May 2006

Discussion Meeting - Ambassador Dennis B. Ros On Tuesday 30th May Ambassador Dennis B. Ross, Counselor and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy will be speaking on "The Missing Peace: What's Next in the Middle East". The meeting will begin at 1.30 pm with a Q and A seession following the talk. The meeting will finish at 2.30 pm.
Address - Mr Shyam Saran On Thursday 25 May 2006 Mr Shyam Saran, Foreign Secretary, Governmant of India, will speak on "India and the Emerging World Order" at Arundel House from 4.30 pm. After the talk there will be a Q&A session and the meeting will finish at 5.30pm.
Book Launch - The Military Balance 2006 On Wednesday 24 May 2006, the International Institute for Strategic Studies will be launching The Military Balance 2006, the annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 169 countries world-wide. The launch took place from 2.30pm.
Discussion Meeting - James Dobbins On Wednesday 24th May James Robbins, Director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center, Rand will be speaking on "After Iraq: The Future of Nation Building". The meeting will begin at 12.30 pm with the Q and A session from 1pm. The meeting will conclude at 1.30 pm.
Round Table Discussion - Mr B. Raman On 11 May 2006 Mr B. Raman, Former Head, Counter-Terrorism Division of India’s Intelligence Agency (External), will speak on "South Asia and Al-Qaeda - Emerging Trends" from 12 noon until 1 pm.
Discussion Meeting - Joseph Cirincione On Thursday 11 May 2006 Joseph Cirincione, Senior Vice-President for National Security and International Policy, Center for American Progress, Washington, will speak on "Another pre-emptive war?: A discussion about Iran, nuclear weapons and American foreign policy" from 3-4.30pm.
Corporate Members‘ Programme - Mr Fitzpatrick On Tuesday 9 May 2006 Mark Fitzpatrick, IISS Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation, will give an address on "The current situation in Iran and future prospects" from 10.30am.
Discussion - Dr Jonathan Spyer On Thursday the 4th of May Dr Jonathan Spyer, Senior Research Fellow at the Global Research in International Affairs Centre (GLORIA) Inter-Disciplinary Centre, Herzliya, will be speaking on "Hamas and Israel: The Next Steps" from 10:00am.
Discussion - Ambassador Richard Burt On Thursday 4 May 2006 Ambassador Richard Burt will bring his distinguished career in diplomacy, government, and international business consulting to Arundel House, where he will give a lunch time presentation on "Nuclear Proliferation and the Transatlantic Alliance" from 1pm.
Discussion - Ambassador Greg Schulte On Thursday 4th May 2006 Ambassador Greg Schulte, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations Office in Vienna and the International Atomic Energy Agency, will be speaking on "Iran's Nuclear Program on the Security Council's Agenda" from 2:30pm.