GSR 2008 Press Coverage

Global Strategic Review 2008

Global Strategic Review

GSR 2008 Press Coverage

06 Oct 2008 - - United Press International - What is happening in Syria?Speaking at a conference in Geneva last month organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Maj. Gen. Giora Eiland, a former director of Israel's National Security Council, told delegates attending the meeting that his advice to the Israeli Cabinet was that Syrian troops re-entering Lebanon need not be viewed negatively. His reasoning was the following: With Syria in charge of security in Lebanon, Israel would have a return address to any terrorist activity coming its way across the Lebane
26 Sep 2008 - - Straits Times - A Syria-Israel peace deal? Yes, no, maybe...Speaking at a recent security conference in Geneva organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Major-General Giora Eiland - formerly the director of Israel's National Security Council - pooh-poohed the significance of Israeli-Syrian rapprochement.
19 Sep 2008 - - Middle East Times - Iraq: A Precarious PeaceBut "the Iraqi people fought back against crisis after crisis," the foreign minister told a small group of journalists, including the Middle East Times, during a meeting in Geneva last weekend on the sidelines of a conference organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
16 Sep 2008 - - Middle East Times - In Iraq, No News Is Good NewsWe expected Zebari to make a major announcement, or at least say something of substance; it was he, after all, who called for the meeting. The meeting was cordial and pleasant, with the 18th floor conference room at the Geneva Intercontinental hotel offering a resplendent view of Lake Geneva with its landmark water spout and the postcard-like vista of the surrounding Alps. But during the 30 minutes or so the Iraqi foreign minister spent briefing us he divulged nothing that we really did not already know. As
17 Sep 2008 - - United Press International - Georgia was not on their mindsOne 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
16 Sep 2008 - - Washington Times - Peace with Palestinians should be priority for Israel"The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one that everyone wants to solve," said Maj. Gen. Giora Eiland, former director of Israel's National Security Council, addressing last weekend a symposium on conflict resolution organized by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies in Geneva. 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

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