GSR 2008 Press Coverage

Global Strategic Review 2008

Global Strategic Review

GSR 2008 Press Coverage

15 Sep 2008 - - United Press International - Afghanistan tops Iraq as area of concernAny remaining doubts that the war in Afghanistan is rapidly eclipsing the one in Iraq dissipated at the conference organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies when all the questions from serving high-ranking members of Western military forces and active and retired diplomats were directed not at Hoshyar Zebari, Iraq's foreign minister, but at a far lower-ranking EU diplomat who shared the podium with Zebari.
15 Sep 2008 - - Zee News - ‘Precarious fallout if Afghan problems not addressed’Vendrell, who recently stepped down as the European Union envoy in Kabul, especially criticised the growing number of civilian deaths in attacks by American and international forces. Those deaths have created "a great deal of antipathy" and widened the distance between the Afghan government and citizens, he said in Geneva at an annual review of global strategy organised by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies.
15 Sep 2008 - - Straits Times - One scenario, two outcomesSketching a sombre economic picture, the deputy chairman and executive director of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation said there was a growing potential for more 'severe economic dislocations' that could lead to stress and conflicts. Speaking to 400 participants at Global Strategic Review (GSR) 2008, a conference organised by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, Dr Tan noted that global macroeconomic conditions in the past 25 years had been benign, thanks
15 Sep 2008 - - Middle East Times - Israel's Real EnemyMajor General Giora Eiland, former director of Israel's National Security Council, believes it is simpler. "It is a territorial dispute between two countries. We call it the Golan, they call it the 'Jolan.'" There is the problem of water. Is it achievable? "Yes." But there are four good reasons why the Israeli government is not excited about the proposal, said Eiland, who was addressing a symposium on conflict resolution organized by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies in
15 Sep 2008 - - Asian News International - Spanish diplomat says Afghanistan is far worse now than in 2001Appealing for a concerted American and foreign response, even before a new American administration took office, to avoid “a very hot winter for all of us”, diplomat Francesc Vendrell said the growing number of civilian deaths in attacks by American and international forces was particularly worrisome. “Those deaths have created “a great deal of antipathy” and widened the distance between the Afghan government and citizens,” the New York Times quoted him as saying here at an annual review of global st
15 Sep 2008 - - International Herald Tribune - Envoy offers grim review of risks facing AfghanistanVendrell's audience included dozens of security and foreign policy experts, many of whom advise European governments, a smattering of U.S. military officers and some cabinet ministers, including the Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari. The note of alarm sounded about Afghanistan, and Pakistan, was echoed in off-the-record conversations at the conference, an annual review of global strategy by the nongovernmental International Institute for Strategic Studies. “Those deaths have created “a grea

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