Alastair Buchan Lectures

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Alastair Buchan Memorial Lecture 2010 - 'Security Today and Tomorrow' by Dr Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg

Dr Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Minister of Defence, The Federal Republic of Germany delivers the 2010 Alastair Buchan Lecture

On Monday 28 June the 2010 Alastair Buchan Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Minister of Defence, The Federal Republic of Germany.

Dr Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has served as Minister of Defence for the Federal Republic of Germany since October 2009. He studied law and politics in Bayreuth and Munich, and holds a doctorate in law. A member of the German Bundestag since 2002, he also held the post of Secretary General of his party, the CSU, before he was appointed Federal Minister for Economics and Technology in the first Merkel cabinet on 10 February 2009. From 2005 to November 2008 he was chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag in the Foreign Affairs Committee and spokesman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary group in the German Bundestag on disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control. During this time he also chaired the CSU Foreign Policy Expert Committee.

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This lecture was established in 1976 to commemorate Alastair Buchan, the Institute's first Director (1958-69). The inaugural lecture was given by Dr Henry Kissinger, then US Secretary of State. Subsequent speakers have included the Rt Hon. Lord Carrington, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Ambassador Paul H. Nitze, Professor Raymond Barre, Dr Manfred Wörner, Senator Sam Nunn, Professor Sir Michael Howard, General Colin L. Powell, Volker Rühe, Shimon Peres, the Rt Hon. Douglas Hurd, General Wesley K. Clark, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Professor Andrey A. Kokoshin, Martti Ahtisaari, the former President of Finland, and Dominique Galouzeau de Villepin, French Ministre des Affaires Étrangères.

Transcripts of previous Alastair Buchan lectures are available in the archive.

Alastair Buchan Memorial Lecture 2009

President Napolitano delivers Alistair Buchan 2009 Lecture at the IISS

On Tuesday 19 May 2009, Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Italian Republic delivered the 2009 Alastair Buchan Memorial Lecture ' Will Europe live up to its responsibilities in a globalized world?'.

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Survival - Europe: Will the Centre Hold?

In the June-July 2010 issue of Survival: Global Politics and Strategy Alexander Nicoll examines the nature of the new government, Britain’s first coalition in peacetime since the National Government of the 1930s inHanging Together. Erik Jones laments Merkel’s Folly and Henri J Barkey considers Turkey’s Moment of Inflection.

European Military Capabilities: Building Armed Forces for Modern Operations

The role of the armed forces of European countries has changed since the Cold War. This IISS Strategic Dossier analyses these trends and considers new ways to assess the military capabilities that European nations will need.

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