..:: International Conference ::..
THE COMPLEX AND DYNAMIC NATURE OF THE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT
“CAROL I“ NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY
Centre for Defence and Security Strategic Studies
Bucharest, Romania, December 7- 8, 2017
SECTIONS OF THE CONFERENCE
SECTION I
STATE AND NONSTATE ACTORS IN 21ST CENTURY POWER RELATIONS
DESCRIPTION: geopolitical context; power relations; frozen conflicts; security organisations’ role in the 21st century international relations; security organizations and their revival; failed states; tension, crises, conflicts; political transition management in different regions of the world; nuclear disarmament and the spectrum of proliferation; role and implications of the use of private security companies in the context of interstate conflicts; diaspora and its role as an actor in supporting regional and global changes; terrorism and violent, illegitimate actions..
SECTION II
SECURITY TRANSFORMATION
DESCRIPTION: constancy and change in the international security environment; vulnerabilities, risks, threats; new issues in peacekeeping and peacebuilding; human security; transcultural security (east-west and north-south relations); energy security; food security; global climate change and international security implications; the economic factor and reconfiguration of the world's economy; urban armed violence; migration, demographic factor.
SECTION III
EVOLUTIONS IN STRATEGIC THEORY AND PRACTICE
DESCRIPTION: strategic action; strategic interactions; strategic competition; alternative strategies; strategic models; strategic concepts; military strategic thinking, strategic culture, areas of strategic interest.
SECTION IV
MODERNISATION OF MILITARY ORGANISATION
DESCRIPTION: dynamics of military organization transformation; combat power and its components; policy on development and sharing of military capabilities; military education; military career; armed forces reserve; military service on a voluntary basis.
SECTION V
CYBER CONFRONTATION
DESCRIPTION: the conceptual framework of cyber confrontation, roles and responsibilities of states and governmental international organizations; cyber security policies and strategies; cyber risks, threats and vulnerabilities; cyber deterrence, strategic and operational levels of cyber confrontation.
SECTION VI
ARMED FORCES AND SOCIETY
DESCRIPTION: military organization and society; civil-military relations and the change in the military system; the religious, ethnic and cultural factor; the attributions of the military profession; the history of military art; the relevance of military actions to the achievement of the national goals.