Gulf and Middle Eastern Security - Events
- 16 February 2012 - Discussion Meeting - Preventing Iranian nuclear weaponisation: the state of the debate
Professor Shai Feldman, Judith and Sidney Swartz Director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies and Professor of Politics, Brandeis University will speak on 'Preventing Iranian nuclear weaponisation: the state of the debate' at the IISS in London on Thursday 16 February 2012 from 11:30am-12:30pm.
- 15 February 2012 - Discussion Meeting - The myth of the Taliban/Al-Qaeda merger
Western policymakers have long treated the Taliban and al-Qaeda as effectively synonymous, but Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn are challenging the conventional wisdom with their book 'An Enemy We Created'. At this IISS meeting, they question any symbiosis between the two organisations, and ask what this means for Western policies.
- 06 February 2012 - Discussion Meeting - The Syrian crisis: Internal dynamics and international diplomacy
More than 5,400 Syrians have been killed in the 10-month-old uprising against the government of President Bashar-al Assad, according to UN estimates. The Free Syrian Army claims some 30,000 defectors, but the regimes forces are ten times as large and the opposition is divided. A panel of IISS experts discussed the Syrian crisis.
- 30 January 2012 - IISS-Middle East Geo-economics Lecture - The Arab World's Place in the Changing Global Economy
The Arab world must create new economic alignments and move away from its traditional links to the West as the global economic order shifts, Shahid Javed Burki, a former Finance Minister of Pakistan and Vice President of the World Bank said, speaking during a lecture focused on the Arab world's place in the changing global economy.
- 24 January 2012 - IISS-US Roundtable Discussion - The Syrian Uprising Seen From The Arab World
Emile Hokayem, Senior Fellow for Regional Security, IISS-Middle East led a roundtable discussion on The Syrian Uprising 'Seen From The Arab World' at IISS-US in Washington DC on Tuesday January 24, 2012..
- 22 November 2011 - IISS Global Perspectives - Reports from Tunisia, Egypt and near Syria
Emile Hokayem, Senior Fellow for Regional Security, IISS Middle East will discuss Reports from the Field:
Tunisias on-track transition; Egypts unsteady evolution; and Syrias descent into civil strife on Tuesday 22 November, 3-4:30pm, 14th floor, GBCorp Tower
- 17-18 November 2011 - IISS Workshop - Making sanctions work: problems and prospects, phase two
On 17 and 18 November 2011, the IISS convened a workshop entitled 'Making sanctions work: problems and prospects', in Istanbul. This was the second step in our collaboration with the UN Panel of Experts, the group established by UN Security Council resolution 1929. The meeting focused on how well the UN sanctions on Iran are being implemented and the difficulties that regional governments and commercial entities have experienced in this regard.
- 16 November 2011 - Discussion Meeting - The Maritime Dimension of the Libyan Conflict
The recent conflict in Libya involved a significant commitment of British military assets under the aegis of Operation Ellamy. While the no-fly zone and air strikes were broadly covered in the international media, the maritime component was less well-reported. Cdre John Kingwell, until this month commander of the UK Response Force Task Group that comprised Op Ellamy, addressed the IISS on the naval aspects of the recent conflict, and in particular the Royal Navys role in ousting the Ghadaffi regime.
