CFP: The Future of Statebuilding‏

Call for Papers: “The Future of Statebuilding: Ethics, Power and Responsibility in International Relations”
The Department of Politics and International Relations, University ofWestminster, in conjunction with the BISA working group ‘Sovereignty and itsDiscontents’ and the Taylor & Francis Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, are hosting a conference on “ The Future of Statebuilding;Ethics, Power and Responsibility in International Relations” on the 9 – 11October 2009. Theme In the post-Cold War era intra-state issues, from ethnic cleansing andunderdevelopment to terrorism and civil war, have dominated theinternational security agenda. The integration of the domestic and theinternational has led to calls for more direct and invasive internationalinvolvement in the internal affairs of states. This has been manifest in themarked increase in both UN-sanctioned and unilateral interventions andnumerous statebuilding operations. This conference seeks to interrogate thecontemporary currency of intervention and statebuilding and highlight thekey questions and challenges raised by recent practice. Keynote speakers Professor Alex Bellamy, University of QueenslandProfessor Simon Chesterman, New York University School of Law Professor Roland Paris, University of OttawaProfessor Oliver Richmond, University of St. Andrews Papers In particular we seek papers that broadly address the following issues; * “Aspiration and Practice”: How do we understand/explain the gapbetween the aims and achievements of statebuilding?* “Failed States: Rhetoric and Reality”: What is the true natureof the influence of failed states on contemporary international security? * “The Responsibility to Protect”: How has “R2P” changed the normsgoverning the use of force? Is this a progressive development?* “The Peacebuilding Commission”: What role can/should the UN playin intervention and statebuilding? * “The Future of Statebuilding After Iraq”: What will the legacyof the invasion and occupation of Iraq be? Submission instructions If you wish to present a paper, please email a 300 word proposal and a shortbiographical note to a.hehir@wmin.ac.uk by May 21st 2009. Organisers Professor David Chandler, University of WestminsterDr Philip Cunliffe, King’s College LondonDr Aidan Hehir, University of Westminster David Chandler, Professor of International Relations, Department of Politicsand International Relations, University of Westminster, 32-38 Wells Street,London, W1T 3UW. Editor, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding. Tel:++44 (0)776 525 3073 Email: D.Chandler@Westminster.ac.uk Personal webpages:http://www.wmin.ac.uk/sshl/page-63-smhp=1