Plenary Sessions

Plenary Session 5 International Institute for Strategic Studies5th Global Strategic Review Conference Managing Global Security and Risk Managing Global Security: Managing Global Risk Geneva, 9 September 2007 “Who Will Provide Leadership in Managing Global Security and Risk?”The Role of the United States By Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Leaders are those who help groups create and achieve shared goals. Pure coercion is generally not considered leadership, but mere dictation. Traditionally the leaders in inte
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Plenary Session 3 IISS Global Strategic Review “Managing Global Security and Risk”Geneva, Switzerland: September 7~9, 2007 3rd Plenary Session: From Keeping the Peace to Peacekeeping Vice Admiral Kevin CosgriffManaging Regional Flashpoints Thank you to Mr. Ignatius…and to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) for the opportunity to be part of this important and persistently timely conference. I have been asked to talk about Managing Regional Flashpoints. It would be too gli
Plenary Session 2 Tracking Asia’s Black Swans Remarks prepared for the IISS Global Strategic Review“Managing Global Security and Risk”Geneva, Switzerland: September 7~9, 2007 2nd Plenary Session: Asia and Managing New Global Risks James ShinnAsian and Pacific Security AffairsU.S. Department of Defense[i] “A little risk management can save a lot of fan cleaning.”[ii] If something goes massively wrong in Asia, it is probably going to be a Black Swan. I’m not talking about...
Plenary Session 1 International Institute for Strategic Studies5th Global Strategic Review Conference Managing Global Security and Risk Managing Global Security: the Strategic Importance of Global Trade Geneva, 8 September 2007 Pascal LamyDirector-General, World Trade Organization Thank you François. And Good morning to all. Thank you for inviting me today to discuss trade and its implications for the management of today's global security. The link between trade and security is not new. Back in the XVI
Plenary Session 3: From Keeping the Peace to Regional Security IISS- The Fifth IISS Global Strategic Review,Geneva, Switzerland, 7-9 September 2007 Prof Seyed G SafaviLondon Academy of Iranian Studies When talking about regional security, we should at first identify whom we refer the “security” to? Nations, governments, international powers or the world super power? It is my belief that the clash of most nations with their governments, clash of interest of Iran and few Arab governments on Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palest
Plenary Session 5: Managing Global Risk International Institute for Strategic Studies5th Global Strategic Review Conference Managing Global Security and Risk: MANAGING GLOBAL RISK WITH A RISING CHINA Barry DeskerDean, S. Rajaratnam School Of International Studies&Director, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore Surveying the world from an East Asian vantage point, the critical difference today is that the certainties of the Cold War have been replaced by a more fluid relationship b
Plenary Session 2: Asia and Managing New Glob IISS Global Strategic Review“Managing Global Security and Risk”Geneva, Switzerland: September 7~9, 2007 2nd Plenary Session: Asia and Managing New Global Risks The Risk of Global Calamities Professor Alan Dupont In assessing our capacity to manage global security and risk, it is important to understand how thinking about security has been transformed by the rise of a host of transnational dangers that pose novel challenges for defence and foreign policy. They include climate chang