)Subject: Soobshchenie dlya N. Khramova
Dear Mr Khramov,
Brian Phillips of Amnesty suggested I write to you. We are organising an international conference on society-military relations, and would like to invite you to participate. If you could offer to speak on a subject of relevance to the conference (e.g. on the activities of the ARA itself, or on broader issues of relations between civilian society and the military in Russia), we would be able to offer to pay for your return flight Moscow-London, as well as your conference fees and accommodation for the period 15-18 April 1999.
If you are interested in this possibility, please could you contact us as soon as possible to discuss the arrangements.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Steve Webber
Details of conference below:
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Centre for Russian and East European Studies & Institute for German Studies
International Conference
Sponsored by the University of Birmingham, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and UK Ministry of Defence
'Redefining Society-Military Relations from Vancouver to Vladivostok'
16-18 April 1999, Wasthills House, King's Norton, Birmingham
Provisional Programme as at 26 January 1999 (Times yet to be allocated to panels)
Round Table: 'Mapping the New Boundaries of Society-Military Relations' Professor Ian Clark (University of Wales, Aberystwyth) 'Globalization, the State and Security' Dr Terry Terriff (University of Birmingham) 'New Thinking on Security' Professor Martin Shaw (University of Sussex) 'The Post-military Citizen' Air Vice-Marshal (ret'd) Professor Tony Mason (University of Birmingham) 'Soldiers for the Millennium: from Mirror to Mercenary?'
Panel No.1 'Society, the Individual and Security'
Ferenc Molnar (National Defence University, Budapest, Hungary) 'Youth perspectives on security and the role of the military in Hungary' Claire Wallace / Christian Haerpfer (Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria) 'Mass public attitudes towards security, the military and national identity' Stefan Spangenburg (German Armed Forces Institute for Social Research, Strausberg) 'Young people's thinking on security in Germany' Hans Born (Royal Netherlands Military Academy, Breda) 'Conceptual and theoretical thinking about citizenship and security'
Panel No.2 'New Military Roles'
Professor Wilfried von Bredow (Phillips-University, Marburg, Germany) 'Deconstructing Clausewitz' Ms Marina Caparini (King's College London) 'Armed forces and threats to internal security: a new agenda for the post-cold war era?' Anna Bolin (National Defence College, Stockholm, Sweden) 'Civil-military relations in times of change - imagining the defence after next?'
Panel No.3 'Transformations in Society-Military Relations' 1
Mr Chris Donnelley (NATO) discussant Ms Agnieszka Gogolewska (King's College London) 'The changing nature of the military-society interface: Aspects of reform in Poland' Dr Stefan Sarvas (Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic, Prague) 'Transforming democratic control in the Czech Republic' Adam Kolodziejczyk (Poland) - tbc
Panel No.4 'Transformations in Society-Military Relations' 2
Hajo Giessmann (Inst. for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Marburg, Germany) 'The integration of the NVA in to Bundeswehr; questions of legitimacy' Vladimir Lukov (KIRA organisation, Moscow, Russia) 'Corruption and criminality among military and veteran's organisations in Russia: the need for a new political-military paradigm' Juergen Rose (German Air Force / Marshall Center for European Security, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany) 'Legitimacy and Conscription'
Panel No. 5 'The Society-Military Interface' 1
Professor Peter Feaver (Duke University, USA) 'What is the civil-military culture gap controversy in the US - and why does it matter?' Professor Umit Sakallioglu (Bilkent University, Turkey) 'Assuring democratic control in Turkey' Mr. Patrick Mileham (UK) tbc
Panel No. 6 'The Society-Military Interface' 2: Russian Case Study
Professor Elena Zdravomyslova (European University, St Petersburg, Russia) 'Campaigning against military service: Mothers against conscription in Russia' Capt. Joris van Bladel (Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium) 'Social problems among Russian conscripts' Dr Steve Webber (University of Birmingham) 'The military and social change in Russia' Mr Aleksandr Shaburkin (Nezavisimoe voennoe obozrenie - Independent Military Review, Moscow) Topic to be confirmed
Panel No.7 'Recruitment, Retention and Representation'
Professor Christopher Dandeker (King's College London) 'Representation of ethnic minorities in the armed forces
Professor Karl Haltiner (Switzerland) 'The end of the mass army?' Dr Marijke de Konink (Society and Armed Forces Foundation, Netherlands) 'Youth lifestyles and the armed forces' Dr Christopher Jessup (University of Bristol) 'The civilianisation of the British armed forces: The impact of spouses'
Other speakers and participants:
Professor Julian Cooper (University of Birmingham)
Professor Martin Edmonds (Lancaster University)
Ms Janet Gunn, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Professor William Paterson (University of Birmingham)
Mr Stephen Pollard, UK Ministry of Defence
Annick Wibben (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)
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Dr Steve Webber
Lecturer in International Security
Centre for Russian and East European Studies (CREES)
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom B15 2TT
Tel 0121-414 6357
Fax 0121-414 3423
e.mail S.L.Webber@bham.ac.uk
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