Fort Leavenworth
Ethics Symposium
An intellectual forum co-sponsored by the
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the
CGSC Foundation, Inc.
The Ethics of
Humanitarian
Military Operations
and Intervention
Lewis and Clark Center and the
Frontier Conference Center
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
April 19-21, 2016
CGSC Foundation support for this symposium was made
possible by a generous grant from the Perot Foundation.
Welcome
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he U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the Command and General Staff College Foundation
are pleased to welcome you to the 7th annual Ethics Symposium. We are glad you could join us for this
important event here at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Our 2016 theme is:
The Ethics of Humanitarian Military Operations and Intervention
Our goal for the week is to develop dialogue between military and other professions as we consider this topic’s
impact on military service to our great nation. This year’s symposium will explore the humanitarian, political,
legal and military aspects of getting involved in humanitarian military operations and intervention. With recent
deployments to Liberia, Haiti and many others, this discussion is well timed. The 2015 National Security Strategy
states,
“Our military is postured globally to protect our citizens and interests, preserve regional stability, render
humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and build the capacity of our partners to join with us in meeting
security challenges. . . We will work vigorously both within the U.N. and other multilateral institutions, and
with member states, to strengthen and modernize capacities—from peacekeeping to humanitarian relief—
so they endure to provide protection, stability, and support for future generations.”
The National Security Strategy has provided for the development of an Interagency Atrocities Prevention
Board and several key documents such as “MARO – Mass Atrocities Response Operations: A Military Planning
Handbook” (2011) and “Mass Atrocity Prevention and Response Options (MAPRO): A Policy Planning Handbook”
(2012). This year’s symposium will continue to explore the use of the U.S. military in these kinds of operations.
In addition to some great paper presentations, speakers this year will include:
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Dr. Dan Bell, the General Hugh Shelton Distinguished Visiting Professor of Ethics for the
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.
Dr. Jim Waller, the Cohen Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State
College (NH).
Jennifer Ciardelli, the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Civic
and Defense Initiatives.
Yvette K. W. Bourcicot, the Senior Advisor for International Humanitarian Policy in the
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability and Humanitarian Affairs.
Col. (Ret.) Dwight Raymond, a Peace Operations Specialist at the Peacekeeping and
Stability Operations Institute at the U.S. Army War College.
Mike Newton, Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University.
Lt. Col. John Reiffenstein, Combined Arms Center – Canadian Liaison Officer.
Col. Nicolas Auboin, Combined Arms Center – French Liaison Officer.
Sean Langberg, policy assistant for the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide.
Maj. Ruki Karusisi, International Military Student Detachment, Rwanda, CGSC Class 2016.
Welcome to Fort Leavenworth and thank you for your contribution to this year’s discussion.
Agenda
Please note April 19 we will be at the Lewis and Clark Center;
April 20-21 we will be at the Frontier Conference Center.
Tuesday, April 19
0730Registration (Lewis & Clark Center – Atrium)
Coffee & Danish; Registration
0830
Symposium Opening Remarks; Keynote Speaker & Wrap Around
(Lewis & Clark Center – Eisenhower Auditorium)
Brig. Gen. John Kem, CGSC Deputy Commandant; Keynote – Dr. Jim Waller
1100Welcome Remarks (Lewis & Clark Center – Marshall Auditorium)
Dr. Daniel M. Bell, Jr. – General Hugh Shelton Distinguished Visiting Professor of Ethics
1200Lunch
1330-1530
Panel Discussion (Lewis & Clark Center – Marshall Auditorium)
Dr. Waller, Yvette Bourcicot, Dwight Raymong, Mike Newton
1600Reception (Lewis & Clark Center – Atrium)
Wednesday, April 20
0800-0900 Coffee and Danish - Confirm/Sign Up for Breakout Sessions
(Frontier Conference Center – Mezzanine)
0900-1130
Special Presentations: “Representing the Profession”
(Frontier Conference Center – Ballroom A/B/C)
Lt. Col. John Reiffenstein – Canadian Liaison Officer
Col. Nicolas Auboin - French Liaison Officer
Sean Langberg – ISIS in Iraq
Maj. Ruki Karusisi – CGSC International Student – Rwanda
1130-1300
Lunch
1300-1625 Breakout Sessions (Frontier Conference Center)
(See breakout schedule- pg 6-7)
1630-1730
No Host Social
Thursday, April 21
0830-0915 Coffee and Danish - Confirm/Sign Up for Breakout Sessions
(Frontier Conference Center – Mezzanine)
0915-1050 Breakout Sessions (Frontier Conference Center)
(See breakout schedule)
1100-1300
Lunch & Closing Presentation (Frontier Conference Center – Ballroom B)
Joyce Hess, Midwest Center for Holocaust and Genocide
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General Hugh Shelton Chair
Daniel M. Bell, Jr., Ph.D.
