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The military and the civil population in peace missions: introducing a cultural approach in the armed forces’ operations abroad
Friday, Jul 2 2010
Madrid, Instituto Universitario “General Gutiérrez Mellado”In July 2009 CITpax organised a first workshop with the participation of experts in international affairs, security and defence, to analyse the importance of cross-cultural awareness in the resolution of international conflicts.The name of this first workshop was “The Military and the Civil Population in Peace Missions: Introducing a Cultural Approach in the Armed Forces’ Operations Abroad” and it was organized with the crucial support of the Spanish Institute of Strategic Studies (IEEE) and with the collaboration of the European Commi Read more...
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New security paradigms
Tuesday, Nov 17 2009
Madrid, Instituto Universitario “General Gutiérrez Mellado”CITpax have presented, on November 17th, the report “New Security Paradigms” at the Instituto Universitario “General Gutiérrez Mellado”. The “Research Group on Wider Security” – jointly coordinated by CITpax and the Spanish Institute of Strategic Studies – is responsible for this work. The report describes the evolution of the security concept to present and compares the national security strategies of Canada, France, United Kingdom and The Netherlands. It also analyses the different security models developed in the framework of the Un Read more...
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The military and the civil population in peace missions: introducing a cultural approach in the armed forces’ operations abroad
Wednesday, Jun 17 2009
Madrid, European Commission Delegation in SpainA group of experts in international relations, security and defence affairs, met at the European Commission Permanent Representation in Madrid, to analyse jointly the specific problems arising from the interaction between the militaries and the civilian staff in peacekeeping missions and the civilian population in conflict theatres. Thus the seminar explored how a cultural approach may be introduced or enhanced during the planning and implementation of peacekeeping missions.This exercise starts off from the evidence that ‘a bad relationship betwee Read more...
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