GSR 2008 Press Coverage

Global Strategic Review 2008

Global Strategic Review

GSR 2008 Press Coverage

15 Sep 2008 - - New York Times - Afghanistan Is in Its Worst Shape Since 2001, European Diplomat SaysThe envoy, Francesc Vendrell, a Spanish diplomat with eight years’ experience in Afghanistan, especially criticized 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 here at an annual review of global strategy organized by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. Mr. Vendrell recently stepped down as the European
15 Sep 2008 - - Middle East Times - When Is A Cold War A Cold War?One expert in Russian affairs did see this crisis coming, however. "This escalation of the conflict was entirely predictable," said Oksana Antonenko, a senior fellow on Russian and Eurasian affairs at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Not since the days of the Cold War have tensions between the United States and Russia been so high. In recent weeks Russian and U.S. naval war vessels have been engaging in perilous maneuverings in the Black Sea, a relatively constrained inland body o
15 Sep 2008 - - Press Trust of India - 'Precarious fallout if Afghan problems aren't 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. Not since the days of the Cold War have tensions
15 Sep 2008 - - Bernama - Global Economy Needs New Int'l Cooperation Framework, Says Tony TanGovernment of Singapore Investment Corporation deputy chairman Dr Tony Tan said the current international system for conflict resolution had been eroded by the recent lack of coherent international leadership from developed economies. The post-World War II and United Nations-centered institutions and fora were also biased towards developed countries, Tan told the International Institute for Strategic Studies' 50th Anniversary Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday. The text of his speech was releas
14 Sep 2008 - - Gulf Times - Final draft of security pact ready: ministerWe have now a single text, a final draft. It is up to the political leadership now to make a political decision,” he told journalists in Geneva, where he will address a global security conference today. “That decision is drawing near, I think,” he said. Zebari declined to say how the question of immunity for US troops — one of the most contentious issues involved — was dealt with in this final draft of the agreement.
14 Sep 2008 - - Agence France Presse - Iraq close to security agreement with USThe United States and Iraq are nearing an accord which could pave the way for large-scale US troop withdrawals by 2011, Iraq's foreign minister said Saturday. "We have a single text, a final draft" of a US-Iraqi security agreement, Hoshyar Zebari told journalists on the sidelines of an international security conference in Geneva.

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