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 The Cluster Conflict, Rule of Law and Society of Bournemouth University (https://research.bournemouth.ac.uk/centre/conflict-rule-of-law-and-society/) would like to invite you to an international one- day symposium in February which will discuss the events in the Ukraine.

 This symposium discusses a new form of war, ‘Hybrid War’, under inclusion of aspects of ‘cyber-terrorism’ and ‘cyber – war’ before the backdrop of Russia’s ‘Ukrainian Spring’ and the continuing threat posed by radical Islamist groups in Africa and the Middle East.

It discusses the findings of an on-going Hybrid Threat project by the Swedish National Defence College. This interdisciplinary conference predicts that military doctrines, traditional approaches to war and peace and its perceptions will have to change in the future.

 Four panels will discuss the following issues (preliminary schedule):

Panel 1: History of the Russian Ukrainian Conflict

Panel 2: Operational Aspects

Panel 3: Legal Aspects

Panel 4: Transitional Justice

Panel 5:  Media in Conflict

Date of the conference:

February 25^th 2015

Place:

Executive Business Centre
Bournemouth University

Dorset
BH8 8EB
United Kingdom

We invite you to submit proposals (200 word abstract) to the organising board if you wish to present at sbachmann@bournemouth.ac.uk and mklinkner@bournemouth.ac.uk and/or to indicate if you are willing to chair a panel.  Deadline: 18 December 2014 for proposals