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KCIS 2024
War and Human Security in an Evolving World
Human security in today’s international environment is a complex and pressing issue. Human security goes beyond traditional notions of state security and encompasses the well-being, dignity, and rights of individuals. In a world marked by rapid geopolitical shifts, global challenges, and emerging threats, ensuring human security requires a multifaceted approach covering a range of issues.
KCIS 2023
The (UN)Changing Character of War
The aim of this conference is to identify and analyze the impacts of recent major shifts in the international security environment on the changing character of war, with a particular emphasis on the current flashpoints observed in the Indo Pacific, Central Europe, as well as the impact upon human security.
KCIS 2022
International Competition in the High North
Transformations underway in global politics are mirrored and concentrated in the Arctic.
For circumpolar countries, the security implications of international competition in the North are profound. KCIS 2022 proposes to explore these implications and how Canada, the United States and NATO allies can and should respond.
KCIS 2021
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY: The Military’s Role in the Pandemic & Future Crises
From 2020 to the present, national armed forces from all over the world have been called upon to support civilian authorities in the fight to defeat COVID-19. In addition to responding domestically, the military has also adapted the conduct of its operations abroad. As the vaccines continue to be rolled out (unevenly across regions), it is time to take stock of the pandemic from the perspective of Western armed forces.
The KCIS Promo Video
KINGSTON CONSORTIUM ON INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.
Our new video promoting the consortium, the conference and our partners, highlighting our strengths, our goals and ambitions for the future.
KCIS 2019
A CHANGING INTERNATIONAL ORDER.
This year’s theme, A Changing International Order? Implications for the Security Environment, examined indicators of change across three regions (Indo-Pacific, Europe, and the Americas), explored trends in an attempt to predict a transforming international order, and debated the security implications associated with that change
KCIS 2018
THE RETURN OF DETERRENCE.
This year’s theme, The Return of Deterrence: Testing Credibility and Capabilities in a New Era, re-introduced and re-booted concepts and understanding of deterrence, and outlined the challenges that face NATO in particular in attempting to practice deterrence in a threat environment that is very different to that of the Cold War.
KCIS 2017
DEVELOPING THE SUPER SOLDIER.
Looking to the future, senior military leaders and defense officials strive to develop ‘Super Soldiers’ understood as the enhancement of critical skills, from physical and cognitive abilities, to social, cultural and ethical understanding.
KCIS 2015
ROBOTICS AND MILITARY OPERATIONS
he 2015 Kingston Conference on International Security (KCIS) examined how robotics and autonomous systems that enhance soldier effectiveness may offer attractive investment opportunities for developing a more efficient force capable of operating effectively in the future environment.
