May 2004

Strategic Comments, Vol 10, No 4 The Hamas factor Israel's eventual unilateral withdrawal from Gaza and the erection of its ‘security barrier’ in the West Bank could constitute a revolutionary change of the status quo in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Strategically, Israel’s moves are an implicit acknowledgment that any aspiration to a ‘Greater Israel’ is demographically untenable. On a more tactical level, they are warnings to the...
Launch of Strategic Survey 2003-04 Launch of Strategic Survey 2003-04
Discussion Meeting - Avis T. Bohlen On 17 May Avis T. Bohlen gave a talk on "The Rise and Fall of Arms Control: Future Prospects."
Discussion Meeting - Dr Philip Gordon On 4 May 2004 Dr Philip Gordon, Director of the Brookings Center on the United States and Europe, gave a talk on "Allies at war: America, Europe and the crisis over Iraq."
Round Table Discussion - Dr Ashley J. Tellis On 4 May 2004 Dr Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC & Consulting Senior Fellow, IISS gave a talk on "U.S.-India Relations: Is the Honeymoon Over?"