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Conferences 1998

Conferences 1998

  • Seminar: Ukrainian National Security IISS Ukraine and European Security Programme13-15 December 1998 The seminar was organised by IISS together with Harvard University's Ukrainian National Security Program. It addressed the challenges of restructuring national armed forces on the eve of the twenty-first century. UK participants made a presentation on the management of the UK's Strategic Defence Review process and on the experience in the UK and other West European countries of moving from conscript to fully professional armed...
  • Military Reform - Economic and Social IISS Russian Military Reform Programme22-25 May 1998 The seminar concentrated on practical issues in three broad areas. The first part of the seminar was devoted to the economic and social implications of personnel cuts and covered UK, German, Ukrainian and Russian experiences of running resettlement and social-adaptation programmes for retiring military personnel. The second area of discussion was the reform of military budgets, including the development of civilian (including parliamentary)...
  • Military Restructuring - aspects IISS Russian Military Reform Programme24-26 April 1998, Moscow The seminar focused on the strategic and operational aspects of military restructuring. The agenda included such issues as transition from conscript to professional armed forces, development of rapid-reaction forces, new priorities in weapons and equipment procurement and military support to the civil power. Strategic issues, such as changes in the European security environment and their implications for the development of Russian...