The Monopoly of Force: The Nexus between DDR and SSR

Event Summary

Comments from this event were incorporated into the Special Report "The Link between DDR and SSR in Conflict-Affected Countries"

Conventional wisdom holds that demobilization, disarmament, and reintegration (DDR) and security sector reform (SSR) are separate and unconnected activities. In truth, they both address the heart of the relationship between a state and its people: political control of armed force. Ignoring the connection between DDR and SSR risks failure for both programs and increases risks for relapse of violent conflict. What are the connections between DDR and SSR, and how can these be implemented?

Agenda

8:30 – 9:00 Registration and Coffee

9:00 – 9:15 Introduction and Welcome

Vice Admiral Ann E. Rondeau, United States Navy
President of the National Defense University and
Member Ex-Officio, Board of Directors, U.S. Institute of Peace

9:15 – 10:00 Opening Keynote

General James Mattis, United States Marine Corps
Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM)

10:00 – 11:00 The Nexus Between DDR and SSR

Sean McFate, Relationship between SSR and DDR
Assistant Professor, National Defense University, College of International Security Affairs (CISA)
Ayaka Suzuki, U.N. DPKO Guidance on DDR and SSR
Chief, DDR Section, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (U.N. DPKO)
Michelle Hughes, Esq., Relationship between SSR and DDR
Principal Director, Rule of Law General Dynamics - Information Technology, USJFCOM
Daniel Serwer, Moderator
Vice President, Centers of Innovation, U.S. Institute of Peace

11:15 – 12:30 DDR and SSR: Case Studies

Mark Sedra, Afghanistan
Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Adriaan Verheul, Sudan
former Chief of the Integrated United Nations DDR Unit in the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)
G. Eugene Martin, The Philippines
Managing Director, Asia Pacific Strategies, and Adviser, U.S. Institute of Peace
Lieutenant General David W. Barno, Moderator
United States Army, Retired, Director, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies

12:30 – 2:00 Lunch and Keynote Speaker

Ambassador Jacques Paul Klein,
Undersecretary-General, United Nations (Retired)

2:00 – 3:30 Reintegration: The “Forgotten R”

Mark Knight, Rebel Military Integration and Civil War Termination
Research and Analysis Officer, Peace Nexus
Jacqueline O'Neill, DDR, Gender and Child Soldiers
Lead Advocacy Coordinator, Institute for Inclusive Security (IIS)
Judith Asuni, Consequences of the Forgotten R
Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace
Michael Miklaucic, Justice, Reconciliation and Reintegration
Director of Research and Editor of PRISM, Center for Complex Operations
Scott Moore, Moderator
Deputy Director, Center for Complex Operations