The Rev. Dr. Daniel M. Bell, Jr., is the General Hugh Shelton Distinguished Visiting
Professor of Ethics for the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, a position
sponsored by the CGSC Foundation and made possible by a grant from the Perot Foundation.
Dr. Bell is also Professor of Theology and Ethics at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
in Columbia, South Carolina. He is an ordained Elder in The United Methodist Church. A graduate
of Stetson University in Florida, he earned the Master of Divinity degree from Duke Divinity
School and a Ph.D. (in theology and ethics) from Duke University where he worked with Dr.
Stanley Hauerwas. He has authored several books, including Liberation Theology After the End
of History (Routledge, 2001) Just War as Christian Discipleship (Brazos, 2009), and Economies of
Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World (Baker Academic, 2012).
Dr. Bell is a popular speaker at colleges and universities, campus ministries, and churches on topics such as war
and peace, the moral life, stewardship, and mission of the church today. He has presented papers before distinguished
organizations such as the Latin American Studies Association International Congress, the American Academy of Religion,
the Society of Christian Ethics, and the Irish School of Ecumenics. His work has appeared in various journals including
Christianity Today, The Christian Century, Modern Theology, Journal for Peace and Justice Studies, Communio, CrossCurrents, and Studies in Christians Ethics. A gifted scholar and an enthusiastic teacher, Dr. Bell is active in Habitat for Humanity and prison ministry, has led study
seminars to Mexico, and regularly takes students on cross cultural immersion trips to Honduras. His personal interests
include travel, reading novels, weightlifting, and volunteer work. At Southern Seminary Dr. Bell’s principal teaching
responsibilities are in the area of theology and ethics. He also serves as the Director of Methodist Studies.
Prior to joining the Southern Seminary faculty in 2000, Dr. Bell taught at Monmouth College, Truman State University
and Meredith College.
This is Dr. Bell’s last Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium as the Chair.
The College and the Foundation thank him for his service and his lasting
impact on the students and faculty.
A Note for Attendees
In order to foster thought and discussion, as well as get your feedback on the presentations and
topics covered, we invite you to participate on our Ethics Blog. We’ll post two or three questions
on the Ethics Blog each day of the symposium. Visit the ethics blog at:
http://www.cgscfoundation.org/category/ethics-blog/
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Breakout Sessions
Wednesday, April 20
Presenter
Title
Early Afternoon – 1300-1435
Ballroom A
Michael Andregg
Why Fight
Rhonda Quillin
Ethical Impacts of the Shifting Human Environment in Warfare
Ballroom B
Brett Lancaster
Understanding Genocidal Tendencies within Different Cultures
Michael Growden
Do Humanitarian Interventions Generate Postwar Obligations?
Ballroom C
Daryl Charles
The Ethics of HI and the JWT
Shelley Farmer
Taking a Stand - Unilateral Action of the U.S. in MARO
BREAK - 1435-1450
Late Afternoon – 1450-1625
Ballroom A
Kathryn Gillum
Evaluation of the Current Risk Assessment Models for Genocide and Mass Atrocity
Kathleen Dougherty
Responding to Sexual Violence in Conflict
Ballroom B
Scott Porter
Hybrid Warfare and Humanitarian Operations update
Aimee Bateman &
Shawn Cupp
Value of Human life Ethics
Ballroom C
Shawn Cupp &
William Knight
Humanitarian Authority to Change Governments
John Breen
The Ethics of Intellegence Gathering
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Thursday, April 21
Presenter
Title
Morning – 0915-1050
Ballroom A
Richard Ledet
Exploring the Ethical Pitfalls of Female Engagement Operations
Stephanie Crawford
Ethical Challenges of Framing Bias in Force Inetgration
Ballroom C
David Cotter
Moral Injury in Perpetrators
Lt. Col. Philip Ginder
Use of Biomedical Ethics Principles as Part of Humanitarian Operations Planning Criteria
Hearth Room
Jack Kem
The Use of the Ethical Triangle in the Ethical Decision Making Process
Thomas Gibbons
A Metric for Military Ethics Instruction
BREAK - 1050-1100
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Speaker Biographies
Listed in program order
James E. Waller, Ph.D.
Dr. James Waller is the Cohen Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State
College (NH). Keene State College is home to the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide
Studies, one of the nation’s oldest Holocaust resource centers, and also offers the only undergraduate
major in Holocaust and Genocide Studies in the United States.
