IISS 2008 Regional Security Summit Press Coverage
- 16 Dec 2008 - - Agence France Presse - Pentagon warns of ''practical challenges'' of combating pirates
At a conference in Manama, Bahrain over the weekend, Gates said better intelligence was needed for action to be taken against pirate camps inside Somalia.
Vice Admiral Bill Gortney, the US Fifth Fleet commander, warned that direct attacks on pirate camps carry a high risk of civilian casualties.
- 16 Dec 2008 - - Miami Herald - Plan for pirate hunts resisted
One of the Bush administration's last foreign-policy initiatives immediately drew skepticism from Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who said over the weekend that the United States lacked the military intelligence to carry out a land-based operation. Officials in other countries have suggested that land pursuits could violate international law.
- 16 Dec 2008 - - Bloomberg - Chasing Pirates Onto Somali Territory Gets Approval From UN
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates called this week for steps to combat the rising threat of piracy and said the U.S. needs more intelligence before it embarks on land pursuits. Senior U.S. naval officers have expressed concerns about pursuing pirates onto Somali territory.
- 16 Dec 2008 - - United Press International - Same conflict, different views
U.S. policy regarding the Middle East has always been controversial to say the least, and when the U.S. secretary of defense delivers a major policy speech in the Middle East, it is certain to raise controversy.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates this past weekend addressed a conference organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies on security in the Gulf region, where he discussed three issues of immediate concern to U.S. allies in the region.
- 16 Dec 2008 - - Frankfurter Allgemeine - Zwischen Bush und Obama
Die personelle Brücke zwischen der noch amtierenden Regierung Bush und der im Aufbau befindlichen Obama-Administration heißt Robert Gates. Der derzeitige amerikanische Verteidigungsminister, der auch der künftige sein wird, war der Hauptredner einer regionalen Sicherheitskonferenz, die das renommierte Londoner „International Institute for Strategic Studies“ (IISS) unter dem Namen „Manama Dialogue“ zum fünften Mal im Königreich Bahrein abhielt. Gates war bemüht, vor allem eine Botschaft der Kontinuität zu üb
- 16 Dec 2008 - - Financial Times - The tricky road to US dialogue with Tehran
Iranians often create a stir at the Manama dialogue, a high-profile Gulf security conference attended by Arab and American officials, even from a distance. While the US delivers demands to its Arab allies, Iranian officials usually tell the Arabs to kick the Americans out of the Gulf because they are the source of all the region's troubles.
