Exploring Asymmetric Warfare - 3 day forum The University of Adelaide Australia
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3 Day Forum
Adelaide, South Australia
Australia
1 - 3 October 2003

Program

*Subject to change
Forum Event Wednesday Thursday Friday
Start 8:45am

Opening by Prof James McWha, Vice Chancellor, The University of Adelaide

 

 

   

Session 1

9:00am - 10:30am

Dr John Bruni, Centre for Asian Studies, The University of Adelaide

The Four Types of Terror - Nationalist (Separatist); Religious (Apocalyptic); State-Sponsored (Strategic); Political (Left & Right Wing/Anarchist)

Ballistic Missile Proliferation

 

Dr Felix Patrikeeff , Department of Politics, The University of Adelaide & Dr John Bruni

Weak States, the Soft Underbelly?

Authoritarian States: supporting Evil to Fight a Greater Evil?

 

Mr Allan McDougall, State Emergency Services

The Crucial Interfaces - including Intelligence, Defence and Emergency
Services

Morning tea

Session 2

11:00am - 12:30pm

Mr Clive Williams, Director, Terrorism Studies, ANU

Macro Terrorism

 

 

Prof Carl Thayer, Australian Defence Force Academy

The Types of Terrorism & Asymmetric Confrontations in East Asia

Proliferation of WMD in East Asia

Colonel Andrew Smith, Director, Force Development Group, Land Warfare Development Centre

Homeland Security, the Australian, American, and British Experiences Thus Far

Lunch

Session 3 :

1:30pm - 3:30pm

Intelligence, Internal Security and Civil Liberties Panel

Chair Mr Clive Williams, Director, Terrorism Studies, ANU

Panel: Dr John Bruni, Centre for Australian Studies, The University of Adelaide, Cpt Remso Martinez, Defence Intelligence Training Centre, Stephen Kenny, Chairperson, Council of Civil Liberties (SA) and solicitor for David Hicks

Electronic Intelligence (Elint) vs. Human Intelligence (Humint): Getting the Right Balance

Political-Social Dynamics in a Multicultural Society

Protection of Civil Liberties during a War on Terrorism

 

Defence Panel

Chair Dr John Bruni

Panel: Mr Kevin Deane, Research Scientist, DSTO; Dr Niem Tri, Research Scientist, DSTO, Lt Col David Kilcullen, SO1 Force Projection, Directorate General of Future Land Warfare, Army Headquarters

Fighting an Unconventional War with Traditional Military Power

Information War - the Real or Imagined Threat Posed by Cyber-terrorism

Future War - the Promise of New Military Technological Solutions to Counter Asymmetric Threats

Developing Military Warfighting Concepts

Defence Capabilities to Counter Asymmetric Warfare

Irregular Warfare in Asia: Cultural Dimension of Asymmetry

Peace Panel

Chair Mr Adam Fitzpatrick, Director Seraphim Risk Management

Panel: Dr John Bruni, Dr Felix Patrikeff; Lt Col David Kilcullen

The inevitability of Negotiating with the Enemy: Legitimising the Illegitimate, or a Path to Lasting Peace?

The Problems of Negotiating Peace Amid Violence

 

Afternoon tea

Session 4

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Dr Brian Victoria, Centre for Asian Studies, The University of Adelaide, Archbishop John Hepworth, Arthur Saniotis, Department of Anthropology, The University of Adelaide& Mr David Olney, Department of Politics, The University of Adelaide.

Faith is Power: Religion as a 'Force Multiplier' in AW

Jihad and Just War Theory

The Role of Alienation in Motivating Sub-state Nihilistic Behaviour

Defence Panel continued

Dr Felix Patrikeeff

The Mythologising of Huntington's World View

 

Adam Fitzpatrick, Director Seraphim Risk Management

Civil Infrastructure and Corporate Security

 

Close     Closing by Dr John Bruni

Functions

7:00pm

 

Dinner

Guest speaker: Vice Admiral David Shackleton AO

Dinner