“Militarism: Political Economy, Security, Theory”
An international conference at the Centre for Global Political Economy, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex, 14-15 May 2009.
Conference Programme
DAY 1 – Thursday, 14 May 2009
13.15 – 13.30: Welcome, Room EDB 121
Iraklis Oikonomou and Anna Stavrianakis (Conference organisers, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex)
13.30 - 15.00: A1 Plenary Panel, Room EDB 121
THEORISING MILITARISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Chair: Anna Stavrianakis
- Thomas Reifer (University of San Diego, USA & Transnational Institute)
US Militarism & the “Myths of Empire” in the Longue Duree: From the Anglo-American Hegemonic Transition to the Rise & Demise of the New Deal World Order, late 19th to 21st Century
- Martin Shaw (University of Sussex)
21st Century Militarism: A historical-sociological framework for transformations of war-society-relations
15.00-15.30: Break
15.30 - 17.00: A2.1 Parallel Panel, Room EDB 317
STATE, SECURITY AND THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Chair: Iraklis Oikonomou
- Bryan Mabee (Queen Mary, University of London)
The United States as a National Security State: Crisis, Transformation and the Political Economy of Security
- Jocelyn Mawdsley (University of Newcastle)
The EU and Armaments: Towards a Military-Industrial Complex?
- Frank Sliper (Campagne tegen Wapenhandel & Transnational Institute)
The European Defence Agency at five
15.30 – 17.00: A2.2 Parallel Panel, Room EDB 309
MILITARISM IN ARAB-ISRAELI RELATIONS
Chair: Clemens Hoffmann
- Anne de Jong (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
The True Enemy: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance
- Yoav Peled (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
From Oslo to Gaza: The Remilitarization of the Israeli-Arab Conflict
- Yoram Peri (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Next Summer Syria will Launch a War": How the Media Create National Security Misconceptions
15.30 – 17.00: A2.3 Parallel Panel, Room RB 22
APPROACHES TO MILITARISM, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Jennifer Pedersen
- Spiridon Litsas (University of Macedonia, Greece)
Democratic Peace and Militarism in the 21st Century
- Naison Ngoma (Institute for Security Studies, South Africa)
Militarization and Militarism in Africa: A Driver or Hindrance of Socio-Economic and Political Stability?
- Nicola Short (York University, Canada)
Militarism and the Political Economy of Development: A Gramscian Reading
17.15 - 19.00: A3 Keynote speech, Room EDB 121
Introduction: Jan Selby
- James Der Derian (Brown University, USA)
The Scholar as Warrior: Culture as the Killer Variable of Counter-Insurgency
- Film viewing: Cultural Warriors
20.00: Conference Dinner, Brighton
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DAY 2 – Friday, 15 May 2009
09.30 - 11.00: B1.1 Parallel panel, Room EDB 309
CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF MILITARISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Chair: Stefan Elbe
- Daniel Neep (University of Exeter)
Conscription, Militarism and Authoritarianism in Contemporary Syria
- Ludmila du Bouchet (University of Cambridge)
Transnationalised militarisation in Yemen. Processes and paradoxes of an encounter in the 'Global War on Terror'
- Anna Stavrianakis (University of Sussex)
At Arms' Length? UK-Saudi arms deals, dependent state formation and hegemonic forms of militarisation
09.30-11.00: B1.2 Parallel panel, Room RB 12
CAPITALISM AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MILITARISM
Chair: Steffan Wyn Jones
- İsmet Akça (Yildiz Technical University, Turkey)
The articulation(s) and disarticulation(s) between militarism and capitalism in the age of neoliberalism: The case of Thurkey in the post-1980 period
- Peter Custers (University of Leiden, The Netherlands)
Military Keynesianism today – an innovative discourse
- Ayesha Siddiqa (Independent expert, Pakistan)
Expansion of the Security Sector: A Case study of Pakistan
11.00 - 11.30 Break
11.30 – 1315: B2.1 Parallel Panel, Room RB 12
THE MILITARISATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION?
Chair: Frank Slijper
- André Barrinha (University of Kent)
Justifying the European Defence Agency: from national security to global economy?
- Ben Hayes (Statewatch & Transnational Institute)
Full Spectrum Dominance: Corporate and Military Influences on EU Security Policy
-Iraklis Oikonomou (University of Sussex)
Kopernikus/GMES and the militarisation of EU space policy
11.30 – 13.15: B2.2 Parallel Panel, Room EDB 309
GENDERED MILITARISMS
Chair: Nicola Short
- Paul Higate (University of Bristol)
Militarizing the Everyday: Men, Masculinities, and the Private Security Company
- Yiannis Karakatsianis (University of Athens, Greece)
A local gender society of South Greece and its militarisation after World War II: Characteristics of violence in South Peloponnese
- Jennifer Pedersen (Aberystwyth University)
Raging against the (war) machine: the Raging Grannies in post-9/11 North America
13.15 - 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00: B3.1 Parallel Panel, Room EDB 309
SECURITY, CITIZENSHIP AND RESISTANCE
Chair: Anne de Jong
- Paul Amar (University of California, Santa Barbara & University of Bristol)
Operation Princess in Rio de Janeiro: Policing ‘Sex Trafficking’, Strengthening Worker Citizenship, and the Urban Geopolitics of Security in Brazil
- Victoria Basham (University of Bristol)
Biographies of Militarism, Mobility and Resistance: An Agenda for Research into the Negotiation of Identity and (In)security
- Evren Balta Paker (Yildiz University, Turkey)
Citizen Rebels, Citizen Militia: The Militarization of Internal Security Practices in Russia and Turkey
- Alison Howell (University of Manchester)
Militarism and the Governance of Soldiers’ Psyches: From Stoicism to Therapeutics
14.30 – 16.00: B3.2 Parallel Panel, Room RB 12
MILITARISM, CONFLICT AND CONTROL
Chair: Lauren Greenwood
- Aaron Edwards (Royal Military Academy)
Militarism, Ethnic Conflict and Terrorism: Drawing a Line Under the Past
- Stuart Gordon (Royal Military Academy)
Hearts and Minds: Soft Power, Civil Society and Changing Military Competences
- Björn Müller-Wille (Royal Military Academy)
Measuring of Effects (MoE) in Afghanistan
16.00 – 16.30: Break
16.30 – 17.45: B4 Plenary Roundtable, Room EDB 309
CONNECTING ACADEMICS, PRACTITIONERS AND ACTIVISTS
Chair: Kees van der Pijl
Opening remarks: Kate Hudson (Head, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament)
Other participants: Naison Ngoma; Yoav Peled; Ayesha Siddiqa