Waller is a widely-recognized scholar in the field of Holocaust and genocide studies and, in
addition to holding visiting professorships at the Technical University in Berlin (1990) and the
Catholic University in Eichstatt, Germany (1992), has been an invited participant in international
seminars hosted by the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust Studies at the University of Leicester
in England (2006); the Institute of Sociology at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland
(2007 and 2008); the Bundeszentrale fur politische Bildung in Berlin, Germany (2009); the VU
University Amsterdam in the Netherlands (2009); the University of Alberta in Canada (2010); and
the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London (2011).
Waller has been awarded summer fellowships by, and been a teaching fellow with, the Holocaust Educational Foundation
at Northwestern University (1996 and 2007-2012) and at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. (1999, 2003, and 2005). His fieldwork has included research in Germany, Israel,
Northern Ireland, the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Argentina, Chile, and Guatemala.
In the policymaking arena, Waller is also regularly involved, in his role as Director of Academic Programs with the
Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), as the curriculum developer and lead instructor for the Raphael
Lemkin Seminars for Genocide Prevention.
Jennifer A. Ciardelli
Jennifer Ciardelli is the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Civic
and Defense Initiatives. In this capacity, Jennifer develops and facilitates educational programs
designed for military and government professionals.
Approaches to examining the Holocaust include considerations of leadership, decision-making,
and genocide prevention. This work occurs for both U.S. and foreign military personnel through
partnerships with institutions such as the U.S. Naval Academy, the Army’s Command and General
Staff College, and the National Defense University. Jennifer has presented in both national and
international settings, including the U.S. Southern Command, UNESCO headquarters in France,
and the Auschwitz Memorial Museum in Poland.
Jennifer is involved in Museum-wide initiatives including resource creation, internationaloutreach, digital projects, and strategic planning. Jennifer has written articles about the Museum’s adult professional
development and leadership programming. Jennifer comes to the Museum with degrees in History and English and a
Master’s degree in Education. Previous work experiences included teaching high school as well as graduate education
workshops on topics including the Holocaust and genocide studies, European history, critical thinking, teaching about
controversial issues, and curriculum design.
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Yvette Bourcicot
Yvette K. W. Bourcicot is the Senior Advisor for International Humanitarian Policy in the
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability and Humanitarian Affairs. In
that role, Ms. Bourcicot provides advice to the Atrocities Prevention Board, an interagency body
mandated to coordinate a whole-of-government approach to addressing the risk of mass atrocities
and genocide abroad. In addition, she develops and coordinates policy regarding certain weapons
systems, including cluster munitions, landmines, and lethal autonomous weapons systems.
Ms. Bourcicot is a medically retired Air Force JAG. She holds a J.D. from Georgetown
University Law Center as well as an A.B. in English Literature from Princeton University.
Dwight Raymond
Colonel (Retired) Dwight Raymond is a Peace Operations Specialist at the Peacekeeping and
Stability Operations Institute at the U.S. Army War College, where he also teaches a course on
Humanitarian Intervention.
His military awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, and
Airborne, Ranger, and Pathfinder qualification badges. Dwight is a graduate of the United States
Military Academy and has advanced degrees from the University of Maryland School of Public
Policy, the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies, and the U.S. Army War College.
Raymond is one of the primary authors of the Mass Atrocity Response Operations (MARO)
Military Planning Handbook, the Mass Atrocity Prevention and Response Options (MAPRO)
Policy Planning Handbook, and the Protection of Civilians Military Reference Guide. He is also
the primary author of several military doctrinal publications regarding peace and stability operations, including a U.S. Army
manual on the Protection of Civilians.
Michael A. Newton
Mike Newton came to Vanderbilt after serving in the Department of Law, United States
Military Academy. Professor Newton helped negotiate the Elements of Crimes document for the
International Criminal Court as part of the U.S. delegation, and coordinated the interface between
the FBI and the ICTY while deploying into Kosovo to do the forensics fieldwork to support the
Milosevic indictment.
Professor Newton served in the Office of War Crimes Issues, U.S. Department of State during
both the Clinton and Bush Administrations. As the Senior Advisor to the United States Ambassadorat-Large for War Crimes Issues, he shaped a wide range of policies related to the law of armed
conflict, including U.S. support to accountability mechanisms worldwide. He was the U.S. representative on the U.N. Planning Mission for the Sierra Leone Special
Court and currently serves on the Advisory Board of the ABA International Criminal Court Project. After helping establish
the Iraqi High Tribunal, he served as International Law Advisor to the Judicial Chambers from 2006 to 2008.
