September 2007

Military Leaders Forum - Lt Gen Eikenberry On Friday 28 September 2007 Lieutenant General Karl W. Eikenberry, U.S. Army, Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee, will give a presentation on "Afghanistan, Kosovo and NATO" from 1pm as part of the Military Leaders Forum.
Discussion Meeting - Antonenko & McDermott On Thursday 27 September 2007 Oksana Antonenko, Senior fellow (Russia and Eurasia), IISS and Roger N McDermott, Senior Fellow in Eurasian Military Studies, Jamestown Foundation, Washington DC, will lead a discussion meeting on "The Shanghai Co-operation Organisation and Sino-Russian Strategic Rapprochement" from 1.30-2.30pm.
Discussion Meeting - Mr Ahmed Rashid On Wednesday 26 September 2007 Mr Ahmed Rashid, Author and Journalist, Pakistan, will lead a discussion meeting on "The Pakistan-Afghanistan Border: Tribes, Taliban and the Army" from 12 noon - 1pm.
Military Leaders Forum - Gen Sir Dannatt On Friday 21 September 2007 General Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff, gave a presentation at the IISS as part of the Military Leaders Forum from 1pm. A recording of General Dannatt's speech is available. A transcript of the address is also available in the related documents section below.
Oppenheimer Lecture - Mr Trevor Ncube On Tuesday 18 September 2007 Mr Trevor Ncube, Chief Executive, Mail & Guardian Media Group (South Africa), delivered the Oppenheimer Lecture on the theme of "Towards a New Zimbabwe: Challenges and Opportunities" from 1pm. The Lecture lasted one hour including the Questions & Answer Session. All guests were seated by 12:45hrs.
14 Sept 2007 - IISS-Asia Seminar Series - Mr Andrew Selth On Friday 14 September 2007, Mr Andrew Selth (Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University) addressed Members of the Institute on "Myanmar's Nuclear Programme". Professor Simon Chesterman (Global Professor and Director of the NUS New York University School of Law Singapore Programme) chaired the session.
Strategic Survey 2007 Launch Strategic Survey 2007 Press Launch at the IISS-UK Strategic Survey 2007 will be launched on Wednesday 12 September 2007 at 10:30am. Strategic Survey 2007 begins as usual with Perspectives, an assessment of global developments over the past year, followed by three essays on particular strategic policy issues. Six chapters analyse developments in individual countries, grouped by region. Strategic Survey 2007 concludes with Prospectives, which briefly sets out the strategic outlook for the comi
Global Strategic Review The 2007 Global Strategic Review (GSR) will be held from 7-9 September 2007 in Geneva. Further details can be found on the GSR homepage.
Round Table - Hon Prof G L Peiris, MP On Tuesday 4 September 2007 the Hon Prof G L Peiris, Minister of Export Development and International Trade, Sri Lanka, will lead a discussion on "The Conflict in Sri Lanka: Challenges & Opportunities" from 12 noon - 1pm.