The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) will hold an International Forum in partnership with the Japanese Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) in Tokyo from 2 to 4 June 2008. The theme of the Forum is ‘Asia’s Strategic Challenges: In Search of a Common Agenda.’
In a year in which the IISS celebrates its 50th anniversary and Japan assumes chairmanship of the G-8, this international conference will have particular salience and high-level visibility. Policy-relevant deliberation on issues affecting Asian and Pacific security will both inform policy-makers and become part of the discussion of the G-8 leaders. This IISS-JIIA International Forum will bring together a medium-sized group of leaders of government, business, academia, and media from Asia and its global partners to discuss environmental, energy, proliferation, and other security challenges most acutely facing Asian states and ideas for forging a common security agenda.
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About The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
The IISS is an international membership organisation based in London, and is both a limited company in UK law and a registered charity. It has offices in the US and in Singapore that operate under its name with charitable status in each jurisdiction. Founded in 1958, much of the Institute’s early work focused on nuclear deterrence and arms control, and the Institute was influential in setting the intellectual structures for managing the Cold War. Over the last decade the IISS has become a truly global organisation, with individual and corporate members in over one hundred countries. The Institute’s high-profile publications are universally regarded as providing the best independent, internationally sourced information and commentary on the main strategic events touching on national, regional and global security. The IISS owes no allegiance to any government, or to any political or other organisation. The Institute's conference activities are considered to be at the forefront of public policy development, given that its convening power is such that it can often bring government officials and others together in forum that they could not easily manage for themselves.