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Speaker Biographies (cont’d)
Lieutenant-Colonel John Reiffenstein
From 1996 to 2000 Lieutenant-Colonel Reiffenstein was a staff officer with the 1st Canadian
Division Headquarters in Kingston, deploying with the headquarters to Uganda and Rwanda for
Operation Assurance, as well as to the Manitoba flood in 1997. In 1997-98 he also deployed to
Bosnia, serving in a British Division Headquarters with NATO’s Stabilization Force. He returned to
Winnipeg and the 2nd Battalion in 2000 and deployed with the battalion to Bosnia that fall. In 2001,
he was sent to Shilo, Manitoba, to coordinate the move of the battalion from Winnipeg to Shilo.
He did that job until 2004, with an interruption to serve as the Deputy Commanding Officer of the
Battlegroup in Bosnia in 2003. In 2004 he took command of C Company of the 2nd Battalion.
He was posted to the Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College in Kingston in 2005,
where he worked as part of the Distributed Learning Directing Staff, coordinated formation training
for the Canadian Headquarters deploying to Afghanistan, and was an assistant coach with the Varsity Rugby Team at the
Royal Military College.
In 2009, following completion of the Joint Command and Staff Programme in Toronto, he was posted to Ottawa where
he was employed until 2011 at the Africa desk in the Directorate of Peacekeeping Policy within the Policy Group. He
commanded Canadian Forces Base Edmonton from 2011-13 and is currently serving at the Combined Arms Center as the
Canadian LNO.
Colonel Nicolas Auboin
Colonel Nicolas Auboin was born on the 31 October 1964 in Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes
France. He joined Saint-Cyr military academy as a cadet in September 1984 and graduated in
1987. He joined the Artillery Branch after his basic training. After having commanded a platoon
he was promoted to captain and commanded a battery from 1993 to 1995. He later joined the
artillery school as an instructor in 1995 where he was platoon leader for young cadets from SaintCyr following their junior course of the artillery school. During this period, he was selected to
follow the Joint Staff College and sent to the French Geographic Institute where he graduated with
a master’s degree in geography and a Senior Engineer of the French Geographic Institute. He was
promoted to major in 1999 and was posted at the General Staff.
In 2002, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and appointed as operations officer of the 28th
Artillery Regiment, providing geographic support to all French deployments abroad. In 2004 he joined the Joint Force
Command Brunssum, his first NATO assignment as targeteer. He was promoted to colonel in 2007 and selected to be
commanding officer of the 28th Artillery Regiment. After his command in 2009, he was selected as Chief of Staff of the
Army Intelligence Brigade regrouping all French Army sensors. In 2011, he joined the Joint Force Command Naples as
Branch Head Knowledge development. Col. Auboin is currently serving at the Combined Arms Center as the French Liaison
Officer.
He has been deployed in Tchad, Kosovo and was J2 OPS in the CJTF Operation Unified Protector (OUP) in Lybia.
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Sean Langberg
Sean Langberg is the policy assistant for the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of
Genocide where he assists with outreach to policymakers. Previously, he was a program assistant
at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, a public interest lobby where he advocated for
atrocity prevention structures and security assistance reform. He also worked as an analyst at The
Sentinel Project, as a researcher at Citizens for Global Solutions, and as the national education
coordinator of STAND, a national network of student advocates for the prevention of violent
conflict and mass atrocities.
Major Ruki Karusisi
Maj. Karusisi joined the Rwanda Defense Force in 1992 as an enlisted soldier. In 1995, he
enrolled into the National University of Rwanda where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in
Civil Engineering in 1999 and then joined the Cadet Officer Basic course as a non-commissioned
officer in 1999 and commissioned in 2000 as an Infantry Officer. He attended the Special Forces
Training Academy and posted upon completion to the Republican Guard Unit where he served as
platoon leader and later as battalion staff.
Maj. Karusisi obtained a master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2010 from
Carnegie Mellon University. Upon graduation, he was posted back to the Republican Guard as a
staff officer where he led and contributed to several national infrastructure development assignments
that were given to the Army in addition to daily staff duties. Prior to CGSOC, he served as company
commander in the Republican Guard Unit from 2011 until promotion to major.
He married Iza in 2006, has two daughters and one son and mostly enjoys physical training, traveling and spending time
with family.
Joyce Hess
Joyce Hess is a child of a Holocaust survivor. Her mother, Sonia Golad, survived the Vilna
Ghetto, labor and concentration camps and was liberated from Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp.
Joyce is a member of the Second Generation Speakers Bureau of the Midwest Center for Holocaust
Education (MCHE). She travels throughout Missouri and Kansas, relaying her mother’s story to
students in an effort to introduce the Holocaust from a personal perspective. Joyce also serves as
President of the Board of Directors for MCHE. She is an accountant, Kansas City native, wife and
mother of two daughters.
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