Hon. Rohitha Bogollagma MP On Tuesday 1 April 2008, the Hon. Rohitha Bogollagma MP (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka) will lead a discussion meeting on "Post-Conflict Development: Efforts of a Democracy".
Ambassador Nick Burns On Monday 11 February 2008, Ambassador Nick Burns (US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs) led a discussion meeting on the topic of "Global Challenges and Opportunities in US Foreign Policy".
Sergio Jaramillo Address On Wednesday 17 October 2007, Sergio Jaramillo (Deputy Minister of Defence for Colombia) gave an address on the topic of "Colombia: Drugs, Insurgency and the Search for Peace" A...
Trevor Ncube Address On Tuesday 18 September 2007 Trevor Ncube, Chief Executive, Mail & Guardian Media Group (South Africa), delivered the 2007 Oppenheimer Lecture on the theme of "Towards a New Zimbabwe:...
Benazir Bhutto Address On Friday 20 July 2007 Ms Benazir Bhutto, Chairperson Pakistan People's Party (PPP) & Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, addressed the IISS on "The Future of Democracy in...
Karel Schwarzenberg Address On Wednesday 18 July 2007 Karel Schwarzenberg, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic, addressed the IISS on "New Threats and the Transatlantic Bond" . Streamed coverage...
Mr Shivshankar Menon Address On Thursday 3 May 2007 Mr Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Secretary of the Government of India, addressed the IISS on "India and International Security". A live stream of his presentation...
Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns Address On Wednesday 2 May 2007 Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, spoke on "U.S. and European Challenges in the Middle East". A live stream of the...
Rohitha Bogollagama Address On Thursday 8 March The Hon Rohitha Bogollagama, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka, gave an address on "Sri Lanka's Foreign and Security Policy: The Challenge of Terrorism".
Lord Ashdown Address On Wednesday 21 February 2007, the Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon GCMG KBE PC gave an address on “The world after Iraq – will we ever intervene again?”. A transcript...
Symposium - David Richards On Wednesday 14 February the International Institute for Strategic Studies, in cooperation with the Senlis Council, will be hosting a symposium on "A Cohesive Strategy for the Future of...
HE Dr N Hassan Wirajuda Address On Monday 29 January 2007 HE Dr N Hassan Wirajuda, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, spoke on "Global Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities: Indonesia's Role and...
Hon Dato' Seri Abdullah Address On Tuesday 23 January 2007 The Hon Dato' Seri Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia, gave an address on "The West and the Muslim World: Defusing the Defining Tension of our...
Alexander Downer Address On Friday 15 December 2006 The Hon Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia, gave a talk on "Ideas as weapons: meeting the ideological...
David Cameron Address On Wednesday 22 November 2006 the Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Leader of the Opposition, provided an analysis on "The Security Challenges Facing Britain Today". His analysis covered the...
Tzipi Livni Address On Monday 20 November 2006 Tzipi Livni, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, addressed the IISS on "The Middle East After the War in Lebanon". Streamed...
Sheikh Dr Mohmed Al-Sabah On Thursday 16 November 2006 Sheikh Muhammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kuwait, addressed the IISS on "Kuwait Foreign Policy in a Changing...
H.E. Lech Kaczyński Address On Tuesday 7 November 2006 H.E. Lech Kaczyński, President of the Republic of Poland, addressed the IISS on "What Vision Does Europe Need?" from 5pm. The Address and Q&A...
General Ehsan Ul Haq, NI(M) On Tuesday 19 September 2006, General Ehsan Ul Haq, NI(M), Chairman of Pakistan's Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, addressed Members of the Institute on "Pakistan:...
Major-General Joseph P Stein On Friday 1 September 2006, Major General Joseph P Stein, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations SHAPE, addressed Members of the Institute on "The Role of NATO Military Forces in Countering...
William Hague Address On Monday 24 July 2006 The Rt Hon William Hague MP gave an Address on "Meeting the Challenge of Nuclear Proliferation in the 21st Century".
Ivo Sanader Address On Tuesday 18 July 2006 Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister of Croatia, gave an Address on "Croatia - 28th EU Member State".
HE Mr Sabiluddin Ahmed Address On Friday 30 June 2006 H.E Mr. Sabihuddin Ahmend, High Commissioner for Bangladesh to the UK, gave an Address on "Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities in a Globalised World".
Dr Adil Abdul Mahdi Address On Thursday 29 June 2006 Dr Adil Abdul Mahdi, Vice President of Iraq, gave an Address on "Iraq and Its Neighbourhood".
