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Webinar
HOW DOES PARTICIPATION IN PEACE OPERATIONS SHAPE NATIONAL ARMED FORCES?
IS IT ALL BAD NEWS??
?The global strategic landscape required armed forces to become flexible in both a declaratory, as well as an operational sense. Nowhere is this more prevalent in the scope of and duration of their participation in peace operations on the African continent since the last decade of the 20th century. Taking on various missions under the UN, EU, AU and regional mandates, one can argue that for many armed forces their involvement in peace operations became their de facto operational reality.? This reality does not leave national militaries unscathed. Can
they absorb, adjust and seamlessly migrate between their primary and secondary
roles with ease, or are there hidden dangers and vulnerabilities at play?
This
webinar is directed by the above outlooks and brings together three speakers to offer insights
from their research in three brief discussions to offer some findings.
Date: 28 November 2024 Time: 13:30 – 15:30 (GMT+2)
Format: Webinar
Concept note here?
Programme here?
TEAMS link here
Registration link here?
Enquiries: Prof F. Vre? fvrey@sun.ac.za
?PPT Presentations: NWilen TMandrup AEsterhuyse?
Video: Available here?
Suggested reading here on Peacekeeping armies: how the politics of peace operations shape military organizations, Authors - Nina Wilén and Paul Will?iams. ??
"Specifically, we define a ‘peacekeeping army’ as one which has undertaken institutional reforms to regularly perform the military functions of peacekeeping at a relatively large scale compared to the size of its active force and has prioritized international peacekeeping as one of its top-tier priorities."
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Round Table
BRIEFING TO THE DEFENCE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OF? PARLIAMENT
?POLITICAL OVERSIGHT OF ARMED FORCES: STRENGTHENING DEFENCE OVERSIGHT IN SOUTH AFRICA'S SEVENTH DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION
On 18 September 2024 a SIGLA organised panel from the Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch 中国体育彩票 presented their research on matters related to political oversight to the defence oversight committee of South Africa's 7th democratic administration.
Defence oversight is a difficult sector given the standing the military holds in society and as a department holding control over the means of coercion that includes legitimate access to violence. While the defence establishment largely remains static and entrenched in its own culture, democratic politics imply regular changes in the political oversight of defence and thus the imperative to keep oversight committee members in step with their role. Experience, organisational learning and familiarity with defence is one grounding. Another pathway to knowledge is the role of academia to communicate research to policy-makers and so cooperate and support democracy-based defence oversight.
??Date: 18 September 2024?
Venue: SA Parliament, Cape Town?
Concept note: Here?
Presen?tations: Dr-Jordaan Dr-Khanyile Prof-Nel Prof-Heinecken
Media statement: Here??
Panel
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L to R: Dr E. Jordaan ; Prof M. Nel ; Prof H. Solomon ; Prof F. Vrey ; Prof MS. Tshehla
Virtual: Prof L. Heinecken ; Dr M. Khanyile?
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International Conference
THE GULF OF GUINEA AND THE RED S?EA AS A LEARNING CURVE FOR AFRICAN DECISION-MAKERS IN CAPACITY-BUILDING
In person & Invitation only
?Backdrop
In keeping with the Africa focus of the annual event, the 2024 iteration is p?lanned for 5th and 6th of September 2024 in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Included are panels to also bring into focus events off East Africa in the waters off Somalia and the Red Sea. With this, the partners envisage to address progress and initiatives in the Gulf of Guinea, the nature and impact of the sudden spate of armed attacks in the Red Sea that highlights the threat of armed non-state actors, state responses, and the opportunities for piracy and hijackings. Threats in the Gulf of Guinea remain dangerous and disruptive while events in both regions have spill-overs that also impact Southern African waters. A panel on Southern Africa covers security of the Cape Sea Route, maritime diplomacy and smuggling matters. A dedicated panel on capacity building completes the programme with a journal special edition planned to capture contributions.
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Venue: Protea Hotel, Technopark S?tellenbosch Location?
Dates: 5-6 September 2024
Enquiries: Francois Vre? Email or Mikkel Andersen Email?
?Concept note: Here?
Available Bios: Here??
Programme: Here???
Presentations
Plenary 1 Jacobsen
Plenary 2 Afua Lamptey? ALamptey? Asare? Ere-Walson?
