A strategy for creating defence studies community [compatibility mode]
1. A Strategy for Creating
Defense Studies Community y
National Defence College, National Defence Studies Institute
Royal Thai Armed Forces HQ, Thailand
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Institutions Meetings (ARF HDUCIM)
29 November – 2 December 2011
“Communication, Cooperation, and Coordination”
The Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
Kuta,
2. Agenda
• Who are we and what are we doing?
• Why we need Defence Studies Community?
• How can we make Defence Studies
Community?
• Conclusion
4. Mission
• The mission of Thailand National Defence College is to
provide strategic knowledge to selected senior
id t t i k l d t l t d i
government officials, and prominent executives from
various sectors in order to promote common
i t i d t t
understanding of the mutual responsibilities in
safeguarding national security and sustaining national
f di ti l it d t i i ti l
development and prosperity.
10. Defence Studies Community ( DSComm )
• Groups of people who come together to share and
learn from one another - either face-to-face or
virtually - are held together by a common interest in a
Defence Studies body of knowledge and are driven
by a desire and need to share problems
problems,
experiences, insights, templates, tools, and best
practices.
practices
Modified from : What is a Community of Practice? (CoP)
(http://wiki.km4dev.org/wiki/index.php/What_is_a_Community_of_Practice%3F_(CoP))
11. Defence Studies Community ( DSComm )
DSEd - Defence Studies Education
DSRes - Defence Studies Research
DSMeet - Defence Studies Meeting DSComm
DSTrip - Defence St dies Trip
Studies
DSTalk - Defence Studies Talk DS
DSPub – Defence Studies Publication
Ed
DS
DS
DS Meet
Pub
Res
DS DS
Talk Trip
13. [ CE ]2
• Create – To create core activities, these will help to build the
activities
DSComm.
• Enhance – To enhance exist core activities, these will increase,
support, and maintain the DSComm.
• Connect – To connect exist core activities together, these will
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catalyze synergies.
• Expand – To expand exist core activities, these activity will
cooperate with as many people around the country and outside.
22. Defence Studies Publications ( DSPub )
• Policy Brief/ Policy Papers
P li B i f/ P li P
• Commentaries
• Case Studies
• Strategic Review
• Defence White Paper
• Working Papers
• Monograph
• Journals & Seminar Summaries
24. One of Success Activities for Crating DSComm
KPI : King Prajadhipok’s Institute
PEDI : P liti l and El t l
Political d Electoral
Development Institute
NDC : National Defence College
NJA : National Justice Academy
CMA : Capital Market Academy y
UTTC : University of the Thai
Chamber of Commerce
An annual conference for Thailand's Advanced Security
Studies Institute is one of the success storys of Thailand
defence studies community.
25. Conclusion
• According to Thailand’s social context DSComm will
Thailand s context,
make the robustness for defence studies community.
• Our strategies is [CE]2 (Create, Enhance, Connect,
and Expand).
• DSComm’s core activities are education, research,
meeting, trip talk,
meeting trip, talk and publication
publication.
“Community will shape modern security”
26. Last Words
“The world is not dangerous
because of those who do harm
but because of those who look at
it without doing anything.”
Albert Einstein
Hence,
Hence we must cooperate to make the world a better
place to live in and we will consider it our mission to
assist our country our region and the world
world.