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December 2008

  • 03 Dec 08 - Discussion Meeting - Major General Muniruzzaman On Wednesday 3 December 2008 Major General Muniruzzaman, ndc, psc (retd.),President, Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS), Bangladesh will speak on Bangladesh Elections & Prospects' from 12-1pm.
  • 08 Dec 08 - Discussion Meeting - Aaron David Miller Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience.
  • 08 December 08 - Press Launch - The Iranian Nuclear Crisis Adelphi series BannerOn Monday, 8 December 2008, the IISS will launch its latest Adelphi Paper, The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Avoiding worst-case outcomes, by Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation and director of the institutes non-proliferation and disarmament programme from 10:30-11:30 am.
  • 10 Dec 08 - Discussion Meeting - C Boden Gray C Boden Gray speaks on ‘Eurasian Energy: Competition, Challenges and Security’On Wednesday 10 December 2008 C Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy, spoke on 'Eurasian Energy: Competition, Challenges and Security.
  • 12-14 Dec 08 - Regional Security Summit: Manama Dialogue Manama Dialogue Home PageOn Friday 12 December 2008, the IISS will convene the 5th Manama Dialogue. Organised annually, the IISS Manama Dialogue provides a forum for the national security establishments of the participating states to exchange views on regional security challenges. It is a unique forum in that it is made up of governmental delegations from over 20 countries, including not only the states of the region and the immediate neighbourhood, but also the outside powers with security interests in the Gulf.

Latest Publications

Strategic Comments Vol 14 no 9

Strategic Comments - New Issue

 

Volume 14, Issue 9 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal has just been published. The first article Pakistan on the brink  is available free to all users.The remaining four articles are accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers.

 

A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5 

European Military Crisis Management

AP 397: European Military Crisis Management: Connecting ambition and reality - Bastian Giegerich


While the EU has succeeded in defining a complex framework for boosting its role and that of its member states in military crisis management, its performance in this area so far has fallen well short of its ambitions.  This paper analyses what the EU wants to be able to do militarily – its level of ambition – and contrasts this aspiration with the current reality. Read more