September 2006

Corporate Event - Robert Whalley CB On Friday 29 September 2006 Mr. Robert Whalley CB will address Coporate Members and a few Special Guests on "New Approaches to Counter-Terrorism?"
Discussion Meeting - Mr. Brian Cloughley On Friday 29 September, 2006, Mr. Brian Cloughley, author of 'A History of the Pakistan Army', will speak on "Key developments on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border".
Military Leaders Forum - Lt Gen Baptiste On Monday 25 September Lieutenant General Thomas L. Baptiste, Deputy Chairman, NATO Military Committee, Brussels, was due to give a talk at the Institute but owing to a change in his schedule is unable to keep this appointment and therefore this meeting has been cancelled.
Military Leaders Forum - Gen Ehsan Ul Haq On Tuesday 19 September 2006, General Ehsan Ul Haq, NI(M), Chairman of Pakistan's Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, will address Members of the Institute on "Pakistan: Geostrategic Challenges and Opportunities ", as part of the IISS Military Leaders’ Forum.
18 Sept 2006 - IISS-Asia Seminar Series - Dr Harry Harding On Monday 18 September 2006, Dr Harry Harding (Director of Research and Analysis, Global Macro, Asia, Eurasia Group) addressed Members of the Institute on the "Major Risks Associated with China over the Next Ten Years".
Discussion Meeting - Dr Nora Bensahel On Monday 18 September 2006 Dr Nora Bensahel, Senior Political Scientist at RAND, will lead a discussion on “Stabilisation and Counterinsurgency in Iraq” from 4-5pm.
Discussion Meeting - Mr Gregg A. Rubinstein On Monday 18 September 2006 Mr Gregg A. Rubinstein, Consultant on Security, Trade and Technology, will lead a discussion on “Current Developments in US-Japan Ballistic Missile Defence Cooperation” from 2-3pm.
Discussion Meeting - Mr Yaşar Yakiş On Wednesday 13 September 2006 Mr Yasar Yakis, Former Foreign Minister for Turkey and Chairman of the EU Commission in the Turkish Parliament, will be speaking on "Strategic benefits for the EU from Turkish membership". This event will take place from 1.30pm.
Global Strategic Review 2006 The IISS will be holding its annual Global Strategic Review (GSR) from 8-10 September 2006 in Geneva on the theme "New Thinking on Conflict and Peace". Further details are available on the GSR page
Council Meeting On Friday 8 September 2006, the Council of the IISS will meet. This event will take place in Geneva from 2.30pm.
Launch of Strategic Survey 2006 Strategic Survey 2006 will be launched on 5 September 2006 at 10.30 am. Press should contact Kathleen James for more details. The North American Press Launch will take place at IISS-US on 6 September at 9:30 am. Members and Subscribers should receive their copies soon after the launch. Non-Members and subscribers should click here for price and ordering details. Click here for the contents for Strategic Survey 2006
Military Leaders Forum - Maj Gen Stein On Friday 1 September 2006, Major General Joseph P Stein, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations SHAPE, will address Members of the Institute on "The Role of NATO Military Forces in Countering Terrorism", as part of the IISS Military Leaders’ Forum.
Discussion Meeting - Thomas E Ricks On Friday 1 September 2006 Thomas E Ricks will discuss his new book ''FIASCO: The American Military Adventure in Iraq".