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The international Society for Military Sciences (IMS) was founded in October 2008. The Austrian National Defence Academy, The Royal Military College of Canada, the Royal Danish Defence College, The Finnish National Defence University, the Netherlands Defence Academy, the Norwegian Education Command, the Swedish National Defence College, and the Baltic Defence College established this society with the intention to further research and academic education in military arts and sciences in the broadest sense.

The purpose of this society is to build a strong network for the creation, development, exchange and diffusion of research and knowledge about war, conflict management and peace support efforts.

Establishing the ISMS

In the summer of 2007 employees of the Faculty of Military Sciences, Netherlands Defence Academy, started working on better international collaboration on institutional level. Canada, Sweden and Austria were the first military institutes and universities who were approached for collaboration. Soon four other Norwegian institutes joined in.

It soon became clear that military institutes all over the world were aspiring to expand their contacts. Mostly, because of the renewal of the military officer trainings, and the accreditation of the training and becoming a university-study.

The ISMS was established.

Letter of Intent

The stilted signing of the Letter of Intent was on October 22nd 2008 in Copenhagen. That day the adherents also decided to formally present the ISMS in November 2009 during its first annual international conference. The theme of this first conference was “Security in 2020 in a Multi-Polar World”.

Letter of Intent ISMS

1) The undersigned institutions of Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, and the Baltic Defence College (later referred to as the institutions) agree to establish a society intended to further research and academic education in military arts and sciences in the broadest sense. This association is titled International Society of Military Sciences (hereafter referred to as the Society).

2) The purpose of the Society is to build a network for the creation, development, exchange and diffusion of research and knowledge about war, conflict management and peace support efforts.

3) The Society will establish an annual conference, and one or more workshops per year. Activities include communications and publications to support a research network within topics such as: war studies; military history; military technology; command and control, leadership and basic competence; law and ethics; security and defence policy and strategy; armed forces and society; and defence economics and management. These are detailed in Annex A.

4) The representatives of the member institutions constitute the Council as the highest authority governing the Society. The Council elects a Board governing the Society. The purpose of the Board is to initiate and coordinate the activities of the Society. The institution hosting the annual conference provides the secretariat for the Society for the period of one year.

5) Society members commit themselves to organise and participate in various workshops, conference or working groups, with the understanding that they will endeavour to lead at least one working group or workshop and participate in at least two others. A tentative schedule of upcoming events is attached at Annex B.

6) The Society will be established for the four-year term in October 2008 upon signing of Letter of Intent by the institutions, and it is announced at the First Annual Conference.

7) The first Annual Conference will be held in November 2009. Invitations to participate in the Conference and to join the Society will be distributed widely. The Council will consider applications for new membership by compatible organizations annually. However, participation in conferences and workshops is welcomed at any time.

First Annual ISMS Conference

The first annual ISMS conference will formally present the ISMS to all its adherents. The theme of this conference will be “Security in 20202 in a Multi-Polar World”. During the conference, scientists and scholars will present and discuss their research on conflict and warfare, ranging from the present conflict in Afghanistan to intelligence, military technology and personnel management.

The two-day conference, which will be held on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th November, 2009, at the Naval Barracks in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, features researchers, operationally experienced military personnel and policy ma¬kers. Both days start with a plenary session, followed by multiple working group sessions and the opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with other researchers and participants.

Key note speakers will be Major-General (ret.) Patrick Cammaert, 2005-2007 Force Commander of the UN Mission to the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), Prof. Dr. Franz Kernic of the Swedish National Defence College and Dr. S.J.G. Reyn of the Policy Planning Staff, Dutch Ministry of Defence. Participation

Participation to the conference is free of charge and open to anyone interested. To attend the conference it is required to fill out a participation form on the website. Due to the limited number of seats, preliminary registration is required.

Benefits

The organisation enjoys several benefits by recording the collaboration of the ISMS, and making it accessible for as much academic (military) disciplines as possible:

• New academic research by employees of different institutes;
• Obtaining more (scientific) knowledge about war, conflict management en peace support efforts;
• Better education for all institutes involved, because of new scientific insights;
• More publication – and presentation opportunities for scientists in training and other employees of the involved institutes;

ISMS Fields of Research

The ISMS conference addresses the following fields of research;

• War Studies
• Military History
• Military technology
• Command and Control, Leadership and Basic Competence
• Law and Ethics
• Security and Defence, Policy and Strategy
• Armed Forces and Society
• Defence Management and Economics