2014 Annual SORA Conference: Call for Papers
2014 Annual SORA Conference: Call for Papers
The Special Operations Research Association is pleased to announce the 2014 SORA conference, Special Operations and Strategic Implications, 24-25 October 2014, at Fort Leavenworth, KS. Our keynote speaker will be Linda Robinson, RAND Senior International Policy Analyst and author of One Hundred Victories: Special Ops and the Future of American Warfare.
This year’s conference has the theme of Special Operations and Strategic Implications, and proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables on issues surrounding this theme are encouraged.
Potential topics include:
• National Strategy Implications of Special Operations
• Unconventional Warfare and International Relations
• Special Operations and Non-State Actors
• Special Operations and International Diplomacy
• Comparative Perspectives on Special Operations Policies and Capabilities
• Diffusion, Transformation, and Future Trends in Special Operations
• Special Operations as a Foreign Policy Tool
• Special Operations and Coercive Diplomacy
For more information, and to see the complete call for papers, please visit the website: http://www.specopsjournal.org/conference.html