Mikhail Kasyanov Address On Monday 26 June 2006 Mikhail Kasyanov, former Russian Prime Minister, gave an Address on "Russia's G8 Presidency: Challenges and Opportunites".
Oppenheimer Lecture - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf On Wednesday 31 May 2006 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia, gave the 2006 Oppenheimer Lecture on "African leaderships in post-conflict situations - a case study of Liberia"....
Shyam Saran Address On Thursday 25 May 2006 Mr Shyam Saran, Foreign Secretary, Governmant of India, gave an Address on "India and the Emerging World Order".
Lieutenant General Karl W. Eikenberry On Monday 10 April 2006 Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Army, Commanding General of Combined Forces Command – Afghanistan, spoke at the International Institute for Strategic...
Mangala Samaraweera Address On Tuesday 14 March 2006 The Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ports and Aviation of Sri Lanka, will give an Address on 'Challenges faced by Sri Lanka in dealing with...
Jack Straw (March 06) On Monday 13 March 2006 The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, gave a speech on "Iran: The Path Ahead".
H.E. K.K. Tokaev On Thursday 9 March 2006 H.E. K.K. Tokaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, gave an address on "Kazakhstan in the Context of the Geo-Politics of the...
Mr Shaukat Aziz Mr Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, gave an address on Tuesday 7 March 2006 on 'Pakistan's Pivotal Role for Regional Peace, Stability and Progress'. A transcript...
Alberto R. Gonzales On Tuesday 7 March 2006 The Honourable Alberto R. Gonzales, United States Attorney General, gave an Address on 'International Cooperation in the Fight against Terrorism'. IISS Director Dr John...
Brigadier General Mark T. Kimmitt The International Institute for Strategic Studies has launched the Military Leaders’ Forum, a new series of meetings with leading military practitioners from the UK and around the...
Alastair Buchan The 2008 Alastair Buchan Memorial Lecture was delivered by Sir Michael Howard on the theme of "Are we at war?"
Alastair Buchan Lecture 2005 given by Dr Mohamed ElBaradei On 6 December 2005 Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), delivered the 2005 Alastair Buchan Memorial Lecture
Nicky Oppenheimer Address On Monday 13 June 2005 Nicky Oppenheimer, Chairman of De Beers, gave an address entitled "Africa needs a hand-up not a hand-out".
General Abdul Rahim Wardak On Tuesday 5th April 2005, His Excellency General Abdul Rahim Wardak, The Minister for Defence of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan spoke at the IISS from 1.15-2.15pm. The title of his speech...
Major General Giora Eiland On Friday 25 February 2005 Major General (ret.) Giora Eiland, Head of the Israeli National Security Council and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, gave a talk on "The Middle East...
Jacques Chirac Address Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic, addressed the IISS on "Values and directions for the 21st century".
Jack Straw Address (Oct 04) Jack Straw, UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs addressed the IISS on 'The challenges ahead for Afghanistan'.Related Strategic Comment: 'Afghanistan and...
Dr Allawi Address Dr Allawi addressed the IISS on 30 September 2004.
Sergei Ivanov Address On 13 July 2004 HE Mr Sergei Ivanov, Minister for Defence of the Russian Federation gave a talk at the IISS on 'Russia and NATO: Strategic Partners Responding to...
Alexander Downer Address On 5 July 2004 The Hon Alexander Downer, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia, gave a talk on "International security - making progress in uncertain times".
Ehud Olmert Address On 12 March 2004 Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addressed the IISS on the subject of Israel’s plans for disengagement.
NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer The IISS was delighted to welcome the Secretary General of NATO, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, to give his Inaugural Speech to Members of the Institute on 12 February 2004.
President Bush delivers IISS address President Bush gave an address (see below) to an invited audience at Whitehall Palace on 19 November at an event jointly hosted by the IISS and RUSI.
Condoleezza Rice Address An address 'Responsibilities of Freedom' by US National Security Advisor Dr Condoleezza Rice was made to the IISS at 12pm (GMT) on 26 June, 2003 at Arundel House, London
The Alastair Buchan Lecture 2003 French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin delivered the 2003 Alastair Buchan Memorial Lecture: 'Law, Force and Justice' at Arundel House on March 27 2003
Jack Straw Address (Feb 03)
Wolfowitz Address Building Coalitions of Common Values, 2 Dec 2002
Alastair Buchan Lecture Transcripts