty Director Sarah Sewall, along with
Project Director Sally Chin, COL William Flavin (ret.), Chief of Doctrine,
Concepts, Education and Training Division, Peace Keeping and Stability
Operations Institute and COL Dwight Raymond (ret.), the PKSOI MARO
Representative, discuss the unique issues involved in military
planning for a mass atrocity response operation.
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September 21-24, 2009: The MARO Project participated and provided support to
the Henry L. Stimson
Center's workshop on military options to halt mass atrocities. Through a
series of interactive wargame-like scenarios, the workshop identified key
insights that could improve operational planning, training and execution of
military operations mandated to protect civilians. Participants included a wide
spectrum of former UN Peacekeeping Force Commanders, as well as military and
civilian staff from the UN, ECOWAS, NATO, US, UK,
and representatives of international organizations focused on peace keeping and
civilian protection issues. During the workshop, Sarah Sewall outlined the changing
role of civilians in conflict at the opening plenary, as well as presented the MARO
concept during a session on international efforts to close the operational
gap on halting mass atrocities.
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