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2011/06/192011/06/20

Future of Multinational Intelligence & Operations

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steele smiling final — Robert David STEELE Vivas

I am just back from a phenomenal conference on UN Air Operations put together by Professor Walter Dorn and Major Bill March. The highlight of that event was Senator Romeo Dallaire, LtGen (Ret), author of Shake Hands with the Devil as well as the more recent They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children.

Here are my notes on points made by Senator Dallaire, followed by some additional personal views of my own with respect to the future of the UN, NATO, and regional organizations long overdue as stewards of their respective regions peace and prosperity.

+ Drawing on history we can project into the future (not in a linear fashion, but from an informed foundation). We need to do both, we cannot go on as we are with our short-term perspective.

+ We must achieve a communion of humanity in the larger context of the planet as a whole–this is a grand strategic vision in which nation-states are actually limiting elements.

+ National and regional planning must be integrated into a larger global planning and forecasting process; we must go global.

+ The will to intervene in important, and should be but is not, common sense. Refugees and displaced persons are vectors for disease and root sources of rage.

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2011/02/062011/06/20

Call for Papers 31 March UN Aerospace Power

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ON THE WINGS OF PEACE: AEROSPACE POWER IN UN OPERATIONS

Workshop, 15-16 June 2011, Trenton, Ontario

Aerospace power has always been an important element of UN peace operations. At first, aerospace power was limited to transport and basic observation, but the complexity of UN operations has increased the need for support from air and space-based assets. Mission requirements have expanded to include the provision of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and when required, the application of force. This workshop will explore the evolution of aerospace power in UN operations past, present, and future.

Individuals wishing to submit a paper for consideration should address it to one of the co-chairs listed below no later than 31 March 2011. Proposals should be at least 200 words in length and include a curriculum vitae (CV). This conference will take place on 15 and 16 June, 2011, at the Canadian Forces Base Trenton, CFAWC, 8 Wing, Trenton, Ontario, Canada.

Dr. Walter Dorn
Canadian Forces College
416-482-6800 x 6539
dorn@cfc.dnd.ca, http://walterdorn.org/events-and-activities

Major Bill March
Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre
613-392-2811 x 4656
william.march@forces.gc.ca ,

http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/CFAWC/AFHWS/AFHWS_2011_e.asp

2011/02/062011/06/20

Event: 15-16 June Ontario UN Aerospace Power

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ON THE WINGS OF PEACE:

AEROSPACE POWER IN UN OPERATIONS

Workshop, 15-16 June 2011, Trenton, Ontario

Dr. Walter Dorn
Canadian Forces College
416-482-6800 x 6539
dorn@cfc.dnd.ca, http://walterdorn.org/events-and-activities

Major Bill March
Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre
613-392-2811 x 4656
william.march@forces.gc.ca ,

http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/CFAWC/AFHWS/AFHWS_2011_e.asp

2010/11/282011/06/20

Reference (2): United Nations Intelligence in Haiti

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MajGen Eduardo ALDUNATE Herman, Chilean Army (Ret), served as the Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Force in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in the earliest rounds, and was instrumental in both sponsoring the Joint Military Intelligence Analysis Center (JMAC) concept in its first modern field implementation, but also in evaluating most critically both the lack of useful intelligence from allies relying on secret sources and methods that did not “penetrate” to achieve gangs and neighborhoods; and the astonishing “one size fits all” propensity of the allies to treat every “threat” as one that could be addressed by force.

His contributions are helpful in understanding the more recent failure of allied relief operations in Haiti that again assumed that the use of armed bodies would address the problem, without making provision for real-world ground truth intelligence (CAB 21 Peace Jumpers Plus) or intelligence-driven harmonization of non-governmental assistance (Reverse TIPFID).

Reference: Civil Military Operations Center (CMOC)

2003 PEACEKEEPING INTELLIGENCE: Emerging Concepts for the Future

Books: Intelligence for Peace (PKI Book Two) Finalizing

Reference: Intelligence-Led Peacekeeping

Review: International Peace Observations

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2010/07/242010/07/24

Who’s Who in Peace Intelligence: Walter Dorn

Alpha A-D, Peace Intelligence

Walter Dorn is an Associate Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada, a senior member of the external faculty of the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre and an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University. A physical scientist by training (Ph.D., Univ. of Toronto), he did graduate work on the detection of chemical weapons and on the technical verification of arms control treaties. After graduation, he was a Research Associate of the International Relations Programme of Trinity College (University of Toronto) and a consultant to Yale University (UN Studies).

He served with the UN in East Timor, in Ethiopia, and at UN headquarters as a Training Adviser with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. He currently teaches courses on peacekeeping and is writing a book titled “Global Watch” on the evolution of UN monitoring.

His new home page provides ready access to his publications, lectures, and longer biography. Professor Dorn is the de facto “dean” of peace intelligence scholars with deep field experience.

NEW:

Blue Sensors: Technology and Cooperative Monitoring for UN Peacekeeping

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2010/07/242011/06/20

Search: civil military operations center

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Although this search produces a number of relevant responses, it is helpful in flagging those below, most but not all added today.

2010 Reference: Walter Dorn on UN Intelligence in Haiti

2010 NATO Civil Military Co-Operation Centre of Excellence

2010 Wikipedia Civil Military Operations Center

2010 Glossary (not DoD) Civil Military Operations Center

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2010/07/212011/06/20

Review: International Peace Observations

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Seminal Work Cited by Dr. Walter Dorn

July 23, 2010

David Wainhouse

EDIT of 6 Sep 2010 to add comments on books once received.

I bought this book, a real bargain, at the suggestion of Dr. Walter Dorn, the “dean” of the peace intelligence scholars, who cites the book with great favor in his own forthcoming book, KEEPING WATCH: Monitoring and Technology in UN Peace Operations, which I am going through now in galley form.

Now that I am holding it in my hands, here are some comments.

1) Published in 1966, it is a phenomenal, an utterly superb, historical review of League of Nations, Latin American Union, and UN peace observation missions from 1920 to 1965. The book concludes with a major section on “Strengthening Peace Observations.”

2) Right away I decide to donate this book to the George Mason University library without marking it up, nor am I reading it, having seen enough to understand why Professor Dorn recommends it so highly as a historical reference work.

3) The book clearly needs a sequel, from 1966 to date, over 40 years of new conflicts and new peace missions, and I make mention of this hoping that someone reading this review will be inspired to take on the project with many collaborators.

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