On Monday 12 June 2006 Ambassador Evan G Galbraith, Secreatary of Defense Representaive, Europe and Defense Advisor, U.S. Mission to NATO will speak on 'A NATO Missile Defense System Against Iran'.
For the past five years, Ambassador Evan G Galbraith has served as Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's representative in Europe and the defense advisor to the U.S. mission to NATO.
Galbraith was ambassador to France under President Ronald Reagan and has lived in Europe more than twenty years, primarily as an investment banker. He currently is an advisory director of Morgan Stanley, chairman of the board of National Review and a member of the board of the Groupe Lagardere S.A. Paris.
Galbraith has served on several commercial boards and until 1998 was chairman of the board of LVMH Moet Hennessy Locus Vultton Inc. New York. The Groupe Lagardere S.A. controls, together with Daimler Benz, EADS (European Aerospace and Defense Systems), Europe's largest defense contractor and principal owner of Airbus.
Galbraith is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, and currently lives in New York, where he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He and his wife Marie will be stationed in Brussels.
Galbraith served on active duty in the Navy from 1953-1957 attached to the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1960-1961, he was the confidential assistant to the secretary of Commerce.
In making this appointment Rumsfeld said, "I wanted a seasoned, vigorous representative in Europe who will bring experienced leadership to this important mission."
Discussion Meetings take place at Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, WC2R 3DX. This meeting will take place in the Fifth Floor meeting room.
Please notify Kathleen James at
james@iiss.org or tel +44 (0)20 7395 9109 if you would like to attend.
