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Strategic Comments - G20 makes its mark

Strategic Comments – Volume 15, Issue 9 – November 2009

 

The latest issue of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal has just been published.

 

One clear long-term effect of the financial crisis has been the rise of the G20 as the world’s leading forum for economic cooperation. Widening the old G7/G8 groups to welcome emerging giants like Brazil, China and India, it has already agreed significant reforms, despite its unwieldy size. After quick-fire summits in Washington, London and Pittsburgh, it is now set to become an annual meeting. Read More


Also in this issue: Breakthrough in the South Caucasus, Gulf states step up defences,  No solutions in sight to Somalia’s insecurity and

South Sudan’s quest for independence.

Survival - Broken Trust

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 In the new issue of Survival: Global Politics and Strategy Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberry discuss The Unravelling of the Cold War SettlementRussia’s posture towards the world, and towards the United States in particular, is marked by a narrative of grievance that the United States has abandoned the Cold War settlement as the framework for relations.   

 

Also in this Issue: South America: Framing Regional Security by John Chipman and James Lockhart Smith and A Prudent Decision on Missile Defence by Mark Fitzpatrick.

 

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Decoding the New Taliban: Insights from the Afghan Field

Dr Antonio Giustozzi, Research Fellow at the Crisis States Research Centre at the London School of Economics speaks on his edited book “Decoding the New Taliban: Insights from the Afghan Field”

 

Dr Antonio Giustozzi, Research Fellow at the Crisis States Research Centre at the London School of Economics, spoke on his edited book “Decoding the New Taliban: Insights from the Afghan Field”. 

 

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New Adelphi Book - Building Peace After War
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Mats Berdal, Professor of Security and Development, King’s College London; Consulting Senior Fellow, IISS launched his new Adelphi Book “Building Peace After War”. Read More

  

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Impediments to Security in the South Caucasus 
Adam Ward, Director of Studies, IISS,  at the Impediments to Security in the South Caucasus Conference

The IISS in partnership with the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SAM) on Friday 20th November convened a conference in Baku, Azerbaijan on “Impediments to Security in the South Caucasus”.  

 

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Perspectives on Nuclear and Radiological Security
One-day workshop in Beijing on ‘Perspectives on Nuclear and Radiological Security’

On 20 November 2009 the IISS held a one-day workshop in Beijing on ‘Perspectives on Nuclear and Radiological Security’, in collaboration with the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), and the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA). 

 

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