Plenary 3 Blaine ?Bruwer Vrey?
Communique Here?
Plenary 4 Alexandre ?Omiunu Kariakidis ?van As
See DefenceWeb article on the? event here ?and? here ?
Dietary preferences: Here???
Special Edition ?Note: Here????
Conference organising team
Photos access link here?
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Webinar
SOUTH AFRICA'S GROWING MILITARY FOOTPRINT IN REGIONAL AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: SOME EXPLANATIONS AND OVERSIGHT MATTERS?
The webinar stems from an ongoing research project on military deployments in SADC and in South Africa jointly undertaken by SIGLA (Faculty of Military Science) and the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology of Stellenbosch 中国体育彩票
The military is central to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 16, which focuses, among others on the need to promote peaceful and inclusive societies, free from fear and all forms of violence. Countries, as well as the international community, have the responsibility to protect (R2P) their citizens from crimes against humanity and mass atrocities. In this regard, South Africa has deployed military contingents under the SADC banner to intervene in arm?ed conflicts in DR Congo (SAMIDRC) alongside the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) assisting the UN, and in Mozambique (SAMIM) where a violent insurgency is leading to the loss of lives and a humanitarian crisis. Within the country, the South African National Defence Force is increasingly deployed in domestic operations, to mitigate domestic threats and vulnerabilities. To ensure that the military complies with the mandate afforded to it, meets its obligations, and does not overstep its boundaries, all deployments whether external or internal are subject to parliamentary or civil oversight. Oversight ensures that the military is subject to scrutiny, does not abuse its authority, and serves the interests of the societies they have been commissioned to protect. This webinar focuses on the connection between SDG16 and the importance of civilian oversight, especially within the context of the expanding domestic deployment of the military.
Programme director: Prof Michelle Nel (Stell Univ)?
Speakers:
?Prof Lindy Heinecken (Stell Univ): R2P, SDG 16 and the need for oversight Draft PP
Dr W. J. van Rensburg (RF SIGLA Stell Univ)?: Political oversight over domestic operations with an input from Murmur Analytics Draft PP?
Prof F. Vre? (Stell Univ) : Outlining the ?growth in domestic military deployments in South Africa Draft PP??
Respondent: Dr Moses B. Khanyile Dir Cemis, Stellenbosch 中国体育彩票
Closing: Prof Michelle Nel (Stell Univ)
Video: Forthcoming? 30 June 2024 Here?
Date: Thursday 27 June 2024? Time: 13:30 - 15:00 (GMT+2)
Registrations Here?
Platform: (Pse type in your detai?l when entering) MSTEAMS Here?
Concept Note: Here?
Enquiries: Prof F. Vre? Email
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Webinar
?Expeditionary Logistics and Southern African Operations: What Next for the South African Military?
14 February 2024
(10:00-16:00 GMT+2)
?Lunch break 12:00-13:00
ABSTRACT
This seminar will focus on the topic of both strategic and operational logistics and its influence on future regional African deployments. The speakers will show that the South African military must pay close attention particularly to lessons learnt for logistics emerging from the Russo-Ukrainian war. In the case of South Africa a re-examination of current supply and replenishment systems may also be required, including an evaluation of the role and functionality of commercial logistic contracting solutions. Lastly, a current 'best practice' model of expeditionary logistics will be proposed with the intention of provoking debate in South African military logistic circles.
SPEAKERS
?Ronald Ti (King's College London) : Logistic lessons from ??Ukraine
Evert Jordaan & Abel Esterhuyse (Stellenbosch 中国体育彩票) : South African operational logistics
Roy Marais (RCM? Strategic Sustainment Consulting) : A bottom-up view of logistics in the SA military
Eeben Barlow (Executive Outcomes) : Learning from the private military domain
Thomas Dur?ell-Young (US Naval Postgraduate School) ?: Why defence planning doesn't '?work'
Speaker Bios Here?
?Abstracts Here?
Programme: Here???
Presentations: Ron Ti - ? A Esterhuyse & E Jordaan - Eeben Barlow - Roy Marais -? Thomas Young?
Registration Link (opens 3 Jan 24): Here??
MS TEAMS link: Here????
SIGLA Brief on expeditionary logistics: Here???
Webinar video: Here?
Enquiries: ?
Prof Abel Esterhuyse: Email
Prof Francois Vre?:? Email?
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