ISR 2006
As you may know, the International Staff Ride begins this week. Our trip continues the long and celebrated Strategic Studies tradition that has taken SAIS students to explore battlefields across the world. Indeed, this Sunday's departure, to quote Churchill, "is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
ISR2006 will focus on 20th century irregular warfare in Ireland. For three days, we will explore the series of interconnected small wars from 1916-23. A short but dramatic part of the long history of the Anglo-Irish struggle, this time period directly led to the division of the island, the independence of the southern counties, and the growth of terrorist organizations active throughout the 20th century. After three days in Dublin, we will spend a day in Belfast to view the ground of the current conflict and hear from political leaders how these battles of yesterday still influence Anglo-Irish relations today. In addition, we will explore several broader issues including insurgent and counterinsurgent warfare, irregular and regular forces, and the relationship between violence and politics.
After nearly a year of work, I am delighted that the trip is finally here. Hopefully, my fellow students will find this experience fascinating, gain some perspective on larger counterinsurgency issues, and have a wonderful time.
If you are interested, here is the link to the ISR 2006 webpage.
"Erin go bragh!"
ISR2006 will focus on 20th century irregular warfare in Ireland. For three days, we will explore the series of interconnected small wars from 1916-23. A short but dramatic part of the long history of the Anglo-Irish struggle, this time period directly led to the division of the island, the independence of the southern counties, and the growth of terrorist organizations active throughout the 20th century. After three days in Dublin, we will spend a day in Belfast to view the ground of the current conflict and hear from political leaders how these battles of yesterday still influence Anglo-Irish relations today. In addition, we will explore several broader issues including insurgent and counterinsurgent warfare, irregular and regular forces, and the relationship between violence and politics.
After nearly a year of work, I am delighted that the trip is finally here. Hopefully, my fellow students will find this experience fascinating, gain some perspective on larger counterinsurgency issues, and have a wonderful time.
If you are interested, here is the link to the ISR 2006 webpage.
"Erin go bragh!"
posted by cwm at 10:55 PM
1 Comments:
Christoph,
This is cuz jake here, this is directed towards you but you may be in Ireland now so if any of the other blogger family members could help that would be beneficial. Anyway, I am going to be in Dublin this weekend, 18th-20th of March, so if your there and have time to meet up that would be fantastic. If any other bloggers see this before chrissy, i dont have his email, and tell him I will be there. My phone number is 393357878142. If someone could somehow pass this message along to chris I would appreciate it. Thanks!
Ciao
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