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Updated: Sep 30, 2009

Insecurity and Durable Disorder:
Challenges to the State in an Age of Anxiety

ISSS/ISAC Annual Conference 2009

Hyatt Regency Monterey Resort and Spa
Monterey, California

International Security Studies Section (ISSS) of the International Studies Association

International Security and Arms Control Section (ISAC) of the American Political Science Association

The conference is sponsored by:

The Naval Postgraduate School
(www.nps.edu)

Monterey Institute of International Studies
(www.miis.edu)

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
(cns.miis.edu)

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The 2009 annual conference of the International Security Studies Section of ISA and the International Security and Arms Control Section of APSA will be held at the Hyatt Regency Monterey in beautiful Monterey, California, from October 15 to October 17, 2009.

The theme of the conference is Insecurity and durable disorder. The structural sources of global insecurity have sparked a contentious debate in the disciplines of IR theory and security studies. A growing body of literature asserts that global insecurity will flow from a series of system drivers that constitute a new series of friction points in the international system. How is the state to respond to the unfolding environment? We invite you to the annual ISAC/ISSS conference to explore the foreign and security policy issues that will confront the international community over the next quarter century. This year’s conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Resort and Spa in Monterey, California, from October 15 to 17, 2009. We welcome the submission of papers and panels that address the following areas:

• Proliferation of conventional and unconventional weapons and their technologies
• The impact of food shortages and water security on international peace and security
• The role of global population demographics on the structure of the international system
• The impact that environmental stresses from climate change will have on regional security and stability
• The prospect that developing states will consider militarizing their pursuit of energy security, potentially leading to renewed conflict between developed states
• The ability of state-based institutions to successfully respond to changes in the strategic environment
• The nature of warfare in the unfolding environment

Proposals for panels and papers on other topics are also invited, and early submissions are especially welcome. This conference is an excellent opportunity for graduate students to present papers and organize panels, and the best student paper presented at the conference will be considered for the annual ISSS Best Graduate Paper Award. In addition, Ph.D. students interested in submitting their dissertations for the annual ISAC dissertation award will find this conference a useful venue for presenting and getting feedback on their research.

Proposals should be sent to the conference program chairs:

James A. Russell, Co-Director Ctr for Contemporary Conflict Naval Postgraduate School jarussel@nps.edu

Erik J. Dahl, Assistant Prof. National Security Affairs Dept Naval Postgraduate School ejdahl@nps.edu

Co-sponsors are welcome! If you or your organization would like to help sponsor this conference and be acknowledged in further announcements and on the website, please contact the organizers (listed above) at the Naval Postgraduate School. A co-sponsor could help pay for one of the conference receptions, or help defray costs in other ways. Payments, which could be $500, $1,000, or more, will be paid directly to the ISA; Jeanne White is the POC at ISA (jeanne@email.arizona.edu).

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July 31, 2009

Paper and panel proposals due (regular deadline to ensure placement)

August 31

Early registration deadline (last day for the early registration fee of $200)

September 4

Final deadline for panel and paper proposals

September 23

Last date for guaranteed hotel reservations

Thursday, Oct 15

6:00pm-8:00pm Conference registration and welcome reception

Friday, October 16

7:00am-8:00am Continental breakfast

8:00am-11:45am Conference sessions

12:00-1:45pm Lunch

2:00pm-5:00pm Conference sessions

6:00pm-7:00pm Reception

7:00pm-9:30pm Dinner

Saturday, October 17

7:00am-8:15am Continental breakfast

8:30am-12:00 noon Conference sessions

12:00pm-2:00pm Lunch

2:00 pm Conference ends