CFP: Regional Organisations and Security

The Centre for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich invites the submission of paper abstracts for an international conference entitled ‘Regional Organisations and Security: Conceptions and Practices.’ The conference will be held in Zurich from 17-18, June 2011. This conference aims is to move beyond a simple outline of the institutional structures defining regional security landscapes, in order to explore the conceptions of, approaches to and practices of security adopted by ROs on their own terms. To this end, authors will be asked to examine a specific RO’s constructions and perceptions of security, as well as analysing how this understanding of security is enacted, in terms of the practices developed and policies implemented. Selected papers on individual ROs will be chosen by the conference organisers to form an edited volume, which aims to reach conclusions about whether we live in an increasingly globalised or regionally distinct world in terms of security perceptions and responses. Abstracts of no more than 500 words for papers analysing a particular RO should be sent to the conference organisers, Dr Stephen Aris (aris@sipo.gess.ethz.ch) and Professor Andreas Wenger by December 3, 2010. The extended call for papers may be downloaded here (PDF).