GSR 2008 Press Coverage

Global Strategic Review 2008

Global Strategic Review

GSR 2008 Press Coverage

14 Sep 2008 - - Reuters - US-Iraq security pact is close, minister saysIraq and United States have prepared a "final" draft of a security pact which could clear the way for a large-scale troop withdrawal by 2011 and it is now awaiting a political decision, Iraq's foreign minister said yesterday. "We 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 this morning.
14 Sep 2008 - - Reuters - Iraq ready for new talks with U.S. and Iran: ministerIraq is prepared to restart talks with the United States and Iran, and is checking with both sides to see if a fresh round can be scheduled, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Sunday. The United States and Iran, which have not had diplomatic ties for almost three decades, held three rounds of talks last year on ways to help end violence in Iraq. Washington accuses Tehran of aiding Shi'ite militias, a charge the Iranians deny. "We have now a single text, a final draft. It is u
13 Sep 2008 - - Associated Press of Pakistan - World Bank chief calls for new approach to fragile statesWorld Bank President Robert Zoellick has called for a new approach to fragile states focused on “securing development” to help people in those countries escape from poverty and civil war. There need to be an “overhaul” of the multilateral approach to meet the current challenges regarding fragile states such as Afghanistan and Iraq, Zoellick told an international conference of security policymakers and officials in Geneva on Friday.
13 Sep 2008 - - Straits Times - World Bank urges helpWorld Bank President Robert Zoellick warned on Friday that the international community must work harder in aiding so-called 'fragile' states, home to about 20 per cent of the world's population, or risk them becoming the safe havens for terrorists.
13 Sep 2008 - - The News (Pakistan) - World community must aid fragile states: World Bank PresidentIn a conference of international security experts in Geneva Zoellick said such nations - from Afghanistan to East Timor - may become the weak link in the global security chain if they are infiltrated by terrorists, taking advantage of political instability to recruit and train new followers.
13 Sep 2008 - - Reuters - Total CEO argues merits of high energy pricesSpeaking to a global security conference, de Margerie said the recent slide in the price of oil may have negative effects if people stop treating energy as a scarce resource. "I am not defending high-level prices as such," he told the conference at a hotel in Geneva, the Swiss city that plays host to the United Nations' European offices as well as many large energy and commodity trading houses.

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